Podcasts about eating disorders awareness

Send us a text Join host Devan Gonzalez on the Mindset Cafe as he welcomes renowned dietitian and eating behavior expert Jessica Setnick for a deep dive into the powerful connection between mindset, nutrition, and eating habits. Discover how childhood experiences shape our food choices, why social media impacts body image, and practical strategies for fostering healthy eating in children. Jessica also shares how to separate emotions from eating decisions, reframe food from the “enemy” to a supportive tool, and build a positive environment that nurtures a healthier relationship with what's on your plate. Don't miss this enlightening conversation packed with mindset shifts that can help you transform your approach to food...for good.  https://www.JessicaSetnick.com/Thanks for listening & being part of the Mindset Cafe Community.----------------------------------------------Connect With Devan:https://www.devangonzalez.com/connect----------------------------------------------Follow On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/devan.gonzalez/https://www.instagram.com/mindsetcafepodcastLet me know what topics or questions you want covered so we can help you achieve your goals faster.----------------------------------------------P.S. If you're not already a part of the The Mindset Cafe Community Page I would love to have you be a part of the community, and spread your amazing knowledge. The page is to connect and network with other like minded people networking and furthering each other on our journeys!https://www.facebook.com/groups/themindsetcafe/

The National Alliance for Eating Disorders (formerly The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness), led by Johanna Kandel, joins us for the second time to speak to Not One More Weekend, this weekend, February 23, 24, 25, 2024, around their pillars of help, support and recovery. Listen in to hear all about this weekend's upcoming events … Continue reading Not One More →

Margo Maine, PhD, FAED, CEDS, is a clinical psychologist who has specialized in eating disorders and related issues for over 35 years. A Founder and former Adviser of the National Eating Disorders Association and Founder and Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders, her most recent book, Hair Tells a Story: Hers, Yours, & Ours (Toplight Books, 2023), explores women's relationship with their hair, a critical feminist issue and neglected aspect of body image. Dr. Maine is also author of: Pursuing Perfection: Eating Disorders, Body Myths, and Women at Midlife and Beyond; Treatment of Eating Disorders: Bridging the Research- Practice Gap; Effective Clinical Practice in the Treatment of Eating Disorders; The Body Myth; Father Hunger; and Body Wars; and Senior Editor Emeritus of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention. She received the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp) and is the 2007 recipient of The Lori Irving Award for Excellence in Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, the 2014 recipient of the Don and Melissa Nielsen Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2015 NEDA Lifetime Achievement Award. Maine has served on many clinical advisory and community boards and is a 2016 Honoree of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. She lectures nationally and internationally on eating disorders and maintains a private practice, Maine & Weinstein Specialty Group, in West Hartford, CT. She loves the earth and gets up early every day to celebrate it. Please listen, share, subscribe, follow, and support.  If you want to support Ms V The Storyteller Podcast, please email me at valisonelliot@gmail.com or visit my website @ msvthestoryteller.godaddysites.com. You can follow me on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, YouTube & LinkedIn at Ms. V The Storyteller or visit my website @ msvthestoryteller.godaddysites.com. Thanks for listening!  Margo's Info: www.mwsg.org Website: https://www.mwsg.org/margo-maine Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/drmargomaine/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DrMargoMaineAuthor Twitter: https://twitter.com/DrMargoMaine1 LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmargomaine/ Newsletter: Subscribe on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/build-relation/newsletter- follow?entityUrn=7020868527758659584 Linktree: https://linktr.ee/margomaine https://mcfarlandbooks.com/product/hair-tells-a-story/ https://www.amazon.com/Hair-Tells-Story-Hers-Yours/dp/1476688613/ https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/hair-tells-a-story-margo-maine/1142264353 https://bookshop.org/p/books/hair-tells-a-story-hers-yours-and-ours/18939696 https://www.target.com/p/hair-tells-a-story-by-margo-maine-paperback/-/A-87845138

At the heart of every person is a yearning from the deepest part of our souls that must be heard. It is a desire to awaken, embrace our whole selves, and see past the limitations we have put on ourselves. It is the knowing that we are connected with a universal love and spiritual presence that holds the flame of our true essence of love and light. When we begin to accept that each one of us was born with divine spirit, then we can stop the struggle with defining ourselves as good or bad by our body size or the food we eat. We can then move on to simply expressing our true selves. Margo Maine Margo Maine, PhD, FAED, CEDS, is a clinical psychologist who has specialized in eating disorders and related issues for over 35 years. A Founder and former Adviser of the National Eating Disorders Association and Founder and Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders, her most recent book, Hair Tells a Story: Hers, Yours, & Ours (Toplight Books, 2023), explores women's relationship with their hair, a critical feminist issue and neglected aspect of body image.  Dr. Maine is also author of: Pursuing Perfection: Eating Disorders, Body Myths, and Women at Midlife and Beyond; Treatment of Eating Disorders: Bridging the Research- Practice Gap; Effective Clinical Practice in the Treatment of Eating Disorders; The Body Myth; Father Hunger; and Body Wars; and Senior Editor Emeritus of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention. She received the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the  International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp) and is the 2007 recipient of The Lori Irving Award for Excellence in Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, the 2014 recipient of the Don and Melissa Nielsen Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2015 NEDA Lifetime Achievement Award. Maine has served on many clinical advisory and community boards and is a 2016 Honoree of the Connecticut Women's Hall of Fame. She lectures nationally and internationally on eating disorders and maintains a private practice, Maine & Weinstein Specialty Group, in West Hartford, CT. She loves the earth and gets up early every day to celebrate it. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

The National Alliance for Eating Disorders (formerly The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness), led by Johanna Kandel, joins us to speak to Not One More Weekend, this weekend, February 24, 25, 26, 2023, around their pillars of help, support and recovery. Listen in to hear all about this weekend's upcoming events understanding support is available and … Continue reading Not One More →

Anna Lutz and Elizabeth Davenport have a conversation with Johanna Kandel, founder and CEO of the Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, and McCall Dempsey, founder and director of Southern Smash. Sunny Side Up Nutrition and the Alliance teamed up to create five parent letters that can be customized and downloaded as a tool for advocacy when diet culture shows up in schools. They discuss:  The pervasiveness of diet culture and how it shows up in schools.  Where the idea for the five letters originated. The contents of each letter:  Introductory Letter to Your Child's Teacher Letter regarding School Weigh-Ins Letter regarding a Harmful School Assignment with Diet Culture Letter regarding Food Police in the School Cafeteria Letter requesting your Child Opt-Out of An Assignment Specific examples of when a parent may use these letters to advocate for diet-free schools.  Resources for parents available from the National Alliance for Eating Disorders. Links:  Support the Podcast -- Virtual “Tip Jar”! Link to Letters on SSUN Website National Alliance for Eating Disorders Johanna Kandel McCall Dempsey Sunny Side Up Nutrition Podcast  Lutz, Alexander & Associates Nutrition Therapy Pinney Davenport Nutrition https://thirdwheeled.com/ https://m8.design/ https://www.sonics.io/ Johanna Kandel is the immediate Past President of the Board of Directors for the Eating Disorders Coalition, member of the Academy for Eating Disorders Advisory Board, founding board member of the Eating Disorders Activist Network, and a member of the Eating Disorders Leadership Summit. She is an active participant in National Eating Disorders Awareness Month.  She has received many awards for her ongoing outreach and advocacy work, including the Jefferson Award for Public Service© and Harlequin Enterprises' More Than Words Award.  Johanna has appeared on national television programs including NBC Nightly News and The Today Show, and profiled in the New York Times, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and Glamour Magazine. Johanna's book, Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder, was released by Harlequin Nonfiction in September of 2010. Success to Johanna means helping even one person avoid traveling down the same road she did and continuing to use her voice in the fight against eating disorders. McCall Dempsey is a writer, speaker and founder of Southern Smash, a program of the National Alliance for Eating Disorders. McCall is an eating disorder survivor and passionate recovery advocate.

Eating Disorders are a distressing mental illness that is estimated to affect around 1.25 million people in the UK and at least 9% of the population worldwide. We are releasing this episode to coincide with Eating Disorders Awareness week in the UK, to learn more about the various types of Eating Disorders, how we can support loved ones and why early detection is paramount. Gemma Oaten - is an actress best known for her work on Emmerdale, Holby City and most recently Coronation Street. She is also the patron and manager of SEED a charity offering Support and Education for Eating Disorders set up by Gemma's mum and dad while they struggled to get the help  they needed during Gemma's own 13 year battle with an Eating Disorder that almost took her life 4 times.  Gemma is joined by Dr Joan Brunton - Clinical Director Eating Disorders from the Priory Healthcare, who has treated hundreds of patients with a wide variety of eating disorders. *Content warning Some listeners may find some of the conversation around anorexia, bulimia and Eating Disorders triggering, so please take care when listening and proceed with caution. 

