Eating Disorders: Navigating Recovery

Catherine and Francis are thrilled to welcome Melissa Bernstein to the program! Along with her husband Doug, Melissa is the Co-Founder of the toy company Melissa & Doug, which has created over 5,000 children’s products and sold billions of dollars of toys since its inception. Raised by educators, Melissa and Doug started the business in their garage in 1988, and they’ve been on a mission ever sinc...

Catherine and Francis are excited to speak with Kelly Davidson, RDN, a Nutrition Therapist working with individuals experiencing eating disorders, having done so at the inpatient, partial hospitalization, and intensive outpatient levels of care. Her approach towards nutrition is from a Health at Every Size® lens and she is passionate about fighting weight stigma and the negative messages of diet c...

Vance Goodman, who works as a Service Coordinator for the Council on Aging of Buncombe County, joins Catherine and Francis for a retelling of her inspiring path towards recovery from an eating disorder. Noting that the eating disorder was her trauma (and that trauma had not underpinned the eating disorder) she recalls how medical professionals eventually told her that the symptoms she was experien...

Catherine and Francis are privileged to welcome JL Keez to the podcast. JL – who resides in Adeliade, Australia – provides a vulnerable recollection of her nine-year lived experience with an eating disorder and how it took many years to find the right path in recovery. Now, an author and therapist, JL dedicates her time and energy towards helping and advocating for those experiencing eating disord...

Catherine and Francis are excited to welcome Jason Shiers, a Certified Transformative Coach & Certified Psychotherapist who has been working with addictions and mental health for over 20 years in evolving ways, to the program. After his own recovery started 25 years ago in 12 steps, he had been searching for something different, following the path to a degree in transactional analysis, a psychodyn...

We are so excited to welcome Jenn Hicks, a Nia instructor who also runs a private practice in Speech-Language Pathology, specializing in acquired brain injury, to the podcast. Nia is a holistic movement and wellness practice addressing each aspect of one’s life, including body, mind, and soul. Jenn has been teaching Nia through a body/fat positivity and Health At Every Size lens ever since recover...

EDNR is thrilled to introduce Kristie Amadio, Certified Eating Disorders Coach and founder of Recovered Living, an eating disorder recovery coaching company in the United States. As with every aspect of her life, Kristie brings forth a one-of-kind, irrepressible enthusiasm and candid honesty – the foundation which forms the basis of Kristie’s essence. She is a former elite athlete who experienced...

It’s a quick digest today, folx! We’re excited to announce some changes to our current format and hope these changes make it easier for you to listen at your convenience. •We are no longer breaking up longer episodes into more than one part. We’ll post the whole conversation, and you decide how much you want to listen to at one time. •Our “digests” (reflections on conversations with guests) will b...

On This Week's Digest, Catherine and Francis explore themes that were relatable from their conversation with Kristina Bruce, Certified Body Trust Provider. Francis reflected on how it is important for folx experiencing body image dissatisfaction to meet themselves where they are, and to take a more neutral approach towards their body image. He discusses how, for him, body image dissatisfaction was...

Part 2 of our conversation with Kristina Bruce, Certified body trust® Provider and Integrative Life Coach, is here and full of profound insight and hope. Kristina talks about how social media has become a space to fight back against the “diet culture spell”, as Kristina puts it, allowing people to connect and view bodies that look like theirs, have abilities like theirs, and detach themselves from...

Kristina Bruce, a certified body trust® provider and integrative Life Coach, joins the podcast to talk about her work helping clients develop positive relationships with their bodies without dieting or focusing on weight loss. Kristina specializes in working with individuals on accepting and trusting their bodies and brings this expertise and experience to the programs. She takes time to delineate...

Catherine and Francis reflect on their conversation with Rebecca Eyre, CEO of ProjectHEAL, a non-profit organization dedicated to helping individuals experiencing eating disorders access treatment. The co-hosts comment on Rebecca's view that most of the country is experiencing some degree of disordered eating, maintained by deeply rooted fatphobic, racist, and ableist beliefs about body, food, wei...

