The Compassion Circle

On this episode of the podcast Angela and Kierstin share more about their new creative offering to help meet you where you with yoga and meditation.

Angela and Kierstin have launched an on demand library of trauma and eating disorder informed classes.

Experience a journey of healing with our ever-evolving library of on-demand yoga and meditation classes. Designed with a trauma-informed and eating disorder-informed approach, our classes prioritize safety, choice, and self-compassion.

Here's what you get:

Monthly Updates: New classes added each month to keep your practice fresh and engaging.

Trauma-Informed Approach: All classes are carefully crafted to prioritize safety, choice, and self-compassion, addressing the unique needs of individuals who have experienced trauma.

Eating Disorder-Informed Approach: Embrace a body-positive, non-diet approach to wellness. Our classes focus on cultivating self-compassion, honoring your body, and moving with joy.

Diverse Class Offerings: Explore a variety of styles, including gentle yoga, restorative yoga, mindfulness meditations, guided imagery, and breathwork practices.

Flexibility & Convenience: Practice anytime, anywhere with on-demand access.

Choose Your Path:

Individual Class Purchases: Explore classes individually at your own pace.

All-Access Annual + Monthly Subscription: Unlimited access to our entire library for a year of continuous growth and healing

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In this episode Angela and Kierstin welcome guest Angela Harris LCSW, CEDS, EMDR CIT on the pod to dig deep into Infertility and the role of diet culture and impact of eating disorders on this experience.

Angela Harris shares her own story of infertility and fertility treatments and her professional experience of the intersectionality of eating disorders and diet culture.

Angela's bioAngela Harris is a LCSW, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist Consultant (CEDS-C), and an EMDR Consultant in Training. Angela's therapeutic specialties including fertility concerns, eating disorders, and dissociative disorders. Angela's personal experience with infertility drew her to work with this topic in the therapy office alongside co-occurring concerns of body image and trauma. Angela owns a private practice, Angela Harris Counseling, in Dallas, TX and is dually licensed in Oklahoma.

https://www.angelaharriscounseling.com/

In this episode Angela and Kierstin explore the role of social media and body image specifically on the body image of a pregnant women or person.

The conversation naturally expands to how societal pressures of an ideal body, ideal pregnancy, ideal feeding journey, ideal parenting, and motherhood are further impacted through social media

Navigating these stories and conversations with compassion.

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On this episode of the Compassion Circle Angela and Kierstin welcome guest Mary-Lauren Shelton Vise RDN, LD, CEDS. She is a non diet weight inclusive eating disorder dietitian with a specialty in PCOS. She is also the owner of Nutrition DiscoveRD® located in Dallas Texas.

In this episode we dig into the relationship between PCOS and eating disorders, medical gaslighting, and evidenced based approaches to managing PCOS.

To learn more about Mary-Lauren's work check out her offerings below included a Weight inclusive referral list she manages

Social Media Handles: 

Instagram: @nutritiondiscoveRD  https://www.instagram.com/nutritiondiscoverd/ 

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/nutritiondiscoverd/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mary-lauren-shelton-vise-743690120/ 

Anti-Diet, Weight-Inclusive Providers Database 

Website

www.nutritiondiscoverd.com 

Offerings

Nutrition DiscoveRD® Services Information

Ages: All Ages

Specialties: Eating Disorders, Disordered Eating, Sports Nutrition, Body Image, Polycystic Ovary Syndrome, Intuitive Eating 

• We also offer general nutrition counseling, pregnancy and postpartum nutrition, and medical nutrition therapy to address specific diagnoses 

Services: In-Person (Dallas, Texas), Virtual (AL, AZ, CA, CO, KY, MS, TX, VA)

• Individual, Family, and Group Sessions 

• Presentations 

• Professional Consultation 

• Dietetic Intern Supervisor 

Insurance: Out-of-Network. We are happy to provide a coded receipt, "superbill" following services, and offer a couple of reduced-rate sessions. 

Referral Information: The best way to reach me is by emailing [email protected]. Clients can also reach us through our website Contact Form or by calling 214-838-8237. 

Anti-Diet, Weight-Inclusive Providers Database 

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/15SPcJVwlmNzcjSiantaYc2ACgdVHSQZ_8RCIZ4WRO2U/edit?usp=sharing 

In this episode Angela and Kierstin explore self-compassion, what it is, how to practice, it's relationship to recovery and mental health.

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Links to resources mentioned in episode

https://www.tarabrach.com/books/true-refuge/

https://angelaprior.com/2023/07/16/a-self-compassion-practice-compassionate-letter-writing/

https://angelaprior.com/2023/07/16/self-compassion/

https://angelaprior.com/2024/08/29/rain-a-mindfulness-tool/

Season 2 is here! In this season Kierstin and Angela are exploring conversations, stories, and compassion surrounding the intersectionality of eating disorders, women's health/folx health, and mental health.

Several guests will be welcomed on the pod this season to dig into the complexities surrounding:

-PCOS

-Infertility

-Recovery and feeding your family

-Endometriosis

-Inclusive healthcare and the LGBTQIA+ communities

Pull up a seat and join and the conversation

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Links to resources mentioned in this episode

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/Qz2qWXy3xJo

https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/the-vibrator/#:~:text=The%20invention%20of%20electricity%20made,other%20parts%20of%20the%20body.

https://abcnews.go.com/Health/fda-recommends-slashing-sleeping-pill-dosage-half-women/story?id=18182165

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC9571159/

https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC10973592/

Kierstin and Angela welcome guest Meagan Rothschild RD,LD, CEDS on to the pod.

Meagan Rothschild is an eating disorder dietitian, culinary nutrition specialist, and kitchen coach with over 11 years of experience at her private practice in Dallas, Texas.

On this episode Meagan shares how much you can learn about someone when you find out how they make a PB&J and how building sustainable and intuitive cooking and kitchen habits an be supportive in your recovery, relationship with food, and your mental health.

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insta: @nutritionwithmeagan

kitchen intuition course

Kierstin and Angela take a moment to check in our each other lives, summer updates, weddings, babies, parenting, and new therapy techniques.

It's basically an unscripted coffee date :)

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