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Alexis Conason, Psy.D.

Clinical psychologist, researcher, and founder of The Anti-Diet Plan. Radically changing the way we think about food, health, and our bodies. Post.

Alexis Conason, Psy.D. is a licensed psychologist in private practice in the Midtown East neighborhood of New York City. Her practice specializes in the treatment of overeating disorders, body image, sexual functioning, and psychological issues related to weight loss surgery. She is a Research Associate at The New York Obesity Nutrition Research Center (NYONRC) at St. Luke’s-Roosevelt Hospital in affiliation with Columbia University. She earned her doctorate degree in clinical psychology from Long Island University, C.W. Following completion of her doctorate, Dr. Conason completed post-doctoral training at The Karen Horney Clinic and the NYONRC. She also earned a certificate in Eating Disorders, Compulsions, and Addictions from the William Alanson White Institute and a certificate in Psychodynamic Psychotherapy from the American Institute for Psychoanalysis. Dr. Conason’s research has been published in peer-reviewed academic journals and she has presented at numerous scientific conferences. She is on the editorial board of Frontiers in Eating Behavior and has served as a peer reviewer for numerous scientific journals, including Surgery for Obesity and Related Diseases and Obesity Surgery. She serves on the Board of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals-NY Chapter as their Research Chair and serves as the Advocacy and Outreach subcommittee chair of the Bariatric Surgery Section of The Obesity Society. She is an adjunct clinical supervisor at the Ferkauf School of Graduate Psychology. She is the author of the “Eating Mindfully” blog hosted by Psychology Today http://www.psychologytoday.com/blog/eating-mindfully. She has been featured in the popular press including The Wall Street Journal/ Market Watch, Men's Health, Ladies' Home Journal, USA Today, The Huffington Post, Weight Watchers, Reuters, ABC News, Prevention, WebMD, EveryDay Health, US News & World Report Health Day, and Fox News.For more information, please visit www.drconason.com

12/21/2025

Ending Hanukkah with light, joy, and a little Disney magic ✨🕎🐭

Even when things feel hard, we can still bring the light.

I’m letting go of the pressure to do it “right” and soaking up the energy of being here and making memories with my family. It’s so much easier to be present when we aren’t stressing about food or hating on our bodies!

Disney is crowded, the lines are long, and we’ve been focusing on rides and experiences instead of always having the perfect meal. Sometimes I’m eating food that I’m not so in the mood for just to fill my tummy, and that’s okay. Perfection is a myth, and it so often gets in the way of actually enjoying the moment.

Tonight we’ll light the last candle and enjoy the glow of our fully lit menorah. Chag Sameach 💙🕎✡️

12/19/2025

My Hanukkah wish list this year 🎁
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✨ Health is understood as complex and not something you can see in a before-and-after photo
✨ GLP-1s are discussed with care, nuance, and context, through an eating-disorder-informed lens
✨ Diet culture stops rebranding itself as “wellness”
✨ Bodies are treated with respect, not as self-improvement projects
✨ Worth is never measured by weight or weight loss
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In the Ozempic Era, these wishes feel especially meaningful.
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As we spread light and enjoy our latkes this holiday season, let’s hold space for complexity and not fall for diet culture’s masquerade. 🕎
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What’s on your wish list? Tell me 👇🏻

12/18/2025

This season, I’m choosing permission.
Permission to eat without guilt.
Permission to rest without shame.
Permission to show up exactly as I am.
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No food is off-limits.
No body is wrong.
No joy is conditional.
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Wishing you a Hanukkah filled with light, presence, and moments that feel nourishing in every sense 🕎🍩🥔

12/15/2025

When the world feels dark, let us be the light 🕎✡️

“Oy” is a Yiddish word we often use lightly, for things like spilled coffee or a long line.
But it also holds real pain, suffering, and grief.
And right now, there is a lot of oy to hold.

Hanukkah doesn’t ask us to pretend everything is okay.
It asks us to light a candle anyway.

May we hold space for the grief and keep choosing light.
Happy 2nd night of Hanukkah to all who celebrate 🕯️✡️

12/14/2025

Wishing a Happy Hanukkah to everyone celebrating tonight 🕎✡️
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As we light up the dark night and are reminded of the miracle of the oil, may we be filled with all the things that nourish us—connection, rest, and yummy fried foods!
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I’m wising everyone a peaceful holiday free from food noise so you can bask in the light and enjoy latkes and sufganiyot to your hearts content 🍩
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Tell me 👇🏻 what’s your favorite Hanukkah food? 🥔

12/12/2025

✨ Struggling with body image doesn’t mean you’re doing it wrong — it means you’re human.
Even when we’re deep into intuitive eating, body acceptance, or the anti-diet life, tough body image days still happen. How could they not when we live in a culture built on making us doubt ourselves?
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What matters isn’t whether the thoughts show up, it’s how we meet them.
With compassion, curiosity, and care. Knowing that they aren’t the truth.
That is the work. 💛
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If you’re in this season, you’re not alone. You’re unlearning years (or decades) of conditioning, and that’s a brave, powerful process.
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💗 If you want support on this journey, my practice Conason Psychological Services is here to help. We offer in-person therapy in NYC and virtually in many states.
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And if you want to go deeper into healing your relationship with food and your body, my book The Diet-Free Revolution is always a good place to start. 📚💫

12/10/2025

Fat people aren’t just dismissed because of individual bias — they’re denied care because of institutional bias built directly into medical training.
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Most doctors are never taught how to examine, diagnose, or treat fat bodies.
Procedures, equipment, positioning, dosing, screening tools are all designed around thin bodies.
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So when a fat patient shows up, many providers don’t actually know how to do the exam or how to adapt the treatment.
And instead of acknowledging a gap in their training, they blame the patient.
They label fat people “non-compliant” when the real issue is a system that never taught them how to provide competent care.
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This isn’t a patient problem.
It’s an institutional failure.
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Imagine healthcare where clinicians were trained to treat all bodies and how radically different it would look.

12/09/2025

When I was 8 years old, I took a diet book from our living room shelf. There were dozens to choose from.
I didn’t know anything about calories or weight loss, just that women were supposed to diet and be smaller.

So I followed the instructions for my first diet:
a juice cleanse to “jump start” my weight loss plan.
At eight years old.
Because I thought that’s what girls were supposed to do.

Decades later, I wrote the book I wish that little girl had found instead.
A book telling her she was okay exactly as she was.
Not a weight-loss guide commanding restriction, but a reminder of her worth.
Her innate wisdom.
Her ability to trust herself.
Her right to take up space.

One of the greatest joys of my life is knowing that when my daughters look through our bookshelves,
they find anti-diet, fat-positive, body-acceptance stories.
Books that reflect a world where their bodies aren’t a problem to solve.
Books that tell them the truth.

As I wrote in my dedication:
May you always know that you are good enough exactly as you are.

And if no one told you that when you were eight,
I’m telling you now. 💛

📖 The Diet-Free Revolution is available now wherever books are sold. Get it in paperback, ebook, or audio 🎧

12/08/2025

Body appreciation doesn’t start in the mirror — it starts with how you care for yourself today. 💗
Your body has carried you through every version of your life. It deserves nourishment, rest, pleasure, and compassion — even on the days acceptance feels far away. Always remember: same team.
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How are you working on body appreciation today?

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