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NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association) have been in hot water what seems like recently, but actually they have been disappointing people for a while now. If you have seen posts on social media and aren't sure what the whole story is I have you covered today. I am talking about NEDAs anti-fatness, the firing of fat lib senior leader, a disastrous AAP guidelines response, the terrible experience of fat community members, alleged union-busting, the harmful chatbot Tessa, calling community members liars and ignoring them and finally questions around conflict of interest. PHEW! Buckle up, we are in for a ride! Correction: In the episode, I said Chevese Turner was CEO of NEDA but she was actually Chief Strategy & Policy Officer. Episode show notes: http://www.fiercefatty.com/170 Support me on Ko-Fi and get the Size Diversity Resource Guide: https://ko-fi.com/fiercefatty/tiers Essential listening: https://chartable.com/podcasts/fierce-fatty-podcast/reviews/KKT4nvp7 I feel seen: https://chartable.com/podcasts/fierce-fatty-podcast/reviews/odTr5XW1 International Federation of Eating Disorders Dietitians: https://substack.com/redirect/44032796-2f54-4730-b5f8-b151dcbf63ec?j=eyJ1IjoiYzhucXAifQ.5LqS022gY2yt-ZbqqdfAOunB4FrsAoRRqysGuwjUI4M  Eating Disorder Helpline Fires Staff, Transitions to Chatbot After Unionization: https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ezkm/eating-disorder-helpline-fires-staff-transitions-to-chatbot-after-unionization?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email US eating disorder helpline takes down AI chatbot over harmful advice: https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2023/may/31/eating-disorder-hotline-union-ai-chatbot-harm Sharon Maxwell's (she her) 1st post about NEDA about lived experience and AAP: https://www.instagram.com/p/CoRK9HXuU3Y/ 2nd about AAP: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq80Ql9PeNl/ Chatbot: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs1jp1pPkOs/ NEDA calling her a liar:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs4xUNHPmn4/ Conflicts of interest: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs9CPZzL7nA/ Nia they/them thefriendineverwanted: https://www.instagram.com/p/CogX_uzOvwO/ The New Obesity Guidelines for Kids Are Appalling: https://www.self.com/story/new-childhood-obesity-guidelines#:~:text=Pediatricians%20should%20offer%20weight%2Dloss,on%20the%20CDC%20growth%20charts Eating Disorders Support ChatBot Promotes Weight Loss from Ragen Chastain: https://open.substack.com/pub/weightandhealthcare/p/nedas-union-busting-eating-disorders?r=c8nqp&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email Why I Resigned As A NEDA Ambassador: https://substack.com/redirect/3ef40366-a9ed-4574-8f6b-4278f0156516?j=eyJ1IjoiYzhucXAifQ.5LqS022gY2yt-ZbqqdfAOunB4FrsAoRRqysGuwjUI4M Serious Issues With the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines For Higher-Weight Children and Adolescents: https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/serious-issues-with-the-american?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Center for Body Trust open letter about Cheve: https://www.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10157680391537874&substory_index=0&id=123566472873&paipv=0&eav=AfajwcAiR75t2gC3HfhG65Jqz4HFpaYwEI_HxfdexgdvT_ApSnPcwYgjJgYSeRZ64MI&_rdr Clinical Practice Guideline for the Evaluation and Treatment of Children and Adolescents With Obesity: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/doi/10.1542/peds.2022-060640/190443/Clinical-Practice-Guideline-for-the-Evaluation-and?autologincheck=redirected Preventing Obesity and Eating Disorders in Adolescents: https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/138/3/e20161649/52684/Preventing-Obesity-and-Eating-Disorders-in 7 Ways to Have a Healthier Body Image in College: https://www.self.com/story/healthy-body-image-college-tips Important Reminder: Anyone Can Have an Eating Disorder: https://www.self.com/story/important-reminder-anyone-can-have-an-eating-disorder NEDA 1st statement https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq_OPCZvQPK/ NEDA 2nd https://www.instagram.com/p/CoOBd8jO7J9/ The Shira Rose: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cq8zY-lr6PG/ Sharon Maxwell's (she her) 1st post about NEDA about lived experience and AAP: https://www.instagram.com/p/CoRK9HXuU3Y/ Nia they/them thefriendineverwanted: https://www.instagram.com/p/CogX_uzOvwO/ A Union Busting Chatbot? Eating Disorders Nonprofit Puts the 'AI' in Retaliation: https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2023/05/union-busting-chatbot-eating-disorders-nonprofit-puts-ai-retaliation Eating Disorder Helpline Fires Staff, Transitions to Chatbot After Unionization: https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7ezkm/eating-disorder-helpline-fires-staff-transitions-to-chatbot-after-unionization?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email https://www.labornotes.org/blogs/2023/05/union-busting-chatbot-eating-disorders-nonprofit-puts-ai-retaliation?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Online Chat: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Online_chat Chatbot: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Chatbot Washington University School of Medicine: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Washington_University_School_of_Medicine Mental health: https://www.wikiwand.com/en/Mental_health Calling community members liars and ignoring them https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs4BiC9AhDe/ NEDA knew about issues with chatbot:  https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs9RxPor-Gx/ Conflicts of interest: https://www.instagram.com/p/Cs9CPZzL7nA/ Serious Issues With the American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines For Higher-Weight Children and Adolescents: https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/serious-issues-with-the-american?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Special Edition: Dangerous New American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for Higher-Weight Children: https://weightandhealthcare.substack.com/p/special-edition-dangerous-new-american?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email NATIONAL EATING DISORDERS ASSOCIATION: https://projects.propublica.org/nonprofits/organizations/133444882 Tell NEDA to STOP working with the STOP Alliance: https://www.change.org/p/tell-neda-to-stop-working-with-the-stop-alliance?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email