Kim Potter's "white woman tears"; UN blacks vs Russia; Eating Disorders Awareness; "hate crimes" vs free speech; Don't Say Gay bill… The Hake Report, Tuesday, February 22, 2022 AD: After Kim Potter sentencing, Daunte Wright's "white" mom: "white woman tears trump justice." // UN blacks complain about Putin's "peacekeeping" in Ukraine's separatist areas. // TheSkimm: It's National Eating Disorders Awareness Week! // INTERESTING CALLS: Callers from communist countries talk private property rights; libs getting rid of free speech with "hate crimes"; Biden taking L's! How do we bring God back? (SEE BELOW!) // "Climate scientists" and Biden admin push "social cost" of carbon as a valid "metric." // Twitter "she/hers" scaremonger against fathers of "outed" children amid "Don't Say Gay" bill debate //  MUSIC: Hollydrift - "Haven of Rest" - Waiting for the Tiller (2004, Parasomnic Records) // Dan Lebowitz - "Come on Out" - YouTube Audio Library (Chris selection) //  CALLERS Vladimir from Sacramento, CA proposes 2A day, cusses a little, came from a commie country! Emmanuel from Canada was bulimic due to mama, until POT! CTV tried to make propaganda!  Joe from Portland, OR on Arbery case: "hate crime," no free speech! SJW gym!  Gabe from Michigan's grandfather faced a gov't land grab and meddling for communism.  Bobby from Texas on Canada and Ukraine; he likes seeing Biden take L's on the world stage  Justin from Fullerton, CA asks how we can bring God back to the American government.  Also check out Hake News from today.  TIME STAMPS 0:00:00 Tue, Feb 22, 2022 0:02:22 Hey, guys! 0:06:05 Kim Potter 0:18:50 Russia! 0:33:36 VLADIMIR: 2A DAY 0:45:28 National Eating Disorders Awareness Week 0:55:27 EMMANUEL 1:03:41 "Haven of Rest" - Hollydrift 1:06:41 Reading chat during noise 1:10:34 Supers 1:13:36 JOE, PDX: HATE CRIME, GYM 1:23:21 GABE: NO PRIVATE PROPERTY 1:30:39 'Social Cost' of Carbon 1:37:12 Don't Say Gay bill, FL 1:48:45 BOBBY, TX: BIDEN UKRAINE 1:53:40 Supers: Hockey Hair vs. Mullet 1:56:26 JUSTIN: BRING GOD BACK 1:59:29 "Come on Out" - Dan Lebowitz HAKE LINKS VIDEO ARCHIVE: YouTube | Facebook | Twitter | COMING? Odysee | Rumble  AUDIO PODCAST: Apple | Spotify | Podcast Addict | Castbox | TuneIn | Stitcher | Google | iHeart | Amazon | PodBean  LIVE VIDEO: Odysee | Facebook | Twitter | DLive | YouTube* | Twitch* | NOT Trovo*  SUPER CHAT: Streamlabs | Odysee | SUPPORT: SubscribeStar | Patreon | Teespring  Call in! 888-775-3773, live Monday through Friday 9 AM - 11 AM PT (Los Angeles) https://thehakereport.com/show  Also see Hake News from JLP's show today.  *NOTE: YouTube, Twitch, and Trovo have all censored James's content on their platforms over fake "Community Guidelines" violations. (Trovo permanently blocked The Hake Report.)  BLOG POST: https://www.thehakereport.com/blog/2022/2/22/022222-tue-the-hake-report 

Hey guys, here's the last episode in our social media series: And Then We Were Naive. In today's episode, Molly and I discuss the effects of social media on a global scale; we talk about why teens are more likely to use social media as a news source, Gen Zs' and Millennials' effect on the 2020 election, fake news, etc. As always, we also tied in some of our own experiences to give you guys a better understanding about this topic! Since we do touch on topics that could be triggering, we wanted to provide resources for you guys, which are linked below. Please remember that you can always talk to people in your life if you are struggling; it is better to get things off your chest than to keep it bottled in! Also, huge thank you to Therapist Aid for giving us resources to help those in need. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to share, subscribe/follow, leave an audio message, and rate us! Resources: Lifeline (suicidepreventionlifeline.org) https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline How to Practice Self-Compassion (Article) | Therapist Aid Communication Techniques (Guide) | Therapist Aid Suicide Hotline 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433) 1-800-827-7571 Youth Crisis Hotline: 1-800-448-4663 Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention: 1-800-931-2237 Links to Donate to Oxford High School: Oxford Bank: Donate to the Oxford Community Memorial and Victims Fund Oxford Wildcat Boosters Oxford High School Shooting: How to Help Those Affected Sources used for Research: Majority of teens get news from social media and YouTube How Younger Generations Consume News Differently How Social Media is Influencing Gen Z's Political Views Facebook's global monopoly poses a deadly threat in developing nations | John Naughton Links Referenced in this Episode: Instagram and Twitter Business Inquiries: andthenthereweretwo05@gmail.com Music Used: After sunset: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pryces/after-sunset License code: DAUQVVMGAT7OLVOL Moonshine: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/moonshine License code: NTNBQTNMORBKVPEJ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andthentherewere2/message

Happy 2022 Everyone! Welcome to part three of our social media series! In today's episode, we will be discussing how social media correlates with mental health ― defining what certain terms really mean, understanding how it might reduce and increase anxiety, cyberbullying, and much more. As always, we also tied in some of our own experiences to give you guys a better understanding about this topic! Also like we said, trigger warning as we talk about mental health, anxiety, cyberbullying, etc., and we have included resources below if you are struggling with your mental health. Please remember that you can always talk to people in your life if you are struggling; it is better to get things off your chest than to keep it bottled in! Also, huge thank you to Therapist Aid for giving us resources to help those in need. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to share, subscribe/follow, leave an audio message, and rate us! Resources: Lifeline (suicidepreventionlifeline.org) https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline How to Practice Self-Compassion (Article) | Therapist Aid Communication Techniques (Guide) | Therapist Aid Suicide Hotline 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433) 1-800-827-7571 Youth Crisis Hotline: 1-800-448-4663 Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention: 1-800-931-2237 Donations for Oxford Shootings: https://www.oxfordbank.com/donations?fbclid=IwAR2OQ0HHBKU9grH0cYiO0u95Db_YdHBcwTQBmnaTzcClYV-JwH5vDU-hGv0 https://www.oxfordwildcatboosters.com https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/oxford-high-school-shooting-fundraisers Sources used for Research: Help Guide - Social Media and Mental Health Links Referenced in this Episode: Instagram and Twitter Business Inquiries: andthenthereweretwo05@gmail.com Music Used: After Sunset: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pryces/after-sunset License code: DAUQVVMGAT7OLVOL Moonshine: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/moonshine License code: NTNBQTNMORBKVPEJ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andthentherewere2/message

Hey everyone! Welcome to the second part of our social media series! In this episode, we focus on body image in social media, and how young adults compare themselves to others on social media. Also trigger warning as we talk about eating disorders, mental health, dieting, etc., and we have included resources below if you are struggling with your mental health. Please remember that you can always talk to people in your life if you are struggling; it is better to get things off your chest than to keep it bottled in! Also, huge thank you to Therapist Aid for giving us resources to help those in need. If you enjoyed this episode, don't forget to share, subscribe/follow, leave an audio message, and rate us! Resources: Lifeline (suicidepreventionlifeline.org) https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline How to Practice Self-Compassion (Article) | Therapist Aid Communication Techniques (Guide) | Therapist Aid Suicide Hotline 1-800-SUICIDE (784-2433) 1-800-827-7571 Youth Crisis Hotline: 1-800-448-4663 Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention: 1-800-931-2237 Donations for Oxford Shootings: https://www.oxfordbank.com/donations?fbclid=IwAR2OQ0HHBKU9grH0cYiO0u95Db_YdHBcwTQBmnaTzcClYV-JwH5vDU-hGv0 https://www.oxfordwildcatboosters.com https://www.gofundme.com/c/act/oxford-high-school-shooting-fundraisers Sources used for Research: Solsticeeast.com Fherehab.com Online.king.edu Links Referenced in this Episode: Instagram and Twitter Business Inquiries: andthenthereweretwo05@gmail.com Music Used: After Sunset: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/pryces/after-sunset License code: DAUQVVMGAT7OLVOL Moonshine: Music from Uppbeat (free for Creators!): https://uppbeat.io/t/prigida/moonshine License code: NTNBQTNMORBKVPEJ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/andthentherewere2/message

Welcome back to your favorite podcast! This is the first episode in Molly and I's series on how social media affects the youth: we talk about if social media is an addiction, how social media platforms keep our attention, surveys/experiments we did, as well as our personal experiences. In the upcoming episode, which will be released this upcoming Tuesday, we discuss social media's affects on body image. We understand these topics can be triggering, so below you can find resources if you are struggling with your mental health. Please remember that you can always talk to people in your life if you are struggling; it is better to get things off your chest than to keep it bottled in! Also, huge thank you to Therapist Aid for giving us resources to help those in need. As always, if you enjoyed this week's episode don't forget to share, subscribe/follow, leave an audio message, rate us, and more! (P.S. Happy 1 year anniversary of And Then Were Two!! Thank you so much for your guys' support; we are forever grateful

