Recovery Bites

This week, Karin welcomes Whitney Trotter and Angela Goens, in, "BIPoC Eating Disorders Conference 2023."

“Black, Brown, and Indigenous People of Color have often been excluded from eating disorder treatment, employment, advocacy, and research. If treatment is able to be accessed it often leaves out the intersection of one’s identity, culture and trauma.”

Designed to disrupt and dismantle the status quo for eating disorder care, Whitney Trotter and Angela Goens will be hosting the second BIPoC Virtual Eating Disorders Conference July 19th through July 22, 2023, for Black, Indigenous, and any Person of Color (PoC).

Register here and follow @bipoc.eatingdisorders for updates.

Whitney Trotter, MS, RDN/LDN, RN, RYT is a Registered Dietitian and RN, Anti-racism Educator/Consultant and Human Trafficking Activist. With a mission to develop BIPoC-centered care, Whitney offers consultations and training for those looking to become more informed in their treatment and support for BIPoC clients suffering with disordered eating/eating disorders & trauma.

Angela Goens, MS, RDN, LD works with clients to explore their relationship with food in connection with their body as they navigate systems of oppression via years of experience, education and understanding, by using a whole-person, weight inclusive, body positive lens.

This week, Karin welcomes Kaitlin Shimer, MSW, LCSW, eating disorder therapist at KLEDC, to the show for, "Acting Towards Our Values."

Join us as we explore the false belief that multiple treatment stays are an indicator of helplessness, the intersection of eating disorders, ADHD, and substance abuse, peer-to-peer healing, the complexities of eating disorder recovery and food allergies, the function of avoidance, “symptom swapping,” the benefit of Acceptance and Commitment therapy (ACT), and much more.

Kaitlin Shimer, MSW, LCSW is an eating disorder therapist at the Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center, located in Boston, MA. She has worked in the eating disorder field for over nine years, with experience as a residential counselor, group leader, and recovery coach for eating disorder clients from all backgrounds. Kaitlin uses the insight gained in her past work combined with her own lived experience to compassionately show up for her clients.

Kaitlin strongly believes in every individual's ability to recover and live a life they genuinely value. She works with clients of all ages, though does have a special place working with adolescents. Kaitlin is passionate about trauma-informed care, ACT, DBT, and body-based interventions. Learn more about Kaitlin.

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This week, Karin welcomes Kate Kendall, one of Australia’s most well-respected yoga teachers, to the show for, "The Space Between."

Join us for a discussion on the ways eating disorders weave through one’s life, little T trauma vs big T trauma, how shame can leave one imprisoned, the healing that comes with sharing shame, the difference between being “well” and being “healthy,” the innate need for support and connection, and much more.

Passionate about teaching the art of slowing down through yoga, meditation and writing, and one of Australia's most well-respected yoga teachers, Kate Kendall is the Co-Founder and Director of Yoga at Flow Athletic in Sydney. She's also the author of, "Life in Flow: Inspiration, Sequences and Poses to Bring Yoga into Your Everyday Life," where Kate shares her advice and experiences here about the vast benefits of "living in the flow."

Outside of teaching classes at her studio and internationally, Kate, having survived a 27 year-long eating disorder, feels most recently pulled to sharing her own experience with others facing self-esteem and body confusion in the hope that we can heal together.

Learn more by visiting @activeyogi on Instagram.

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This week, Karin welcomes Karen R. Koenig, LCSW, MEd, psychotherapist, international, award-winning 8-book author, and popular blogger, to the show for, "Words to Eat By."

Join us for a discussion on courage and perseverance in recovery, external motivators and internal motivators, the notion of “wanting” and the challenges it can pose for those with eating disorders, the concepts of “reality” and “recall,” the importance of finding a sense of self in recovery, self-care versus self-caring and much more!

Karen R. Koenig, LCSW, M.Ed., is a psychotherapist, international, award-winning 8-book author, and popular blogger. Her books and blogs are known for their humor and practical wisdom. She has 30-plus years of experience in the field of eating psychology, teaching chronic dieters and emotional, binge, and over-eaters to become “normal” eaters through using a non-diet, non-weight focused approach to eating intuitively and creating joyous, healthy, meaningful lives. Her media experience includes scores of TV, radio, print, and podcast interviews.

Karen lives and practices in Sarasota, Florida, where she provides in-person and online therapy. Learn more at karenrkoenig.com.

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This week, Karin welcomes Jessica Grosman, MS, RD, LDN, RYT-500, Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Yoga Teacher, to the show for, "Dropping Into Your Body."

Tune in for a discussion on the shift from disordered eating to an eating disorder, the challenges that arise when disengaging from dieting, identifying disordered eating in a diet-focused culture, how yoga is more than a physical practice, the importance of self-compassion, the BYB model, and more!

Jessica Grosman, MS, RD, LDN, RYT-500 is an experienced weight-inclusive Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and Yoga Teacher. Her patient-focused nutrition therapy centers on helping individuals re-establish a comfortable connection with food and body, most often after years of living in Diet Culture. Jessica is a member of ASDAH and uses HAES principles in her compassionate care.