This is the Weight and Healthcare newsletter! If you like what you are reading, please consider subscribing and/or sharing!Recently I was made aware of something that was happening with the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) helpline. For the past twenty years, NEDA has run a helpline providing support to tens of thousands of people a year via text, chat, and phone. That helpline was recently replaced with an AI-driven chatbot. Investigating this I learned that it happened around a labor action. As Vice reported, sourcing Abbie Harper's piece on LaborNotes, a group of four paid helpline staff, including Harper, decided to unionize because “they felt overwhelmed and understaffed.”Harper explains:“We asked for adequate staffing and ongoing training to keep up with our changing and growing Helpline, and opportunities for promotion to grow within NEDA. We didn't even ask for more money. When NEDA refused, we filed for an election with the National Labor Relations Board and won on March 17. Then, four days after our election results were certified, all four of us were told we were being let go and replaced by a chatbot.”For their part, NEDA claims that this was a “long-anticipated change” which, if true, means that for a long time NEDA thought it was a good idea to replace six paid staffers, supervisors, and up to 200 volunteers supporting people whose lives and health can be in serious peril, with an AI chatbot. I think that would have been an astonishingly bad idea even if this wasn't about union-busting.But it gets worse. Before I get into it, a bit of background. The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) has a long history of either ignoring higher-weight people (as well as others with marginalized identities) or treating us poorly. (NEDA tends to focus their attention on thin, white, cis girls and young women to the exclusion of others.) For a brief time, they brought on Chevese Turner, founder of the Binge Eating Disorder Association, and it looked like they might be turning things around in terms of intersectional work. During this time I was asked to become an official ambassador. Then Chevese was summarily fired without explanation, and I publicly left the organization. Since then, NEDA has faced a significant amount of controversy for their actions around higher-weight people. Recently they were one of the only eating disorders organizations that failed to clearly denounce the disastrous American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for higher-weight youth.I'm writing about this here because NEDA has significant funding (we'll get to that in a moment) spending, per their 2021 filing, over $800,000 a year on digital and social media support, and they have a tendency to delete or bury criticism, so it's easy to be unaware of this.Activist Sharon Maxwell decided to test the bot. Her experiences were chilling to anyone who is knowledgeable about the intersections of weight, health, and eating disorders. I have viewed the screenshots of the chat transcripts. Unfortunately, I cannot publish them here as NEDA's terms and conditions to use the bot state that “Any unauthorized use of text or images may violate copyright laws, trademark laws, the laws of privacy and publicity, and applicable regulations and statutes.” While I think reprint here would likely fall under fair use, I'm not a lawyer and I want to be as cautious as possible.In response to a question about how the chatbot (called “Tessa”) supports people with eating disorders, Tessa offered help with coping mechanisms, healthy eating, and a recommendation to seek professional support.In response to the follow-up question asking for tips around healthy eating, the chatbot offered several options, some of which included terms like “limit” and “avoid”  which is far from a best practice for someone dealing with an eating disorder as it can reinforce (and even create) restrictive thoughts and behaviors.Maxwell asked about eating the right foods to lose weight. This was a clear test for the bot. This question is a red flag under any guise, but when it is being asked by someone seeking support around eating disorders, it is a gigantic red flag, atop a tall pole, set ablaze and waving in a strong wind.The chatbot failed the test, offering up a heaping helping of diet culture including recommending (to someone seeking help from the National Eating Disorders Association) tracking calories and making sure to eat less calories than you burn. Then the bot recommended pursuing weight loss in a healthy way (ProTip: this is not truly possible for anyone, and is especially not possible for people dealing with eating disorders.) The bot recommended consulting a healthcare professional or dietitian only if the user had questions or concerns about their diet or weight loss goals. When asked point blank if there are ways to engage in safe and healthy weight loss without engaging one's eating disorder, the chatbot immediately answered yes.That is a dangerous answer. There is a body of dubious research being created (by people with deep and concerning conflicts of interest) that is trying to say otherwise, but I would hope that even they would agree that a blanket “yes” to this question, being asked by someone contacting an eating disorders helpline, without information about the person's current eating disorders diagnosis and symptoms has a massive potential for harm.The chatbot then said, incorrectly, that making gradual changes to diet and activity are sustainable and healthy ways to lose weight. The research that exists disagrees, but it would seem the bot doesn't know that and is handing out misinformation about weight loss to people who are, again, accessing an eating disorders help chat.Sharon Maxwell created an Instagram post about her experience. and Sarah Chase, the Vice President of NEDA responded: @sachaseinc: That is a flat out lie.