Catherine and Francis wrap up their interview with Rebecca Eyre, CEO of ProjectHEAL, in what has been an insightful, powerful, and educational discussion. Part 2 features Rebecca talking about mental health parity from the perspective of a provider, non-profit leader, and person with lived experience, highlighting the importance of underserved and marginalized individuals receiving equitable care...

In this episode, Catherine and Francis welcome Rebecca Eyre, CEO of ProjectHEAL, a nonprofit organization focused on equitable treatment access for eating disorders. Rebecca brings a deep understanding and insight into the world of eating disorder treatment, having navigated the field as a clinician, advocate, nonprofit leadership positions, and through lived experience. Anchoring Rebecca’s passio...

Catherine and Francis reflect on their conversation with Lynn, Giva, Chris, and Marissa from ANAD -- both the non-profits executive leadership and the mentorship program. The co-hosts consider how connection and support with someone with lived experience can be especially helpful for those experiencing eating disorders -- being heard in a nonjudgemental way is so important! If you or a loved one a...

In this episode, Catherine and Francis speak with Chris and Marissa about their participation in ANAD's mentorship program. Chris -- the mentor -- shares her path through her eating disorder experience towards recovery, and reflects on how she has gained so much in her relationship with Marissa. Marissa -- the mentee -- offers a vulnerable and empowering reflection on her own path towards recovery...

In this episode, Francis and Catherine are happy to welcome Lynn Slawsky, Executive Director, and Giva Ann Wilkerson, Program Director of ANAD (National Association of Anorexia and Associated Disorders). Lynn and Giva both describe their own experiences finding recovery from eating disorders, and they outline the many ways ANAD enhances treatment and facilitates recovery with programs like peer me...

Catherine and Francis reflect on their conversation with Billie Carroll, a Holistic Recovery and Resiliency Counselor who works with individuals in the prison system on finding ways to connect and heal their relationship with their bodies. The co-hosts discuss the need for increased awareness and information about the intersection of eating disorders, the prison system, and trauma.

Billie Carroll (she/hers) is a Holistic Recovery and Resiliency Counselor who uses the technologies of mediation, Yoga and Ayurveda to help people reach new levels of recovery and thriving. She is certified in many areas of Yoga, Meditation and Ayurveda and has traveled to Rishikesh India to study. She is a certified trauma informed and trauma releasing Yoga teacher, Ayurveda consultant and Peer R...

Catherine and Francis reflect on their conversation with Dr. Deanna Linville, LMFT, about the intersection of relationships, families, chosen families, other supports and eating disorder recovery.

Catherine and Francis are excited to welcome Deanna Linville, Ph. D, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Oregon. She joins the podcast to talk about the importance and value of including support systems -- family, chosen family, friends, and caretakers -- in the treatment and recovery of eating disorders, noting that the family as a whole experiences the eating disorder, not o...

Catherine and Francis are excited to welcome Deanna Linville, Ph. D, a licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in the state of Oregon. She joins the podcast to talk about the importance and value of including support systems -- including family, chosen family, friends, and caretakers -- in the treatment and recovery of eating disorders, noting that the family as a whole experiences the eating disor...

In this week's digest, Catherine and Francis reflect on their conversation with Kristen Tully, MSW, who spoke about the intersection of grief and eating disorders. Francis talks about his passion for the topic, revealing the complexities of grief within his lived experience. Catherine comments on how support for grieving an eating disorder is received quite differently -- if at all -- than the sup...

On this episode, Catherine and Francis are grateful and excited to welcome KristenTully, she/her, an advocate for Eating Disorder education, awareness, and recovery. Kristen received her Master of Social Work and Nonprofit Management Certificate from VCU in 2020. Today she discusses her experience with an eating disorder, including how a difficult conversation with her parents catalyzed her recove...

Catherine and Francis take a moment to reflect on how to approach the new year, and all the harmful language around body, food, and health often associated with it. It's been a challenging year for many, and whether you are a person who creates resolutions or intentions, as we turn the page on 2020, give yourself permission to create space to offer yourself self-compassion and self-care. Most impo...