Jessica is a faculty member of Yoga for Eating Disorders and Befriending Your Body Certified Professional; where she guides the virtual group recovery program helping individuals recover from the traumas of years of disordered eating behaviors. Passionate about disentangling Diet Culture from yoga, Jessica’s mission is to help practitioners preserve the sanctity of yoga.

Click here to view Jessica’s offerings.

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This week, Karin welcomes Emma Moody, eating disorder recovery coach, to the show for, "The Art of Untangling."

Tune in for a discussion on choices rooted in self-hatred and limitations versus choices rooted in healing, disambiguating your illness from yourself, self-empowerment goals, sifting through the messiness in recovery, how body standards create mistrust in ourselves, the entertainment industry’s body standards, acting and art in recovery, and more!

Emma Moody, of SonderSelf Recovery, guides those struggling with their soul embodiment to see themselves, and their journey and open their mind to find compassion for their body and soul. Emma is a CCI certified Eating Disorders Coach with over three years of coaching experience working with clients all over the world.

After struggling with eating disorders for more than half of her life, Emma eventually leaned into her gifts of empathy, and intuitive guidance to take it a step further by integrating her recovery lessons with clients of her own. Through lived experience and a humanistic lens, Emma helps hold space for the humanness of others while offering a place to feel safe and seen. Click here to learn more about working with Emma.

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This week, Karin welcomes Courtney Gioia, mindset and body image coach, to the show for, "Joyful Movement."

Tune in to learn the meaning of Loyobo, taking off the pressure of fitness, the ways poor body image messages are relayed to children, exercise as “punishment,” the notion that being smaller makes one desirable, defining body positivity, how movement is not “one size fits all,” and more.

Inspired by her own health journey and struggles around body image, Courtney Gioia became an ACE Certified Fitness Professional where she learned how broken views are towards women's bodies and how the formula the fitness industry presents as "the answer" keeps us stuck in a cycle of shame, guilt and self-blame.

Making it her mission to help others learn that they are more than a body and have the power to define health for themselves, she created Loyobo, a virtual community dedicated to helping women ditch diet culture, find joy in movement, and learn to love their body. She recently launched Love Your Body, a 12-week coaching program to help others create a vision of health and wellness that works in real life, right now. Join the waitlist here

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This week, Karin welcomes Melissa A. Fabello, PhD, sex and relationships educator, to the show for, ”Skin Hunger.”

Tune in for a discussion on the intersection of eating disorders and sexuality, how a woman’s sexuality is “stolen” from them, restricting sexuality, understanding the full-scope of sexuality in client work, the Five Circles of sexuality, touch at all ages, the concept of Skin Hunger, political values, and more!

Melissa A. Fabello, PhD is a board-certified life coach who specializing in sex and relationships, as well as author and digital creator, who uses her backgrounds in educational development, holistic life coaching, and sexology to help one be in right relationship to themselves and others through clarifying one’s values, building new relational skills, and owning one’s truth. As a queer-femme, Melissa believes in the power of community care, which her work is rooted in.

In Melissa’s various educational work, through social media, workshops and support groups, writing, and coaching, she makes it her goal to warmly, but firmly invite others into conversations around sexual and relational wellness that prioritize values alignment within a liberationist, abolitionist framework.

Learn about "Appetite: Sex, Touch, and Desire in Women with Anorexia"

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This week, Karin welcomes Jennifer DAmato, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and coach, to the show for, ”The Intuitive Eating Mama.”

Tune in for a discussion on how diet culture imprisons society, the dangers of marketing healing as “health and wellness”, eating disorders and sex drive, raising intuitive eating children, the implications of the “clean your plate” method, allowing unconditional permission to eat, removing food and diet talk, especially around children, and much more.

Jennifer D'Amato is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and coach specializing in helping others reconnect with their body, make peace with food, and redefine their health to allow one to walk away from diet culture and embrace all life has to offer. This includes relearning what your body needs, reconnecting with your body's biological signals, and redefining what health is on your terms.

Jennifer offers both private and group coaching from an anti-diet approach and also incorporates the principles of Health at Every Size® (HAES) into her practice to help implement the principles of intuitive eating and heal your relationship with food and body.

You can also listen to Jennifer on her podcast, “The Intuitive Eating Mama."

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This week, Karin welcomes Rachel Harvest, MS, RDN, CDN, registered dietitian, behavioral health specialist, personal coach, and Pilates apparatus instructor, to the show for, ”A Recipe for Loving Yourself.”

Listen to a discussion on the four pillars of “self” that comprise The Harvest Method, the role of connecting to and understanding self on the healing journey, shifting from “not/either” to “both/and” to achieve balanced living, self-empowering through “I don’t know,” Project: Love, Me, one mindedness versus multitasking, growing up in ballet and the culture that comes with, and much more.

Rachel Harvest, MS, RDN, CDN is a registered dietitian, behavioral health specialist, personal coach and Pilates apparatus instructor practicing in NYC. A former professional ballet dancer, Rachel danced through most of her 20s, becoming a certified Pilates Apparatus in 2007, to support her transition out of the dance world. Both ballet and Pilates taught her a keen understanding of anatomy and physiology and movement. She awakened a reverence for her body and its capabilities.

Rachel got trained in functional nutrition, dialectical behavioral therapy, cognitive behavioral therapy, incorporating mindfulness and mind-body practices into behavioral health coaching for her clients.

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