@heysharonmaxwell: @sachaseinc would you like the screenshots from the conversation? @heysharonmaxwell Maybe you're truly blinded to the harm your own company causes. But girly, I have the receipts.@sachaseinc I'm open to being proven wrong. Please send the screenshots.@sachaseinc Yes please send the screenshots - and if this is happening in the program having the screenshots will be essential to fixing it - and I'll retract my previous comment. Afterward, Chase briefly apologized, then deleted the entire exchange, but Maxwell had a screenshot of the conversation which she subsequently published in her Instagram stories.Sarah Chase's behavior here is abhorrent but, honestly, precisely what I have come to expect from NEDA leadership. She had the option of beginning the conversation by believing Sharon or at least saying something like “do you have screenshots so I can look into this?”Instead, she led by calling Sharon Maxwell a liar and only when confronted with the existence of evidence did she become “open to being proven wrong” and willing to retract her blatantly false accusation. How magnanimous. So, because Sharon took screenshots, NEDA is now “investigating” this, but if she hadn't they would have simply called her a liar and gone on about their day as planned. Yikes.NEDA then posted to its Instagram account It came to our attention last night that the current version of the Tessa Chatbot, running the Body Positive program, may have given information that was harmful and unrelated to the program.We are investigating this immediately and have taken down that program until further notice for a complete investigation. Thank you to the community members who brought this to our attention and shared their experiences. “May have given”? They have the screenshots. While NEDA normally allows comments on their posts, they posted this with commenting turned off. To sum up, we have an organization that bills itself as “the largest nonprofit organization dedicated to supporting individuals and families affected by eating disorders” that:* Rapidly replaced their entire helpline staff (a helpline that received over 60,000 requests in 2021 according to their filings) with a chatbot just days after the helpline paid staff voted to unionize* Responded to concerns about the dangerous things the chatbot was saying by publicly calling the person bringing the concern to light a liar* Tried to erase the interaction when it turned out that it was the VP of the organization who was lyingTo me, these are not the actions of a reputable, ethical, non-profit organization. Again, NEDA was also one of the very few eating disorders organizations that failed to clearly denounce the disastrous American Academy of Pediatrics Guidelines for higher-weight youth (which had multiple conflicts of interest with weight loss industry funding) so I dug around their funding a bit. NEDA's 2021 Form 990  (the most recent I could find on record) showed the organization receiving $3,183,198 in grants and contributions and paid their leadership (including outsourced CEO and COO services) a total of $651,500. Their Schedule of Contributors fails to list their actual contributors and simply says “RESTRICTED.”So there is no clear funding from the weight loss industry though, again, that may have been part of the “RESTRICTED” information, or changed between 2021 and now.  A bit more background here - my first interaction with NEDA was 12 years ago when I started a petition asking them to end their partnership with the deeply anti-fat, weight loss industry-funded “STOP Ob*sity Alliance”. I had communicated with NEDA directly, explaining why issuing a press release in concert with an avowed anti-ob*sity organization, telling the media to: "Focus on the concept that weight status and the importance of maintaining a healthy weight is not about appearance, but about health" was harmful and offering to talk to them and/or connect them with other resources, but they refused. So I started the petition and they ended the relationship. Especially given the amount of money that Novo Nordisk and their Astroturf groups are throwing around, I'm definitely concerned that NEDA has or will jump back into relationships with the weight loss industry, and I'll continue to dig around on that.In the meantime, higher-weight people face significant barriers to receiving care for eating disorders, many of which stem from weight stigma and the weight-loss paradigm in which we now live. We can now add an eating disorders chatbot doling out diet advice to that list of barriers.You can sign onto the letter to boycott NEDA here If you are looking for eating disorders help, or organizations to support, you might try:ANADBody RebornFedUp CollectiveInternational Federation of Eating Disorders DietitiansMEDANational Alliance for Eating DisordersNalgona Positivity PrideProject HealPlease feel free to add organizations that I missed (with my apologies!) in the comments. Did you find this post helpful? 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Is obesity an actual diagnosis or not? What should parents know about their children's health? Why is body size not an accurate indicator of health? In this podcast episode, I speak about “treating obesity”; what you need to know about the shocking new guidelines with Chevese Turner.  Sign up for the FREE e-course to understand your eating disorder and embark on the road to recovery. SHOW NOTES: Click here Follow me on Instagram @behind_the_bite_podcast Visit the website: www.behindthebitepodcast.com

