Love & Learn

How do you know if you are genetically predisposed to have an eating disorder? If you are, does this mean that you will suffer with one for the rest of your life. How does environment play a role? These are questions that researcher and onsite coordinator for the Anorexia Nervosa Genetics Initiative (ANGI), Dr. Jessica Baker covers on this week's show.

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Valerie Martin is a therapist, coach, blogger at Waking Up in Wonder and a regular contributor to Recovery Warriors online magazine.

As a Primary Therapist at The Ranch residential treatment center, Valerie works daily with eating disorders, addiction, trauma, and co-occurring mental health issues. With a personal history of eating disorder recovery, she is passionate about helping women reconnect to their potential for a rich and meaningful life in recovery from destructive addictions and attachments. In this show we cover the three things that she wish she'd been told during her recovery.

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In this solo show I talk about the research of Dr. Brené Brown and her book Daring Greatly.

Listen in to learn about the very important difference between shame and guilt.

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Laura Porter is president of SPEAK (Students Promoting Eating Disorder Awareness and Knowledge) at The George Washington University. She is a huge advocate of speaking up about eating disorders and opening up the dialogue at college, a high risk time for many. In this show, Laura speaks up about her journey from to recovery for both an eating disorder and alcoholism.

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Nikki DuBose was a model, host, and commercial actress for many years. Faced with a destructive lifestyle perpetuated by the unrealistic expectations of the fashion industry she made a big life decision to leaver her career behind. She has moved onto a new chapter in her career...helping others through their life struggles. According to Nikki, out of the darkest times of our lives we can have the greatest blessings. In this show, she shares both the light and the dark that came out of her 17 year battle with binge eating, bulimia and anorexia as well as drug and alcohol addictions.

Has cupid left you out in the cold this year? Is Mr. Right not going to show up on your doorstep with a dozen roses and whisk you away to a romantic dinner for two? Are you dare I say….SINGLE! Gasp!

I’m in the same boat as you my warrior friend, but this year I got a plan or shall I say a guide to having a fantastic and memorable date with yourself or with your gal pals. Follow these steps and you will feel like the beautiful princess you are (even if you don’t have a date to the ball).

Melissa Groman is the author of Better is Not so Far Away and is a psychotherapist with 25 years of experience working with eating disorders and healing emotional pain. In this show, we talk about many great topics such as, the process of going from hurting to healing, the role of resistance and spirituality in recovery and how struggle can lead to strength. It is a good one Warriors!

Singer/Songwriter, author and eating disorder advocate Mallory Faye opens up about her struggle with an eating disorder that went back as early as third grade. Listen to find out what helped her and how she is helping people today.

After building Recovery Warriors for over 3 years and hosting The Recovery Warrior Show, a podcast focused on recovery stories I tell my story for the first time.

I step into a vulnerable place and share what led me to develop an eating disorder and what I did to overcome it.

Meet Jessie, a dessert detective on a mission to make the world a sweeter place through her writing, illustrations, and baking at Cake Spy.