Podcast appearances and mentions of amy pershing

Well, it's fall here in New England, which means cooler weather, absolutely beautiful trees, and apple cider!  (And for those of you who love it, pumpkin spice!)  It also means lots and lots of raking is in my future!   And it also means sweater weather!!!!  Yay!!!  So many of my parts love sweater weather.  Throwing on a big cable-knit sweater just feels so cozy.  And I just love fall colors (especially forest green--I can't tell you how many forest green sweaters I have). But do you know another reason why some of my parts love sweater weather?  Because I can hide under sweaters.  Especially ponchos--you can't really tell what my body looks like under a poncho.  And some of my parts are really happy about that.  In my last podcast episode, Amy Pershing shared her incredible wisdom about Binge Eating Disorder.  She also touched on the topic of body shame.  And since healing body shame is, in my opinion, one of the most difficult aspects of this type of work, I thought we should continue the discussion.   In this week's podcast episode, we're exploring all aspects of body shame, starting with what it is (spoiler alert--it's not just negative body image).  We move into a discussion about the difference between parts of us who carry shame about our body (generally exiles) and parts who shame our body as a way of trying to help us (protector parts).  Finally, we end the episode on how to start healing body shame. I wish I could wave a magic wand and make everyone's body shame disappear.  At the very least, I wish I could promise you that this is a quick, easy process.  Unfortunately though, I can't.  But I absolutely do think it's possible to release a lot of this shame and feel much better about and comfortable within your body.  And hopefully, this week's podcast episode will help!  Take a listen!

On today's episode, I'm so excited to be joined by Amy Pershing to talk about Binge Eating Disorder (BED).  Amy is essentially THE expert on treating BED with IFS, and I'm so thankful that she's sharing her wisdom with us!  We've been trying for months to record an episode, and we finally did it! Just a little about her, Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, CCTP-II, is the Founding Director of Bodywise, the first BED-specific treatment program in the United States, and President of the Board of the Center for Eating Disorders in Ann Arbor, Michigan.  She is the founder of Pershing Consulting, which offers training to clinicians treating BED and trauma worldwide. Amy is also the co-founder of "Attune", an online coaching program for attuned eating and recovery support. Amy is an internationally known leader in the development of treatment paradigms for BED, and one of the first clinicians to specialize in BED treatment. Based on 35 years of clinical experience, Amy has pioneered an approach to BED recovery that is strengths-based and trauma informed, incorporating Internal Family Systems (IFS) and body-based techniques to heal the deeper issues that drive binge behaviors. Her approach integrates a non-diet body autonomy philosophy, helping clients create lasting change with food and body image. Amy is also the author of the book Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond (Taylor and Francis, 2018) and Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing And Body Image: A Trauma-Informed Workbook, with co-authors Judith Matz and Christy Harrison (PESI Publishing, 2024). She also offers a variety of trainings on BED treatment through PESI. Amy maintains her clinical practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Amy begins the podcast episode by discussing her own history with binge eating disorder and how, thanks to the relentless messages from diet culture, she believed that her body "needed to be fixed because it was fat."   Throughout the episode, we touch upon: How IFS views Binge Eating Disorder The role of Binge Eating parts Shame as a coping mechanism How to build trust between Self and parts What Self-led eating looks like Developing trust in your body Amy also emphasizes the fact that Self cannot be damaged by trauma, and Self does not accept body shame narratives.  She states, “There's never a time that you're in-Self and accepting a body shame narrative. It just doesn't happen. Self knows that body shame doesn't exist.” We ended the episode speaking directly to therapists, both those who work with food and body issues and those who don't.  Amy noted that all therapists are working with clients who live in a body and we're therefore all working with body stigma to some degree.  She further notes that all clinicians really need to think about how their parts feel about their own body, food, weight stigma, and health.   And finally, she states, "If you treat BED, you're treating trauma.  We have to understand the binge eating in the context of their history." Amy gives us so many pearls of wisdom in this episode that you'll want to listen to it more than once (and take notes).  Even if you aren't someone who binges, how she talks about body shame is applicable to everyone in a body.  Take a listen! Where to find Amy: The Bodywise Program Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond  Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing And Body Image: A Trauma-Informed Workbook Where to find me:   drkimdaniels.com Instagram TikTok

How is perfectionism related to trauma? Why do many children start using food as a coping mechanism? How does one break the cycle and make a positive, long-lasting change? In this podcast episode, I speak with expert Amy Pershing about binge eating disorder and trauma. We reflect on the causes of perfectionism and how to avoid moralizing about food. Sign up for the FREE e-course to understand your eating disorder and embark on the road to recovery. We reflect on the harm caused by mirrors, comparing ourselves, and wearing the wrong clothing sizes.  SHOW NOTES: Click here Follow me on Instagram @behind_the_bite_podcast Visit the website: www.behindthebitepodcast.com

How is perfectionism related to trauma? Why do many children start using food as a coping mechanism? How does one break the cycle and make a positive, long-lasting change? In this podcast episode, I speak with expert Amy Pershing about binge eating disorder and trauma. We reflect on the causes of perfectionism and how to avoid moralizing about food. Sign up for the FREE e-course to understand your eating disorder and embark on the road to recovery. We reflect on the harm caused by mirrors, comparing ourselves, and wearing the wrong clothing sizes.  SHOW NOTES: Click here Follow me on Instagram @behind_the_bite_podcast Visit the website: www.behindthebitepodcast.com

