Episode 82: Today’s podcast is short and sweet. It’s less than four minutes long from start to finish and I invite you to have a listen. I wanted to announce officially that the Starving ED podcast has come to an end, at least for the time being. I also wanted to thank all of my listeners and all of my guests. It has been an honor to speak with and get to know so many different folks from all walks of life. Thank you for sharing your story! If this is your first time finding the Starving ED podcast, please go back and listen to the previous episodes. There is so much wisdom to be found in the words that are spoken throughout. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 81: Nina Manolson – Nina is a Body-Peace® coach. She helps women end the war with food and body and finally feel truly at home in their body – as it is. She brings her 30 years’ experience as a therapist, Body-Trust® Guide and Psychology of Eating Teacher to helping women create a positive relationship with their food and body. Nina’s work and body-poems – are all in service of helping women get off the diet roller-coaster and into a compassionate and powerful way of eating & living which creates deep, long-lasting change in and with their bodies. Learn more at: NinaManolson.com. In today’s episode, Nina shares about her own struggles with food and her body and how her personal work in this area has led her to making Body-Peace her life’s work. Nina also explains why this work is so important. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * Prefer to leave anonymous feedback? Fill out the Feedback Form on my website. Your personal information is not collected. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 79: Marci Warhaft – Marci is a recognized expert on body image and self-esteem, and founder of The Fit vs Fiction body image workshops, which teaches kids how to thrive in an image obsessed society. She was named one of Canada’s Top 100 influencers for 2018, 2019 and 2020 by Optimyz fitness magazine and is the author of, “The Body Image Survival Guide for Parents” and “The Good Stripper: A Soccer Mom’s Memoir of Lies, Loss and Lap Dances” where she shares in raw, honest and intimate detail her eye-popping journey to self-discovery. In today’s episode, Marci shares about how the death of her brother prompted her 20+ year struggle with an eating disorder, how she recovered and what she has learned through her experiences, and also what she is doing today to help kids thrive in a culture that is heavily focused on image and appearance. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * Prefer to leave anonymous feedback? Fill out the Feedback Form on my website. Your personal information is not collected. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 78: Thursday Reflections - A review of episode 77 and a personal commentary on the importance of mindfulness in recognizing our own automatic patterns of thought and behavior. Also, my guest for Monday November 1st is announced. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 77: Victoria Evans – Victoria began her career in the corporate world with a prominent Fortune 500 company in the beauty industry in Montreal. During this time, her challenges related to eating disorders, mental health, extreme dieting, and over-exercising became a catalyst for creating a solution to an issue millions of women deal with today. As a successful Intuitive Eating Coach, she is disrupting the wellness industry through her fundamentally science-based approach. Victoria helps countless women heal their relationship with food by optimizing their mindset for happier and healthier lifestyles. In today’s episode, Victoria shares her personal experiences with an eating disorder, her journey into recovery, and explains how she’s helping others through her science-based approach. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * Prefer to leave anonymous feedback? Fill out the Feedback Form on my website. Your personal information is not collected. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 76: Thursday Reflections - A review of episode 75 and I also share some of my own personal experience with using thought records in treatment and recovery. Also, my guest for Monday, October 18th is announced. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 75: Sarah Meiseles – Sarah is in recovery from anorexia and compulsive exercise. She is 21 years old and in community college. Her hope and dream are to become an eating disorder therapist and one day open her own treatment center and somehow change insurance so they see how deadly eating disorders are. Sarah has the most adorable dog named Harmony who is Sarah’s motivation to get fully better and reach her goals. In today’s episode, Sarah is back celebrating the one-year anniversary episode of the Starving ED podcast and sharing about her continuing recovery journey and inspiring others to continue on theirs. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * Prefer to leave anonymous feedback? Fill out the Feedback Form on my website. Your personal information is not collected. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 74: Thursday Reflections - A review of episode 73 and a personal story about my gradual journey from eating disorder into mindful eating, a journey that has taken eight years. Also, my guest for Monday, October 4th is announced. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 73: Dr. Michelle May – Michelle is a former family physician and recovered yo-yo dieter. She is the founder of Am I Hungry? Mindful Eating Programs and Training at www.AmIHungry.com. She’s the author of the Eat What You Love, Love What You Eat book series that teaches mindful eating to help individuals resolve mindless and emotional eating and senseless yo-yo dieting to live the vibrant life they crave. In today's episode, Michelle speaks about her own personal experiences surrounding food and shares how she now helps others by teaching them about the mindful eating cycle. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * Prefer to leave anonymous feedback? Fill out the Feedback Form on my website. Your personal information is not collected. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 72: Thursday Reflections - A review of episode 71 where our guest, Courtney McCarthy, shared two pieces of advice: Try to separate out the ideas of wellness and weight loss. Begin to notice what you consume and how it feels in your body. I go on to share some of my own personal experiences with these two pieces of advice. Also, my guest for Monday, September 20th, is announced. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 71: Courtney McCarthy – Courtney is the CEO and founder of Loyobo FIT, a fitness community dedicated to helping people (but especially women) to ditch diet culture, to find joy in movement and to finally figure out how to love their body. Courtney's own journey with health and weight loss inspired her to become an ACE certified fitness professional. She learned the hard way how broken our views are towards women's bodies and health. How the model that the fitness industry presents to us as the answer keeps us stuck and feeling worse. It's not just about "exercising more and eating less". It was only when she learned to accept her body and learn how to really have FUN with movement that she started to heal from chronic IBS, as well as low self-esteem. Working in the fitness industry made her realize how toxic most gyms and studios are -especially for women! How the traditional model just doesn't work for so many people. Her mission is to prove that there is another way. One that puts people at the center of it all and guiding people through how to use fitness as a foundation for self-love and confidence. How to understand and DITCH diet culture. How to see themselves as more than just a body and find joy in movement. In today’s episode, Courtney shares about her own personal experiences with self-image and weight and also shares how she’s helping others and creating positive change in a culture that is heavily focused on weight and appearance. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * Prefer to leave anonymous feedback? Fill out the Feedback Form on my website. Your personal information is not collected. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 000: About The Podcast – Welcome back! Today, I am here with another About The Podcast episode, this time to tell you about Season 2 and some of the changes that have been made to the schedule. I am happy you are here! --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * Prefer to leave anonymous feedback? Fill out the Feedback Form on my website. Your personal information is not collected. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 70: Thursday Reflections - A review of episode 69 and my thoughts on one of Alyssa’s* approaches in psychotherapy, “The goal isn’t change. The goal is noticing.” *Alyssa is a past guest on the Starving ED podcast. I invite you to check out the two-part series with Alyssa in episodes 67 & 69. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece Of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 69: Alyssa Scolari – Part 2 – Alyssa is a speaker and psychotherapist, treating adults and adolescents with trauma and eating disorders out of her independent practice in NJ, accompanied by her therapy dog, Noel. In addition to her practice, Alyssa is also the host of the Light After Trauma podcast and blog, which is meant to be an informative, inspirational, and safe space for those looking for support and connection as they navigate the difficult, yet extremely rewarding journey of recovery. Alyssa is a trauma survivor herself and is in recovery after living with an eating disorder for nearly two decades. In today’s episode, Alyssa shares from a different perspective. Alyssa is a Licensed Professional Counselor and shares her knowledge, insights and wisdom from a psychotherapist’s perspective. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * Prefer to leave anonymous feedback? Fill out the Feedback Form on my website. Your personal information is not collected. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece Of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 68: Thursday Reflections - A review of episode 67 and a word of encouragement for anyone who as been, or is being, discharged from a treatment program for “non-compliance”. Also, Monday's upcoming guest is announced. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece Of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 67: Alyssa Scolari – Part 1 – Alyssa is a speaker and psychotherapist, treating adults and adolescents with trauma and eating disorders out of her independent practice in NJ, accompanied by her therapy dog, Noel. In addition to her practice, Alyssa is also the host of the Light After Trauma podcast and blog, which is meant to be an informative, inspirational, and safe space for those looking for support and connection as they navigate the difficult, yet extremely rewarding journey of recovery. Alyssa is a trauma survivor herself and is in recovery after living with an eating disorder for nearly two decades. In today’s episode, Alyssa shares about her personal experiences with trauma and eating disorders. --- Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * Prefer to leave anonymous feedback? Fill out the Feedback Form on my website. Your personal information is not collected. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece Of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 66: Thursday Q and A - In today’s episode, I respond to a recent conversation with a friend about how difficult it can be to feel our emotions and share my own experiences with how yoga helped me build emotional resiliency. ------------------------------------------ Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece Of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 65: Thursday Reflections - A review of episode 64 and I share a bit about my own exploration into energy work and how it helped me find ways to cope with myself and the world in different and more effective ways. ------------------------------------------ Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece Of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 64: Jennifer Beck – Part 2 of 2 – Jennifer is a mom, wife, entrepreneur and eating disorder survivor. She has a bachelor's degree in Psychology from Colorado University, Boulder, and has graduated from the Clairvoyant Training program with the Inner Connection Institute. Today, Jennifer uses her experience and knowledge to promote Self-Centered Wellness, a philosophy of self-care that encourages people to come within to heal and find their wisdom, joy, authenticity and power. She is the CEO and co-founder of Jihi, a line of elevated essentials that support the journey of healing and wellness, helping the body and soul find balance and restoration from the inside out. In today’s episode, Jennifer shares about her journey beyond eating disorder recovery – into meditation, into something she calls Self-Centered Wellness, which she has made her life’s work, and also into starting a business that offers beautiful products to help people deeply relax, nourish, and rejuvenate – mind, body, soul. ------------------------------------------ Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * Prefer to leave anonymous feedback? Fill out the Feedback Form on my website. Your personal information is not collected. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece Of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!
Episode 63: Thursday Q and A - In today’s episode, I share how I planned ahead for situations that I knew would be challenging for me (think shorts, swimsuits, sleeveless shirts). Also, Monday's upcoming guest is announced. ------------------------------------------ Like this podcast? Please leave a review, subscribe, and share. * I invite you to check out my website, My Piece Of Yoga, to find out more about me. * Have a story to share? I'd love to feature you as a guest on my podcast. Please fill out the Podcast Guest Information Form on my website. All information you submit to me will be kept private and confidential. Eating disorders thrive in secrecy! Let's keep the conversations going!