Eating Disorders: Navigating Recovery

Catherine and Francis reflect on their conversation with Beth Ayn Stansfield from Stay Strong Virginia.

Catherine and Francis wrap up their conversation with Beth Ayn who talks the uniqueness of every caregiver's path towards advocacy, shares tips on how to find motivation in times of uncertainty, and provides additional resources for families, individuals, and clinicians seeking further guidance.

Through the lens of a caregiver with a child diagnosed with an eating disorder, Beth Ayn Stansfield joins the podcast to share her story and provide specific interventions parents and caregivers can utilize to help meet their loved ones where they are and support them on their path to recovery. Coupling her lived experience and professional skillset, Beth Ayn developed and expanded services offered by Stay Strong Virginia, an eating disorder resource for families, friends, and professionals. Beth Ayn believes full recovery is possible and encourages loved ones to stay the course.

Catherine and Francis reflect and digest their conversation with Dr. Veronica Franklin.

Catherine and Francis continue their conversation with Dr. Franklin who shares how spirituality helped form her path to recovery and her passion for equine therapy as a means to promote healing.

Dr. Veronica Franklin, an inter-relational behavioral health clinician and Vice President of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity with Refresh Mental Health joins Eating Disorders: Navigating Recovery to talk barriers to treatment, the intersection of eating disorders and the GBLTIA+ and minority communities, myths about eating disorders, and her own story of recovery.

Dr. Franklin She is the co-author of “Working Against the Odds: The Support Needs of Successful African American Women” and “An Exploratory Grounded Theory Study of the Factors that Influence African American Women’s Decision to Pursue Counseling” and is a subject expert addressing race, inclusion and diversity in the Washington DC. Dr. Franklin has taught English as a Fulbright scholar in Vienna, Austria, coached professional basketball in Taiwan, and played professionally in Brazil and the WNBA.

As an academic and behavioral health mentor Dr. Franklin work is designed to develop inter-relationship healing between professionals, their clients, the lay person and specifically for the social and racially underserved communities.

Catherine and Francis reflect on their conversation with Rebecca Evans.

Rebecca joins the podcast to share her story of battling an eating disorder and body dysmorphic disorder as a member of the United States armed forces, high-level athlete, and mother.

Francis and Catherine break down their conversation with Eva DeVirgilis, revisit how normative discontent impacts their lives and talk about the personification of an eating disorder.

Welcome back to Part Two of Episode 15 with Eva DeVirgilis. Eva introduces Catherine and Francis to the "failure bow" exercise, talks happiness, and how she stays connected.