Therapists and authors Judith Matz and Amy Pershing join us to discuss our new collaboration, The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook; why the typical diet-culture response to emotional eating is unhelpful, and what to do instead; how to know if you're a chronic dieter (as opposed to just a “healthy eater”); the role of trauma in binge eating; why high body weight isn't a sign that you've suffered trauma; and lots more.   Judith Matz, LCSW, ACSW, is a therapist, nationally recognized speaker, and consultant on the topics of diet culture, binge eating, emotional eating, body image, and weight stigma. She is co-author of the new Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook, as well as The Diet Survivor's Handbook, Beyond a Shadow of a Diet, The Making Peace with Food Card Deck, The Body Positivity Card Deck, and author of Amanda's Big Dream. Judith offers continuing education and training for professionals through PESI as well as customized presentations for a variety of companies and organizations. Judith's work has been featured in the media including NPR, The New York Times, Good Housekeeping and Psychotherapy Networker. She has a private practice via telehealth in Illinois where she meets with clients seeking to heal their relationship with food and their bodies. Find her at judithmatz.com and on Instagram @judmatz. Amy is an internationally known leader in the development of treatment paradigms for BED, and one of the first clinicians to specialize in BED treatment. Based on 35 years of clinical experience, Amy has pioneered an approach to BED recovery that is strengths-based and trauma informed, incorporating Internal Family Systems (IFS) and body-based techniques to heal the deeper issues that drive binge behaviors. Her approach integrates a non-diet body autonomy philosophy, helping clients create lasting change with food and body image. She is the author of the book Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond (Taylor and Francis, 2018) and The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook, with co-authors Judith Matz and Christy Harrison (PESI Publishing, 2024). She also offers a variety of trainings on BED treatment through PESI. Amy maintains her clinical practice in Ann Arbor, Michigan. Learn more about her work at thebodywiseprogram.com. Check out Christy's three books, Anti-Diet, The Wellness Trap, and The Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Binge Eating & Body Image Workbook for a deeper dive into the topics covered on the pod.  If you're ready to break free from diet culture and make peace with food, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. For more critical thinking and compassionate skepticism about wellness and diet culture, check out Christy's Rethinking Wellness podcast! You can also sign up to get it in your inbox every week at rethinkingwellness.substack.com. Ask a question about diet and wellness culture, disordered-eating recovery, and the anti-diet approach for a chance to have it answered on Rethinking Wellness. You can also subscribe to the Food Psych Weekly newsletter to check out previous answers!

Happy Satiated Saturday! With Thanksgiving right around the corner, this is a time when food coping mechanisms can increase. Thanksgiving has become a Hallmark holiday of family peacefully gathering around a table to express their gratitude for each other while eating a beautifully cooked meal. When in reality, it can be filled with dysregulating conversation, overwhelming environments, and societally accepted binge eating. You may be picking up more cues of threat during this time, which can increase the urge to reach for food to regulate and self soothe. Patterns of binge eating have NOTHING to do with willpower. This has to do with your survival and sense of safety. In this week's episode, I chat with Amy Pershing, founder of Bodywise BED Recovery Program. We talk about what this binge eating disorder healing journey looks like, what a person healing from these behaviors with food needs to learn, approaching the journey in a body image neutral way, and be sure to listen to the end for questions you can ask yourself when feeling the urge to binge. You can also read the transcript to this week's episode ​here​: https://www.stephaniemara.com/blog/healing-binge-eating-disorderWith Thanksgiving coming up, you may notice your binge urges increase. This is why I've put my Somatic Eating® Intensive on sale for 40% off until Tuesday, November 28th. You'll receive a 2.5 hour class along with a week of 1:1 Voxer support where you will be able to send me a message every day and receive individualized guidance back personally from me. Check it out ​HERE​: https://satiated.mykajabi.com/offers/hLtWwyLY?coupon_code=SOMATICEATINGTHANKSWith Compassion and Empathy, Stephanie Mara FoxKeep in touch with Amy here:Website: https://www.thebodywiseprogram.com/Book: Binge Eating DisorderSupport the showKeep in touch with Stephanie Mara:Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_stephaniemara/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/stephaniemarafoxWebsite: https://www.stephaniemara.com/https://www.somaticeating.com/Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephmara/TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stephaniemarafoxContact: support@stephaniemara.comSupport the show:Become a supporter: https://www.buzzsprout.com/809987/supportMy favorite water filter: https://www.pureeffectfilters.com/#a_aid=somaticeatingReceive 15% off my fave protein powder with code STEPHANIEMARA at checkout here: https://www.equipfoods.com/discount/STEPHANIEMARA?rfsn=7433250.c99684Use my Amazon Affiliate link when shopping on Amazon: https://amzn.to/448IyPl Special thanks to Bendsound for the music in this episode. www.bensound.co...

ABOUT THIS EPISODE In this episode join Meg and Amy as they talk about Amy's experience with binge eating disorder and the common misconceptions about it. Those who are living with binge eating disorder will learn about the first steps they can take towards healing. ABOUT OUR GUEST Amy Pershing is an Anti-Diet Therapist and Binge Eating Disorder pioneer and expert. She is the Clinical Director of the Center for Eating Disorders (CED) in Ann Arbor Michigan. In 1993, she developed “Bodywise™” a comprehensive treatment program to serve a growing population of clients coming to the center with binge eating disorder (BED). Her approach also integrates “attuned” eating and movement and a “health at every size” philosophy. Amy lectures and teaches internationally on the treatment of BED for professional and lay communities; she has been featured on radio, podcast, and television speaking about BED treatment and recovery, relapse prevention, weight stigma, and attuned eating and movement Amy's website: www.thebodywiseprogram.com/ ABOUT OUR HOST Meg is a CCI certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach and Founder of The Recovery Collective. She is the host of Full and Thriving: An Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast. Meg is now accepting 1:1 coaching clients and offers free consultations on her website. Grab your Full and Thriving Merch!! www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryCollective Sign up for a free 1:1 coaching consultation with Meg bit.ly/3A1Cw5r Meg's website: www.meg-mccabe.com Meg's Instagram: www.instagram.com/meg_mccabe/ The Recovery Collective Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_recoverycollective/ Listen to these free eating disorder recovery affirmations: megmccabe.lpages.co/200-recovery-affirmations/ Support the show by purchasing anti-diet merchandise here: www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryCollective

ABOUT THIS EPISODE In this episode join Meg and Amy as they talk about Amy's experience with binge eating disorder and the common misconceptions about it. Those who are living with binge eating disorder will learn about the first steps they can take towards healing. ABOUT OUR GUEST Amy Pershing is an Anti-Diet Therapist and Binge Eating Disorder pioneer and expert. She is the Clinical Director of the Center for Eating Disorders (CED) in Ann Arbor Michigan. In 1993, she developed “Bodywise™” a comprehensive treatment program to serve a growing population of clients coming to the center with binge eating disorder (BED). Her approach also integrates “attuned” eating and movement and a “health at every size” philosophy. Amy lectures and teaches internationally on the treatment of BED for professional and lay communities; she has been featured on radio, podcast, and television speaking about BED treatment and recovery, relapse prevention, weight stigma, and attuned eating and movement Amy's website: https://www.thebodywiseprogram.com/ ABOUT OUR HOST Meg is a CCI certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach and Founder of The Recovery Collective. She is the host of Full and Thriving: An Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast. Meg is now accepting 1:1 coaching clients and offers free consultations on her website. The Recovery Collective Instagram: www.instagram.com/the_recoverycollective/ Watch and Subscribe to The Meg and Anne-Claire Show https://bit.ly/3cdHfIx Meg's website: www.meg-mccabe.com Meg's Instagram: www.instagram.com/meg_mccabe/ Listen to these free eating disorder recovery affirmations: megmccabe.lpages.co/200-recovery-affirmations/ Support the show by purchasing anti-diet merchandise here: www.etsy.com/shop/RecoveryCollective

Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, is the Founder of Bodywise, the first binge eating disorder (BED)-specific treatment program in the United States, founded in 1995. She is also the Director of Pershing Consulting, which offers training to clinicians treating BED and trauma around the world.  Amy is the creator of "Hungerwise™," a 9-week program for ending chronic dieting and weight cycling using the Attuned Eating And Movement approach, offered nationally online. Based on over 30 years of clinical experience, Amy has pioneered a treatment approach for BED that is strengths-based, incorporating Internal Family Systems, somatic trauma techniques, Attuned Eating and Movement, and a Health at Every Size philosophy.  Amy lectures internationally and writes extensively on the treatment of BED and her own recovery journey for both professional and lay communities. She has been featured on radio, podcast, and television speaking about BED treatment and recovery, relapse prevention, weight stigma, and attuned eating and movement. She is a founding member and Past Chair of the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA), and is the winner of BEDA's Pioneer in Clinical Advocacy award. She is the author of the book Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond (Taylor and Francis, 2018) as well as many articles and chapters about BED treatment and advocacy. Amy maintains her clinical practice in Ann Arbor, MI. We discuss topics including: How change activates our “yellow alert” The importance to not pathologize our relationship with food Get curious about the eating disorder instead of vilifying it Understanding Internal Family System (IFS) What is the “core self”? What is the “critic”? What is a “fire fighter”? What is the “excile”? SHOW NOTES: https://www.thebodywiseprogram.com/ www.center4ED.org (book) Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond ____________________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”. Your Recovery Resource, Robyn's new online course for navigating your loved one's eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn's book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website. “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, is the Founder of Bodywise, the first binge eating disorder (BED)-specific treatment program in the United States, founded in 1995. She is also the Director of Pershing Consulting, which offers training to clinicians treating BED and trauma around the world.  Amy is the creator of "Hungerwise™," a 9-week program for ending chronic dieting and weight cycling using the Attuned Eating And Movement approach, offered nationally online. Based on over 30 years of clinical experience, Amy has pioneered a treatment approach for BED that is strengths-based, incorporating Internal Family Systems, somatic trauma techniques, Attuned Eating and Movement, and a Health at Every Size philosophy.  Amy lectures internationally and writes extensively on the treatment of BED and her own recovery journey for both professional and lay communities. She has been featured on radio, podcast, and television speaking about BED treatment and recovery, relapse prevention, weight stigma, and attuned eating and movement. She is a founding member and Past Chair of the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA), and is the winner of BEDA's Pioneer in Clinical Advocacy award. She is the author of the book Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond (Taylor and Francis, 2018) as well as many articles and chapters about BED treatment and advocacy. Amy maintains her clinical practice in Ann Arbor, MI. We Discuss Topics Including: -How Amy Became an expert on Binge Eating Disorder (BED) -The Importance of learning how to inhabit your body -Body Shame strategies with challenging the narratives -Understanding the fear of carrying shame -Challenging systemic cultural stories -How to make space for all types of people   SHOW NOTES: https://www.thebodywiseprogram.com/ www.center4ED.org (book) Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond ___________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”. Your Recovery Resource, Robyn's new online course for navigating your loved one's eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn's book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website. “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

En este episodio, Noe Previtera nos platica su experiencia de cómo fue vivir más de 15 años con atracones, nos explica cuáles son las principales causas de un atracón y la diferencias de atracones y comer de más o de manera emocional. Si quieres comprender cómo se siente un atracón, cómo prevenirlo y cómo tratarlo, éste episodio puede ser el comienzo para conocer más. Te dejamos las redes de Noe Previtera, en caso de que quieras más información. Redes sociales de Noe Previtera: IG: @micuerposinreglas YOUTUBE: Mi cuerpo sin reglas Libro Recomendado por Noe; Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond de Amy Pershing.

Anti-diet therapist and Binge Eating Disorder expert Amy Pershing joins us to discuss how our fatphobic culture hinders recovery, how diet culture steals our personal power, the healing that can be found in getting angry, the role of restriction and trauma in binge eating, and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about quick ways for primary-care providers to talk to patients about intuitive eating and HAES. (This episode originally aired on March 26, 2018.) Amy Pershing LMSW, ACSW is the Clinical Director of the Center for Eating Disorders (CED) in Ann Arbor. In 1993, she developed “Bodywise™,” a comprehensive treatment program to serve a growing population of clients coming to the center with binge eating disorder (BED). In 2008, Pershing and Chevese Turner, CEO and founder of Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA), joined forces to found Pershing Turner Consulting LLC which offers training to clinicians treating BED nationwide. Pershing has pioneered an integrated approach based on almost 30 years of clinical experience. Her approach is strengths-based, incorporating Internal Family Systems, mindfulness strategies, Self Compassion interventions, and a range of somatic trauma techniques. Her approach also integrates intuitive eating and movement and a “health at every size” philosophy. Pershing offers two- and three-day Intensives for those in recovery, as well as “Hungerwise™,” a 10-week program for ending chronic dieting and weight cycling offered jointly with with St. Joseph Mercy Health System in Michigan. Pershing lectures internationally and writes extensively on the treatment of BED and her own recovery journey for both professional and lay communities. She has been featured on numerous radio and television programs speaking about BED treatment and recovery, relapse prevention, weight stigma, and mindful eating and movement. She is the winner of BEDA's Pioneer in Clinical Advocacy ward. Pershing has also served on a variety of professional boards and is the Past Chair of the Binge Eating Disorder Association. Her book, published by Taylor and Francis, will be out in late summer 2018. She maintains a clinical practice in Ann Arbor. Find her online at TheBodyWiseProgram.com. Subscribe to our newsletter, Food Psych Weekly, to keep getting new weekly Q&As and other new content while the podcast is on hiatus! If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. You'll get all your questions answered in an exclusive monthly podcast, plus ongoing support in our private community forum and dozens of hours of other great content. Christy's first book, Anti-Diet, is available wherever you get your books. Order online at christyharrison.com/book, or at local bookstores across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, for help getting started on the anti-diet path. For full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych. Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions.

