Movies & Conversations with Alex Kaplan from Of Substance

Saturday, September 10, 2022, 10am PST

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In this week’s Safe Home Podcast, Beth talks with Sue Bowles, an Ohio-based master certified life coach, memoirist, and public speaker focusing on the topics of disordered eating, anxiety, depression, and sexual assault survival and recovery. Her company is called My Step Ahead, whose motto is “you only have to be a step ahead to help the person behind you.” That is certainly how we operate at Safe Home, too.

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RESOURCES:

Sue’s information:

• Website: https://www.suebowles.com/
• Sue’s memoir This Much I Know…The Space Between: https://www.amazon.com/This-Much-Know-Space-Between/dp/1695541839/

Other resources mentioned in this episode:

• NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association): https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/help-support/contact-helpline

Other Resources:

• Other Parents Like Me -  https://www.facebook.com/other.parents.like.me
• Heather Ross - Life Coaching for Parents of Addicted Teens: https://heatherrosscoaching.com/
• Find a Tele-Therapist: https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/therapists/online-counseling

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Music written and performed by Joseph Nakao

Cover art by Joseph Nakao, photo by Beth Syverson

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TIME STAMPS:

1:22 Sue’s childhood

4:45 Sue’s sexual assault at 7yo, “Don’t tell anyone!”

7:33 Ways Sue acted out in high school

9:08 How Sue’s eating disorder began, atypical anorexia

13:01 Physical and mental effects of her disordered eating

17:16 Sue’s opinion about BMI

19:29 What prompted Sue to get help for her disordered eating?

21:25 Sue’s advice to parents of a teen with disordered eating

28:55 Where do people go to get help for eating disorders?

29:55 Sue’s role as a life coach

35:00 Eating disorders resources

38:11 A sliver of hope can be cultivated

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