Body Matters Podcast

Happy New Year!! So to start off 2023 we are having both of our much loved guests Harriet and Phil back on the podcast to unpack some eating disorder myths.  The amazing Dr. Phillip Aouad currently works at Shape Your Mind, an eating disorder treatment clinic based in central Sydney’s CBD. Phil is a registered psychologist and researcher who received his PhD in 2020 from the University of Syd...

On this weeks episode I am so excited to be bringing you our next special guest on the podcast Dr. Elizabeth Dale and proud Aboriginal, Worimi women. Liz is a Psychologist Registrar and a Senior Lecturer with a Doctorate in Indigenous health sciences and medicine from the University of Wollongong. Where Liz clinically conducts research aiming to better understand Aboriginal and Tores Strait Island...

On this week’s episode I am very excited to bringing back our much loved guest Dr. Phillip Aouad who currently works at Shape Your Mind, a clinical psychologist and dietetic practice in central Sydney’s CBD. Phil is a registered psychologist who received his PhD in 2020 from the University of Sydney.  Where Phil is now currently serving at the Early Career Researchers Special Interest Group a...

On this weeks episode, I am so pleased to be bringing back our much loved guest and therapist here at BodyMatters Harriet Iles. Harriet has completed a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences at the University of Adelaide. Also having completed her Honours year in psychology at the University of Sydney where she now also currently works at the Ramsey North Side Clinic. On this we...

On this week’s episode I am very pleased to be bringing you our next guest Carolyn Rogers from Brisbane, Queensland. Before her training as a psychologist, Carolyn was a registered nurse for 20 years where she worked in a variety of different healthcare settings. Where she most notably worked as a Nurse working as a Medical Representative for Abbott Australasia in their Nutrition Division. This is...

I am very happy to be bringing Dr. Kylie Mosely back on the podcast to now be speaking about the topic of type 2 diabetes and experiences of eating disorders. Kylie has obtained an Honours and Masters degree in psychology. Conducting a subsequent PhD in research focused on social, cognitive, and emotional triggers of overeating. Kylie has over 14 years’ experience as a psychologist in Australia, S...

On this weeks episode, I am very excited to be introducing one of BodyMatters amazing psychologists Dr. Kylie Mosely who will be speaking about the topic of type 1 diabetes. Kylie has obtained an Honours and Masters degree in psychology, conducting a subsequent PhD in research focused on social, cognitive, and emotional triggers of overeating. Where Kylie has over 14 years’ experience working as a...

On this week’s episode I am very happy to introduce our next guest Phillip Aouad. Phil is a Registered Psychologist who received his PhD in 2020 from the University of Sydney. Phil currently works at Shape Your Mind, a Clinical Psychologist and Dietetic practice that treats eating disorders in Sydneys CBD. He has worked with a broad range of presentations including but not limited to those who exp...

I am very pleased to be introducing this week’s special guest Meg O’Shea. Meg is a provisional psychologist and family therapist here at BodyMatters. With a previous history working as a primary school teacher for over 15 years. Meg holds a Bachelor of Teaching/ Bachelor of Arts (Primary) double degree, a Graduate Diploma of Psychology, A Bachelor of Science (Psychology) (Honours) and has complete...

On this weeks episode I am very excited to be bringing you this weeks guest Lisa Turnbull. Lisa is the Director of Meraki Wellness Centre with over 20 years’ experience working in the field of complementary medicine. The Merakai Wellness centre is a multi- disciplinary wellness centre located on the Central Coast which offers counselling, yoga, kinesiology, herbal medicine, energetic healing as we...

On this week’s episode I am so so happy to be introducing our next special guest Krissy Travaglia. Krissy is a Mental Health Social Worker, working from the Bromham clinic an eating disorder treatment clinic based in Melbourne. The Bromham clinic is a multidisciplinary medical practice dedicated to the treatment of eating disorders through the discipline of psychiatry, psychology, dietetics, and s...

I am very excited to be introducing this week's guest Amy Woods. Amy is a clinical registrant of PACFA living and working in Melbourne, Victoria. She has completed a Bachelors in Counselling and is an accredited member of the Australian and New Zealand Academy of Eating Disorders. Amy is a certified Yoga Instructor running eating disorder recovery classes both online and in person as the Director...