Do you love Fat Girl Book Club?  Do you like talking about books and body liberation?  Check out my Patreon page to get extra episodes of Fat Girl Book Club.  This week I am giving you one of the Patreon episodes which I call Fat Girl Book Club Unplugged.  If you like it and want more, check out my Patreon page here!If financially supporting the podcast is not available to you right now, check out the FREE FB group where I giveaway a book every single month.  Check it out here!  Or just follow me on Instagram here!Books I talk about on this episode:Binge Eating Disorder by Amy Pershing and Chevese TurnerFattily Ever After by Stephanie YeboahWhat We Don't Talk About When We Talk About Fat by Aubrey GordonBeing Fat by Jenny EllisonCultish by Amanda MontellHench by Natalie Zina Walschots 

TRIGGER WARNING: This week's episode covers Binge Eating Disorder in depth and touches on other eating disordersYou may remember my guest this week from an episode a few months back.  Amy Rapone is back to talk about a completely different topic and book!  Last time we talked about #veryfat #verybrave by Nicole Byers.  It was a fun and tongue-in-cheek discussion about body acceptance and body image.  This time we are heading in a completely different direction to talk about Binge Eating Disorder by Amy Pershing and Chevese Turner.  While this discussion is a bit more serious we still have a lot of laughs and talk about some great tools that can be used to connect with your body even if you don't have BED.  We cover a lot of ground, including:Amy's body liberation journeyAmy's experience with eating disorder treatmentWhat is Binge Eating DisorderHow rebellion fits with Binge Eating DisorderWhy bingeing is not emotional eating or overeatingHow do you know if it is a binge?What factors can create a climate for BED?Why there is so much discussion of your childhood being key to development of this disorderParts theory and figuring out where BED came fromWhat is POWR and how can it help?How curiosity and compassion are the one-two punch to help us create mindfulness and connect to our bodiesWhat weight stigma is and how it impacts BEDWhat is HAES?Your body is your home and how Amy does this for her bodyHow ATM and intuitive eating intersectWhat about recovery?Keep reading everyone!LINKSEpisode LinksFood Psych PodcastAnna Sweeny IGRAVES - Shane JefferyEating Disorder Help USEating Disorder Help CanadaEating Disorder Help UKEating Disorder Help Australia and New ZealandAmy's LinksWebsiteBookclubPodcastInstagramFacebookAmy's Book RecommendationsSick Enough by Jennifer GuadianiWhat We Don't Talk About When We Talk about Fat by Aubrey GordonFat Girl Book Club LinksYour Better Body Image Checklist FreebieMy new Patreon page!Fat Girl Book Club FB groupFat Girl Book Club IG

CW: BED, OA, Some specific amounts of food used for examples Amy Pershing, who cowrote Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond with Chevese Turner, joined me on the podcast to discuss this challenging and common eating disorder that is often overlooked. Amy shares so much great information with us about BED from all sides of the disorder, having experienced it herself and recovered. BED Recovery Program: www.thebodywiseprogram.com Intuitive Eating Program: www.hungerwise.com In this episode: Her history around dieting and BED BED - most common eating disorder BED seen as a willpower issue How to screen patients for EDs/BED What does Binging look like? How does shame affect our thoughts around binging? Trauma BED can manifest in any body size How do you start to find help Person in culture and how it affects eating disorders Advocacy for patients in the world   Amy Pershing LMSW, ACSW is the Founder of Bodywise Binge Eating Disorder Recovery Program and the Vice President of the Center for Eating Disorders in Ann Arbor. She is the co-founder of Pershing Consulting LLC, which offers training to clinicians treating BED worldwide. Based on 30 years of clinical experience, Amy has pioneered a treatment approach for BED that is strengths-based, incorporating Internal Family Systems and somatic trauma techniques. Her approach also integrates “attuned” eating and movement and a “health at every size” philosophy. Amy is also the creator of “Hungerwise™,” a 9-week program for ending chronic dieting and weight cycling. Pershing lectures internationally and writes extensively on the treatment of BED and her own recovery journey for both professional and lay communities. She has been featured on radio, podcast, and television speaking about BED treatment and recovery, relapse prevention, weight stigma, and attuned eating and movement. She is the winner of The Binge Eating Disorder Association's 2016 Pioneer in Clinical Advocacy award, has served on a variety of professional boards, and is the Past Chair of the Binge Eating Disorder Association. Amy is the author of the book Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond (Routledge, 2018), and maintains her clinical practice treating BED in Ann Arbor.

In this week's episode, Jenn and Audriannah celebrate 1 year of the podcast (!!!) being 'on the air' by sharing their goals for the future and takeaways from Year 1.  In their main topic, the ladies discuss the concept of Body Positivity as a movement as well as an ideology that can support mental health wellness.  As part of this process of treating our bodies with love and kindness, Jenn and Audriannah discuss how to incorporate pleasure practices as a vital aspect of your self-care routine.  To explore this vast and evolving topic, the ladies pull cards from The Body Positivity Card Deck to talk about their own Body Positivity journeys as well as to explore ways to use mindfulness, self-care, and self-compassion to build healthy self-image and body shame resilience.  Shout-Outs/Resources in this Episode:- The Body Positivity Card Deck by Judith Matz, LCSW and Amy Pershing, LMSW- Book: Pleasure Activism by adrienne maree brownNOTE: All episodes contain guided meditation and grounding.  Please skip these exercises if you're driving.  RECORDED: 3/2821

