The Body Love Binge - Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast

Welcome to today’s episode! I’m joined by the incredible Amy Margolis, LCSW, a licensed therapist and co-clinical director at Santa Monica Counseling, where she specializes in guiding individuals, couples, and groups through healing from eating disorders, addictions, anxiety, and more. Amy is also a talented Meisner and Groundlings-trained voice actor, lending her voice to projects with Nickelodeon, Netflix, and Disney. Beyond her professional life, Amy is a proud mom of three and wife to her husband, Hank.

In our conversation today, we dive deep into Amy’s journey, from her personal recovery story to why she became a therapist. We discuss her perspectives on the roots of eating disorders, her advice for those on the path to recovery, and the concept of a “deprivation mindset” in women—a topic she explores in her book. This episode is packed with insights for anyone on a journey to healing and self-discovery. Let’s jump right in!

Connect with Amy

https://www.instagram.com/heres_the_memo/

https://amymargolislcsw.com

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In this episode of The Body Love Binge, Victoria Kleinsman discusses strategies for overcoming fear, specifically in the context of eating disorder recovery. She explains why it's necessary to face your fears head-on in order to find freedom on the other side.

What to Expect:

Listeners can expect to gain an understanding of why their eating disorder-related fears feel so real despite being imaginary constructs. Victoria outlines the process of uncovering core wounds that underlie these fears so they can be healed. She also provides encouragement, compassion, and a mantra for moving through fears consistently: "Face your fears, find freedom."

Main Discussion Points:

- Why avoiding fears makes them stronger

- How fears are imaginary yet feel very real

- Getting clarity on where fears originate from

- The difference between danger and fear

- You have to walk through fear to overcome it

- Freedom comes at a cost (giving up control/safety)

- Facing fears with compassion, commitment

Key Quotes:

"Fear isn't real. I'm sorry, what?... Let me just say that again, fear isn't real." (00:09)

"When you face your fear with courage the scary vision turns into something funny." (00:04:42)

"You have absolutely everything you need within you to overcome all of your fears." (00:12:32)

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Welcome back to the podcast, queens! Today, I have a great guest joining us, Robyn Shumer. Robyn wears many hats: she’s a leadership development facilitator at Johnson & Johnson, a TEDx speaker, a yoga teacher, an executive coach, a mental health advocate, and even a working mom. Robyn is truly dedicated to helping others share their personal and professional stories with impact, all while managing her own journey of self-love and mental wellness.

Robyn is also the author of *Bones: Anorexia, Anxiety, and My Path to Self-Love*, her powerful memoir where she dives deep into her story of healing and transformation. She believes in the power of sharing our most vulnerable stories and even says that preparing for her TEDx talk was more impactful than years of therapy.

In today’s conversation, we’re exploring some powerful themes: the pivotal moments in Robyn’s own recovery, the inspiration behind her mantra, “Don’t be afraid to share the stories that shaped you,” and her thoughts on how our culture’s view of bodies has evolved since her own experience growing up in the 1980s. We’ll also hear about her initiative, *What’s Your Story, USA*, and her advice for those of us who want to share our stories but may feel hesitant.

Robyn’s insights on storytelling, healing, and mental health are sure to resonate, so let’s dive in!

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Connect with Robyn

https://www.robynshumer.com/

Today, I have the incredible Cath Counihan joining me, a trauma therapist, touch practitioner, and psychotherapist specialising in developmental trauma. Cath dives deep into the intersection of childhood trauma, attachment styles, and the ways these affect our relationships, self-worth, and behaviours in adulthood, especially for those on a journey of self-acceptance and recovery.

In this episode, Cath and I explore everything from the impact of family dynamics and early childhood patterns to the roles of perfectionism, people-pleasing, and shame in our lives. We also discuss the importance of emotional regulation, creating safety, and how trauma shapes our coping mechanisms, particularly around food and body image.

Get ready for a raw, enlightening, and inspiring conversation that will give you tools, insight, and hope for healing and finding true freedom.

Let’s dive in!

Cath Counihan is a Trauma Therapist (UKCP accredited) working in London. Cath specializes in complex trauma, maternal mental health, perfectionism, nervous system healing, shifting dysfunctional patterns in our families and reparenting. One of her areas of expertise is how our own childhoods impact our parenting journey. Shifting shame to help each client gain an embodied sense of being good enough is her passion. She hosts a weekly podcast Grow Yourself Up; focused on tending to ourselves in adulthood when we have not had our needs met as children, and the complexity of doing this as we parent. She writes, delivers workshops and has taught for the Bowlby Centre in London and the International Attachment Network. She has more than 12 years of clinical experience and a previous career in financial services. Cath is the mother of twin girls.

This is her website: www.cathcounihan.com

And here is her latest workshop: https://www.cathcounihan.com/triggers-rage-reparenting-workshop

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Connect with Cath

https://www.cathcounihan.com

Welcome to today's episode of the podcast, where I had an inspiring conversation with the wonderful Emily Spence. Emily is an animal-loving, adventure-seeking life enthusiast who has fully recovered from her own restrictive eating disorder. Now, as a passionate advocate for full recovery, she’s dedicated to supporting others in their journeys to complete freedom as a coach.

In this episode, we dive deep into whether full recovery and full freedom are truly possible. We also explore the powerful process of rediscovering your identity in recovery, and we unpack the often complex journey of neural rewiring, especially around compulsive movement.

