Abbie chats with Dr. Kim Daniels, a licensed clinical psychologist and emotional eating coach, about the biospychosocial components of eating disorders, the diagnosis of binge eating, and how so many factors come together to create our relationship with food and our bodies.

Topics discussed:

What’s on Kim’s plate right now as a mother, and her current favorite snack
Kim's relationship with food and her body as a child
How our experience of puberty impacts body image
Working in bariatric surgery prior to finding the weight-inclusive approach
Binge eating as a diagnosis
Assumptions in ED treatment
The hurdles of transitioning into anti-diet work
The problem with emotional eating and the restrict-binge cycle
Internal Family Systems (IFS) as a model for healing our relationship with body and food
Using self-compassion in understanding our parts
How to begin using IFS without overwhelm

Dr. Kim Daniels is an emotional eating coach with a degree in clinical psychology. She is also trained in Internal Family Systems (IFS) and is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor.

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