Judith Matz on uncovering the sneakiness of diet culture, how it shows up in healthcare and how we can move forward.   In this episode, Judith shares more about her inspiring and long career, how her first book ‘Beyond the Shadow of a Diet evolved and how it helped her find community, how this work has changed over time, the process of learning and unlearning and the cruciality of the ongoing learning/work, the many sneaky faces of diet culture, more about the Body Positive Card Deck created by Judith and Amy Pershing and Judith’s hope for the future of HAES and anti-diet work.   As mentioned in the podcast: Beyond the Shadow of a Diet, 2nd Edition (Book), by Judith Matz, LCSW and Dr Ellen Frankel, PhD. The Diet Survivors Handbook, by Judith Matz, LCSW Body Positive Card Deck by Judith Matz, LCSW and Amy Pershing, LMSW, ACSW, CCTP-II Jess Campbell, HAES student doctor and Nutritionist.  Dr Natasha Larmie, The Fat Doctor. Dr Joshua Wolrich MBBS MRCS, NHS Surgical Doctor (HAES). Dr Lisa Erlanger, MD Dr Lesley Williams, MD, Author, Physician, Advocate About Judith: Judith Matz, LCSW is a nationally recognized speaker on the topics of diet culture, binge eating, emotional eating, body image, and weight stigma. She is co-author of The Body Positivity Card Deck, The Diet Survivor’s Handbook and Beyond a Shadow of a Diet, and author of the children's book, Amanda's Big Dream. Judith's work has been featured in the media including NPR, New York Times and Psychotherapy Networker, and she has a private practice in the Chicago area. Judith offers a popular full day training (live webinar or digital) for mental health/health professionals: Emotional Eating, Chronic Dieting, Bingeing and Body Image: What Every Clinician Needs to Know through PESI, Inc. Connect with Judith: Website Instagram Books Facebook Training

Valeria Teles interviews Amy Pershing — The author of Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond Amy Pershing LMSW, ACSW is the Founder of Bodywise Binge Eating Disorder Recovery Program, and the Clinical Director of the Center for Eating Disorders in Ann Arbor. Based on 30 years of clinical experience, Amy has pioneered a treatment approach for BED that is strengths-based, incorporating Internal Family Systems and somatic trauma techniques. Her approach also integrates “attuned” eating and movement and a “health at every size” philosophy. Amy offers two- and three-day Intensives for those in recovery, and is the creator of “Hungerwise™,” a 9-week program for ending chronic dieting and weight cycling offered jointly with St. Joseph Mercy Health System in Michigan. Pershing lectures internationally and writes extensively on the treatment of BED and her own recovery journey for both professional and lay communities. She has been featured on radio, podcast, and television speaking about BED treatment and recovery, relapse prevention, weight stigma, and attuned eating and movement. She is the winner of BEDA's 2016 Pioneer in Clinical Advocacy award, and has served on a variety of professional boards. She is the Past Chair of the Binge Eating Disorder Association, and its current Chair of BED Clinical Education. Amy maintains her clinical practice treating BED in Ann Arbor. To learn more about Amy Pershing and her work please visit: https://www.thebodywiseprogram.com/   — This podcast is a quest for well-being, a quest for a meaningful life to the exploration of fundamental truths, enlightening ideas, insights on physical, mental, and spiritual health. The inspiration is Love. The aspiration is to awaken new ways of thinking that can lead us to a new way of being, being well.

Anti-diet therapists and authors Judith Matz and Amy Pershing return to the podcast to discuss their latest project, The Body Positivity Card Deck; how trauma and shame affect our relationships with food and the body; intersectionality in body-acceptance work; the role of self-compassion in eating-disorder recovery; and so much more. Plus, in Ask Food Psych, Christy answers a listener question about whether a particular fad diet is misusing the term “intuitive eating.” Judith Matz, LCSW is a therapist, author and nationally recognized speaker on the topics of diet culture, binge eating, emotional eating, body image, and weight stigma. She is co-author of The Diet Survivor's Handbook and Beyond a Shadow of a Diet, and the author of Amanda's Big Dream. Her work has been featured in the media including NPR, The New York Times, and Psychotherapy Networker. Judith has a private practice in Skokie. She recently co-authored The Body Positivity Card Deck (PESI, 2020). Find her online at JudithMatz.com. Amy Pershing LMSW, ACSW, CCTP-II is the Founding Director of Bodywise Binge Eating Disorder Treatment Program, and the Clinical Director of the Center for Eating Disorders in Ann Arbor. She is also the creator of Hungerwise™, an online 9-week program for ending chronic dieting and weight cycling. Based on 30 years of clinical experience, Amy has pioneered a powerful treatment approach for binge eating that incorporates Internal Family Systems theory and the latest somatic techniques for healing trauma. Amy's treatment program also integrates a non-diet “attuned eating and movement" approach and a Health At Every Size philosophy. Pershing lectures internationally and writes extensively on the treatment of BED and her own recovery journey for both professional and lay communities. She has been featured on radio, podcast, and television speaking about BED treatment and recovery, relapse prevention, weight stigma, and attuned eating and movement. She is the winner of BEDA’s 2016 Pioneer in Clinical Advocacy award, and has served on a variety of professional boards. She is the Past Chair of the Binge Eating Disorder Association, and the author of the book Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond (Routledge, 2018). Amy maintains a clinical practice treating binge eating disorder both virtually and in Ann Arbor. Find her online at TheBodyWiseProgram.com. If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, come check out Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course. Christy's book, Anti-Diet, is available wherever you get your books. Order online at christyharrison.com/book, or at local bookstores across North America, the UK, Australia, and New Zealand. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, for help getting started on the anti-diet path. For full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych. Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions.

Chevese Turner & Amy Pershing on the power of advocacy, much over-due community call-ins and making sense of Binge Eating Disorder.   In this episode, Amy and Chevese share their lived experiences with an eating disorder and how it has influenced and enhanced their work. We discuss the pervasive myths, assumptions, stigmatisations and biases surrounding Binge Eating Disorder (BED), what it was like starting a non-for-profit organisation and having BED recognised in the DSM-5. Amy talks about why and how making sense of BED can support healing, more about the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model and how Health At Every Size (HAES) (R) can change and define ones practice. On this episode, you’ll hear; Chevese’s experience and observations of the myths, assumptions, stigmatisations and biases surrounding Binge Eating Disorder - see Chapter 4 of their book "Binge Eating Disorder; The Journey to Recovery and Beyond" The pervasive & disturbing fat phobic attitudes of the eating disorder community; why it unfortunately reflects the illness and how some of the community need help to come along, in order to not cause harm.  Amy’s own personal lived experience with an eating disorder and what she heard when entering treatment for the first time. Why making sense of Binge Eating Disorder supports healing and recovery – see Chapter 2 of their book. More about the Internal Family Systems (IFS) model that can be used withing eating disorder treatment  How IFS can support healing and recovery through creating a safe space so clients and practitioners can go ‘within’ - safely – see Chapter 3 of their book.  Chevese’s lived experience; from being born a political advocate, to obtaining her political science degree, working as an advocate in the health care space and continuing her own treatment for her eating disorder. How Chevese she came to be an advocate for Binge Eating Disorder (BED) and her journey to start a non-for-profit organisation.  The critical point of having BED recognised in the DSM-5 and the needed validation and utility it provided. Health at Every Size: how the framework has solidified Amy’s personal and professional work and how it has changed and defined her practice and work with clients. As mentioned in the podcast: Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond, Book by Amy Pershing and Chevese Turner Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM–5) Chapter 4 of Binge Eating Disorder Book by Amy and Chevese; The Epic Myths About Your Body That Keep You Stuck (and How to Give Them Up) Chapter 2 of Binge Eating Disorder Book by Amy and Chevese; How BED Happens and Why it Makes Sense: Moving Forward by Healing the Past Chapter 3 of Binge Eating Disorder Book by Amy and Chevese; Taking Your POWER Back Health at Every Size  Book by Dr Lindo Bacon, PhD Intuitive Eating: A Revolutionary Program that Works, Book by Elyse Resch and Evelyn Tribole     Connect with Amy: Website: The Body Wise Program  The Body Wise Program on Facebook  The Body Wise Program on Twitter   Connect with Chevese: Instagram Facebook    