#107 - Dr. Janet Schebendach is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist. She received a master's degree in Clinical Nutrition from New York University and a PhD with Distinction in Behavioral Nutrition from Columbia University Graduate School of Arts and Sciences. Dr. Schebendach has over 40 years of experience in the field of eating disorders. From 1978 – 2002, Dr. Schebendach worked as a nutritionist and later as Nutritionist-in-Charge in the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Eating Disorders Treatment Program, at Schneider Children's Hospital, Long Island Jewish Medical Center, NY. At present, Dr. Schebendach is the Director of Research Nutrition & the Eating Behavior Laboratory at the New York State Psychiatric Institute, Eating Disorder Research Unit, at Columbia University Irving Medical Center. Faculty appointments include Associate Professor of Neurobiology (In Psychiatry) at Columbia University Irving Medical Center and Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Health & Behavior Studies at Teachers College, Columbia University where she teaches a graduate course entitled Eating Disorders: Awareness, Prevention, and Treatment. Our HostsLinda and John (Jack) Mazur wrote the book, Emilee-The Story of a Girl and Her Family Hijacked by Anorexia, https://www.amazon.com/Emilee-Story-Family-Hijacked-Anorexia/dp/170092012X to honor their daughter's wish, to raise awareness, evoke compassion, and foster change in how eating disorders are viewed and treated. They can be reached through the book website: https://emileethestoryofagirl.com or at Linda.john.mazur@gmail.com Ellen Bennett is the director of KMB for Answers which is a non-profit foundation providing educational and financial support for mental health professionals as well as assistance for families in search of resources. For more information about Ellen Bennett and the foundation founded in memory of her daughter Katlyn, go to: www.Kmbforanswers.com BooksEmilee: The Story of a Girl and Her Family Hijacked by Anorexia https://www.amazon.com/Emilee-Story-Family-Hijacked-Anorexia/dp/170092012X8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorderhttps://www.amazon.com/Keys-Recovery-Eating-Disorder-Therapeutic/dp/0393706958Understanding Teen Eating Disorders by Chris Halton, Cathie Simpson, Dr. Mary Tantillo https://www.amazon.com/Understanding-Teen-Eating-Disorders-Haltom/dp/1138068837Multifamily Therapy Group for Young Adults with Anorexia Nervosa, by Mary Tantillo, Jennifer Sanftner McGraw, Daniel Le Grange https://www.amazon.com/Multifamily-Therapy-Adults-Anorexia-Nervosa/dp/113862490XSick Enough by Jennifer L. Gaudiani https://www.amazon.com/Sick-Enough-Jennifer-L-Gaudiani/dp/0815382456Life Without Ed by Jenni Schaefer https://www.amazon.com/Life-Without-Ed-Declared-Independence/dp/0071422986Resources: Columbia Center for Eating Disorders http://www.columbiacenterforeatingdisorders.orgPreparED Eating Disorder Education https://prepared.nyspi.orgTeachers College, Columbia University, Department of Health and Behavior Studies, Program in Nutrition https://www.tc.columbia.edu/health-and-behavior-studies/nutritionWNY Comprehensive Care Center for Eating Disorders;  https://nyeatingdisorders.org/The Healing Connectionwww.thehealingconnectioninc.orgAlliance for Eating Disorder Awareness;  https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/Gaudiani Clinic;  https://www.facebook.com/gaudianiclinicMom2Mom; https://www.facebook.com/groups/EatingDisordersMom2MomNEDA;  https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/Emily Program;  https://www.emilyprogram.com/Ophelia's Place; https://www.opheliasplace.org/Monte Nido; https://www.montenido.com/

Eating disorders affect 29 million Americans (9 percent of the population). Every 52 minutes, someone in the U.S. dies as a direct result of their eating disorder. Guided by Domenica Feraud's rapturous play RINSE, REPEAT, this week we delve into eating disorders: anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, orthorexia, and every eating disorder on the spectrum.  Host Ruthie Fierberg and Feraud unite with experts Dr. Mae Lynn Reyes-Rodriguez (researcher and clinical psychologist and fellow at the Academy for Eating Disorders) and Johanna Kandel (founder and CEO of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness) to understand how to recognize if you or a loved one suffers from an ED; the stigma surrounding EDs; the true spectrum of EDs; the gaps in the medical system in treating EDs; EDs across cultures, particularly in the Latinx community; the economy and effects of diet culture; how and where you can find help for yourself or a loved ones; and legislation that will make ED treatment more accessible.  Read the play here. About Our Guests: Ruthie Fierberg, Host Ruthiefierberg.com  IG: @whywetheater / T: @whywetheater IG: @ruthiefierceberg / T: @RuthiesATrain Domenica Feraud, playwright  domenicaferaud.com Dr. Mae Lynn Reyes-Rodriguez, PhD., FAED med.unc.edu Johanna Kandel, founder and CEO of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness Follow her on Instagram: @johannakandel @allianceforeda Create the change Call The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness (866-622-1235 or click here). Join a free weekly clinician-led support group through the Alliance. Please do not comment on the way anybody looks. Do not label food “good” or “bad” or “junk”. All food in moderation. Listen when someone tells you they are struggling with eating, especially if you are a medical practitioner. Sign up for Action Alerts from the Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) to easily sign petitions when legislation reaches Congress. Donate to the EDC. Support the bipartisan Nutrition CARE Act. (Learn more here.) Support the SERVE Act. (Learn more here.) Advocate for culturally sensitive treatment of eating disorders across cultures. Learn more about Health At Every Size. Referred to in this episode 2019 Playbill interview between Ruthie and Domenica Understanding the word “recovery” relating to EDs Statistics and research on eating disorders from National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) Racial and ethnic bias in ED care, specifically for Latinx people Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

[Content Warning: discussion of eating disorders and body dysmorphia] If you, like our co-hosts, are also “violently online,” then you have spent a lifetime being exposed to imagery of diet culture and disordered eating. On this week's episode, Brianna and Kenna are joined by Alex, who shares their experience as a nonbinary person who has recovered from an eating disorder, the connection between dysphoria and dysmorphia, and the importance of implementing body positive education into modern sex ed curriculums.  Below you can find a glossary of jargon-y terms we might've said on the show: Binge eating: A type of eating disorder characterized by eating a large mass of food to the point of discomfort and loss of control. Body Dysmorphia: Inaccurate perceptions of one's own body that do not match with reality Body neutrality: The lens that one should accept their body as it is while recognizing that one's value does not come from how they or others see their body.  Diet culture: The belief that thinness should be achieved at any cost over an individual's health and wellbeing. It assigns moral significance to weight and demonizes those who exist outside of the acceptable level of thinness.  Disordered eating: Specific unhealthy eating behaviors such as restricting, preoccupation with weight, and over exercising, for example. When these behaviors become a distressing and damaging pattern, they can become an eating disorder.  Eating disorder: Patterns of abnormal eating behavior which often ignore natural hunger and satisfaction cues that interfere with one's life, health, and lifestyle.l Gender dysphoria: Describes the distress, unhappiness, and anxiety that transgender people may feel about the mismatch between their bodies and their gender identity. Gender non-conforming: A person whose gender expression is perceived as being inconsistent with cultural norms expected for that gender. Not all transgender people are gender non-conforming, and not all gender non-conforming people identify as transgender.  Nonbinary: Non-binary is an umbrella term for gender identities that are neither male nor female‍—‌identities that are outside the gender binary.Words that people may use to express their nonbinary gender identity include “agender,” “bigender,” “genderqueer,” “genderfluid,” and “pangender.”Top surgery: A surgery, sometimes pursued by trans men and nonbinary people, that removes the breast tissue to create a flatter and more masculine chest. Transgender: A general term used to describe someone whose gender expression/gender identity are different than the sex assigned at birth. Sometimes shortened to trans.   For more information about the resources we talked about in this episode, check out the links below: National Eating Disorder Association: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/ NEDA Hotline: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness: https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/   Special thanks to:  Planned Parenthood Staff: Paola Ferst, Kelsey Hunt-Dolan, and Nan Morgan Audio Editor: Martin Pelaez Music: Rascal Miles with the song “Imagination.” Also check out their new project Tailor-Made at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhJDNtkZTYI  Cover Art: Brianna Nelson 

Welcome back to another very special episode of the BodPod! This week, we are so pleased to have the Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness take over the podcast.Mimi Cole is the founder of The Lovely Becoming blog and podcast, is currently pursuing her master's degree to become a therapist in North Carolina, and is passionate about disordered eating and obsessive compulsive disorder. As a patient assistant for individuals with eating disorders, Mimi has experience working in a residential and out-patient level of care and hopes to practice from a health-at-every-size, trauma-informed lens.Johanna Kandel is the founder and CEO of the Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness and the author of Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder. After a decade-long battle with various eating disorders, Johanna founded the Alliance in October 2000 to bring information and awareness about eating disorders to hundreds of thousands of individuals. She is a passionate advocate for mental health and eating disorders legislation and has spent a lot of time meeting with various members of congress. Johanna was also part of the first-ever eating disorder roundtable at the White House and is a proud member of the Interdepartmental Serious Mental Illness Coordinating Committee meeting under the Department of Health and Human Services, a member of the board of directors for the Eating Disorders Coalition, and a member of the Eating Disorders Leadership Summit. In this episode, Johanna will share her personal experience with eating disorders and how that has motivated the work she does today. Johanna and Mimi will also discuss eating disorder recovery, the myths surrounding eating disorders, and prevention efforts. Last but not least, Mimi will share the origins of her online platform including her experience with eating disorders and obsessive compulsive disorder. Keep listening to hear how Johanna and Mimi are using their voices to shift the conversation around eating disorders. Connect on Instagram at:@alianceforeda @the.lovelybecoming