Is obesity an actual diagnosis or not? What should parents know about their children's health? Why is body size not an accurate indicator of health? In this podcast episode, I speak about “treating obesity”; what you need to know about the shocking new guidelines with Chevese Turner.  Sign up for the FREE e-course to understand your eating disorder and embark on the road to recovery. SHOW NOTES: Click here Follow me on Instagram @behind_the_bite_podcast Visit the website: www.behindthebitepodcast.com

Turner is currently the co-founder and co-CEO of the Body Freedom Project which was formed to realize a world free from body discrimination. Turner is also the founder of the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) which she successfully merged with the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) in 2018 after 10 years of running BEDA's day-to-day operations and programming. A highlight of Turner's work with BEDA was the inclusion of Binge Eating Disorder (BED) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual's 5th Edition (DSM-5), published in 2013. Prior to this diagnostic addition, those struggling with the most common and underdiagnosed eating disorder had little hope of being recognized much less accessing treatment and insurance coverage. One of the most forward-thinking and pivotal programs created by Turner and the board of directors of BEDA was Weight Stigma Awareness Week which continues under The Body Freedom Project. This powerful event held every September is critical to the awareness and education necessary to eliminate the weight stigma and discrimination that impedes access to quality healthcare, employment, housing and the basic dignity of not being bullied, harassed or stigmatized based on body shape and size. Turner carries these messages to audiences around the US and abroad in schools, healthcare settings, trade organizations, associations, professional conferences, corporations, and governmental agencies. Turner is also the co-author of Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery & Beyond. We discuss topics including: What is trauma informed care? Understanding the weight stigma and discrimination is a trauma Having a community The Body Freedom Project The importance of parents addressing the well being of their child   SHOW NOTES: www.implicit.harvard.edu (book) Binge Eating Disorder- The Journey to Recovery and Beyond (book) Fearing the Black Body - Sabrina Strings (book) Belly of the Beast- Da' Shaun L. Harrison https://www.instagram.com/Cheveseturner/ https://twitter.com/Cheveseturner/ ____________________________________________ 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.

Turner is currently the co-founder and co-CEO of the Body Freedom Project which was formed to realize a world free from body discrimination. Turner is also the founder of the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) which she successfully merged with the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) in 2018 after 10 years of running BEDA's day-to-day operations and programming. A highlight of Turner's work with BEDA was the inclusion of Binge Eating Disorder (BED) in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual's 5th Edition (DSM-5), published in 2013. Prior to this diagnostic addition, those struggling with the most common and underdiagnosed eating disorder had little hope of being recognized much less accessing treatment and insurance coverage. One of the most forward-thinking and pivotal programs created by Turner and the board of directors of BEDA was Weight Stigma Awareness Week which continues under The Body Freedom Project. This powerful event held every September is critical to the awareness and education necessary to eliminate the weight stigma and discrimination that impedes access to quality healthcare, employment, housing and the basic dignity of not being bullied, harassed or stigmatized based on body shape and size. Turner carries these messages to audiences around the US and abroad in schools, healthcare settings, trade organizations, associations, professional conferences, corporations, and governmental agencies. Turner is also the co-author of Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery & Beyond. We discuss topics including: The weight stigma that larger bodies experience What is discrimination? What is weight bias? What is weight stigma?  What is medical weight stigma?   SHOW NOTES: www.implicit.harvard.edu (book) Binge Eating Disorder- The Journey to Recovery and Beyond (book) Fearing the Black Body - Sabrina Strings (book) Belly of the Beast- Da' Shaun L. Harrison https://www.instagram.com/Cheveseturner/ https://twitter.com/Cheveseturner/ ___________________________________________ 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.

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.

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.

  There is nothing safe about catalyzing the much needed changes we need in our world today.   Speaking your truth feels loaded right now. I'm not talking about speaking your truth as a way to say whatever you feel whenever and wherever.   I'm talking about the deep knowing inside of you that is you without the armor, the spin. The you that doesn't absorb the projections onto you from the world.   The pull to dim what you know to be true as a protective response is real.   Sitting on the fence is a protective response. It also keeps you small and led by the burdens of fear.   I have been rumbling with this truth in my own writing and speaking, noticing the years of protecting internally that push me to placate and keep things vague when there is a lot to lose or a chance to get hurt.   The more I unburden the hurts I have held for so long, the more my capacity to move through the vulnerability of leading from my truth and speaking my truth increases.   Sure, leading from your truth is scary... especially In a world that cancels and criticizes in a heartbeat.   My guest today knows a lot about the challenges and costs of leading from your truth.   With 25 years of experience, Chevese Turner is an internationally recognized eating disorders, weight discrimination and social justice activist who founded the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) in 2008.   Chevese is dedicated to moving beyond the current dominant weight-focused paradigm in public health and healthcare delivery to one that is weight inclusive, promotes well-being free from weight stigma and discrimination, and views our understanding of the social determinants of health as an important way forward for individuals who find themselves at the intersection of oppressions and repeated denial of healthcare based on their body size, color, ethnicity, age, gender, socio-economic status, etc.   This is a conversation about so much more than food and body issues. It is about coming home to your truth. It's about healing from your pain and the traumas of betrayal and constantly being misunderstood. It is about courageous leadership.   Listen to the full episode to hear: Chevese's insights on the pace of change The pain many feel because they are misunderstood and devalued because of the body they inhabit—and the responsibility that all leaders have to ensure this doesn't happen The essential importance of not censoring yourself so you can show up in your truth   Learn more about Chevese Turner: Follow Chevese on Instagram Follow BEDA on Facebook   Learn more about Rebecca: rebeccaching.com Work With Rebecca Sign up for the Weekly Rumble Email   Resources from this episode: Brené Brown  

