Exploring your past and your relationships in deep work psychotherapy is more important than you realize — and ignoring them might actually be holding you back from recovering from your eating disorder. In this podcast episode, will discuss the affect your past has on your present (even if you don’t feel like you had any childhood trauma), why it’s important to look at your past with curiosity and not judgment, and how to get started today. Use these as your first steps toward disordered eating treatment and find more information on therapy sessions in NYC and Brooklyn on my website.

If you’re struggling with disordered eating or an eating disorder diagnosis, and even if you’re in deep work therapy or treatment, you might feel like you don’t understand WHY you do the things you do. It can be frustrating to have read all the research and know exactly what you’re supposed to do, but still feel like you’re not able to make a change. That’s where Jennifer Diaz, mindset success coach, comes in. She uses her training in psychology and neuroplasticity to help ambitious optimize their potential and feel more fulfilled in business and life.

When you’re in therapy — deep work therapy, psychoanalytic therapy, or otherwise — and hoping to find recovery from an eating disorder, it can be frustrating to feel like it’s not working out with your therapist. Take this as your guide to how to start the conversation in your next session and start finding the disordered eating treatment you need.

Taking the step toward treatment for an eating disorder, whether it’s bulimia nervosa or anorexia nervosa, can be terrifying… and that’s where Ibbits Newhall comes in. Follow our conversation about steps to recovery from eating disorders, how to approach treatment and therapy with family and loved ones, and more.

We all know conceptually that there is a connection between eating disorders and trauma, but what is the connection and why is it present? Heather Ferguson is a clinical social worker and psychoanalyst in NYC. She and I will discuss disordered eating as a response to trauma, the definition of trauma, and how therapy and treatment can help with recovery.

There is SO much information out there on therapy, eating disorders, and self-help that you could spend endless amounts of time reading and learning… but what do you do when you’ve learned so much, and your life STILL isn’t changing the way you’d hoped? Giuliana Hazelwood discusses what she’s discovered about disorder eating and why you can’t think your way out of an eating disorder. Find out more about my online therapy practice in Brooklyn and NYC at my website.

In the anniversary episode of the podcast Understanding Disordered Eating, I will explore my signature topic on eating disorders: understanding and treating eating disorders through our emotions and emotional experience. Using a psychoanalytic therapy approach, we will explore how eating disorders are developed and maintained, and how to go about treating them. Find out more about my online therapy practice in Brooklyn and NYC at my website.

Laura Pumillo has a nutrition practice in Manhattan, and has had 25 yeas of helping people suffering from eating disorders: anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, to name a few. She discusses when intuitive eating is and is not appropriate for eating disorder treatment, how the 10 principles and weight play as factors in treatment, and where help from a therapist and dietitian comes in.

We know that the beginnings of disordered eating very typically start in the teenage years. Eating disorders in adolescent skyrocketed during the pandemic lockdown of 2020. We will discuss why, how social media has contributed, and how to talk to your teen about food, mental health, and therapy, so their relationship with their body image and food is healthy from the start.

When gut health issues, chronic illness, and disordered eating meet at a crossroads, how does someone take steps towards healing their gut microbiome and their relationship with food through therapy and counseling? Gianna Michalak, Certified Nutrition Specialist, talks about helping with women struggling with eating disorders without restriction or food elimination.

I share my thoughts on Overeaters Anonymous and the 12 Step Program and the potential harm they might cause to people struggling with binge eating, eating disorders, or healing their relationship with food.

Mya Kwon is an anti-diet dietitian who discusses self-compassion concerning eating disorders, therapy, and healing your relationship with food. Read on to learn what happens to your body when you engage in negative self-talk, and how to begin the process of healing with self-kindness.

Dr. Sarah Chipps discusses different attachment styles -- avoidant, anxious, disorganized, and secure -- and how they relate to food relationships and disordered eating. Dr. Chipps has a psychotherapy practice in New York and gives tips on healing your relationship with food.

Anita Dharwadkar, RD, LDN, discusses navigating recovery from disordered eating while dealing with chronic illness. Anita defines chronic illness (such as IBS, Crohn’s Disease, etc.), discusses the connections between these illnesses and eating disorders, and talks about her strategies with her patients.

Rachel Fine, RD, discusses nutrition, injury prevention, and the daily life of a dancer. Rachel is a certified specialist in sports dietetics and certified counselor of intuitive eating. Although her practice caters to dancers of all levels, her expertise provides value to us all.

When you want to heal your relationship with food and not subscribe to diet culture, how to you follow intuitive eating?

On this episode of the Understanding Disordered Eating Podcast, Leah Kern, explain her anti-diet basics of following intuitive eating and gentle nutrition to start on the journey of eating disorder recovery.

This week on Understanding Disordered Eating, Rachelle outlines the basics of intuitive eating. She details the 10 principals and goes through how she understands each to mean. She talks about discovering satisfaction in food, learning hunger cues, identifying fullness cues, and stopping to use food as the only way to manage emotions. She talks about how this can be transformative in your healing from eating disorder and disordered eating.

It’s hard to determine whether a loved one is suffering from an eating disorder or not. The good thing is, that there are signs that you can look out for that can help you know when to start a conversation. In this episode, I talk about red flags and warning signs. If you see someone you love who might be experiencing any of these, you can go way back to episode 9 about what the heck to do. Spoiler: unconditional support and love go a long way.

You know me. I'm the first person to roll my eyes at the idea of breathwork. And mindfulness. I'm so quick to laugh at the seemingly preposterous idea that using our breath can really help in recovery. Or maybe I should say, used to be that person. 

Talking to Erin kind of changed that. She is a Certified Eating Disorder/Anxiety/Breathwork, NLP Practitioner, and Trauma Coach. She also is the kind of person who totally rolled her eyes at the idea of breathwork. But then she tried it. 

She will introduce the unbelievable benefits of breathwork, how it can help individuals with eating disorders, and how she came across such a unique modality. We also talk about how tricky this gets when someone who is experiencing poor body image or has a history of trauma would want to be the furthest place from their body and brining awareness to it. Tune in and don't forget to join in the discussion by signing up for my weekly newsletter.  

Ever feel super calculated about how you use your money? Ever say, I can't have that it's too expensive, even when it really isn't? Ever find yourself spending lots and lots of money on things you can't understand why? As if there was a lapse in judgment for a second? Do you feel anxious about money in general?

I've been talking about how our relationship with food and money are so connected since the dawn of time. Okay, maybe it feels like it to me. But the way we relate to food and the way we interact with money are so similar.