Excited to bring you this roundtable with Shannon Beer, Dr. Gabrielle Fundaro, Elizabeth Rohde, and Jessica Terrier. All of these women have great yet varied experience in the industry so I wanted to get each of them on to discuss the prevalence of disordered eating and body image issues among women in the health and fitness sphere.
0:00​- Intro
0:30​- Shannon Beer’s background
3:30​- The prevalence of eating disorders in women
8:00​- Noticing the difference between men and women’s goals and expectations
10:00​- How to help clients who keep repeating the same issue
13:40​- How important is willpower?
15:15​- Are there times to be more stern as a coach?
20:00​- How to begin with a coach in this area 
22:45​- Why are eating disorders and body image issues more prevalent in women?
27:00​- Do we think there will ever be less pressure on women to look a certain way?
36:20​- Are clients with a history of eating disorders getting a different approach with coaching?
42:00​- Seeking out professional help
46:10​- Ways to determine the start of the slippery slope into disordered eating and body image issues
49:00​- Resources for more info by Dr. Fundaro
50:00​- Intro to Elizabeth Rohde
52:00​- Routines given to new lifters without context
55:00​- New women’s divisions in competition
57:00​- Plastic surgery in bikini competitions
59:00​- More on Elizabeth’s background
1:03:00​- The ethics of surgery
1:06:10​- Does surgery exacerbate or help self confidence issues?
1:08:00​- Advice to women looking to be highly achieving with good psychological health 1:16:25​- Jess’s background
1:18:10​- Women embracing weight and strength gain
1:22:20​- Is bulking or cutting easier?
1:26:00​- The difficulty in staying lean all of the time
1:28:00​- Is it better to discuss starting with a gaining phase with a history of disordered eating
1:31:00​- How to handle clients who are starting off both overweight and with disorde