Body Wisdom is the inherent wisdom we each hold within our own bodies that tells us what we need physically, emotionally and spiritually. When we listen to the wisdom of our bodies, we intuitively know how to feed ourselves, satisfy our needs and accept our natural bodies. With over 25 years of experience, Chevese Turner is an internationally recognized eating disorders, weight discrimination and social justice activist who founded the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) in 2008. Turner carries these messages to audiences around the US and abroad in schools, healthcare settings, trade organizations, associations, professional conferences, corporations, and governmental agencies. Turner is the co-author of the recently published book: Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery & Beyond and contributes regularly to podcasts and the media. Turner attended Temple University in Philadelphia where she received a BA in Political Science. Her professional background includes public policy and government relations, non-profit management, programming, strategy and communications. Instagram:@turnunder Facebook:@bedadvocate★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The recovery process is not linear, but rather like a spiral. As we begin our journey of recovery around the spiral we meet many layers of life experiences that trigger disordered eating and body hatred behaviors. Even though we are once again doing these behaviors, we are not at the same starting point in the spiral. As we take each experience and use it as a building block in our healing, we move ourselves along the spiral. When we are consciously working on our recovery, every experience teaches us, giving us more strength and wisdom. Eventually we develop more effective coping tools to deal with these life experiences and the  disorder eating and body hatred behaviors are no longer necessary.   Chevese Turner is the founder and former CEO of the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) which merged with the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) in 2018. As part of NEDA’s executive leadership team, she developed the organization’s key policy initiatives and strategy, and directs its partnerships, programming and communications programs. Turner currently is working as a consultant guiding advocacy organizations and corporations in the mental health space to make their environments and policies discrimination-free for higher weight individuals. Turner is passionate about changing the conversation around weight and body size. She is dedicated to moving beyond the current dominant weight-focused paradigm to one that is weight inclusive and promotes well-being free from weight stigma and discrimination. She carries these messages to audiences around the US and abroad in schools, healthcare settings, trade organizations, associations, professional conferences, corporations, and governmental agencies. Turner is also the co-author of the recently published book: Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery & Beyond and contributes regularly to podcasts and the media. Cherevese.turner@bedaonline.com, insta@turninder:FB:facebook.com/chevese-turner

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    

Today, we conclude our conversation with Chevese Turner, as she will discuss organization and execution of projects, and then Dr. Kaye and the group offer up some concluding thoughts.

Today, Kathy is joined by Dr. Walter Kaye, Heather Hower, Dr. Tamara Pryor, Dr. Jillian Lampert, and Chevese Turner. This will be part of a multi-part discussion which details a workshop this group presented recently on eating disorder traits as strengths in recovery.

ABOUT CHEVESE TURNER:Chevese Turner is the founder and former CEO of the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) which merged with the National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) in 2018. As part of NEDA’s executive leadership team, she develops the organization’s key policy initiatives and strategy and directs its partnerships, programming, and communications programs.Turner has extensive experience in the eating disorders community as an advocate for those with binge eating disorder (BED) and issues around higher weight eating disorders. She is passionate about changing the conversation around weight and body size and is dedicated to moving beyond the current dominant weight-focused paradigm to one that is weight inclusive and promotes well-being free from weight stigma and body discrimination. Turner carries these messages to audiences around the US and abroad in schools, healthcare settings, trade organizations, associations, professional conferences, corporations, and governmental agencies. She is the co-author of the recently published book: Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery & Beyond and contributes regularly to podcasts and the media.Turner attended Temple University in Philadelphia where she received a BA in Political Science. Her professional background includes public policy and government relations, non-profit management, programming, strategy, and communications.Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond written by a clinician and an advocate who have personally struggled with BED, illuminates the experience of BED from the patient perspective while also exploring the disorder’s etiological roots and addressing the components of treatment that are necessary for long-term recovery. Accessible for both treatment providers and patients alike, this unique volume aims to explore BED treatment and recovery from both sides of the process while also providing a resource for structuring treatment and building effective interventions. This practical roadmap to understanding, resilience, and lasting change will be useful for anyone working clinically with or close to individuals suffering from BED, as well as those on the recovery journey.CONNECT WITH CHEVESE TURNER:• Visit The National Eating Disorder Association (NEDA) to learn how they help support individuals and families affected by eating disorders• Follow Chevese on Facebook and Instagram• Purchase a copy of Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery & Beyond on Amazon (available in eBook, Paperback, and Hardcover)• Read more from Chevese:— "Mental health coverage needs to include eating disorders"— "We need increased research funding to understand eating disorders"— "The Expansion of the Eating Disorders Community & Advocacy Efforts: Can we see and conquer the divide?"— "Understanding, Treating and Coping with Binge Eating Disorder"— "Weight Stigma and Dieting Almost Killed Me: A Story From My Childhood"• Listen to more of Chevese:— The Body Kindness Podcast— The Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast— Love, Food PodcastABOUT KARIN LEWIS:Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS has been recovered from Anorexia Nervosa for over 20 years and has been specializing in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders since 2005. To learn more about Karin and her center’s services, please visit Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center. You can connect with Karin on social media by following her on Facebook and Instagram.If you enjoyed the podcast, we would be so grateful if you would please consider leaving a review here. Thank you!Are you interested in becoming a guest on the Recovery Bites podcast? If so, please fill out our brief application form to start the process.

