Recover with Carly

Welcome back to the Recover with Carly Podcast! This week I sat down with Alicia Mccarvell - an east coast Canadian plus size content creator, auntie, & a comfort creator to so many (myself included, of course).  Throughout our conversation, Alicia opens up about her journey to becoming a content creator, the reason she shows up online, being in a "mixed-value" relationship, choosing to be chi...

Welcome back to the Recover with Carly Podcast! It's been awhile since we released a new episode and we are so excited to be back for Season Two of the Recover with Carly Podcast! This week I sat down with Olivia Bateman - nanny, math whiz, and daughter to Britani Bateman from the Real Housewives of Salt Lake City.  Throughout our conversation, Olivia opens up about the tumultuous relationships be...

Welcome to episode #58 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This weeks episode is a little different than the others - it's a collaborative episode. I had the opportunity to sit down with Ellie at the Mental Note Podcast and have an amazing discussion around eating disorder, body liberation, and the importance of eating disorder & mental health education and awareness. I am so excited to share t...

Welcome to episode #57 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Espi Chavez - plus size beauty, fashion, lifestyle, and entertainment content creator. Espi is also the creator of the viral Tiktok videos titled “Would You Date Someone Plus Size?” where Espi asks strangers whether or not they would date someone plus size. Throughout today's episode, Espi opens up about her journe...

Welcome to episode #56 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Kenna Reed - one of the founders of Help Maui Rise , a project dedicated to providing aid to families displaced by the Maui wildfire that devastated the historic town of Lahaina and upcountry Kula on August 8th. What started out as a Google Doc soon turned into a resource that was shared all over the world to easil...

Welcome to episode #55 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Lauren Leavell - inclusive fitness instructor & content creator. Throughout today's episode, Lauren shares with us what her relationship with movement has looked like over the years, how she got into instructing, and tips on how to take movement a little less seriously. Lauren shared some tips on navigating mov...

Welcome to episode #54 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Taylor Rue - Love is Blind Season 5 cast member and first grade teacher! Throughout today's episode, Taylor opens up about her experience on Love is Blind, her self love journey, and how she learned to put herself first for the first time ever.  Taylor won over so many of our hearts during her time on Love is Blind...

Trigger Warning: This episode includes conversation around pregnancy loss, miscarriages, & grief associated with childloss. Welcome to episode #53 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Sarah Herron aka “Sarah From the Bachelor” -IVF warrior, pregnancy loss advocate, & Oliver’s momma. Sarah first stole everyones heart on season 17 of the Bachelor & Season 1 + 3 of...

Welcome to episode #52 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Naomi Hearts - a trans Latina body positive content creator who uses her platform to encourage others to be unapologetically themselves. Naomi went viral on Tiktok in 2020 and has continued to create a safe space for so many people to feel seen while using humor to help us all get through the tough shit. Throughout...

Welcome to episode #51 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Kate Steinberg - nostalgia content creator and one of the few to walk away from a reality television dating show with a successful relationship! Kate started creating Y2K nostalgic content around 2019 and has now made a career of it. Kate also shares her experiences with The 12 Dates of Christmas reality television...

Welcome to episode #50 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Sharon Clawson - LA based model, content creator, and retired beauty pageant contestant. Throughout today’s episode Sharon shares her experience with beauty pageants as a curvy girl, her history with disordered eating, & how she overcome the negative core beliefs associated with her body. Sharon opened up about...

Welcome to episode #49 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. TW: detailed talk of weight loss, intermittent fasting, restriction, and binge eating disorder This week I sat down with Jordan Loufas - photographer and content creator who is navigating eating disorder recovery. In today’s episode, Jordan shares with us her body image journey, the scary reality of intermittent fasting, her battle with eat...

Welcome to episode #48 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Sam Previte - intuitive eating dietician and founder of Find Food Freedom. Intuitive eating has become popular in the last couple of years and unfortunately there is a lot of misinformation out there regarding what intuitive eating is, how to identify a genuine intuitive eating dietician, and how to implement intui...

Welcome to episode #47 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Candace Reels, founder of the Female Collective. The Female Collective is a global community that empowers, uplifts, celebrates, and supports women and non-binary folks through daily affirmations. Candace opens up about her experience with mental health and how creating a community space like the Female Collective...

Welcome to episode #46 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Gregory Dodell, MD - NYC weight neutral endocrinologist & advocate for ending weight discrimination. Let’s just take a moment to thank Gregory for the work that he does because we definitely don’t see enough medical providers speak out against weight discrimination. Gregory talks about his experience unlearning fat...

Welcome to episode #45 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Erika Priscilla - comedian, content creator, and creator of parody characters Qelsi, Aunty Tammy, and more. Throughout today’s episode, Erika shares her experiences with going viral, navigating boundaries & mental health online, and the struggle of getting lost in her characters. Over the last couple of months, Eri...

Welcome to episode #44 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. In honor of Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome awareness month, this week’s episode is with Jayne Mattingly. Jayne was diagnosed with EDS about four years ago and is learning how to navigate this diagnosis and severely other diagnosis every day. Jayne is a chronic illness and disability advocate, eating disorder survivor, soon to be author, and founder...

Welcome to episode #43 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week is a solo episode - so you are stuck with just me this week! A couple of weeks ago, I posted on my IG stories asking you all to submit questions you would like me to answer on the podcast. You all sent in so many amazing questions and I wish I had time to answer them all but unfortunately I do not. I chose five questions that I fe...

TW: discuss of eating disorders, abuse, weight, & dieting Welcome to episode #42 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Chloe Xandria - curvy fashion content creator, eating disorder survivor, and creator of #unposedatallangles. Chloe shared with us her journey with her body, the negative impact a toxic relationship had on her mental, emotional, and physical health, overcomin...

Welcome to episode #41 of the Recover with Carly Podcast. This week I sat down with Rod Thill - proud millennial, content creator, mental health advocate, & founder of Work Daze . Rod opened up about his experience with mental health over the course of his life as well as his recent exit of the evangelical Christian church within the last year. Rod shared how he navigates his mental health, specia...