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OUTWEIGH: Amy’s expert guest today is Blake Blankenbecler - a psychodynamic therapist specializing in anxiety, trauma, and eating disorders. Out of her work emerged a desire to study friendships. She believes that life is meant to be lived in connection and helps friends have more meaningful conversations and create more sustainable friendships. Blake recently released The Friendship Deck, a conve...

OUTWEIGH: Amy's guest today is Bobbi Giudicelli. After successfully transitioning from being out of control around food to learning to love eating again, Bobbi is now on a mission to teach and support others in their journeys to understand the emotional relationship with food, to create a new healthy lifestyle, and ultimately - get their lives back.   Drawing on her personal journey and how she su...

OUTWEIGH: Self-Love Coach, Aubree Henderson is our expert today! She talks with Amy about befriending your inner critic...recognizing and more deeply understanding your inner critic voice, where it comes from, and how to engage with it more compassionately.   About Aubree: Aubree Henderson is a self-love coach, author, and pleasure activist. Aubree works with clients and students to increase their...

OUTWEIGH: Singer/Song-writer Maura Streppa   is Amy's guest today! Maura battled with an eating disorder for most of her life, but didn’t realize it until she was a freshman in college. She started recovery over COVID and really used songwriting to help get through it. She wrote a song called “Skinnier” that comes out December 2nd and hopes it will help others feel less alone + encourage them to N...

OUTWEIGH: Emily Riley is Amy's guest today and she's sharing her own journey living with an eating disorder, and then cancer. About Emily: Emily Riley is a people-lover, sunshine addict, and latte-obsessed human being with the painful experience of choosing eating disorder recovery in 2014 and then simultaneously walking through an unexpected journey with Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma cancer treat...

OUTWEIGH: Riley Laster (dietician + big fan of intuitive eating) is our expert guest this week with Amy. In this episode (3 of 3) they talk about how raising your kids in a diet-free buffer zone has been going (what you’ve found to work for you and your family, why you’ve felt the need to do this) and this episode is your permission slip to like food!!!!!!!!   Riley's Instagram:  @rileylaster To c...

OUTWEIGH: Riley Laster (dietician + big fan of intuitive eating) is our expert guest for the next 2 weeks with Amy. In this episode (2 of 3) they talk about wading through influence culture (as Riley has gained a following on Instagram in the last year!), how annoying it is when people post "what I eat in a day" posts/videos, and how a cucumber simply cannot replace a cupcake.    Riley's Instagram...

OUTWEIGH: Riley Laster (dietician + big fan of intuitive eating) is our expert guest for the next 3 weeks with Amy. In this episode (1 of 3) they talk about Riley's personal story and struggles with eating/clean eating, seeking control through dieting, getting attention with weight loss (which is why we never want to comment on anyone's weight loss!!!), hitting rock bottom, and relationships not g...

OUTWEIGH: Kayla Carson (RDN, cPTs, & director at Odyssey Eating Disorder Network) is our expert guest for 3 weeks with Amy. In this episode (3 of 3) they talk about "fitness" having a specific "look," societal common language around food, fitness & body image, and managing body comments & judgement.    KAYLA'S BIO: Kayla Carson has extensive expertise in the eating disorder and substan...

OUTWEIGH: Kayla Carson (RDN, cPTs, & director at Odyssey Eating Disorder Network) is our expert guest for 3 weeks with Amy. In this episode (2 of 3) they talk about prioritizing ED recovery socially (with friends/family) & financially (i.e. will you sacrifice other spending to get the treatment you need?!!), Kayla's personal struggle with perfectionism, and more.   KAYLA'S BIO: Kayla Carso...

OUTWEIGH: Kayla Carson (RDN, cPTs, & director at Odyssey Eating Disorder Network) is our expert guest for the next 3 weeks with Amy. In this episode (1 of 3) they talk about using "wellness" as an identity and/or hobby, being unwell in a smaller body & well in a larger body, and more!   KAYLA'S BIO: Kayla Carson has extensive expertise in the eating disorder and substance use disorder fiel...

OUTWEIGH: Anne Marie (Certified Personal Trainer + Founder & Creator of my FitCityWorld) is our expert guest for 3 weeks with Amy. In this episode (3 of 3) they talk about how to inspire + motivate your kids to have a balanced relationship with FOOD from a young age without developing an unhealthy body image.   Anne Marie's Website & Instagram: FitCityWorld.com  @FitCityPearl To contact Am...

OUTWEIGH:  Anne Marie (Certified Personal Trainer + Founder & Creator of my FitCityWorld) is our expert guest for 3 weeks with Amy. In this episode (2 of 3) they talk about how to inspire + motivate your kids to have a healthy relationship with exercise from a young age without developing an unhealthy body image.   Anne Marie's Website & Instagram: FitCityWorld.com  @FitCityPearl To contac...

