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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Jun 26
When Is Picky Eating a Disorder? Understanding ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)
Is your child a picky eater, or is it something more serious — and how can you tell? Avoidant/restrictive food intake disorder (ARFID) goes far beyond food preferences. It’s driven by deep-seated fears of choking, vomiting, or other anxieties that can lead to dangerous nutritiona ... Show More
21m 30s
Jun 19
Inside Cults: How Ordinary People Get Pulled In
Cults don’t always start with Kool-Aid or crime scenes — sometimes, they begin with yoga classes, utopian promises, or someone saying you’re special. In this episode, Gabe Howard sits down with journalist and author Wendy Biddlecombe Agsar, whose book “Cults: A True Crime Collect ... Show More
27m 30s
Nov 2015
#47: Orthorexia Recovery & Giving up the "Healthy" Label with Kaila Prins, Certified Health and Wellness Coach
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. Kaila Prins is a certified health and wellness coach and th ... Show More
55m 22s
Jul 2019
An Inside Look At Eating Disorders: Anorexia, Bulimia, & Orthorexia
What is an eating disorder? One of the most important things about anorexia and bulimia is understanding that they are caused by a complex interplay of genetics, epigenetics, early development, and current stressors. They can lead to dangerous outcomes because of how the eating d ... Show More
1h 7m
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
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 eati ... Show More
1h 19m
Mar 2019
#188: How to Improve Treatment for Disordered Eating with Marcella Raimondo, Eating-Disorders Psychologist
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 iden ... Show More
1h 20m