Glenys Oyston RD, co-host of the popular podcast Dietitians Unplugged and author on DareNotToDiet.com, joins us for a fun and feisty conversation. She gets real about her reaction when clients say, “But my doctor told me to lose weight!” and stays candid about the ways she brings weight loss desires and goals into her client conversations. We talk about how she came to specialize in weight-inclusive care for both Binge Eating Disorder and diabetes care, and of course, had to do a little behind-the-scenes talk about her podcast.  This episode is sponsored by Jennifer McGurk's Dietitians Business School and Pursuing Private Practice resources. Get your FREE Dietitian Business Plan Roadmap here: pursuingprivatepractice.com/rdrealtalk Resources mentioned:  Patreon.com/RDRealTalk RDRT Diversify Dietetics fundraiser -- help us raise 2,020 by the end of 2020! Rosie Mensah’s CEDAR course for dietitians -- starting October 4th!  DareNottoDiet.com WIND Facebook Group for RDs and RD2Be Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond by Amy Pershing and Chevise Turner Dietitians Unplugged podcast Dare to Not Diet Facebook group Your Host: Heather Caplan RD | HeatherCaplan.com , @RDRealTalk (IG)  Reach out anytime: RDRealTalk at Gmail.com Leave a rating or review on Apple Podcasts!

Anti-diet therapist and Binge Eating Disorder expert Amy Pershing joins us to discuss how our fatphobic culture hinders recovery, how diet culture steals our personal power, the healing that can be found in getting angry, the role of restriction and trauma in binge eating, and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about quick ways for primary-care providers to talk to patients about intuitive eating and HAES. This episode originally aired on March 26, 2018 Amy Pershing LMSW, ACSW is the Clinical Director of the Center for Eating Disorders (CED) in Ann Arbor. In 1993, she developed “Bodywise™,” a comprehensive treatment program to serve a growing population of clients coming to the center with binge eating disorder (BED). In 2008, Pershing and Chevese Turner, CEO and founder of Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA), joined forces to found Pershing Turner Consulting LLC which offers training to clinicians treating BED nationwide. Pershing has pioneered an integrated approach based on almost 30 years of clinical experience. Her approach is strengths-based, incorporating Internal Family Systems, mindfulness strategies, Self Compassion interventions, and a range of somatic trauma techniques. Her approach also integrates intuitive eating and movement and a “health at every size” philosophy. Pershing offers two- and three-day Intensives for those in recovery, as well as “Hungerwise™,” a 10-week program for ending chronic dieting and weight cycling offered jointly with with St. Joseph Mercy Health System in Michigan. Pershing lectures internationally and writes extensively on the treatment of BED and her own recovery journey for both professional and lay communities. She has been featured on numerous radio and television programs speaking about BED treatment and recovery, relapse prevention, weight stigma, and mindful eating and movement. She is the winner of BEDA's Pioneer in Clinical Advocacy ward. Pershing has also served on a variety of professional boards and is the Past Chair of the Binge Eating Disorder Association. Her book, published by Taylor and Francis, will be out in late summer 2018. She maintains a clinical practice in Ann Arbor. Find her online at TheBodyWiseProgram.com. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to get started on the anti-diet path. If you're ready to break free from diet culture once and for all, join Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course—enrollment closes May 29th! Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions. To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych.  

Marc David, Founder of the Institute for the Psychology of Eating interviews Amy Pershing, CEO and founder of Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA). Amy has pioneered an integrated approach for the treatment of BED, based on more than 25 years of clinical experience. In this compelling interview, they discuss how trauma, dieting and other issues can affect binge eating as well the difference between men and women identify with eating disorders.   Watch the interview video and read full transcript here

In this episode, Aaron and Glenys interviewed two leaders in the Binge Eating Disorder (BED) and Health at Every Size® community, Amy Pershing and Chevese Turner to discuss their new book Binge Eating Disorder: A Journey to Recovery and Beyond. They discuss the book and share valuable insights into the treatment and recovery from BED.  These two people have so much wisdom and this is a must listen for any clinician or individual who wants to know more about the treatment of BED.   Binge Eating Disorder: A Journey to Recovery and Beyond website www.bedrecovery.com Amazon link to buy the book NEDA Website www.nationaleatingdisorders.org Amy Pershing's Bodywise Program www.thebodywiseprogram.com More about Aaron www.bvmrd.com More about Glenys www.daretonotdiet.com

