What do you picture when you think of someone who has anorexia? Today’s guest shares her journey with anorexia, from her sickest points, her diagnosis and treatment, and what life is like now that she is in recovery. She tells us how society’s limited understanding of eating disorders contributes to the care of those most in need being ignored.
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Nov 20
Why They Drank the Kool-Aid: Psychology of Cults
Most of us think we’d never fall for a cult. We imagine the followers of Jim Jones as naïve, brainwashed, or broken people who “drank the Kool-Aid.” But what if that’s not the truth at all?In this eye-opening episode, host Gabe Howard speaks with the award-winning author of “Deat ... Show More
29m 46s
Nov 13
Rock & Roll, ADHD, and Anxiety with Musician Harley Olivia
What happens when a neurodivergent flight attendant trades jet lag for guitar riffs and finds better mental health in the process? In this inspiring and wildly relatable episode, Canadian alt-rock singer-songwriter Harley Olivia joins Gabe Howard to share how embracing her creati ... Show More
32 m
Nov 6
Race, Madness & the Complex History of a Jim Crow Asylum
What can the history of a Jim Crow–era mental asylum teach us about race and mental health today? MSNBC journalist Antonia Hylton joins Gabe Howard to discuss her powerful book “Madness: Race and Insanity in a Jim Crow Asylum,” a deeply researched look at Crownsville Hospital, on ... Show More
27m 47s
Nov 2015
#47: Orthorexia Recovery & Giving up the "Healthy" Label with Kaila Prins, Certified Health and Wellness Coach
<p>Fellow podcaster Kaila Prins (Finding Our Hunger) joins us to discuss why having an identity as a "healthy" eater kept her from getting help for her eating disorder, and how she finally started down the path to recovery.</p> <p>Kaila Prins is a certified health and wel ... Show More
55m 21s
Apr 2019
Anorexia – a survivor’s story
At just 16, Yasmeen has gone through a lot. A recovering anorexic, she tells us the factors that contributed to her developing anorexia, how she managed to hide it from her parents and even doctors, and why she so vehemently resisted help. She talks us through her journey to reco ... Show More
25m 50s
Feb 2022
[Repost] #178: The Truth About High-Weight Anorexia with Erin Harrop, Weight-Stigma Researcher
<p>Eating-disorders researcher Erin Harrop joins us to discuss how anorexia is treated (or not) in people of different sizes, how diet culture and weight stigma influence treatment and recovery for disordered eating, the problem with the “atypical” anorexia label, how improving e ... Show More
1h 19m
Mar 2019
#188: How to Improve Treatment for Disordered Eating with Marcella Raimondo, Eating-Disorders Psychologist
<p>Eating-disorders psychologist Marcella Raimondo joins us to discuss how to improve disordered-eating treatment for people who don’t fit diet culture’s idea of what an ED “looks like,” how eating disorders can affect our career choices, why more representation of marginalized i ... Show More
1h 20m