Debra Benfield, CEDRD, RYT

Debra Benfield, CEDRD, RYT Nutrition Therapy & Body Image Coach at the Intersection of Anti-ageism and Body Liberation.

Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist with 40 years of experience, passionate about blazing a new path to a respectful, nurturing relationship with your aging body. I am a Registered and Licensed Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist with 35+ years of experience, as well as a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT)

If your relationship with food and your body is a struggle (a little or a lot), I am passionate ab

out helping you:

• Experience the PLEASURE of eating again,with permission and confidence!
• Choose foods so that nutrition is optimal and satisfaction comes with ease
• Let go of fear and anxiety around food and body
• Compassionately cultivate a body that is well fed by an intentional mind
• Nourish yourself so that you will feel vital and have the energy for all of the ways you play! Offering Nutritional Therapy and Coaching for individuals, couples and families as well as Classes and Workshops. Nourishing Yoga and BodyLoveRevolutution Yoga Classes, Workshops and Individual/Family sessions

My work is to create a world where it’s easier for all of us to live in our bodies. Which means I’m hard on systems and ...
08/23/2025

My work is to create a world where it’s easier for all of us to live in our bodies.

Which means I’m hard on systems and easy on people.

Last night, my practice, Body in Mind Nutrition, and my wonderful colleagues at hosted a community event where we watched ’s documentary and it felt like the perfect antidote. The film’s message plus being in community was exactly what I needed.

Keep going.

Love to you,
Deb

What are you doing to care for yourself this weekend?

New on SubstackThe word BALANCE gets used often in menopause, pro-aging, and longevity messages-balance your plate, bala...
08/21/2025

New on Substack

The word BALANCE gets used often in menopause, pro-aging, and longevity messages-
balance your plate,
balance your hormones, find balance with diet and exercise.

But so often, it’s just diet culture in disguise.

In my latest post, I’m unpacking how diet culture co-opts balance-and offering a new, liberating way to reclaim it as harmony, enoughness, and trust in your changing body.

👉🏼 Read the full piece on Substack (link in bio) or drop the word BALANCE and I’ll send you the link.

And I’d love to know-what does balance mean to you now, in midlife and beyond?

Latest Substack out! First in a series addressing how sneaky diet culture shows up in menopause, pro-aging, and longevit...
08/21/2025

Latest Substack out! First in a series addressing how sneaky diet culture shows up in menopause, pro-aging, and longevity messages. What comes up for you when you hear the term "balance" in these spaces?
https://substack.com/

I would love to see you there!
08/18/2025

I would love to see you there!

🌸New on Substack🌸Unlearning the Lies: How Internalized Ageism Distorts Our Relationships with Our BodiesThe stories we’...
08/11/2025

🌸New on Substack🌸

Unlearning the Lies: How Internalized Ageism Distorts Our Relationships with Our Bodies

The stories we’ve been told about our bodies in midlife and beyond are mostly lies. They cling to our skin, whisper in our ears, settle in our bones and mess with our heads.

They tell us peri-menopause and menopause is the time to shrink our bodies.
To treat our changing bodies like an urgent problem we must constantly work on.

My Substack today is dedicated to how we can let those lies go.
To inhabit our bodies fully, and live our lives unapologetically.

If you want more, I’m offering a free online workshop:

Beyond the Mirror: Healing Body Image, Defying Ageism

Monday, August 18th
2 pm PT, 5pm ET

Recording available for those who register.

Link in bio or drop a YES in the comments 👇🏼 and I’ll send you the link.

Looking forward to our conversation on Substack and at the webinar. ❤️

Love,
Deb x

✨ COVER REVEAL ✨It’s been two years in the making and she’s here. -my book baby, born with truth, tenderness, and fire. ...
08/06/2025

✨ COVER REVEAL ✨

It’s been two years in the making and she’s here. -my book baby, born with truth, tenderness, and fire.

Unapologetic Aging is a reclamation.
An invitation to be in partnership with your changing body.
To loosen the grip of diet culture.
To rise beyond the silence agesim tries to impose.
To live in your body fully and freely-no shrinking, no apologies.

I wrote this for anyone who’s ever felt like their changing body is something to fix.
For everyone who’s felt themselves fading from view with age.

This book is for you.
For us.
Coming December 16, 2025.

Pre-order now:

https://www.debrabenfield.com/book

Let’s age on our own terms.

Happy Pub Day to my friend, the wise and wonderful Julie Duffy Dillon!And if you’re local, check out her book launch par...
03/25/2025

Happy Pub Day to my friend, the wise and wonderful Julie Duffy Dillon!

