Work is a part of our daily lives — as is food. Disordered eating and diagnosed eating disorders can be tricky to deal with at the office, but they can be common in high achievers and are closely tied to anxiety and mental health. Host Morra Aarons-Mele speaks with Melissa Gerson, director and founder of the Columbus Park treatment center for eating disorder ... Show More
Jan 2023
Ep 50: Identifying and supporting those with eating disorders in school settings - the Eating Disorder Toolkit
This week I am joined by Hope Virgo, Suzanna Samaka and Sharon White; three inspirational women involved in the development and promotion of The Eating Disorder Toolkits for school nurses, educators and carers. In this episode we discuss the Toolkits as well as ... the latest res ... Show More
44m 55s
Jun 2021
When You’ve Overcome Symptoms but Eating Disorder Thoughts Linger, with Rachelle Heinemann
Today, I’m talking to Rachelle Heinemann, a licensed mental health counsellor based in NYC and Brooklyn. She specialises in the treatment of eating disorders and emotional eating as well as exercise addiction and body image struggles. She also works extensively with those challen ... Show More
42m 19s
Sep 2021
Trauma, Health at Every Size and Supporting Black Women with Eating Disorders, with Dr. Carolyn Coker-Ross
Today, I’m talking to Dr. Carolyn Coker-Ross, based in the USA and a medical doctor specialising in eating disorders, trauma and addiction. She presented a TEDxPleasantGrove talk on “The Gifts of Intergenerational Trauma'' in January, 2020.
Dr. Coker-Ross is the author of 3 book ... Show More
49m 10s
Nov 2020
#262: Responding to Diet Talk, Navigating the Stages of Change, and HAES in Spanish-Speaking Communities with Therapist Haica Rosenfeld
Eating-disorders therapist Haica Rosenfeld joins us to discuss how her father’s binge eating and bariatric surgery affected her own relationship with food and body, strategies for responding to diet talk, the Stages of Change as they relate to anti-diet messaging, bringing HAES t ... Show More
1h 32m
Sep 2019
#205: Disordered Eating, Athletes, and Why HAES Is for Every Body with Lindsay Krasna, Certified Eating-Disorders Dietitian and Health At Every Size Advocate
Certified eating-disorders dietitian Lindsay Krasna joins us to discuss disordered eating among athletes, why eating disorders are less of a pathology and more of a reaction to diet culture, the role of thin privilege and economic privilege in people’s relationships with food, wh ... Show More
1h 14m