How long have you struggled with eating? Do you remember when it first got complicated? What if you have struggled your whole life after years of abuse, shame and fear? Is there a way to heal in our current diet focused and fatphobic world? Listen now for possible tools to promote your Food Peace journey. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my courses: PCOS and Food Peace and Dietitians PCOS and Food Peace. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. This episode's Dear Food letter: Dear Food, Dear oh dear food, you have been the bane of my existence since I was born. I started with diary allergies that took time to diagnose so from a newborn, my food relationship has been difficult. That difficulty has morphed into many different things, anxiety soothing with food, fear of food, restriction, bulimia, anorexia, binge eating and so on. I've struggled to understand you. When I was young, about six years old, my life changed a lot because of an abusive homelife, then at seven, it turned to shear torture due to physical and sexual abuse. I coped by stealing food (at home, other people's houses, stores and so on), hiding and eating it. I learned to eat until sick, then purge to make myself feel better so I could eat some more. One very traumatizing event, I remember hiding multiple PB&Js behind the trashcan in the cabinet for later and once the event was over, I hid where I thought I belonged, behind the trash and ate them all, at seven years old… The trauma (really torture) went on and on and I ate and ate, and I gained and gained. I was also tortured in school for my weight and lack of social skills. Through all of this, I was caring for my younger sister since no one taking care of either of us and was also caring for my parents who could not care for themselves. As I grew into a teenager my body started to change, but it was changing differently from others. I didn't know at the time that it was PCOS at the time, but it was. I was growing hair on my face, I started shaving my face at about 12 or 13, my body shape was different, and my weight was going up at what I was told an alarming rate. By 6 th grade, I was “obese”. Once the torture stopped at home (not in my mind), I was 20, I kept on eating, doctors kept telling me to lose weight, my mother kept telling me how terrible I looked, and others would tell me “you would have such a pretty face and eyes, if you'd just lose some weight…” I kept eating and purging. I had two stays in a mental health facility and they tried to work on my relationship with food, but that was not the major reason I was inpatient, there was a much more intense reason I was there. They tried but I was not ready. Eleven years ago, at 28, after trying to conceive for about a year, I was diagnosed with PCOS. It took us three years to conceive the first time which ended as an early loss. I had six more losses and then no other pregnancies. I ate through all the losses and was told, had I not been so fat, I would not have gotten PCOS and would also be able to get and stay pregnant by a doctor. I ate some more until I didn't. I started restricting about six years ago and lost a very significant amount of weight. I was restricting so much I would pass out due an inability to my keep my blood pressure high enough and could not keep my body temperature stable to the point where I wore winter clothes in the summer. I kept this going for two years then the binging started again. I was never able to get my weight low enough to alert any doctors of an eating disorder, but I would guess that is from the PCOS. I have since been working with a wonderful therapist for seven years and an amazing eating disorder and HAES registered dietician for almost two years. I still struggle to this day with the thoughts that go along with an eating disorder. Dear, oh dear Food, will I ever “get” you? Will I ever “understand” you? I know none of this is about you, but it is just a way to cope and control one small part of my life when I was unable to control anything but morphed to lack of control around you. I want a relationship with you Food, but, it is oh so embarrassingly hard. I do have hope Food, that someday, there will be calmness and no charge between you and I. Someday I can enjoy you… Love, Frustrated but Hopeful Show Notes: Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond by Amy Pershing and Chevese Turner PCOS and Food Peace Podcast chapter 6 with Chevese Turner Love Food Podcast with Amy Pershing Julie Dillon RD blog Link to subscribe to the Love Food's Food Peace Syllabus. Eating Disorder Dietitian Julie Dillon RD blog Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.  Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Show Notes: Glossary and references here. Julie Dillon RD blog Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus. Eating Disorder Dietitian Julie Dillon RD blog Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.  Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue!

Have you been been making steps towards body acceptance, but find yourself stuck when it comes to letting go of certain eating behaviors? Perhaps, you are one of many of those with an eating disorder who has suffered from trauma? Listen to this week's episode with special guest Amy Pershing as she helps guide listeners along their recovery journey so that they can begin their healing process from trauma. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, Your Step-by-Step Guide to PCOS and Food Peace™. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Check out the Love, Food Podcast store. All T-Shirt designs have at least one with size range options from XS to 5X. All proceeds go to funding this labor of love to keep it as a free resource for you. Product links may be affiliate. If you click and make a purchase, there's no extra cost to you. The transcribed episode can be found here. Episode's Key Points: *Content Warning: discussion of sexual abuse Special guest Amy Pershing, licensed clinical social worker and founder of the Body Wise binge eating disorder recovery program and the Hunger Wise program as well as author of Binge Eating Disorder-The Journey to Recovery and Beyond. Many individuals who experience eating disorders have a history of trauma. Our culture has not recovered from its own eating disorder. When we are capable of making some steps forward in our culture's recovery from its eating disorder (and acceptance of all bodies), we can begin creating space to process our individual trauma so that healing can happen. Trauma, particularly sexual trauma, makes an individual feel as though their physical being is not okay. We must begin challenging cultural narratives that perpetuate body hate/fat phobia, such as that an individual's size predicts their health (spoiler alert: NOT true), in order to allow this trauma work to be able to take place. Additionally, filter your environment/social media: "If an image makes you feel bad, don't consume it." ~Amy Pershing Healing from an eating disorder includes honoring what the eating disorder/food behaviors has done for an individual's survival as well as adding tools, in addition to food, to one's toolbox for coping. Show Notes: Julie Dillon RD blog Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus. Dr. Laura Brown's Not the Price of Admission ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1 Amy Pershing's Binge Eating Disorder-The Journey to Recovery and Beyond---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2 Amy Pershing's Website #1 and Website #2---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3 Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here. Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.  Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series.

Have you experienced a chaotic relationship with food full of diets and shame? Do you struggle with an addiction to alcohol and wonder if abstinence looks the same with food and alcohol? Are you exploring intuitive eating concepts yet feel out of control? Listen to the latest Love Food podcast with special guest Victoria Welsby. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, Your Step-by-Step Guide to PCOS and Food Peace™. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Check out the Love, Food Podcast store. All T-Shirt designs have at least one with size range options from XS to 5X. All proceeds go to funding this labor of love to keep it as a free resource for you. Product links may be affiliate. If you click and make a purchase, there's no extra cost to you. The transcribed episode can be found here. Episode's Key Points: Special guest Victoria Welsby from BamPowLife. Dieting and making strides to lose weight and change your body in an effort to get the things you want in life (or to just simply be accepted) is the rule in our society rather than the exception Research shows that those who embark on a dieting journey regain a significant amount of the weight lost within the first year and all or most of the weight back at year five. So what does this mean? Diets don't work. Additionally, dieting frequently induces shame. Shame that isn't yours to carry as you don't fail at diets. Rather, the diets fail you and this shame burden belongs to our oppressive society. Sometimes alcohol dependence coincides with one's eating concerns. However, it is important to separate these as while you can be addicted to alcohol, you cannot be addicted to food. You need food to live whereas your survival isn't dependent on alcohol. In addition, while you can have a "normal" physical and emotional relationship with food as you recover from disordered eating, you may not be able to have the same relationship with alcohol moving forward. As you begin to heal, it is important to make space to honor how you've been coping and keeping yourself alive. As you explore Intuitive Eating, it is common to feel like you are constantly battling your brain in the beginning. This is because your body has to learn to trust you again and know food is unconditionally accessible. Be kind to yourself, be patient with yourself, and remove the shame as you begin your Intuitive Eating journey. It is challenging work and takes time. Healing from internalized fat phobia is a huge part of this journey as well and means learning to feel at home in your body as it is now as there are no body size guarantees. Fat bodies are "normal" bodies too. Connecting with those who live in fat bodies is an important step in healing your relationship with food and your body. Show Notes: Julie Dillon RD blog Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus. Victoria Welsby's Free E-course: Extreme Confidence Makeover  ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #1 Victoria Welsby's Tedx Talk---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #2 Victoria Welsby's Free Webinar: How to Unleash Your Inner Confidence Warrior ---> This week's Food Peace Syllabus addition #3 Victoria Welsby's Website, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest Remember: "You can't be addicted to something you need to live"~Amy Pershing, LCSW Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here. Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.  Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series.