And if you’re local, check out her book launch party at this Friday night 6-8!

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🍇 Out now! 🍇
 
Find Your Food Voice by Julie Duffy Dillion, host of the Find Your Food Voice podcast, an Apple Top 100 Nutrition podcast, is a call to action to defy diet culture, declare body liberation and reclaim your peace.
 
Full of inspiring lived experience, practical advice and meaningful reflections, this book guides readers on a journey to bring all of your food and body wishes together.
 
➡️ Swipe to read just a few of the glowing reviews of FInd Your Food Voice!
 

Hey, local friends! The fabulous Julie Duffy Dillon is throwing a launch party at on March 28th from 6-7:30. It’s free...
03/08/2025

Hey, local friends! The fabulous Julie Duffy Dillon is throwing a launch party at on March 28th from 6-7:30. It’s free and we’ll have a chance to hear Julie read from her book, which is based on her podcast, Find Your Food Voice!

You can find more details at the website where you can also pre-order her book!

This is a real treat and I hope I’ll see you there!

I want to make sure you don’t miss out on this support and free resources! Repost from •TODAY is our National Day of Sup...
03/01/2025

I want to make sure you don’t miss out on this support and free resources!

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TODAY is our National Day of Support—Support Group-a-Thon! 💙 In honor of The Alliance’s upcoming 25th anniversary, we’re offering 25 free, therapist-led, virtual support groups from 8 AM to Midnight EST (5 AM to 9 PM PST) to individuals (18+) and loved ones (12+ with a guardian) around the world. 🌍

Support groups include: Pro-Recovery, Friends & Family, LGBTQ+ Pro-Recovery, BIPOC, College/Early Adult, Midlife and Beyond, Chronic Illness, Loved Ones, and so many more!

Head to notonemore.co to register now. 💙 You are not alone.

Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2025 is more than a little surreal. These are hard times. When times are hard, it’s only...
02/27/2025

Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2025 is more than a little surreal.

These are hard times.

When times are hard, it’s only human to seek comfort.

If this means you are finding yourself using behaviors that were part of your disorder, please don’t ignore it.

It’s a slippery slope.

Reach out to your support folx, your team, or professionals at or DM me.

It’s okay to not be okay.

It’s okay to ask for help.

You matter!

You are never to old and it is never too late to mend your relationship with your body. Repost from •Please join us Febr...
02/24/2025

You are never to old and it is never too late to mend your relationship with your body.

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Please join us February 24th – March 2nd as we come together as a community to raise awareness, create conversations, and take action—because NOT ONE MORE life should be lost, NOT ONE MORE family should suffer, and NOT ONE MORE moment should be stolen by this devastating illness.⁠
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💙 Join us in spreading the message! 💙⁠
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Download and share these graphics using and to help amplify awareness and create lasting change.⁠
Every share, every voice, every action matters. Let’s make an impact—together.⁠
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The National Alliance for Eating Disorders provides a free therapist-staffed helpline and interactive online referral database, as well as many free, weekly, therapist-led (virtual and in-person) support groups.⁠
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⁠ -Call: 866.662.1235⁠
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I am passionate about supporting Body Liberation as a Nutrition Therapist (CEDRD) with over 30 years of experience! I am a Body Liberation Coach, offering virtual and in person sessions, and a Registered Yoga Teacher, Certified in Curvy Yoga and am Trauma-Sensitive in all of my offerings. My work includes Re-Parenting your Eating and Body Image, Deconstructing Internalized Diet Culture, and somatic practices which support your calming and connecting to your body with compassion and curiosity! I am on a mission for all to know There Is No Wrong Way to Have a Body.#TraumaSensitive #EmbodiedEating #BodyLiberation #HealthAtEverySize #IntutiveEating and #YogaforEveryBODY If your relationship with food and your body is a struggle (a little or a lot), I am passionate about helping you: • Experience the PLEASURE of eating again, with connection, compassion and curiosity • Develop Ease and Peace around Food, Eating and Body Image • Nourish yourself so that you will feel vital and grounded and have the energy for all of the ways you play! Offering Nutritional Therapy and Coaching for individuals, couples and families as well as Intuitive Eating Groups, and Intuitive Eating and Yoga Workshops, Body Liberation Yoga Classes and Retreats, and offer a Body Liberation Book/Film Club which is open and free to the public. I own and supervise the care of fellow RDs in my private practice, offering Nutrition Consults for Eating Disorder Prevention and Recovery along with general support for your well-being with a Health at Every Size perspective.