In this episode of the podcast I speak with Johanna Kandel, who is the founder of the Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness. Johanna speaks to us about eating disorders, how they impact us (even we aren't personally affected by them), and how we can learn to support people suffering with them in our communities.   Timestamps:   2.17 - Johanna's intention for the Alliance Collaborative 4.14 - What is the definition of an eating disorder? 8.03 - The connection between eating disorders and mental health 11.59 - Can eating disorders develop that are not tied to mental health? 20.07 - Is the word “diet” the problem? 27.35 - How to support those with eating disorders   Resources:   >>>Read Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder by Johanna Kandel - http://johannakandel.com/book.html   Connect with Johanna Kandel   Facebook - https://www.facebook.com/johanna.kandel Twitter - https://twitter.com/johannaskandel Website link - http://johannakandel.com/ LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/johanna-kandel-ab060620/   Connect with me on Instagram:   @yasminecheyenne   Join My Community News List

Today I'm talking to Joanna Kandel, CEO and Founder of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness. Based in the USA, The Alliance is a national non-profit organisation dedicated to the outreach, education, early intervention, support, and advocacy for all eating disorders. After recovering from a ten-year-long battle with various eating disorders, Johanna founded the alliance in 2000. In addition, she runs free weekly support groups, mentors individuals with eating disorders and their families, and helps thousands of people gain information and find the help they need. As a passionate advocate for mental health and eating disorders legislation, Johanna has spent a lot of time meeting with numerous members of Congress and was part of the first-ever Eating Disorder Roundtable at the White House. She is a proud member of numerous Eating Disorder Committees and has received many awards for her ongoing outreach and advocacy work, as well as appearing on national television and in magazines. Johanna's book, Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder, was released by Harlequin Nonfiction in September 2010. In this episode, Johanna shares her recovery story; her journey to forming the Alliance and talks about the worldwide support it offers today. Johanna's incredible passion shines through, offering hope, inspiration and encouragement about recovery. I hope that you enjoy the episode. How to find out more: - Website: https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/ Twitter: @AllianceforEDA Instagram: - @allianceforeda and @johannakandel   If you'd like to support this podcast, please do enroll in my Patron.  

In this episode, Francis and Catherine talk to Jasmyn Cornelle, Miss Fayette County, Georgia, 2020-21. Jasmyn talks about her experience with body dissatisfaction and her motivation for creating "I am S.P.A.R.K.L.E," an initiative focused on promoting body positivity, challenging beauty standards, and spreading awareness of eating disorders and body dysmorphic disorder. Jasmyn also shares her experience of participating in the Miss America organization and working as a journalist, and she explores ways in which people can become intelligent media consumers. She also shares her experiences volunteering for several different eating disorder organizations. Jasmyn currently serves as an advocacy volunteer for the Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness and Miss Fayette County under the Miss America Organization. Additionally, she is working alongside medical providers, the National Eating Disorders Association, and The Body Positive to provide support to those impacted by body image concerns and shift the conversation on food, weight, and health. She hopes to inspire individuals around the globe and leave a body positive legacy for generations to come.We're thankful Jasmyn took the time to talk to us today, and we appreciate the effort and energy she is putting towards changing the way we all think about beauty and bodies.

A healthy human, in relationship with herself OR with others, is meant to have balance when it comes to what and who gets our attention. We're not MEANT to be 100% self-focused or 100% other-focused constantly - we need to be both.  In this episode, we're diving into why you need a mix of "self care" and "others care," and what to do to help yourself even the balance when it feels like you've gone too far in one direction or the other.   SHOW NOTES: Read more about a "Joy Tab" here! The WANT Your Self RETREAT in Paros, Greece: Oct 4-9, 2021Join The WANT Community here!WANT websiteKatie’s InstagramLeave a review on iTunes! Subscribe to The (Good) Word, our monthly email digest filled with tips, tools, motivation, and inspiration to shift your self-talk   This episode is in support of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the outreach, education, early intervention, support, and advocacy for all eating disorders. To learn more, visit allianceforeatingdisorders.com or listen to episode 121 with founder Johanna Kandel.   New music by Coleman Zurkowski

It's Eating Disorders Awareness week so in this episode, I'm sharing some of my story. I'm talking dieting, disordered eating, eating disorders and more, including what I learned and how recovery started for me. If you can relate or want to share your story, please reach out. You're not alone. Grab my free ebook: https://www.cognitiveeatingacademy.com/ebook

February is National Eating Disorders Awareness Month and on the 50th episode of the VSC Podcast Education Coordinator Emilie Mitchell sat down with two amazing people from The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness (@allianceforeda), Director of Education and Resources Liz Motta and Education and Resources Manager Dr. Allie Weiser, to talk about different types of Eating Disorders, harmful myths and misconceptions, the relationship between sexual violence and Eating Disorders, and how we can support a loved one. Liz Motta uses she/her pronouns and is a licensed mental health counselor and the Director of Education and Resources at The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness. Dr. Allie Weiser uses she/her pronouns, is a licensed clinical psychologist, and is the Education and Resources Manager at The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness. You can listen to this episode on our Youtube Channel: https://youtu.be/MprEcJtJM9g You can also listen to this episode on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or wherever you get your podcasts! Be sure to follow @alliancceforeda to learn about #notonemore weekend for help, support, and recovery: https://www.notonemore.co ----------------------------------- Trigger Warning: In this podcast we will be discussing sensitive topics such as Sexual Assault. It's important to take care of yourself while listening. Some suggestions are listening while you're in a healthy head space or knowing who you can reach out to if you become upset. Our 24/7 helpline for crisis calls based out of Central Florida is 407 500 HEAL. By contacting the National Hotline at 1-800-656-4673 you can get support and learn about your local resources. There is always someone ready to help.

Feb,. 22nd-28th National Eating Disorders Awareness Week Guest: Dr. Rachel Goode is an Assistant Professor at the School of Social Work, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a key content expert with the National Center of Excellence with Eating Disorders. The focus of her research is to develop, implement, and evaluate interventions to prevent and treat disordered eating and obesity among African American women. Her ongoing projects include a Feeding Hope Grant from the National Eating Disorders Association to prevent binge eating disorder among eating African American women in primary care.  

After recovering from a ten-year-long battle with various eating disorders, Johanna Kandel founded The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness. Since its inception in 2000, The Alliance has brought information and awareness about eating disorders to more than 340,000 individuals nationally and internationally. In addition, Johanna runs free weekly support groups, mentors individuals with eating disorders and their families, and helps thousands of people gain information and find the help they need. She's also the author of Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder (Harlequin). As a passionate advocate for mental health and eating disorders legislation, Johanna has spent a lot of time meeting with numerous members of Congress, and was part of the first-ever Eating Disorder Roundtable at the White House.   In this episode, Johanna and I candidly discuss how to move forward proactively in your life if you're struggling with an eating disorder, how you can effectively show up for others as someone who KNOWS someone with an eating disorder, and so much more.   SHOW NOTES: The Alliance For Eating Disorders Awareness NOT ONE MORE Weekend Instagram Facebook Twitter The Recovery Myth series on The WANTcast The WANT Your Self RETREAT in Paros, Greece: Oct 4-9, 2021Join The WANT Community here!WANT websiteKatie’s InstagramLeave a review on iTunes! Subscribe to The (Good) Word, our monthly email digest filled with tips, tools, motivation, and inspiration to shift your self-talk   This episode is in support of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, a national nonprofit organization dedicated to the outreach, education, early intervention, support, and advocacy for all eating disorders. The Alliance will be hosting their first-ever NOT ONE MORE Weekend, taking place February 26-28. This will be a virtual three day event focusing on what The Alliance does best: Help. Support. Recovery. This international movement will urge individuals to reach out for help, get support, and imagine a life beyond their eating disorder. Proceeds from this weekend will directly fund The Alliance's free weekly, therapist-led, virtual eating disorder support groups. To learn more, visit allianceforeatingdisorders.com, check out the show notes, or, just listen to this episode :)

Today, I’m chatting with Johnna Kandel of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness. https://www.instagram.com/johannakandel/?hl=en (Johanna on Instagram) | https://www.facebook.com/AllianceforEDA/ (Alliance for EDA on Facebook) | https://www.instagram.com/allianceforeda/ (@AllianceforEDA / Instagram) If you or someone you know needs help, including immediately, please do not hesitate to reach out. https://twloha.com/find-help/24-hour-helplines/ (24 Hour Helplines) https://findedhelp.com/ (Find Treatment) https://twloha.com/find-help/help-by-topic/eating-disorders/ (Blogs & Additional Resources) Connect with me! —> https://www.instagram.com/morganharpernichols/ (Instagram) —> Garden24 (https://garden24.co/ (shop)) —> https://www.youtube.com/user/itsmorganmusic1 (YouTube)

Today, I’m chatting with Johnna Kandel of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness. https://www.instagram.com/johannakandel/?hl=en (Johanna on Instagram) | https://www.facebook.com/AllianceforEDA/ (Alliance for EDA on Facebook) | https://www.instagram.com/allianceforeda/ (@AllianceforEDA / Instagram) If you or someone you know needs help, including immediately, please do not hesitate to reach out. https://twloha.com/find-help/24-hour-helplines/ (24 Hour Helplines) https://findedhelp.com/ (Find Treatment) https://twloha.com/find-help/help-by-topic/eating-disorders/ (Blogs & Additional Resources) Connect with me! —> https://www.instagram.com/morganharpernichols/ (Instagram) —> Garden24 (https://garden24.co/ (shop)) —> https://www.youtube.com/user/itsmorganmusic1 (YouTube)