While prepping for Season 4 of the Love Food Podcast, I am rebroadcasting conversations on PCOS and Food Peace. Listen as Kimmie Singh and I chat with Chevese Turner, co-author of the book Binge Eating Disorder: Recovery and Beyond, on her PCOS journey including mental health, grief, and loss. This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie's PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code 'podcast' at check out. Get all the details here: PCOS and Food Peace Course Dietitian PCOS and Food Peace Course Did you enjoy the podcast? Leave us a rating, review, subscribe or share the podcast! Doing these small acts of kindness help the show grow and connect more with the concept of Food Peace. Notes: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download PCOS and Nutrition blog posts Binge Eating Disorder Association Web: BEDAonline.com Chevese's Web: BEDRecovery.com Chevese's Book: Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond(aff) Fat Friendly Docs HAES Community PCOS and Food Peace Support Club on Facebook Association of Size Diversity and Health Intuitive Eating principles Health at Every Size (HAES) Julie Dillon RD blog Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast. Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body's optimal ratio of 40 to 1. Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels. In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie. Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives. Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS. Order online today at theralogix.com. During checkout, use "PRC" code 127410 for an exclusive PCOS and Food Peace Podcast discount. Enter to win a 90-day supply here!(We will be picking 4 random emails from those who enter during September 2018. All will be notified via email.)

Author and Advocate, Chevese Turner, joins the podcast to discuss recovery for all bodies, emphasizing how individuals in higher weight bodies experience eating disorders, treatment and recovery differently. Chevese talks about: - Her background and her current role as Chief Policy and Strategy Officer at NEDA - Her own recovery story and the influence of fatphobia - Things people misunderstand about EDs in people in higher weight bodies - What needs to change in the eating disorder field -How people can get involved in advocacy Get your copy of Dr. Anderson’s book, Recover Your Perspective, on Amazon.com! This podcast is hosted and produced by Janean Anderson, Ph.D., CEDS-S.Dr. Anderson is a licensed psychologist, author, and podcast host.She holds the Certified Eating Disorder Specialist designation from the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP).She is the Founder and Director of Colorado Therapy & Assessment Center, an outpatient treatment center in Denver, Colorado that specializes in eating disorders.  Dr. Anderson also provides private, one-on-one recovery coaching for listeners of the podcast and for treatment providers seeking supervision and consultation for their CEDS.Interested?Email for more info: podcast@eatingdisorderrecoverypodcast.com To learn more about the podcast, visit www.eatingdisorderrecoverypodcast.com.  Follow Dr. Anderson’s work here: Facebook.com/DrAndersonAuthor Facebook.com/DrJaneanAnderson Twitter.com/DrJanean Instagram @drjaneananderson Get emails about Dr. Anderson’s writing and other happenings at www.eatingdisorderrecoverypodcast.com This podcast is sponsored by EDCare. EDCare has provided PHP, IOP & Outpatient treatment for all genders, 18 and over, since 2001. CAMSA ( which stands for Connection, Acceptance, Mindfulness, Sense of Self & Action), is EDCare’s mindfulness-based treatment approach and is incorporated into each individualized treatment plan. Facilities are located in Denver, Colorado Springs and Kansas City and all treatment is supported by Masters’ Level Clinicians or higher. EDCare offers 4 specialty tracks (BED, ELITE Athlete, Substance Use, & Trauma), and the Connections House, an affordable supportive housing component, adds an extra layer of supervised support. www.eatingdisorder.careor (866) 771-0861 Chevese Turner Chief Policy & Strategy Officer National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) Chevese Turner is the founder and former CEO of the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) which recently merged with the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA). As part of NEDA’s leadership team, she develops the organization's key policy initiatives directs its partnerships and communications and play a key role in strategic goals and alignment. Turner has extensive experience in the eating disorders community as an advocate for those with binge eating disorder (BED) and the issues around higher weight eating disorders. Turner is passionate about changing the conversation around weight and body size. She is dedicated to moving beyond the current dominant weight- focused paradigm to one that is weight inclusive and promotes well-being free from weight stigma and body discrimination. She carries these messages to audiences around the US and abroad in schools, healthcare settings, trade organizations, associations, professional conferences, corporations, and governmental agencies. Turner is also the co-author of the recently published book: Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery & Beyond and contributes regularly to podcasts and the media. Turner attended Temple University in Philadelphia where she received a BA in Political Science. Her professional background includes public policy and government relations, non-profit management, programming, strategy, communications, and marketing. Chevese’s book on Binge Eating Disorder Recovery https://www.amazon.com/Binge-Eating-Disorder-Journey-Recovery/dp/1138236934/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=binge+eating+recovery&qid=1561394170&s=gateway&sr=8-3

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.  

