Eating Disorder Spotlight: Resources, Support & Stories

"It can be like Jekyll & Hyde!" Supporting a struggling friend can feel daunting and confusing.  Takeaways: 1 - Listen  2 - Support 3 - Self Care!      El tells about her personal story with a very close friend struggling with mental health and eating disorder challenges for many years.  El informs on how to ask questions, learn boundaries and protect your own mental health w/knowledge and sel...

In this episode, ARFID, Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder, a clinical eating disorder is discussed. Listen to this introduction to learn how it is not picky eating, its symptoms & types, how to build a treatment team and intervention expectations on the way to a recovery path. Thanks for exploring Hope with me!  Caise  "RECOVERY STARTS WITH ONE BOLD NEW CHOICE."  #therapist #stressreli...

Diets, Trends, Pills, Fads Don’t Work!  3 Takeaways: OA versus FA versus ED Treatment Semaglutide for the Win Learning you are more then your size - so much more! Tracie Guggenheim has tried it all and has a lot to share about her recovery path for binge eating disorder and anorexia.  She shares what it’s like to be told to lose 10 pounds at 11 years old, then watch your weight swing like a pendul...

NO Rubric or Standard Curriculum = Misinformation! Join my colleagues on me on a mission to replace moralizing & quantifying food & body  personal anecdotes, euphemisms and metaphors with evidenced-based science for student health literacy!  Thanks for listening!  Therapist Caise   "Capturing Stories & Inspiring Recovery!" Find Me: caiserodemchale.com Reach Me: therapistcaise@gmail.com...

YOU'RE ONLY HUMAN!  NOW LET'S PRACTICE! In this episode, you're introduced to a meditation that reduces daily stress by guiding a visualization of life stressors & aspects of social, cultural, emotional and familial life being dropped like petals from a flower. It begins with a quick body scan and ends in a soothing release leaving you simply human. Merely To Be. To Be Human. After all, you're...

Learn to process, categorize and store traumatic calls better! This scientific method uses easy movement or binary music beats to stimulate left/right brain engagement facilitating better management of challenging & traumatic experiences. We add a bonus about using cold water therapy to enhance the regulation benefit. Links: Binary Beats https://youtu.be/SWOXABSOYz0?si=l1t1S_p1PfS1pyRS https:/...

It’s Not About Your Weight!  Your Creative Voice is Not Your Body Size!  Makayla talks producing, acting, filmmaking & life in the entertainment industry and how her pivot to find value in something that can’t be shaken evolved into her feature film SHREDDED and in her role as a producer on the upcoming short ECHO.  Enjoy – “you’re only control is showing up”!   Thanks for listening!  Therapis...

"I completely erased my plan & started living by the seat of my pants."   G is a 19 yo college student who tells us exactly what she experienced when her life flipped upside down thanks to the onset of panic attacks. G was paralyzed and overwhelmed at first, but she’s a true fighter who already tamed an eating disorder 2 years prior.  She does not relent, and between sharing with others, retur...

Today’s guest is Helen Welch: an internationally acclaimed vocalist, entertainer, producer and band-leader. Helen’s eclectic talent, cheeky humor and effervescent personality bring passion and joy to her global audiences.  A native of England, she has found a creative and welcoming home in Cleveland, Ohio.  Helen has performed across the globe with many symphony orchestras & in big band shows...

Holidays can add even more stimulation to an already busy mind.  Corinne & Caise talk boundaries, knowing yourself, winter impact, learning to set sensible expectations and taking time to decompress! This First Responder Series Episode has something for everyone to learn this season!  Become a supporter of this podcast: https://www.spreaker.com/podcast/eating-disorder-spotlight-resources-suppo...

Sometimes are bodies are not a safe place to land when we need to reset or regulate our nervous system.  This quick visualization is exteroceptive, meaning outside of the body, instead of the more traditional interoceptive approaches like yoga nidra that borrow from body sensations and awareness.  Take a journey from close to far away in these simple exercise in relaxation.  Thanks for exploring H...

Today’s topic is engaging with peers, aka making friends in treatment settings.   My guest is Samsung who has several years of mental health and eating disorder recovery.  She reflects on her experience where these kinds of friendships proved both beneficial and hurtful.  She offers insight on boundaries, communication and inevitably how to trust your family or community and your treatment team to...

Today’s book blurb resource is:  Bloodlines, a memoir of harm and healing by Tracey Yokas.  This book is a must read guide and tribute to any family in a mental health or eating disorder crisis.  The book powerfully explores the concept of healing as a family unit and the complexities of self-discovery, long term trauma, resilience and openness. Find the Author/ Find the Book:  Bloodlines: A Memoi...