Eating disorders are a leading cause of death when it comes to mental illnesses, only second to opioid overdose. Nearly 30 million people in the U.S. will experience an eating disorder in their lifetime. They can and do affect people of every age, sexuality, gender identity, race, ethnicity, and socioeconomic group, and with proper professional care and awareness, they are treatable. In this episode, we’re joined by a few guests, including Johanna Kandel, the founder of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness. Together we talk about the varying types of eating disorders, the most common ways they present, and what treatment and recovery can look like. Download a transcript of this episode at twloha.com/podcast. Follow TWLOHA on social media at: twitter.com/TWLOHA instagram.com/twloha/ facebook.com/towriteloveonherarms/   Visit our FIND HELP page of mental health resources at twloha.com/find-help/. Get connected for free, 24/7 to a trained crisis counselor via Crisis Text Line by texting TWLOHA to 741741. Connect with our team by emailing podcast@twloha.com. Learn more about the podcast and previous episodes at twloha.com/podcast. Learn more about The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness at allianceforeatingdisorders.com/. To access and locate treatment for an eating disorder, go to findedhelp.com/. Read blogs relating to eating disorders at twloha.com/blog/topics/eating-disorder/. Listen to the I Weigh with Jameela Jamil podcast by going to earwolf.com/show/i-weigh-with-jameela-jamil/.  Checkout Untamed by Glennon Doyle at untamedbook.com/. Credits: This episode of the TWLOHA podcast was hosted by Chad Moses and produced by Rebecca Ebert. Music assistance was provided by James Likeness and Ben Tichenor. 

Welcome to episode #13 of the PFWC Podcast! This week I sat down with Johanna Kandel, Founder + CEO of the Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness. Johanna shared with me her journey to starting the Alliance, the importance of Eating Disorder Awareness Month, and the inside scoop on the event NOT ONE MORE Weekend, hosted by the Alliance taking place February 26-28th.  You can learn more information regarding NOT ONE MORE Weekend here. If you or someone you know is experiencing an eating disorder, you can call the Alliance at (866) 662-1235 or head to FindEDhelp for information on treatment.  You can follow the Alliance on Instagram and Facebook. You do not have to go through this alone. You are deserving of treatment, support, and recovery. 

The sisters chat with Johanna Kandel the founder and CEO of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness all about her 10 year struggle with eating disorders, the activism she does on a policy level, February as Eating Disorder Awareness Month, the power of group therapy, and the preventative self-care tips we can all be taking to love our bodies a little bit more. To get involved with her alliance click here ( https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/ ) and to sign up for their event in February click here ( https://www.notonemore.co/ ). THE OKAY SIS SLEEPOVER LIVE EVENT! Get your tickets HERE ( https://www.universe.com/events/the-okay-sis-sleepover-tickets-2CQV69 ). Scout and Mady, the sisters behind Okay Sis Podcast ( http://bit.ly/okaysispodcast ) , are hosting their first virtual event - The Okay Sis Sleepover! Guests include *Brittany Xavier* ( https://www.instagram.com/brittanyxavier/ ) and *Natalie Mariduena* ( https://www.instagram.com/natalinanoel/ ) with a mental health workshop lead with *Madhappy* ( https://www.madhappy.com/ ). We will be doing *three big giveaways* throughout the event with rad brands like: Crown Affair ( https://www.crownaffair.com/ ) , DedCool ( https://dedcool.com/?gclid=CjwKCAiAl4WABhAJEiwATUnEF7fngP3x7u8TyM6R8V39ZSqNVkRIyfA3t1ITTpln32rDk_1WuQJz6BoC2bAQAvD_BwE ) , Bala ( http://www.shopbala.com/ ) , Dirty Lemon ( https://dirtylemon.com/ ) , WOO More Play ( https://woomoreplay.com/ ) , Intelligent Change ( https://www.intelligentchange.com/ ) , The Skin Spot ( https://theskinspot.com/ ) , Alexa Leigh Jewelry ( https://alexaleigh.com/ ) , ReNude ( https://www.drinkrenude.com/ ) , Lunya ( https://www.lunya.co/ ) , and Book of the Month ( https://www.bookofthemonth.com/ ). To win a giveaway you must be present in the event! Giveaways will be chosen at random :) Join our SECRET FACEBOOK GROUP: Okay Sis(ters) ( https://www.facebook.com/groups/okaysispodcast/ ) SUBSCRIBE to the new Okay Sis newsletter here ( https://www.okaysispodcast.com/newsletter ) - TGIM is about to take on a whole new meaning! Current fixations: Johanna: Cobra Kai on Netflix Scout: Ilia Tinted Moisturizer ( https://go.magik.ly/ml/14ftd/ ) Mady: Bling Empire on Netflix Website: www.okaysispodcast.com ( https://www.okaysispodcast.com/ ) Follow us! The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness: @allianceforeda ( https://www.instagram.com/allianceforeda/ ) Okay Sis: @okaysispodcast ( https://www.instagram.com/okaysispodcast ) Scout: @scoutsobel ( https://www.instagram.com/scoutsobel ) Mady: @madymaio ( https://www.instagram.com/madymaio ) Talked about in this episode: * Scout forgetting her wedding anniversary * Recounting Scout's wedding at The Parker in Palm Springs, which was decorated by Jonathon Adler * The Hubs Films videography Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

How can you use the pain of your past to connect with an entire community? Cathy shares two powerful coaching calls with Julianna and Sheri, who have both been through intense hardships, but are now reclaiming their lives and ready to hold space for the people they're here to serve. Find out how to get super specific about your target audience, gather the courage to share your story, and make an impact on those who need to know they're not alone. - Support our students! Julianna Perez - Let's Big Talk membership group https://letsbigtalk.teachable.com/ - Listen to Let's Big Talk Podcast on Spotify or Buzzsprout http://letsbigtalk.buzzsprout.com/ - Instagram @letsbigtalk - If you're struggling with an eating disorder, The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness is a great resource https://findedhelp.com/ and https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/ 866.662.1235 Sheri Biritz - Instagram @sheribiritz - Website https://sheribiritz.com/ - Thanks Organifi! Get 15% off your first order at Organifi.com/dreamjob, code dreamjob - Thanks Wondery! Listen to the latest season of Business Wars (TikTok vs Instagram) on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or listen ad-free by joining Wondery Plus in the Wondery app. - Thanks Glossier! Get 10% off your first order at Glossier.com/podcast/DREAMJOB

Episode description: Johanna Kandel is the Founder and CEO of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, a national non-profit dedicated to eating disorders outreach, education, early intervention, and advocacy. Having recovered from an eating disorder herself, she is a passionate and prominent advocate for mental health and eating disorders legislation. In the last of our three-part series on eating disorder advocacy and policy, Johanna joins us to talk about the personal experience of advocacy. First she opens up about her own eating disorder, recovery, and journey to advocacy. She then describes how her closeness to the issue has fueled and challenged her advocacy efforts, how her professional and personal motivation has evolved over time, and how she focuses on opportunity instead of cynicism. Underscoring the importance of personal voices and lived experiences, she concludes by encouraging others to get involved. To sign up for the EDC Action Alerts mentioned in the episode, visit https://www.eatingdisorderscoalition.org/inner_template/get_involved/take-action.html. Learn more about The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness at allianceforeatingdisorders.com and about The Emily Program at emilyprogram.com or by calling 1-888-364-5977. — About the podcast: Peace Meal is an Emily Program podcast that discusses topics related to eating disorders, body image issues, and how society may contribute to distorted thinking. You can find Peace Meal on Apple Podcast, Spotify, Stitcher, or Google Play. If you enjoy our show, please rate, review, subscribe, or tell your friends! Are you interested in being a guest on Peace Meal? Email podcast@emilyprogram.com for more information. — Follow The Emily Program on: Facebook: www.facebook.com/TheEmilyProgram Twitter: @emilyprogram Instagram: @emilyprogram

I’m thrilled to introduce you to Johanna Kandel, the founder and CEO of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, and the author of Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder (Harlequin). After recovering from a ten-year-long battle with various eating disorders, Johanna founded The Alliance, based in West Palm Beach, Florida. Since its inception in 2000, The Alliance has brought information and awareness about eating disorders to more than 290,000 individuals nationally and internationally. As a passionate advocate for mental health and eating disorders legislation, Johanna has spent countless hours meeting with numerous members of Congress, and was part of the first-ever Eating Disorder Roundtable at the White House.Johanna is the immediate Past President of the Board of Directors for the Eating Disorders Coalition, a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders Advisory Board, a founding board member of the Eating Disorders Activist Network, and a member of the Eating Disorders Leadership Summit. She has received many awards for her ongoing outreach and advocacy work, including the Jefferson Award for Public Service© and Harlequin Enterprises' More Than Words Award. Johanna has appeared on national television programs including NBC Nightly News and The Today Show, and profiled in the New York Times, Cosmopolitan Magazine, and Glamour Magazine.I've had the honor and privilege of working alongside Johanna in the fighting against eating disorders since 2006, and we have collaborated on countless projects and events in an effort to raise awareness and funds for the cause. In December of 2019, the nonprofit I started in 2001, Helping Other People Eat (HOPE), merged with the Alliance to be able to continue to grow and scale our impact. I could not be more thrilled to know that something I care so deeply about is now in Johanna's hands.She is the epitome of a trailblazer and has been instrumental in saving countless lives as a result of her dedication to the field of eating disorders. Listen to learn how she created an amazing organization over the course of the last 20 years, and how she has overcome countless challenges along the way.We’re going to keep this conversation going over on instagram at @allisonwalshconsulting and on allisonwalshconsulting.com. If you want to be a part of our amazing community, please make sure to subscribe to this podcast and give us a 5 star review! If you are in need of any extra support or are interested in taking your life to the next level, please don’t hesitate to reach out. And remember, I believe in you 1000%, and my goal is that you do too!