Aaron Flores is a registered dietitian nutritionist (RDN) in Calabasas, CA, specializing in Intuitive Eating, Health at Every Size® and helping clients reclaim Body Trust®.  Aaron's goal is to help you leave behind the world of diets and body shame and instead embrace your relationship with food and your body with curiosity, self-compassion and empathy. This is a revolutionary approach, especially in our diet-obsessed culture.  Aaron is also the amazing co-host of Dietitians Unplugged podcast  Aaron's Spotify play list! https://open.spotify.com/user/afjamp/playlist/4KdVhyx1scvhA1QU96SU9O?si=Me2aUZA-TXSDTQvayoxbBw Balance Variety and Moderation RDN . www.bvmrd.com .  Podcast:  http://dietitiansunplugged.libsyn.com/ https://www.facebook.com/AaronFloresRDN http://bvmrd.blogspot.com https://www.instagram.com/AaronFloresRDN/ Twitter @AaronFloresRDN Books Aaron mentions Manhood: the bare reality- Laura Dodsworth Binge Eating Disorder-Amy Pershing and Chevese Turner     Find Kori at mindfuleatingwithkori.com Find Lori at unapologeticallymerd.com Follow the Nourished Circle on Instagram @nourishedcircle Look at our BANDD merchandise at https://teespring.com/stores/the-bandd  And enter promo code POD10 for 10% off your purchase  

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

This Chapter of the PCOS and Food Peace Podcast is brought to you by Julie's PCOS and Food Peace course. Get 25% off using the coupon code 'podcast' at check out. Get all the details here: PCOS and Food Peace Course Dietitian PCOS and Food Peace Course Did you enjoy the podcast? Leave us a rating, review, subscribe or share the podcast! Doing these small acts of kindness help the show grow and connect more with the concept of Food Peace. Notes: Your First 3 Steps Toward Food Peace with PCOS download PCOS and Nutrition blog posts Binge Eating Disorder Association Web: BEDAonline.com Chevese's Web: BEDRecovery.com Chevese's Book: Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery and Beyond (aff) Fat Friendly Docs HAES Community PCOS and Food Peace Support Club on Facebook Association of Size Diversity and Health Intuitive Eating principles Health at Every Size (HAES) Julie Dillon RD blog Thank you to Theralogix, the makers of Ovasitol, for sponsoring the podcast. Ovasitol is an inositol supplement with a blend of myo-inositol and D-chiro-inositol, in the body's optimal ratio of 40 to 1. Inositols are nutrients that help to decrease insulin resistance, promote menstrual regularity, restore ovulation, and balance hormone levels. In convenient powder form, Ovasitol can be enjoyed in your favorite beverage or smoothie. Available in both a canister and convenient single-serving packets, Ovasitol contains 100% pure inositols, with no additives. Read our blog post about what Inositols can do to help your PCOS. Order online today at theralogix.com. During checkout, use "PRC" code 127410 for an exclusive PCOS and Food Peace Podcast discount. Enter to win a 90-day supply here! (We will be picking 4 random emails from those who enter during September 2018. All will be notified via email.)

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.