OUTWEIGH: Anne Marie (Certified Personal Trainer + Founder & Creator of my FitCityWorld) is our expert guest for the next 3 weeks with Amy. In this episode (1 of 3) they talk about Anne Marie's belief that she works through with herself + her clients: "It’s okay to have body specific goals post eating disorder recovery and/or over exercise disorder recovery." She shares with us how to best set...

OUTWEIGH: Licensed Paramedical Aesthetician Hannah Ellis is our expert guest in this 3-week series with Amy. In episode 3 of 3 Amy & Hannah talk about common skincare concerns, how they can affect our mental health over time, and how to overcome anxiety over your skin, body, etc.    Hannah Ellis is a Licensed Paramedical Aesthetician and founder of Hannah Ellis Skincare here in Nashville, TN. ...

OUTWEIGH: Licensed Paramedical Aesthetician Hannah Ellis is our expert guest in this 3-week series with Amy. In episode 2 of 3 they talk about how common IG/TikTok Filters are used and how it skews our views of what real/healthy skin should look like - i.e. what even is healthy skin in general?     Hannah Ellis is a Licensed Paramedical Aesthetician and founder of Hannah Ellis Skincare here in Nas...

OUTWEIGH: Licensed Paramedical Aesthetician Hannah Ellis is our expert guest in this 3-week series with Amy. In episode 1 of 3 they talk about disordered eating and how it affects our skin. Hannah says it’s so common for her to see clients that speak negatively about food & have self blame (i.e. about food for their skin).    Hannah Ellis is a Licensed Paramedical Aesthetician and founder of H...

OUTWEIGH: Certified Eating Disorder Specialist & Registered Dietitian, Melissa Giovanni, is our expert for the next 3 weeks! Today’s chat (episode 3 of 3) is about how to handle/ways to recover in a diet obsessed culture! We are surrounded by toxic messages, images, social posts, diet ads, etc... so it's really hard to navigate (even though in 2022 we have rounded a corner and seen some change...

OUTWEIGH: Certified Eating Disorder Specialist & Registered Dietitian, Melissa Giovanni, is our expert for the next 3 weeks! Today’s chat (episode 2 of 3) is about having a healthy relationship with exercise in recovery...for some of us it's hard to even comprehend what that even looks like because working out has been our eating disorder "buddy" for years and years. However, there is hope!!!...

OUTWEIGH: Certified Eating Disorder Specialist & Registered Dietitian, Melissa Giovanni, is our expert for the next 3 weeks! Today’s chat (episode 1 of 3) is about living in a toxic environment. If you are actively living, working, or in a relationship (friend, family, romantic) with someone that triggers you…what do you do?? Melissa and Amy helped answer that question during this chat and Mel...

OUTWEIGH: For this chat with licensed therapist Ashley Vicari (episode 3 of 3 with her), Amy and Ashley talk about identifying whether or not you have an eating disorder or body image issues. *Most* eating disorder diagnoses share a common basis surrounding body image: an over-evaluation of shape and weight (meaning that someone with an eating disorder tends to put a lot of their eggs into the bod...

OUTWEIGH: We're excited to have licensed therapist Ashley Vicari back as the expert with Amy! In this episode (ep. 2 of 3) they navigate what to do if you think your child has an eating disorder. There's a blog that Ashley wrote called: 'Teens & Eating Disorders: 5 Helpful Tips for Better Understanding Your Teen' and Amy has Ashley break it down for us.  As a parent or caregiver, your support...

OUTWEIGH: Licensed therapist Ashley Vicari is our expert guest for the next 3 weeks with Amy. In episode 1 of 3, Amy starts off by sharing this email that was sent in with Ashley:  "I would love to hear a discussion on the Outweigh Podcast about gaining weight in the recovery process & all the uncomfortable parts about it. I am so torn between wanting to recover vs continuing to struggle but k...

OUTWEIGH: Last week Amy shared that the average adult will try 126 diets in their lifetime. That’s crazy!! This week, Amy focuses on how the diet industry is targeting us (especially women!) and we must be aware of their messaging so we don’t fall for it. So what works better than dieting?? Developing a healthy relationship with food, appreciating what we GET to eat, and not being afraid to eat ou...

OUTWEIGH: It's 4th of July weekend…so Amy took a trip down memory lane sharing ways she used to treat this holiday while living with an active eating disorder. Her life looks very different now…so she wanted to dedicate this episode to YOU living your best life this weekend by giving some tools to take with you to the celebrations/parties/BBQs. She goes over 5 food tips for the holiday weekend (hi...