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Andrea Carlomusto is a fitness trainer in great physical shape, but it has been a tumultuous road to get her body in peak condition, with a detour through anorexia where she weighed as little as 55 pounds and doctors had given up and sent her home to die. Due to her own research efforts, Andrea survived anorexia, but is now dealing with years of pain, looming bankruptcy, and crushing stress due to repeated dental errors that caused a stroke and pain so intense people commit suicide to escape it. Andrea has tried every avenue to get her teeth fixed, but meets successive roadblocks and dead ends. It turns out dentists have little oversight and less accountability - some of them are going for a weekend course to learn dental procedures from  dubious dental teaching organizations, and then start practicing on unsuspecting patients, charging tens of thousands of dollars and causing permanent damage.  Andrea is one of an exploding number of people coming forward to share their dental nightmare experiences. Opera and Anorexia 0:05:30 Andrea grew up in Livonia, Michigan, a suburb of Detroit - family of 6, Dad an Italian immigrant - happy, artistic, encouraged to sign and dance, school a big focus, involved in sports - no coddling, and Andrea appreciates that - very straightforward family - after high school, Andrea moved to California with her band, but they decided to be actors instead - Andrea was homesick and returned to Michigan 0:07:30 Andrea considered the military - Andrea is also a singer and got a scholarship to college for opera singing and attended it in downtown Detroit, but lost the scholarship due to health issues - from age 8 Andrea had an eating eating disorder - in her early 20s she was as low as 55 pounds - it caused a lot of damage to the body - she couldn't walk, her family was waiting for her to die 0:08:30 Since she didn't have health insurance, she was put in the 'nutty bin', but they couldn't do much and sent Andrea home to die - but Andrea started researching to get herself better because she did not want to die - Andrea thinks it was a lack of control that caused her eating disorder, but it is complex 0:09:30 Focusing on the obsessive compulsive aspect rather than the 'I'm fat' aspect as Andrea never thought of herself as fat, she was playing mental games with herself that she took to far - she uses that insight to help her clients in her fitness biz - control issues, perfectionism, making every one happy, people pleasing are aspects 0:10:30 Poor diet, lack of calories plays with hormones and neurotransmitters contributes to mental health issues in eating disorders with a perfectionist attitude - Andrea has done a lot of research since because health care providers don't understand - they try to help, but there is not enough research - Andrea says there is a lot of lying and manipulating by patients, but people don't want to tackle that 0:11:30 Key to recovery is focusing on something healthy to obsess about - for Andrea it was research - and she loved fitness - and she loved life and wanted to experience as many things as she could, and that was the key to her recovery - eating healthy is easy now 0:12:30 Andrea doesn't have the same urges to diet, or the same thoughts when she looks in a mirror - since she's been at the edge of death, she never wants to go back there - the eating disorder for 20 years caused a lot of systemic effects in her body: hypertrophic heart, weak esophageal sphincter and scar tissue on her esophagus, anemia, endometriosis, can't have children - Andrea stopped going to doctors when she got herself better because they didn't understand eating disorders or the systemic effects     Botched surgery   0:14:30 Andrea was doing well until her body stopped urinating and passing bowel movements, very painful, went to ER and they said she had IBS, Andrea said she knows she has that, and these symptoms were not IBS - then they said she was constipated - Andrea told then no, her muscles were frozen down there, they won't move - she suffered for a year with many tests and they said they couldn't figure it out - they decided to give Andrea a hysterectomy 0:15:30 Sometimes endometriosis can 'strangle' organs in the abdomen - they said they would do 3 procedures but it was botched and Andrea experienced extreme pain, she thought she was in Hell - out of surgery, the stitches had already broken - they didn't remove all they said they would - they didn't give her antibiotics so she had multiple infections but they said Andrea was crazy, until they saw green oozing out her wound 0:16:30 Very difficult and painful - Andrea uses comedy to cope, make fun of herself, focus on clients to deal with pain - Andrea needs to keep it light, but it did affect her a lot - her weight lifters needed her for their safety, so Andrea had to refer a couple of clients to others - Andrea went to the gym to get her heart stronger as part of her recovery from the eating disorder - she had osteoporosis so started lifting weights and doing her own routine at the gym 0:18:30 The gym owner asked if she would like to teach a class - she liked it and went to school to become a Certified Personal Trainer - initially helping people with eating disorders, or rehab - then got into body builders as clients - now Andrea is known as the 'problem solving rehab chick' - she does a holistic approach to training 0:20:00 The day after surgery, Andrea had a healing abutment come out of her mouth - when she had recovered from the eating disorder, Andrea had her teeth looked at as they were damaged and had jaw pain that was misdiagnosed in multiple trips to the ER - turns out she had an abscess in her jaw, so had that taken care of - they implanted cadaver bone in her face because the bone deteriorated 0:21:30 Andrea was also given a full set of braces - fast forward again to just after abdominal surgery, when the implant abutment came out - Andrea contacted a dentist to just fix that and was back in surgery for the abutment - the dentist asked if she had considered getting more work done, but Andrea said 'no' 0:22:30 But Andrea's best friend worked for the dentist and they said they would develop a care plan to protect her teeth - Andrea agreed but the dentist only worked on 1 tooth instead of 4, but adding 8mm to it and sent her home - Andrea couldn't eat, her jaw hurt, she couldn't speak, she was swallowing air and that would cause vomiting - the next day she asked the dentist to remove it and he refused, saying her symptoms were in her head, come back in a week Getting dental work done 0:24:30 She lost 7 pounds that week - he removed it but made a snide remark to her - since her best friend worked for him, and Andrea had already paid a lot of money, she ended up apologizing to the dentist - that calmed him down and he said he'd replace the old fillings in her mouth, even though they weren't a problem - but he dug too deep and Andrea needed root canals from a different dental provider, and paying for that 0:26:00 Andrea asked dentist (her best friend's employer) to put crowns on the abatements (little screws that hold an implant, then they put an artificial tooth on the abatement) - he said he wouldn't do that, but would correct the chip he caused on her front teeth when he used a material that broke her tooth, in spite of Andrea asking it it was safe 0:27:30 Andrea declined, she didn't want the risk of him correcting it 'wrong', causing more expense - but she did allow him to close the gap between her front 2 teeth, but then he said she needed 6 teeth done - Andrea was nervous and asked for a temporary mock up so she could ensure it fit properly so she could eat 0:29:00 The mock up felt great so she went in for the permanent procedure - it took 6 hours - as a result her bite was a bit elevated, but no swallowing or other problems - but she was spitting when she spoke because of little spaces, she reported it to the dentist and he laughed about it - Andrea asked for a retainer to hold her teeth in place because they shift quickly (result of eating disorder) - he spoke down to her, saying he'd do it, but she didn't need one 0:30:30 A week later she was back at the dentist so he could do las 10% of work and stop the spitting when talking - but he sanded down her teeth, therefore eliminating all the occlusion (little bumps on teeth that help with chewing and 's' sounds) - that caused her lower jaw to shift back in her head and her muscles had to hold her face forward so she could function - she couldn't chew properly and this caused digestion pain 0:31:30 When he eliminated her bite, things went really wrong - she was berated for a month - Andrea had her best friend (his employee) sit in on Andrea's appointments to witness - Andrea had excruciating pain, and was like biting a car battery, metal on metal - she couldn't sleep, headaches, jaw pain and still couldn't eat 0:32:30 Andrea asked him to reverse the procedure, and he said he couldn't, it was gone - Andrea was dumbfounded and asked him what he did - he left saying he had emergency at home and would see her in a few days, leaving Andrea in a bad condition - for the next month she had many procedures while being belittled by the dentist - he had Andrea thinking she was crazy, insinuating everything was in her head     Suspicions confirmed: Dental damage   0:33:30 Visits to the dentist caused distress, fear of what he was going to say to her - after a month, Andrea went to get a 2nd and 3rd opinion, and her suspicions were confirmed: the dentist has screwed up and it would take $30k to fix her teeth - the dentist didn't want to take responsibility for destroying her bite, denying she even had a bite - it was a huge slap in the face 0:34:30 Andrea plays dumb with dentist and doctors in spite of doing her own research because she's aware of the ego that sometimes goes with these professions - Andrea likes when her clients come to her with questions, but she's never encountered that in health care - with her eating disorder past, she is discounted as a hypochondriac, that's why she avoids doctors and dentists 0:35:30 Andrea went to a couple of other dental providers, but they didn't know what to do - in December 2016 Andrea severed contact with that dentist - but she got back into the university dentistry in May 2017 - so she had to wait months while in pain, unable to