In this episode, Judy Neuman an independent, clinical social worker with over 19 years in private practice and over 25 years in school based social work, discusses mental health & eating disorders in the Orthodox Jewish community.  Her conversation illuminates specific benefits and challenges of managing mental health and eating disorders in the Jewish community at large, and sepcifically for...

In this episode, listen to a nontraditional meditation & visualization that focuses on the internal body organs with mindfulness and appreciation!  Thanks for exploring Hope with me!  Caise  "RECOVERY STARTS WITH ONE BOLD NEW CHOICE."  #therapist #stressrelief #anxiety #eatingdisordersupport #skills #ED #mentalhealth #recovery For more Podcasts & Support:  https://caiserodemchale.com Email...

Today’s guest is the author of Bloodlines, a memoir of harm and healing, Tracey Yokas.  This book is a must-read guide and tribute to any family in a mental health or eating disorder crisis.  The book powerfully explores the concept of healing as a family unit and the complexities of self-discovery, long-term trauma, resilience and openness.   When Tracey’s daughter is diagnosed with complex menta...

Grounding skills are a great addition to your anxiety management toolbox.  Try these grounding options to 'center', 'focus', 'chill' or relax anytime!  Your senses are waiting to be regulated ! Thanks for exploring Hope with me!  Caise  "RECOVERY STARTS WITH ONE BOLD NEW CHOICE."  #therapist #stressrelief #anxiety #eatingdisordersupport #skills #ED #mentalhealth #recovery For more Podcasts & S...

"I say, BE SAFE.  He says, ALWAYS."  Fire Family Benefits & Challenges w/Kris Weir  Kris Weir, a licensed massage therapist, Reiki master teacher and NAET (Nambudripad Allergy Elimination Techniques) practitioner and wife of 20 years to a firefighter/paramedic with whom she has two fabulous children.  Kris learned about my first responder series & shared how wonderful her life has been wit...

In this episode, EDm3 welcomes back Gray for part 2 of his 3-tier recovery story.  We previously discussed medical complications with an eating disorder but now he takes us deeper into how those also impact his space as a transgender person.  Gray has a relevant and current perspective that informs individuals with ED but also for those in the LGBTQ community who deserve to be acknowledged in medi...

Borrowing from Chakra points, or energy centers in the body, this healing body scan focuses inward, allowing progressive relaxation through body regions using color imagery. Thanks for exploring Hope with me!  Caise  "RECOVERY STARTS WITH ONE BOLD NEW CHOICE."  #therapist #stressrelief #anxiety #eatingdisordersupport #skills #ED #mentalhealth #recovery For more Podcasts & Support:  https://cai...

In this episode, Outpatient Therapy is discussed. Outpatient therapy is a common and accessible mental health intervention that can be fun, familiar and effective, but...it has its limitations.  Listen to learn what to expect in outpatient, how to navigate higher level of care options and how to get the most out of your outpatient therapy experience.   Thanks for exploring Hope with me!  Caise  "R...

"You don't have to live this way!"  For over 10 years Corinne Santore has been treating first responders & teaching them how to accept and regulate their nervous system and process work traumas!  She demystifies trauma, 'little T's' and 'big T's' and the impact work trauma can have on a first responder's personal & work life if left unresolved or filed incorrectly in the brain. Bilateral s...

Loving someone who has a mental health challenge or an eating disorder can be daunting but what if you also struggle?  Does it make it impossible?  Nope, in this episode, Shawn teaches it is possible, yes; it is hard but it can also be an opportunity for personal growth and for developing strong communication and a safe, supportive place with a partner.  He paves an honest and hopeful path based o...

In this episode, Toni Lima, MSW, LISW, PATH, EAGALA educates on the use of both evidenced-based EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization & Reprocessing therapy) and Equine (horse)-Assisted Therapy (EA) and using them in tandem (EA-EMDR) to treat anxiety, depression, trauma, relationship obstacles and behavioral regulation in children: a great add-on layer or replacement for talk therapy.  EMDR is no...

Learn how to be aware of thought looping by using Check the Facts & What if Thinking tool to reduce thought clutter & recognize patterns of thinking that waste energy and create mind confetti. Thanks for exploring Hope with me!  Caise  "RECOVERY STARTS WITH ONE BOLD NEW CHOICE."  #therapist #stressrelief #anxiety #eatingdisordersupport #skills #ED #mentalhealth #recovery For more Podcasts...