As a licensed therapist specializing in eating disorders, these episodes explore aspects of body shame and distress, disordered eating and the pressures to diet or change your body and the role eating disorders play in the larger picture of one’s life.

Episodes are geared towards both the self and parents/caregivers.

Please note that eating disorders are the deadliest mental health diagnoses and if you or someone you know/love is struggling, it is important you seek help from trained medical and mental health professionals.

 

BEYOND SUGAR FREEDOM PODCAST

Danielle Daem

how to overcome shame & disordered eating

Topics & Takeaways:

  • How to rewrite your story in any given moment even when it doesn’t feel possible

  • What is shame and where does it come from

  • The link between shame, disordered eating and addiction

  • How to move through shame in a healing way

  • Tangible first steps to feeling and honoring all parts of yourself

  • How to know what kind of support we need

 

BEYOND SUGAR FREEDOM PODCAST

Danielle Daem

part 2: Ditch Self-judgment & black & white thinking

Topics & Takeaways:

  • What is shame and where does it come from

  • How to process shame so it’s no longer controlling us

  • Personal shame vs. situational shame

  • Why do we compare and judge so much even when it hurts us

  • How to break the comparison cycle

  • Good vs. bad and black vs. white thinking —> why we do it and how we can get out of this toxic thinking

 

BULIMIA SUCKS!

Kate Hudson

Kyira’s Return to the Podcast

Topics & Takeaways:

  • Discussing the long-term process of eating disorder recovery and different waves or depths of work as you move forward

  • Drawing connection to trauma and anxiety with eating disorders and seeing that the underbelly of the eating disorder is ultimately rooted in shame, negative core beliefs and anxiety

 

bulimia sucks!

Kate Hudson

Kyira’s Story

Topics & Takeaways:

  • The development of Kyira’s eating disorder

  • What led her to get help and what that looked like

  • The bumpy road to recovery

  • Advice for others struggling

 

thrive

Olga Muller

reclaiming your beauty & learning to love yourself

Topics & Takeaways:

After suffering for over a decade from an intensive eating disorder and PTSD, I founded #reclaimbeauty in 2016 aiming to help anyone reclaim the idea that they are inherently worthy and beautiful on the inside and out. In this episode, we talk more about the idea of self-love as it pertains to your body, mind, and soul. We address:

  • How I found recovery from my eating disorder

  • How I wrote a new story about myself, my worth and my love for myself

  • The ways in which I was able to rebuild a sense of self rooted in love and kindness

  • How I learned to let go of the pressures and definitions of success, worth and beauty in the world around me

  • And the ways I am working to break the cycle and experience for others

 

Key to Health NC

Kiran Doel, RHN, FDN-P

Disordered Eating & Body Image Distress in Children

Topics & Takeaways:

  • What gets in the way of teaching food and body neutrality and how to begin to shift our mindset around “health”

  • The impact of a culture of binaries on how we view food, people, and health

  • How to talk to your kids about food and their bodies

 

Supermom is Getting Tired

Torie Henderson

how to support your kids on the journey to food neutrality & body positivity

Topics & Takeaways:

  • Normalization of body image distress

  • Shifting from feeling like we have to prevent our kids from feeling body image distress and instead normalizing and talk about it

  • Shifting to a place of curiosity when it comes to our relationship with our body

  • How to begin to normalize body exploration conversations with our children

 

Raising Healthy Humans

Courtney McManus

how to love yourself & raise your kids in ways that supports & honors yours/their bodies

Topics & Takeaways:

  • What does self-love and care actually look like and what body positivity actually means

  • The idea that we need to make it accessible to talk about what our body does while also celebrating that beauty can exist in what every body looks like

  • How do we talk about food and our bodies in a way is as neutral as positive

  • How do we empower our kids to make informed decisions and let go of what is not in our control

 

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