Recovery Bites

This week, Karin welcomes Jacquelyn Ekern, MS, LPC, founder and licensed therapist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders, to the show for, ”Eating Disorder Hope.”

Tune in for a discussion on finding meaning in suffering, what happens when one’s external image does not align with their internal sense of self, feeling “whole,” treating eating disorders and substance abuse simultaneously, the changing family dynamic, how to recognize strides towards recovery, and more!

Jacquelyn Ekern, MS, LPC is the President of Ekern Enterprises, Inc and licensed therapist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders. After recovering from her eating disorder, Jacquelyn found herself driven by a profound desire to help those struggling, she founded Eating Disorder Hope, and later, Addiction Hope.

Jacquelyn holds a Bachelor’s degree in Human Services from The University of Phoenix and Master’s degree in Counseling/Psychology, from Capella University. She has extensive experience in the eating disorder field including advanced education in psychology, participation, and contributions to additional eating disorder groups, symposiums, and professional associations. She is a member of the Academy of Eating Disorders (AED), the Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) and the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp).

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This week, Karin welcomes Virgie Tovar, author, lecturer, and leading expert on weight-based discrimination and body positivity, to the show for, ”You Have the Right to Remain Fat.”

Tune in for a discussion on fat discrimination and oppression from diet culture, dissecting the meaning of fat phobia, weight discrimination facts, the ways body size shapes gender roles and stigma, self-hatred as a barrier to finding self-love, recovering from fat phobia in a culture steeped in stigma, behind-the-scenes of her 2018 TedX talk, and more!

Virgie Tovar is an author, lecturer, and leading expert on weight-based discrimination and body positivity. She holds a Master’s degree in Sexuality Studies with a focus on the intersections of body size, race and gender. She is a contributor for Forbes where she covers the plus-size market and how to end weight discrimination at work. In 2018, she gave a TedX talk on the origins of her #LoseHateNotWeight campaign.

Virgie is the author of "You Have the Right to Remain Fat", "The Self-Love Revolution: Radical Body Positivity for Girls of Color", "The Body Positive Journal", and host of "Rebel Eaters Club". 

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This week, Karin welcomes Gloria Lucas (she/her), eating disorder awareness activist and founder of Nalgona Positivity Pride, to the show for our newest episode, "Harm-Reduction Education Isn't Optional."

Tune in to for a discussion on how the BIPOC community is left out of ED treatment and access, the strategies of harm-reduction aimed to reduce negative consequences, how harm-reduction offers safety, challenging the realities of one’s political and values system, harm-reduction as a tool for radical love for and from the community, reducing the stigma of harm-reduction through medical literacy and advocacy, the Eating Disorder Harm-Reduction Course, and more!

Gloria Lucas is an eating disorders awareness activist that specializes in intersectional eating disorders education and resources that transform the lives of BIPOC individuals and expand eating disorders treatment models. Being the founder and CEO of Nalgona Positivity Pride, she is able to raise awareness through digital media, public speaking, and grassroots activism.

Enroll in Gloria’s "Eating Disorder Harm-Reduction Course," a comprehensive EDHR course for eating disorder and care providers, to gain tools, inspiration, and support while adopting a harm-reduction framework that suits you and the communities you serve.

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This week, join Karin for Bite No. 4 where she speaks to listeners about New Year’s Resolutions.

“Resolve. Relapse. Repeat. Continue.
Sounds like an eating disorder, doesn’t it?”

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We also wanted listeners to know that we will be taking a break from new releases during the month of January. We will be returning with new episodes, great guests, more bites, beginning Monday, February 06, 2023.

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This week, Karin sits down with Andy Williams, LMFT, MBA in our newest episode, ”Person-Centered Recovery.” Tune in to for a discussion on receiving care from a provider without lived-experience, the influence of a male provider, harnessing one’s inner power, finding balance in recovery, and human first, therapist second therapy practice.