eat, couldn't sleep, and had a nervous breakdown 0:37:30 Dental and health care providers were not listening to Andrea about the systemic effects of her past eating disorder - same with the folks at the university dentistry, they ignored all the health records Andrea brought - Andrea told them her jaw was unstable, but it took them 6 months to run the test to inform her that her jaw was unstable - so she had to needlessly endure pain for 6 months - she also told them her teeth were shifting, they ignored her, her teeth shifted so they had to remove more teeth, another $2,000 procedure 0:39:30 The university dentistry provided great service in 2008 - 09, but not this time - they retracted her gums and whittled away bone to try to make room for adjustments - Andrea had many stitches, another extraction and implant, and they put that in crooked - they whittled more away from her teeth, but that failed to allow product to fit and they tried to force it, hitting exposed nerves - so they put on temporary 'horse teeth' and Andrea can't eat or close her mouth 0:41:00 Andrea demanded they revert back to the original mold of her teeth - Andrea's fiancee took her to a dentist in Minnesota, and that dentist was appalled and told Andrea to see a specific specialist with specific skills in Michigan 0:42:30 Andrea found a specialist, who was also an instructor - 'occlusion' is how your teeth fit together in a bite - 'TMJ' dysfunction can happen when the joint is under stress - a complex condition - Andrea is in contact with organizations doing this type of research - and is very outspoken about her experience 0:45:00 Andrea met with the expert specialist in her area and he listened to her experience, or so she thought - he assured Andrea that he had a fool proof way to help her using a computer to measure her mouth - Andrea was thorough and asked a lot of questions - insurance would not cover the cost     'Suicide neuralgia' and stroke   0:46:30 The 1st step was to put a fixed retainer on her lower teeth to relieve TMJ pain, it was not removable - the computer was supposed to actually measure her mouth for the retainer, but it failed multiple times to find Andrea's natural mouth position - they finally took a measurement and she was told to come back in a week for the upper teeth 0:48:30 But the lower retainer was turned out to be twice as large as supposed to be, she could not shut her mouth, or eat, or talk - Andrea is still trying to work during all this - over next 8 months she had many procedures, told she had 2 root canals, but found out later it was only 1, and that would explain the pain - she was charged for x-rays they never turned out, so they missed the infections - ended up in ER for dental pain, hard to breathing, seeing, dizzy and was diagnosed with transient Ischemic stroke 0:50:30 Andrea went to the specialist 2 days later and they said she needed a root canal - Andrea had immense pain from the lower retainer and they had to rip it out - then Andrea developed searing pain up into her head, her eye wouldn't open - the dental specialist repeated the procedure, causing even more pain, causing another trip to the ER when it felt like she was being stabbed in the brain 0:52:30 Andrea went to a neurologist and was diagnosed with trigeminal neuralgia, a cranial nerve that controls feeling and movement in the face - also called 'suicide neuralgia' - the pain was constant and no medication had any effect - but the dental specialist then said the there is no such thing as trigeminal neuralgia, and that her pain was TMJ - Andrea couldn't eat so had to get calories from liquids, soft foods - it was torture 0:54:00 Andrea convinced him to use her original mold, but that didn't work - he kept making and ripping out retainers, causing intense nerve pain, but she couldn't take more pain meds because of her heart problems due to prior eating disorder - if only they would listen to patients - but she had over 2 dozen teeth ripped out with lots of pain - the neurologist then also diagnosed occipital neuralgia 0:55:30 As a result of all these botched procedures, Andrea's spine had become misshapen causing more pain - Andrea is managing pain and working - Andrea returned to the dental specialist many times and asked him to confer with Minnesota dentist, with neurologist, but he refused - Andrea was left with jagged metal in her mouth, puncturing her cheeks, making her gums bleed, and excruciating pain     Box of teeth   0:57:30 Andrea emailed the dentist and demanded a refund - a week later she got a box of teeth in the mail - Andrea called the dental manufacturer but they refused to release her records, only the dentist could get that info - she would have to sue to get her records - in the box of teeth was also a letter saying she would not get a refund as her case is finished - Andrea took the box of teeth to the Minnesota dentist who recommended the dental specialist 0:59:00 The Minnesota dentist was empathic, shocked by the box of teeth, showed it to his colleague - they gave Andrea 4 root canals - whereas the dental specialist in Michigan wanted to put permanent dentures on top of the dead teeth he caused - the box of teeth is evidence, this is going to court - Andrea is trying to figure out the ethics of health care professionals 1:01:30 The take away from her experience, is that health care professionals need to listen, and treat people how you want to be treated - but the egos, and fear of lawsuits get in the way - a lot of professionals act like what they say is law - it was 3 solid years of misdiagnosis, fail to diagnosis, unnecessary procedures and surgeries - the number of medical errors she's endured is insane 1:03:00 Andrea didn't go to a doctor for years, just listened to her body - the best doctors Andrea ever had were the ones who said 'I don't know, but I'll figure it out' - that instilled trust and more like a team - one of the doctors said he knew very little about eating disorders, that Andrea would have to teach him - she trusted and opened up to him - more team work is needed in health care - informed consent is important, but Andrea wasn't afforded that 1:04:30 Patients lose time, money, energy - dentists don't - they should concentrate on patient care, not covering up their mistakes - Andrea has spent close to $100k and is still no closer to being better - the Minnesota dentist has helped so Andrea can eat and sleep - but the last procedure it the hardest - Andrea had worked hard to go from anorexic and homeless to a healthy gym owner and had no money left, but the dentist wanted $50k to fix her 1:06:30 The manager of the dental office applied for a $25k loan for Andrea without her knowledge - they had her sign some papers, later found out it allowed them to take the $25k in one day without doing any work - 8 months later Andrea is worse and the work still not done and Andrea is facing bankruptcy - recently an entire dental board resigned over corruption, and a lot of those dentists trained at the same place as Andrea's harmful dentist 1:08:30 Andrea is in contact with other dental victims, some with worse experiences - but they are teaching these procedures to over-drill and over treat healthy teeth - dentists fly in from all over the world to learn these uncredentialled procedures - the boards and powers that be know this and need to take action 1:10:30 These experiences have turned Andrea into an advocate - speaking at Washington DC and recognized in Michigan on Eating Disorders Awareness week - Andrea has a small group of folks with dental injury who support each other     Connect with Andrea Carlomusto:   Twitter: @AndeCarlomusto   Website: http://rx-training.com   Instagram   Facebook ______________________________________________________________ Be a Podcast Patron Support Medical Error Interviews on Patreon by becoming a Patron for $2 / month for audio versions.  Premium Patrons get access to video versions of podcasts for $5 / month.   Be my Guest I am always looking for guests to share their medical error experiences so we help bring awareness and make patients safer. If you are a survivor, a victim’s surviving family member, a health care worker, advocate, researcher or policy maker and you would like to share your experiences, please send me an email with a brief description:  RemediesPodcast@gmail.com    Need a Counsellor? Like me, many of my clients at Remedies Counseling have experienced the often devastating effects of medical error. If you need a counsellor for your experience with medical error, or living with a chronic illness(es), I offer online video counseling appointments. **For my health and life balance, I limit my number of counseling clients.**  Email me to learn more or book an appointment:  RemediesOnlineCounseling@gmail.com     Scott Simpson:  Counsellor + Patient Advocate + (former) Triathlete I am a counsellor, patient advocate, and - before I became sick and disabled - a passionate triathlete. Work hard. Train hard. Rest hard. I have been living with HIV since 1998. I was the first person living with HIV to compete at the triathlon world championships. Thanks to research and access to medications, HIV is not a problem in my life. I have been living with ME (myalgic encephalomyelitis) since 2012, and thanks in part to medical error, it is a big problem in my life.   Counseling / Research I first became aware of the ubiquitousness of medical error during a decade of community based research working with the HIV Prevention Lab at Ryerson University, where I co-authored two research papers on a counseling intervention for people living with HIV, here and here.  Patient participants would often report varying degrees of medical neglect, error and harms as part of their counseling sessions.   Patient Advocacy I am co-founder of the ME patient advocacy non-profit Millions Missing Canada, and on the Executive Committee of the Interdisciplinary Canadian Collaborative Myalgic Encephalomyelitis Research Network. 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We are getting to know the hosts! This week we learn more about Lane & his motivation behind doing the podcast with Ryan! The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness is a national nonprofit dedicated to outreach, education, early intervention, and advocacy for all eating disorders. Learn more: https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com/ 

