Before starting your New Year's diet, you'll want to check out this episode as we dip our toes into the world of Christie Dondero Bettwy. After a long history of dieting to get others' approval while also falling into an eating disorder, she is fighting back against assumptions about "health" that hurt people far more than they help them.

Along the way, we also speak with nutritionist Dr. Ralph Carson about what really happens to your body when you diet (and why they never seem to work…)

Hosted by Eleanor Pike, produced by Sam Pike, edited by Josh Wright, Erica Prather, and Sam Pike

Sponsored by Eating Recovery Center and Insight Behavioral Health Centers. For more info on our guest, check out mentalnotepodcast.com.

Christie leads the non-profit Rock Recovery: www.rockrecoveryed.org