Recovery Bites

This week Karin welcome’s Lizzy Cangro MA, MSc, PGCE, ANutr, author, nutritionist, and wellness coach to the show in our newest episode of Recovery Bites, “Reclaiming Your Inner Rebel.”

Tune in to learn about the effects of categorizing food as good or bad, promoting “healthy eating” in school systems, how self-love allows freedom to express emotions, how abstaining from behaviors plays into recovery, osteoporosis, the importance of community in recovery, Lizzy’s book, “Reclaim the Rebel: 12 Rebellious Acts to Achieve Unconditional Love for Your Body,” and more!

Lizzy Cangro MA, MSc, PGCE, ANut is an internationally acclaimed nutritionist and wellness coach with a passion for helping others finally feel good about themselves and love their body unconditionally. In 2017, she founded Nutrition by Lizzy to help clients achieve sustainable long-term health and wellness using a combination of nutrition, movement, and mindset. Learn more about Lizzy’s book, “Reclaim the Rebel: 12 Rebellious Acts To Achieve Unconditional Love For Your Body” and discover the fastest way to love your body. Follow Lizzy on Instagram @nutritionbylizzy.

This week, Karin welcomes Melanie C. Klein, M.A., empowerment coach, respected thought leader and influencer in the areas of body confidence, authentic empowerment, and visibility to the show for, “A Journey of Purpose.”

Tune in to learn about the role of societal power, what it means to have agency, autonomy, and sovereignty of one’s body, yoga and empowerment, body image resilience, media literacy, diversifying media’s narrative, making room for ageism and ableism, and more.

Melanie C. Klein, M.A., is a sought-after empowerment coach, respected thought leader and influencer in the areas of body confidence, authentic empowerment, and visibility. Attributing yoga and feminism as her two primary influences and with over 20 years experience; Melanie has dedicated her passion, knowledge and coaching skillset to the empowerment of innumerable women through increasing confidence, self-esteem and worth. Melanie integrates her backgrounds in mindfulness and embodied wisdom with her academic expertise and advocacy work. In this way, she offers a holistic and unique pathway to personal freedom and prosperity, one that is customized designed to each individual. Melanie also co-founded the Yoga and Body Image Coalition in 2014.

This week we welcome M Reim Ifrach, REAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC (they/them), queer, trans, non-binary, fat, disabled Art Therapist to the show our newest episode, “Do Better.”

Tune in to learn why trans and non-binary people are at a higher risk for developing an eating disorder, the harm caused from traditional treatment centers, the importance of one’s “chosen family,” treatment equity and access, the differences between gender dysphoria and body image distress, why interviewing a provider is an important first step, ways to ensure a protected, safe space for healing, the role of art therapy, and more!

M Reim Ifrach is a GenderQueer/Non-Binary Art Therapist, Artist and Activist whose work revolves around intersectional social justice as the cornerstone for interpersonal relationships and human connection.

M's most recent work in advocacy has been with Project HEAL where they serve as a board member with a focus on treatment equity access for LGBTQ+, BIPOC, Disabled, Low Socio-Economic, Fat & Size Diverse humans. M is seeking to transform the eating disorder field by expanding peoples views of the human body, health and accessible care. As of 2021 they have been running Rainbow Recovery with their partner. Follow M @queer.art_therapist

Join Karin this week for Bite No. 2, from her new Q&A series, “Behind the Recovery Bite” where she answers two listener questions.

“My wife and I both have eating disorder histories but I've been fully recovered for many years. We are determined to avoid in our children but also want to ensure they grow up well nourished. Any ideas on how to do both?”

“I was once told my a therapist that once behaviors stop, the real work can begin. I never understood that. Therapy ended before behaviors did. What did she mean? Is there certain work that needs to begin only after one is behavior free?”

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In this episode, Karin welcomes Sierra Bloodgood and Dr. Chris Harris to the show for, “More Than a Number.”

Join Karin, Sierra, and Chris for a conversation on blind vs open weights, accessible alternatives to care, shame as a silencing mechanism, the benefits of virtual treatment, the rise of food insecurity, Sierra’s recovery journey, the ClearStep numberless scale, and more!

Dr. Harris is a licensed professional counselor with a mental health service designation with more than 15 years in the behavioral health field and is one of the original collaborators of the ClearStep scale. His research has focused on clinical compassion satisfaction and fatigue in mental health clinicians. He also has specialized training in treating Eating Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, and Trauma.

Sierra Bloodgood is the CEO of Brewbike, founder of Sonder Built, and advisory board member for ClearStep. She is also an advocate for eating disorder recovery and awareness after receiving residential treatment at Oliver-Pyatt Centers and outpatient therapy at the Medical Center for Eating Disorders with Dr. Edward Tyson. Sierra believes recovery is possible and is committed to helping others achieve freedom from eating disorders.