Today, we bring 2018 to a close with a very special episode we are calling “person on the street.” We asked random people on the street questions about eating disorders and dieting, to try to expose the lack of information the general public has on eating disorders. We wanted to publish this episode unedited so you could get a sense of what people are thinking. What you will hear next, is a series of short interviews we conducted and our summary at the end. Please note, this was a non-scientific survey. We ask you to take this information to guide you in 2019 to help with education, recovery, and prevention.

Intro Hi and welcome to Books Between - a podcast for teachers, librarians, parents, and anyone who loves middle grade books! And what I love is to help you connect kids between 8-12 with fantastic reads and share inspiring conversations with the authors and educators who make that magic happen. I’m your host, Corrina Allen - a mom of two, a teacher of twenty-two (as of the last classlist update), and a little over two days away from the first day of school. This is episode #59 and today I’m sharing a conversation with Barbara Dee - author of Everything I Know About You along with many other fabulous middle grade reads! A quick update on our Middle Grade at Heart Book Club schedule. This month’s pick is The House That Lou Built. And in October we are reading The Three Rules of Everyday Magic and The Hotel Between by Sean Easley is our November pick. And remember to set yourself a reminder for Monday nights at 9pm EST so you don’t miss the #MGBookChat Twitter chat!  Our upcoming topics are Ending Gendered Labels, Books That Battle Mental Health Stigmas, and Teachers as Readers.  And I would love to have you join the conversation and share your thoughts about those topics. Barbara - Interview Outline Our special guest this week is the amazing Barbara Dee - author of so many well-loved middle grade books like Halfway Normal and Star Crossed and Truth or Dare - and lots more. We discuss Hamilton, body issues among young girls, her own experiences with an eating disorder, her secrets to capturing dialogue in her writing, the incredible book that she’s working on next, and of course her latest novel - Everything I Know About You !   Take a listen… Everything I Know About You Your latest middle grade novel , Everything I Know About You, was just released this past summer. For our listeners who have not yet read the novel, can you tell us a bit about it? Would you mind reading a favorite passage? One of the things I loved about this novel was that it shed some light on the body issues that so many teens and tweens grapple with. When Ava and her friends have that conversations about “thigh gaps” and being “pre-fat”, I kept think about how many kids feel that pressure over their body….   Why did you want to explore those issues in this novel? This story centers around an overnight field trip to Washington D.C. Did you travel there to do research? Did you see Hamilton?! So how naughty ARE your cats? **BONUS SPOILER SECTION: Paula and I discuss the ending of the novel, and if you’d like to hear that conversation, I moved that part of the recording to after the end credits of today’s episode at the 43:30 mark. Your Writing Life Everything I Know About You is your 9th published novel. How has your writing process changed from those first books to now? If you can talk about it….. what are you working on now? You’ve mentioned before that one of the ways you get ideas is by eavesdropping. Where are some good places for aspiring writers to eavesdrop? And how do you keep from getting caught? Your Reading Life One of the goals of this podcast is to help educators and librarians and parents inspire kids to read more and connect them with amazing books.  Did you have a special teacher or librarian who helped foster your reading life as a child?  And if so, what did they do that made such a difference? What have you been reading lately? Links: Barbara’s website - http://barbaradeebooks.com Barbara on Twitter Books & Authors We Chatted About: A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L’Engle) The Black Stallion Series (Walter Farley) Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O’Dell) Rascal (Sterling North) Clock Dance (Anne Tyler) Eleanor Oliphant is Completely Fine (Gail Honeyman) Every Shiny Thing (Cordelia Jensen and Laurie Morrison) Hope in the Holler (Lisa Lewis Tyre) You Go First (Erin Entrada Kelly) So Done (Paula Chase) Eating Disorder Resources: National Eating Disorder Association - https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org Eating Disorder Referral And Information Center - https://www.edreferral.com Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness - https://www.allianceforeatingdisorders.com Closing Alright, that wraps up our show this week! If you have a question about how to connect kids between 8-12 to books they’ll love or a suggestion about a topic we should cover, I would love to hear from you. You can email me at booksbetween@gmail.com or message me on Twitter/Instagram at the handle @Books_Between. Books Between is a proud member of the Education Podcast Network. This network features podcasts for educators, created by educators. For more great content visit edupodcastnetwork.com Thank you so much for joining me this week. You can get an outline of interviews and a full transcript of all the other parts of our show at MGBookVillage.org. And, if you are liking the show, please leave us some love on iTunes or Stitcher so others can discover us as well. Thanks and see you soon!  Bye!

Dr. Elizabeth Easton-National Sr. Director at the Eating Recovery Center Sabrina Scanga – Program Director Eating Disorder Foundation Dani Gilady – Exec. Director of  Eating Disorder Foundation Going to back to school time is a ‘trigger' time for so many teens with an eating disorder.  What  are some common signs and how to get help. www.eatingdisorderfoundation.org See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Founder & CEO of the Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, Johanna, spreads hope in what recovery can look like for eating disorders.  Taylor and Johanna take a deeper look at how Binge-Eating disorder, today’s most common eating disorder, displays itself and how eating disorders are also present with men.   RESOURCES Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness  Toll-Free Number 866.662.1235 Find Help IG, Facebook, Twitter  @Allianceforeda Johanna’s Book: Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder   

Elizabeth, Jade and Carly aka "The Babes" start this episode out by catching each other up on their week's events. Carly talks about her date night with Evan and tells us about how dating has changed since becoming a mom. Jade confesses to breastfeeding on a ride at Disney World and getting stuck when it broke down.  Liz shares her excitement about her client who had a successful VBAC this week. The Babes then bring on special guest, Johanna Kandel, to educate them on why eating disorders are on the rise for women in their forties.  Johanna founded the nonprofit organization, the Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness, which provides outreach, education, and intervention.  She worked hard to get Barack Obama to sign a piece of legislature to educate health providers on eating disorders.  Johanna smashes the stigma that eating disorders are a choice.  They are a serious biologically-influenced mental illness.  She shares her story of fear of infertility and how her unexpected pregnancy brought everything in her life full circle. The Babes then have Erin Childs, a mother of four boys, share her journey of struggling with an eating disorder.  She opens up about how it has effected her as a wife and mother and how she now strives to support others who are going through it. 4 out 10 Americans have either suffered or have known someone who has suffered from an eating disorder.  Listen to this episode to learn all about how to help those who are suffering.

Eating Disorders Awareness

In the season 3 finale, Dr. Margo Maine, one of the founders of the eating disorder treatment field, joins the podcas In the season 3 finale, Dr. Margo Maine, one of the founders of the eating disorder treatment field, joins the podcast to talk about eating disorders in midlife, feminism in recovery, and the role of gender in the development and treatment of eating disorders. We talked in detail about: Dr. Maine’s professional path, including founding NEDA and AED How to midlife eating disorders begin Untreated eating disorders that last until midlife Unique challenges and strengths of recovering midlife How eating disorders are more prevalent than breast cancer How expectations of women’s body and objectification increase risk for eating disorders Margo Maine, Ph.D., CEDS, co-founder of the Maine & Weinstein Specialty Group, is a clinical psychologist who has specialized in eating disorders and related issues for over 30 years. She is author of: Pursuing Perfection: Eating Disorders, Body Myths, and Women at Midlife and Beyond, (with Joe Kelly,Routledge, 2016); Treatment of Eating Disorders: Bridging the Research- Practice Gap, co-edited with Beth McGilley and Doug Bunnell (Elsevier,2010); Effective Clinical Practice in the Treatment of Eating Disorders: The Heart of the Matter, co-edited with William Davis and Jane Shure (Routledge , 2009); The Body Myth: Adult Women and the Pressure to Be Perfect (with Joe Kelly, John Wiley, 2005); Father Hunger: Fathers, Daughters and the Pursuit of Thinness (Gurze, 2004); and Body Wars: Making Peace With Women’s Bodies (Gurze, 2000). Maine is a senior editor of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention. A Founding Member and Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders and a member of the Founder’s Council and senior board advisor to the National Eating Disorders Association, Dr. Maine is a member of the psychiatry departments at the Institute of Living/Hartford Hospital’s Mental Health Network and at Connecticut Children’s Medical Center, having previously directed their eating disorder programs. She serves on several Advisory Committees, including the Renfrew Center Clinical Advisory Board, the Renfrew Foundation Conference Committee, and the Walden Clinical Advisory Board. Dr Maine is the 2007 recipient of The Lori Irving Award for Excellence in Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention and the 2015 recipient of the Lifetime Achievement Award, both given by the National Eating Disorders Association, and is a 2016 Honoree of the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame. Dr. Maine lectures nationally and internationally on topics related to the treatment and prevention of eating disorders, female development, and women’s health. She has devoted much time and energy to addressing federal policy related to eating disorders through her work for the National Eating Disorders Association and the Eating Disorders Coalition for Research, Policy, and Action, having served as vice-president and chaired the policy section of the FREED Act (Federal Response to Eliminate Eating Disorders), which was introduced into Congress by Representative Patrick Kennedy in February, 2009 and by Senator Harkin in 2010.  This podcast is hosted and produced by Janean Anderson, Ph.D., CEDS. 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 Get emails about Dr. Anderson’s writing and other happenings at www.eatingdisorderrecoverypodcast.com This podcast is sponsored by 'Ai Pono Maui. 'Ai Pono is led by the internationally renowned expert on eating disorders, Dr. Anita Johnston. Located in a home-like oceanfront facility in beautiful Maui, Hawaii, Ai Pono offers residential, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient treatment for eating disorders. Visit aiponomaui.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 are 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.care or (866) 771-0861 t to talk about eating disorders in midlife, feminism in recovery, and the role of gender in the development and treatment of eating disor

Approximately one of out 10 individuals in the U.S. will suffer with an eating disorder at some point in their life. In honor of Eating Disorders Awareness week (nedawareness.org), Dr. Mary discusses the early signs and symptoms of eating disorders. 

Host Dr. Kevin Passero and his special guest Johanna Kandel will be discussing overcoming eating disorders. Johanna Kandel is the founder and executive director of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness and author of Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder. She has brought information and awareness about eating disorders to more than 150,000 middle school, high school, and college students, and has been an advocate for eating disorder legislation at both the state and national levels.