Have you ever described your relationship with food as an addiction? Do you think that Food Peace™ will never work for you because you're addicted to certain kinds of food? Listen now to get my take on this Food Peace™ challenge. Subscribe and leave a review here in just seconds. This episode is brought to you by my online course, Your Step-by-Step Guide to PCOS and Food Peace™. Enrollment is open! Receive my FREE road map: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace™ with PCOS. You CAN make peace with food even with PCOS and I want to show you how. Check out the whole Love, Food Podcast store here. All T-Shirt designs have at least one with size range options from XS to 5X. All proceeds go to funding this labor of love to keep it as a free resource for you. Product links may be affiliate. If you click and make a purchase, there's no extra cost to you. The transcribed episode can be found here. Episode's Key Points: Your feelings about being addicted to food are valid... BUT, it's important to investigate WHY we feel that way, and to dig deeper. We live in a world where controlling our food and having a certain body size are thought to go hand-in-hand. We think that if we eat less, we're going to weigh less, and that people in larger bodies just don't have "discipline" when it comes to food. But this just isn't true!! Internalized fatphobia and the desire to find acceptance in our thin-obsessed culture can drive us towards dieting, and the desire to restrict our food. It can also push us towards removing pleasure from our lives, whether it's about food, sex, or anything else! If we were allowed to embrace pleasure, I think that the feeling of addiction around food would change. If we aren't giving ourselves PERMISSION to have pleasure, we are going to subconsciously restrict and deprive ourselves of food. This is not your fault! Our body pushes us to be preoccupied with food when we deprive ourselves of food. Restriction keeps the food-preoccupation going!! Compassion and permission are key, not keeping ourselves "under control." Name the moments when food has too much power!! Our bodies and our brains just want us to stay alive, and the feeling of food addiction is actually how our bodies continue to try and stay alive. Remember, your needs aren't a burden. You are NOT too needy! Redefine your expectations around meeting your needs. Consider how thin privilege plays a role in feeling like we need to fix ourselves. Put the anger and the burden where it belongs! Not on us, but on the fatphobic society in which we live. Strive for embodiment, pleasure, satisfaction, and compassion. Patients with PCOS often experience even more intense feelings about being addicted to food, especially because most doctors encourage people with PCOS to cut out carbs. But carbs are not the enemy! By removing them from your diet, you just increase the need for them, and the feeling of being out of control around them. Show Notes: Julie Dillon RD blog Link to subscribe to the weekly FREE Food Peace™ Newsletter. It is sent out every Tuesday morning. By signing up, I will also send you Love Food's Food Peace™ Syllabus. Amy Pershing's work Episode 70 of the Love, Food Podcast with Marci Evans Eating Disorder Dietitians can help your Food Peace™ journey. Get access to one near you here. Do you have a complicated relationship with food? I want to help! Send your Dear Food letter to LoveFoodPodcast@gmail.com.  Click here to leave me a review in iTunes and subscribe. This type of kindness helps the show continue! Thank you for listening to the Love, Food series.

Anti-diet therapist and Binge Eating Disorder expert Amy Pershing joins us to discuss how our fatphobic culture hinders recovery, how diet culture steals our personal power, the healing that can be found in getting angry, the role of restriction and trauma in binge eating, and so much more! Plus, Christy answers a listener question about quick ways for primary-care providers to talk to patients about intuitive eating and HAES. Amy Pershing LMSW, ACSW is the Clinical Director of the Center for Eating Disorders (CED) in Ann Arbor. In 1993, she developed “Bodywise™,” a comprehensive treatment program to serve a growing population of clients coming to the center with binge eating disorder (BED). In 2008, Pershing and Chevese Turner, CEO and founder of Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA), joined forces to found Pershing Turner Consulting LLC which offers training to clinicians treating BED nationwide. Pershing has pioneered an integrated approach based on almost 30 years of clinical experience. Her approach is strengths-based, incorporating Internal Family Systems, mindfulness strategies, Self Compassion interventions, and a range of somatic trauma techniques. Her approach also integrates intuitive eating and movement and a “health at every size” philosophy. Pershing offers two- and three-day Intensives for those in recovery, as well as “Hungerwise™,” a 10-week program for ending chronic dieting and weight cycling offered jointly with with St. Joseph Mercy Health System in Michigan. Pershing lectures internationally and writes extensively on the treatment of BED and her own recovery journey for both professional and lay communities. She has been featured on numerous radio and television programs speaking about BED treatment and recovery, relapse prevention, weight stigma, and mindful eating and movement. She is the winner of BEDA's Pioneer in Clinical Advocacy ward. Pershing has also served on a variety of professional boards and is the Past Chair of the Binge Eating Disorder Association. Her book, published by Taylor and Francis, will be out in late summer 2018. She maintains a clinical practice in Ann Arbor. Find her online at TheBodyWiseProgram.com. Ready to learn how to cook, make movies, and more from the masters? MasterClass has launched the All-Access Pass – a thoughtful gift for the home cooks or lifelong learners in your life. Food Psych listeners can get the All Access Pass at MasterClass.com/FOODPSYCH. Grab Christy's free guide, 7 simple strategies for finding peace and freedom with food, to start your intuitive eating journey. Get your own Food Psych gear at christyharrison.com/swag while it lasts! If you're ready to give up dieting once and for all, join Christy's Intuitive Eating Fundamentals online course! To learn more about Food Psych and get full show notes and a transcript of this episode, go to christyharrison.com/foodpsych. Ask your own question about intuitive eating, Health at Every Size, or eating disorder recovery at christyharrison.com/questions.