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This week, Karin sits down with Vanessa Scaringi, PhD, CEDS and Kathryn Garland, LCSW-S, co-owners of CALM Counseling, in our newest episode (and first sprinkle), ”Relational Ramblings.”

Visit keepcalmatx.com and follow @calmcounselingatx on Instagram for more.

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This week, Karin welcomes Imogen Barnes, social work student and advocate, to the show for our newest episode, “Empowered Recovery.”

Tune in to learn about the OCD and eating disorder “perfect storm,” social media triggers, the fat phobic messages regarding weight and medication use, ways to be an active participant in your recovery, finding wholeness outside of the vessel of an eating disorder, overcoming weight biases from a treatment provider, and much more!

Throughout her childhood, Imogen Barnes lived with debilitating Obsessive Compulsive Disorder. At the 16, Imogen’s obsessive behavior pivoted away from contamination fears and towards food and body, marking the beginning of her eating disorder journey.

During a treatment stay, Imogen began producing social media content that inspired her to pursue recovery and, before she knew it, she was motivating an entire community to heal their relationship with food and body. Since then, Imogen has engaged in various treatment interventions, finding a steady place of lasting recovery, while discovering her passion for connecting people with authenticity and empowering others to pursue life beyond suppression.

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This week, Karin welcomes Jules Xenakis, transformational recovery coach, to the show for our newest episode, “Peeling Back the Layers of Suffering with Jules Xenakis.”

Tune in to learn about how suffering can be a launch pad for personal growth, finding meaning in suffering, pressures to “grow up” in a competitive environment, allowing space and time to process difficult emotions, the use of psychedelics for healing and creating new neuropathways, and the importance of trust between clients and treatment providers.

Jules Xenakis' is the Director of Partnerships and a Transformational Recovery Coach for the coaching company Being True To You. Jules works primarily with teenagers and young adults who have previously been diagnosed with things such as depression, anxiety, PTSD, eating disorders, self-harm, suicidal ideation, and substance use, all of which were components of her own healing journey. Jules draws on her own experience of eating disorder recovery, which she struggled with for ten years before gaining food freedom and learn to love herself, using it as an asset in her current work.

Her mission is to help people transform out of the addictive attachments keeping them tethered to suffering, with the belief that suffering holds valuable life lessons.

This week, Karin welcomes Tamie Gangloff, MA, MFT, marriage and family therapist and recovery coach specializing in the treatment of eating disorders, addiction and trauma, to the show in, “Healing Journey(s).”

Tune in to learn about the intersection of eating disorders, trauma, chronic pain, and substance abuse, the freedom that can come with a diagnosis, sobriety’s role in recovery, the importance of safe space to work through trauma, the difference between “body image” and “body image disturbance,” and more!

Tamie Gangloff, MA, MFT is a marriage and family therapist and marketing professional with a specialty in the treatment of eating disorders, addiction and trauma. She is an advocate with the Eating Disorders Coalition, President of Southwest Philly IAEDP (International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals) and is on the board of SOSORT (International Society on Scoliosis Orthopaedic and Rehabilitation Treatment).

Tamie earned her Master’s in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University, and has held many positions in the eating disorder field including private practice, outreach, clinician in residential treatment and is currently the Director of Field Marketing and Events at Monte Nido.

Tamie utilizes her personal and professional experience to help others and advocate for change and offer support to others.

Join Karin for Bite No. 3, from her Q&A series, “Behind the Recovery Bite” where she addresses listener questions about recovery fatigue and long-term recovery.

“It’s hard sometimes to remain hopeful for full recovery when recovery isn’t linear, and it can go on for over 10, 15, or more years. Advice on why a person shouldn’t give up? Please speak to the fact that some people never recover fully. How does one know when it’s time to settle for semi recovery?”

“What is your advice for people who have been struggling with an eating disorder for 10 or more years?”

“Can you speak about recovery fatigue?”

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