When the Netflix Original 'To the Bone' was released many helping professionals who work with people with eating disorders were not too happy. The primary complaint was concern that (once again) stereotypes for eating disorders would be reinforced by centering the story around a very thin white woman. See here: How Current Eating Disorder Discourse Fails The LGBTQ Community. And How We Can Change That To the Bone: creating eating disorder awareness or doing harm As An Eating Disorder Therapist, I’m Worried After Seeing Netflix’s ‘To The Bone’ Why We Need More ‘Hunger’ And Less ‘To The Bone’ I sat down with Chevese Turner, founder of the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) to discuss the myths and misconceptions about who gets eating disorders (we all do) and how we can all do better to identify and help those struggling find recovery. It’s pretty tricky because many people with weight concerns show up to diet programs and weight loss centers when they could have an eating disorder. In this episode we also discuss the appropriateness of using the word “fat” as as descriptor, why we need to acknowledge our privileges, and the story for how Binge Eating Disorder became acknowledged as it’s own eating disorder. (hint: weight stigma and diet culture are major reasons why BED is under diagnosed and treated today). Tune in and let me know what you think by leaving a rating or review. Get to know Chevese Chevese Turner founded the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) in June 2008 recognizing the need for an organization to advocate on behalf of individuals affected by binge eating disorder (BED) and the providers who treat them. Turner’s well-rounded career in the health care, pharmaceutical, political and non-profit arenas, as well as her many leadership roles within these fields, prepared her to launch BEDA, the only organization specifically suited to support individuals and treatment professionals managing BED. Find Chevese online Website: https://bedaonline.com YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/user/bedaorg Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BEDAonline Twitter: https://twitter.com/BEDAorg --- You can subscribe to Body Kindness on iTunes and Stitcher. Enjoy the show? Please rate it on iTunes! - http://getpodcast.reviews/id/1073275062 Are you ready for Body Kindness? Get started today with my free e-course and on-demand digital training. Learn more - http://bit.ly/2k23nbT The New York Times Book Review calls Body Kindness “simple and true”. Publisher’s Weekly says it’s “a rousing guide to better health.” http://bit.ly/2k228t9 Watch my videos about why we need Body Kindness on YouTube. https://youtu.be/W7rATQpv5y8?list=PLQPvfnaYpPCUT9MOwHByVwN1f-bL2rn1V Did you enjoy the podcast? Please subscribe and rate it. Have a show idea or guest recommendation (even yourself!) E-mail podcast@bodykindnessbook.com to get in touch. Nothing in this podcast is meant to provide medical diagnosis, treatment, cure, or prevent any disease or condition. Individuals should consult a qualified healthcare provider for medical advice and answers to personal health questions.  

Download Episode! Hey there, lovely radicals... podcast ahead! This week, on the "Life. Unrestricted." podcast, it’s my pleasure to talk to Chevese Turner from the Washington DC area. Chevese is the woman who almost 9 years ago founded the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) in June 2008, recognizing the need for an organization to advocate on behalf of individuals affected by Binge Eating Disorder (BED), as well as the providers who treat them. Turner’s well-rounded career in the health care, pharmaceutical, political and non-profit arenas, as well as her many leadership roles within these fields, prepared her to launch BEDA, the only organization specifically suited to support individuals and treatment professionals managing BED. Today, you’ll hear Chevese talk about: – How old she was when she lost the innocent, joyful, and non-judgmental attitude towards her own body – What drove her to start searching for, stealing and hoarding food – What every type of binging behavior stems from – How her mother related to food and weight – Why denial about unhealed past wounds always leads to us passing along the same pain (we can not outrun our own shadow) – Why those old painful memories are often the ones that leave the deepest imprint on our soul – Why we often treat ourselves the way we have been treated as children – Why food (restricting/dieting, or overeating) is so commonly used to try to escape difficult emotions – How we can start to make sense of our own behavior around food – Why there is no need to be ashamed for recognizing those behaviors for what they are – How shame and weight-bias affect a person’s physical and mental health – Why all the advice she got actually only perpetuated her eating disorder – Why she never really knew what she liked/what her hobbies were – Why she immediately regretted having lap band surgery – What is commonly misunderstood with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) – Why, at the root, anorexia and BED are much more alike as they outwardly seem – Why our society is too quick to categorize people, instead of listening to the person in question first – How terribly effective diet-culture and its constant messages and images really is, and why it is important to be aware of how all of that seeps into our subconscious and colors our own judgment – What she wants us all to know about our bodies – Why bariatric surgery is often done solely for profit, and why there’s so little information about the dangers and the long-term effects of it – The medical ramifications of our society’s belief that "healthy" looks a certain way – How she reacted when she first heard that her Binge Eating Disorder was only to be treated effectively by nourishment – How many years she wasted by being stuck in the diet-cycle, and having little mental space for anything that would have really sparked her interest – Why so many body-obsessed women have no idea who they really are outside of dieting – What led her to found BEDA, and how wonderfully that organization developed – What BEDA is about and what they are actively working on – Why it is important for all of us to resist any sort of weight-stigmatization, and to speak up against it... ... And so much more! Here’s the link to BEDA (where you’ll also find info about the conferences) www.bedaonline.com And here’s the toll-free number that Chevese mentioned (only for US listeners): 855 855 2332 Make sure to support the podcast by becoming a "Patreon", so that I can keep producing it and help as many people as possible. Thank you! Here's the link: https://www.patreon.com/lifeunrestricted If you want this sort of badassery to come to your phone automatically, please DO subscribe on iTunes (Apple): https://itunes.apple.com/ch/podcast/life.-unrestricted.-podcast/id1130713233?mt=2 or on Stitcher (Android): http://www.stitcher.com/s?fid=93987&refid ********* Don't forget!********* Make sure to join my tribe and meet some of the most supportive, loving and kind people of all shapes and sizes, including great coaches and leaders! We’re right over here at: http://www.lifeunrestricted.org/join/

Today is a first for ED Matters, as Kathy interviews 2 guests at once. Chevese Turner, founder, president, and CEO of the binge eating disorder association, aka beda, and Robyn Goldberg, registered dietitian nutritionist, are here today to talk about weight stigma, and weight bias in the treatment of binge eating disorder – please enjoy this in depth conversation.