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Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today's guest interview is with Tabitha Farrar. Tabitha grew up in Wiltshire, England, in an idyllic (yet rainy) village. Despite being a robust and confident teenager, she developed an eating disorder at age 17 and this devastating illness took pole position in her life until, at 25, she finally started my recovery journey. She successfully recovered from Anorex...

This week on Real Health Radio, Chris is chatting with Virginia Sole-Smith. They chat about her book The Eating Instinct, her daughter Violet relearning how to eat after a life saving operation at age one month, and the myth of the sugar high.

Welcome back to Real Health Radio. This week it’s a solo episode and I’m talking about weight set point theory. This has been on my list to talk about for some time, and I’m glad it finally came together. In this episode I cover what weight set point theory is, how our body determines our set point, and factors that could contribute to changing our weight set point over time.

On this week's episode Real Health Radio, Chris is chatting with Nicola Salmon. Nicola is a fat-positive fertility coach and author of “Fat and Fertile” and the conversation focuses on all things fertility, conception and pregnancy.

This week on the show it is a solo episode where we look at the topic of restriction. Restriction can take many forms but is at the heart of the struggles of nearly every person Seven Health works with. It's a big topic that Chris shares his thoughts on.

This week on the show Chris chats with Kristina Bruce, a Certified Body Trust Provider and Integrative Life Coach. They chat about body acceptance, Byron Katie's The Work, Kristina's personal journey with disordered eating recovery and acceptance of her body, ayahuasca and more. This is a particularly practical episode with lots to take away.

This week on the show Chris is chatting with Registered Dietician Emily Fossenback. They chat about Emily's history with orthorexia and her recovery, perfectionism, infertility, adoption, working with eating disorder clients, and feeding children.

This week on Real Health Radio, Chris chats with Hermione, a client he's been working with for the last year. They talk about Hermione's history with an eating disorder, over-exercising and body image concerns. They cover what it was like working together, finally being able to open up about her struggles, and Hermione's changing relationship with food, exercise and her body.

Chris chats with Karen Ricks - Founder of Our Kitchen Classroom, Worldschooler and Montessorian. They cover playful movement, HAES, Body positivity, Karen's healing journey around food and the beauty of learning about life, geography and culture through food play. They also discuss Worldschooling and the intrinsic curiosity of children and how they can be great teachers of how to be in the world.

This week on the show it is a solo episode where we look at the topic of Health Inequalities. It's so common when talking about health to focus on "choices" and "personal responsibility" and that "health is in your own hands". But the truth of the matter is that at a population level, health is most directly connected to where you live and socioeconomics. Something we explore in great detail by lo...

Welcome back to Real Health Radio. This week I sit down with my former client Ilinca and we chat about her history with a restrictive eating disorder, being stuck in quasi recovery and getting her period back. We also cover what it was like working together, feeling understood and supported and Ilinca's changing relationship with sleep, food, exercise and happiness.

We have another AMA (ask me anything) with our founder, Chris. We answer questions regarding Chris's favourite foods, HAES, compulsive movement, eating when ill, inflammatory foods and reactions, metabolic syndrome and restriction, fear of weight gain, food and exercise when pregnant, the Writing Club, what Chris has learned from the civil rights movement, psychedelic-assisted therapy, what Chris...

Chris chats with Dr. Rachel Millner - a psychologist, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist Supervisor, Cognitive Behavioral Therapist for Psychosis, and a certified body trust provider. Chris and Rachel cover Rachel's background and own journey with eating disorder recovery and anorexia in higher weight bodies. They also cover Rachel's role as a supervisor, her work with children and families and...

Lu chats with social worker and sex therapist Sonalee Rashatwar about non-consensual childhood dieting, fatphobia, touch deprivation, body image, sexual preference, and more.

Chris sits down with renowned clinician, author, and speaker Carolyn Costin to talk about eating disorder recovery. Using Carolyn's book, 8 Keys To Recovery From An Eating Disorder as a basis for the conversation, they share their knowledge, experience, and ideas for how to implement the key principles.

Chris interviews Harriet Brown about strained family relationships and how estrangement estrangement can sometimes be the ultimate form of self care. They also discuss attachment and conditional versus unconditional parenting, and how experiences in early life have a huge impact on someone’s sense of self and self-esteem for the rest of their life.

Lu sits down with photographer Lindley Ashline to chat about weight stigma, size-inclusive photography, the benefits of exposure in body acceptance work, access, equity, and support for all bodies. Plus, learn how Lindley is leveraging her business and her privilege to make a positive difference in the lives of her clients and marginalized models and artisans too.

A quick personal update where Chris shares what's been happening in his life lately. From how he's dealing with COVID to having to postpone his wedding to having to move out when his house flooded, 2020 has been an eventful year.

We're celebrating 200 episodes of the podcast with an AMA (ask me anything) with our founder, Chris. We answer questions regarding body image, fasting, gentle nutrition, the anti-HAES community, if “full recovery” is possible, mental health and anxiety, along with some interesting personal questions.

This week, Lu interviews plus-sized runner Martinus Evans. They talk about the myth of the "runner's body," what frustrates Martinus most about racing, why he chose to do a naked photoshoot, and where you can go to find a running community that’s not fixated on size or speed.

Chris sits down with Dr. Natalie Gukasyan to discuss her work in the Johns Hopkins Center for Psychedelic & Consciousness Research. They chat about the potential of psilocybin to help with mental illness and dive into detail on the study she's conducting on psilocybin and anorexia nervosa.

Seven Health is releasing a new program called The Writing Club. It is a 10-week group program designed to foster learning and healing in a collaborative environment through writing. In this episode, Chris gives details about the program.

Chris sits down with Connie Sobczak to discuss her history with an eating disorder, the death of her sister, the birth of her daughter, and how all of those things influenced her to co-found The Body Positive, an organization that works with adults and youth in a variety of settings to support positive body attitudes and self-care behaviors.

Chris talks with Josie Geller, PhD, about her research in the eating disorder field. They cover topics like predictors for success in recovery and predictors for relapse, the difference between collaborative and directive change, and the importance of self-compassion in recovery.

Lu interviews Jen McLellan of Plus Mommy to talk about the stigmatization of people in larger bodies during pregnancy, finding size friendly care providers, exploring pregnancy care options, myth busting misconceptions, self-advocacy, and relative vs. actual risk.