Learn more about ClearStep online at myclearstep.com and on Instagram.

In this episode, Karin welcomes Teresa Schmitz, ACC, coach, blogger, and author to the show for, “It Was Never About the Cake.”

Join Karin and Teresa for a conversation on societal misconceptions of those living in a larger body, the role of internal and external validation, the harm of feeling like one “failed” a diet, why BMI is not an accurate health measurement, simultaneously moving through recovery and menopause, shifting one’s mindset away from traditional eating disorder diagnosis and stereotypes, Teresa’s motivation and process of publishing her first book, “It Was Never About the Cake,” and more!

Teresa Schmitz, ACC (she/her) started her coaching practice focused on empowering women to show up authentically and love themselves unconditionally, no matter their size, during her recovery journey from an eating disorder diagnosis at midlife. Along her journey, she discovered that many suffer from body image issues, regardless of whether they have suffered from an eating disorder or not. Follow Teresa at @mybestselfyet

Teresa's first book, “It Was Never About the Cake: A Middle-Aged Woman’s Journey of Overcoming an Eating Disorder and Discovering Her Best Self," which chronicles her personal recovery journey with food and body, debuts on October 27, 2022.

In this episode, Karin welcomes back multi-genre, singer-songwriter Abby Anderson to the show for, “On the Outside Lookin' In.”

Join Karin and Abby for a conversation on Abby’s self-growth gained through journal and lyric writing, the ways readiness for recovery presented for Abby, shifting anger to include empathy, the freedom found in feeling emotions, internalizing when something feels right rather than convincing yourself that it is, how accountability can break the suffering of an eating disorder, “Sugar Spice," and more!

Abby Anderson’s authentic and genre-bending sound is one that was developed long before her move to Nashville at the age of 17. Quickly hitting the Nashville scene, Abby’s star was on the rise. Shortly after, she released her debut EP, which accrued over 100 million streams. In 2020, began re-creating her identity and, after meeting Producer Marshall Altman, began a new journey. With the release of her debut album in 2022, Anderson is now releasing new music that embraces her past and present with a sound that fully captures who she is as an artist and songwriter.

Listen to Abby’s music on Apple Music and Spotify and follow her on TikTok, YouTube, and Instagram.

This week, Karin launches the new season with her first solo “Behind the Recovery Bite.”.

Join Karin as she speaks about fasting during and after recovery, religious obligation, trial and error, incorporating our listeners, and how you can be a part of the next Behind the Recovery Bite.

Stay tuned for interviews with recovered individuals and more '“Bites.”

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In this episode, Karin welcomes Dr. Moreen Rubin, licensed clinical therapist, eating disorder and trauma specialist to the show for, “Limiting Beliefs”

Join Karin and Dr. Mo for a conversation on how thoughts can create your identity, where our thoughts derive, creating new thought patterns, the difference between thoughts and beliefs, upgrading our core beliefs, values as an emotional state of being, finding meaning in our values, maladaptive coping strategies, how an eating disorder can “feel” like an identity, and much more.

Dr. Moreen Rubin, also known as “Dr. Mo,” is a licensed clinical therapist out of Calabasas, California, who helps adolescents and adults heal from depression and anxiety, as well as eating disorders, addiction, and trauma. With a mission to support clients in facing fears, insecurities, self-doubt, shame, and judgement, Dr. Mo believes that compassion, empathy, and living life with purpose can free you from self-limiting thoughts, beliefs, and doubts. She has an extensive experience and skill set in using proven techniques that help with children and adults to better manage their manage stress levels and make better decisions for the long term. You can find Dr. Mo on Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram.

In this episode, Karin welcomes Meg, eating disorder recovery advocate, YouTuber, and mother, to the show in, “Recovering For Our Lives.”

Join Karin and Meg for a conversation on the focus of CBT-E vs. CBT therapeutic models, pushing past physical discomfort, Meg’s use of mantras to quiet the ED voice, mindfulness practice for slowing impulsivity, facing grief and suffering during the recovery journey, navigating body changes during pregnancy, the importance of understanding body diversity, and much more.

Meg is an eating disorder recovery advocate, YouTuber, and mother residing in the UK. After battling an eating disorder for fifteen years of her life, Meg received CBT-E (enhanced cognitive behavior therapy), which, (in Meg’s own words), “completely changed my life.”

In 2018, Meg decided to share her recovery process, what’s she learned from therapy and from her healing journey, beginning on YouTube and Instagram. Since then, “Megsy Recovery” has accumulated tens of thousands of followers who have watched Meg tackle the challenges and the successes from her eating disorder recovery. Meg currently lives in Dubai with her husband and son.