On today’s episode I would like to give a warm welcome to Dr Alicia Tompson. Alicia has a Doctorate in clinical psychology and is currently working at the Bromham Clinic in Melbourne. The Bromham clinic is a multidisciplinary medical practice dedicated to treating eating disorders through the discipline of psychiatry, psychology, dietetics and social work. Alicia also collaborates with other medic...

On this weeks episode I am very happy to introduce  Laurence Cobbaert the Chair of Eating Disorders Neurodiversity Australia (EDNA). Neurodiversity Australia is a non-for profit organisation that is focused on advocating on behalf of neurodivergent Australians affected by eating disorders. Laurence holds a Bachelor of Psychological Science and a Masters of Philosophy in Gender Studies both fr...

On today’s episode, I am very excited to be bringing back Harriet Iles one of the amazing therapists here at BodyMatters. Harriet has completed a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences at the University of Adelaide. Also having completed her honours year in psychology at the University of Sydney. On this week’s episode we will be understanding the topic of eating disorders and d...

On todays episode I am really excited to be bringing you our next special guest Brooke Lamb. Brooke works at Gosford Hospital and is studying a degree in a Bachelor in Human Resources, majoring in counselling at the University of Southern Queensland. With a special interest in sexology, Brooke will be completing her Master’s degree in sexology at Curtin University in Perth.  Brooke is proudly...

Welcome back to this episode! This is the second part of the episode, interviewing Mia Findlay who is the Founder & eating disorder recovery coach at Beyond Body in Sydney. Mia works directly with clients as part of a wider treatment team now being based on the South Coast. Mia has lived experience of having recovered from Anorexia Nervosa and has been appointed as Ambassador for The Butterfly...

On todays episode, I am very excited to be announcing this week’s guest…Mia Findlay . Mia is the Founder & eating disorder recovery coach at Beyond Body in Sydney. Where she works directly with clients as part of a wider treatment team. Mia has lived experience of having recovered from Anorexia Nervosa and has been appointed as Ambassador for The Butterfly Foundation in 2018. Mia is also known...

On todays episode, I am very excited to be bringing you one of BodyMatters very own therapists Harriet Iles. Harriet has completed a Bachelor of Laws and a Bachelor of Psychological Sciences at the University of Adelaide. She also completed her Honours year in psychology at the University of Sydney. Harriet has a background in law, psychology and fitness having worked as a trained fitness instruct...

On this week’s episode we are saying a lovely goodbye to our amazing host Maddie who has provided such amazing content on the podcast thus far! But don’t fret, as we have a new host Jessica Bakon (Jessy) who will be bringing the listeners lots more content with some really exciting topics lined up. One of which includes the topic on todays podcast where we will be bringing back our much loved gues...

On this week’s episode we have a special guest all the way from the US Christine Byrne, an anti-diet dietitian that helps clients struggling with Orthorexia and other eating disorders. We have brought Christine in to discuss how clean eating can undermine eating disorder recovery and the link between Orthorexia. Although healthy eating is seen very differently for many individuals and has a differ...

On this week's episode we speak with clinical psychotherapist Jacqueline Byrne. Jacqueline is a specialist in treatment of eating disorders, disordered eating and body image and we have brought her in to touch on a very important topic of helping parents understand how they can help avoid body dissatisfaction in kids.  Summary of the episode: What are signs of body dissatisfaction? When parents sh...

On this week’s episode we have brought in accredited practising Dietitian, Amanda who works with a non-diet approach alongside Heath at Every Size (HAES). Amanda also runs the infamous ‘Made by Mandy’ Instagram which she provides delicious recipes and food content. In this episode we discuss how to overcome binge eating and how to notice binge eating behaviours. We touch on the...

On this week's episode we have an eating disorder recovery talk with recovery champion Ash. Ash is currently an art director that works in advertising and an ambassador for InsideOut supporting and inspiring others towards recovery themselves. Ash began to realise something was not right in November 2011 where she had initially begun a health kick where it had gotten to the point of starting to fe...

On this week's episode we have a guest all the way from the US, Carolyn Costin. Carolyn has over 30 years experience in the eating disorder field where she had founded an intensive outpatient program for eating disorder treatment and has now opened The Carolyn Costin Institute which providers Eating Disorder Coach Tarining, a Mentor program, Continuing Education for clinicians as well as other spe...