I’m so excited for you to listen to this conversation, and I hope it brings you insight, hope, and inspiration as you continue on your own journey toward food and body freedom. Let’s get into it!

Connect with Emily

Instagram: @emilyspence__Youtube: https://m.youtube.com/channel/UCz2oUkO7UXpkkC7RCQrek2g

Join my free support group: https://victoria-kleinsman.circle.so/c/free-support-group/

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Work with me: https://victoriakleinsman.com/work-with-me/

In this episode of The Body Love Binge podcast, I dive into a question I get asked all the time: How do you pursue health while allowing yourself to eat whatever you want during your eating disorder recovery journey?

Victoria Kleinsman interviews Phaith Montoya, a plus-size fashion influencer, about her journey to self-love and body positivity. They discuss Phaith's struggles with binge eating disorder, society's fatphobia, and learning to embrace your body no matter its size.

Guest Bio:

Phaith Montoya is a 26-year-old content creator from New Jersey. After losing her teaching job during the pandemic, Phaith found community and passion for sharing fashion advice for plus-size women. She now has over 1 million social media followers.

Key Quotes:

"I think kindness leads me to minding my own business and leads me to not, like, be really harsh and react to everybody's moves as the way that I feel like people are so critical on the Internet now, but it's because they're not kind to themselves." (00:35:52)

"I think it was just the exhaustion of choosing that first choice for so long...I used to write in my journal all the time, when you're at this weight, you can wear a bikini to the beach. When you're at this weight, you'll be able to do this. You'll be able to do this. And it was like, oh my gosh. Like, how exhausting, but life waiting for a milestone before I allow myself to live." (00:27:56)

Main Discussion Points:

❤️ Learning self-compassion and body neutrality after years of disordered eating and fatphobia

💪🏻 Taking small actions to push past body image barriers

🙅🏻‍♀️ Leaving partners who refuse to unlearn fatphobia and respect your body

👯‍♀️ Finding community and inspiration from people who love you as you are

🌈 Decentering Eurocentric beauty standards that claim only thin bodies are attractive

I hope you love yourself and your body after listening to this podcast! Sending you so much compassion. Let's end fatphobia together! 💖

Connect with Phaith

https://www.instagram.com/phaithmontoya?igsh=eW03bTMwZHBiOHF5https://www.tiktok.com/@phaithmontoya?_t=8odMPdhWJFi&_r=1https://youtube.com/@phaith?si=2DtSj0fsendl-yVwhttps://snapchat.com/t/HpB8gSSZ

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In this surprising episode, Victoria shares that she is 33 weeks pregnant after never wanting children before. She talks about her journey to accepting and embracing pregnancy and motherhood despite actively avoiding it for years. Listeners can expect to learn about Victoria's personal growth through pregnancy, tips for improving body image and self-love, and her excitement for giving birth at home.

Key Discussion Points:

- Victoria's shock at discovering the pregnancy after 4 years of natural birth control

- Her husband's initial traumatic reaction and request for an abortion

- Their shift after an emotional healing session to welcome the baby

- How the pregnancy has taught Victoria to surrender, nourish herself, and put her needs first

- Preparing mentally and physically for an unmedicated, home-water birth

- How working with Victoria now means getting free coaching from two other incredible coaches during her maternity leave

Quotes:

"I felt like I didn't want him to say that. I just wanted support. And deep down, I knew I wanted this baby." (06:33)

"I'm in absolute awe of the way my body's changing. I'm just in awe of it all." (17:08)

"I'm so fucking grateful I've done all the work I have on myself bringing a girl into this world around body image and self-love." (15:14)

"I'm so ready for this. I'm ready to surrender and just trust." (45:28) on preparing for birth

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Hey lovely people!

I had a few questions about my coaching business, so I thought I'd share the info here in case anyone else is interested too.

I’m excited to officially announce that I’m now taking clients who are ready to become coaches themselves. Over the years, I’ve coached several individuals to become established coaches in the ED recovery and self-love coaching space, and it's been such an incredible journey. If you’re interested in stepping into this field and making a real impact, I’d love to support you in building a successful, aligned coaching business.

Feel free to reach out if you'd like more info or have any questions!

Much love,

Victoria xx

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This podcast episode features Victoria Kleinsman interviewing Georgia Gidney, who recovered from an eating disorder with Victoria's help. They discuss Georgia's recovery journey, including the fear she felt around recovery, how she pushed past that fear, her experience with extreme hunger, and the hardest parts of recovery for her.

Key Discussion Points:

- Georgia's history with disordered eating started at a very young age and her eventual anorexia diagnosis at age 17

- The pivotal moment when Georgia decided to get a recovery coach

- The intense fear Georgia felt about starting recovery and how she moved past it through self-talk and opposite action

- Georgia's experience with extreme hunger during recovery, eating up to 8,000 calories per day

- The hardest part of recovery for Georgia is learning to rest and be less productive

- How recovery transformed not just Georgia's relationship with food but her entire life

Key Quotes:

"I had a great fear that me recovered me would be, I don't know... Just stereotypically, like, not being able to do anything, not be productive." (Georgia, 00:42:46)

"I want people to know that they might be so super, super, super duper scared, but they can still recover, go through recovery. And it's possible." (Georgia, 00:53:44)

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Connect with Georgia: https://www.instagram.com/georgiagracerecovers/