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  • Andy Williams helps to bring guidance and healing to people who want more and better out of life. Be it as a white water rafting guide, a psychotherapist specializing in the treatment of eating disorders or a men's coach, Andy’s heart and professional work centers on helping individuals become their most aligned, highest self. Working with clients in a one-on-one framework, Andy listens intently, guides conversations with curiosity, and delivers truth with compassion. His direct approach to this work is layered with humor, warmth, and humility.

    We discuss topics including:

    How to become the best version of yourself

    How to engage in activities that lead to joy

    What is unique about the male eating disorder experience?

    The drive for muscularity

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.forwardmomentum.io

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.


    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Dr. Allison Kawa is a licensed clinical psychologist and the Clinical Director at the Los Angeles Center for Integrated Assessment (LACIA). She specializes in the evaluation of children, adolescents, and emerging adults.

    Dr. Kawa’s approach to assessment is neurodiversity-affirming and informed by decades of work with individuals with neurodevelopmental differences, formal training in object-relations theory, and cutting-edge research in the field of interpersonal neurobiology.

    In more than a decade in private practice, she has honed her expertise in the diagnosis and treatment planning for individuals with learning and processing differences, attention disorders, autism, and anxiety/mood disorders. Dr. Kawa’s areas of subspecialties include ADHD, autism, language-based learning disorders, pre-verbal trauma, medical trauma, and twice-exceptional (2e) individuals.

    We discuss topics including:

    What are sensory processing differences?

    Being a parents who helps to “drop” judgment

    Understanding what is a sensory disorder?

    Different types of brains

    The stigma around ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder)

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.la-cia.org

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

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  • Greta Angert received a Bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from California State University Northridge. She completed her two year clinical training at the Maple Counseling Center and is certified in several trauma treatment modalities.

    Greta has worked at numerous outpatient, inpatient and residential eating disorder programs as a primary therapist. Greta holds the highest level of certification for EMDR (level 3). She is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and was a Founding Board Member and Treasurer of the Los Angeles board of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals.

    Greta has spoken at local and national eating disorder and mental health conferences. She is a supervisor for marriage and family therapist interns and is committed to helping people understand, accept and nurture their bodies and minds in order to maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle.

    We discuss topics including:

    How to work with parents when your child has an eating disorder

    Understanding FBT (Family Based Therapy)

    The importance of being realistic and honest with the parents she works with

    Parents supervising meals when their child has anorexia nervosa

    The parents job is to protect their child form diet culture and to not have diet culture in their home

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.gretaangert.com

    https://www.instagram.com/gretaangertmft

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Celisa Flores, PsyD has worked as a therapist, program director, harm reductionist and clinical outreach professional in a wide variety of mental health and substance use disorder treatment setting since obtaining a Master’s in 2007 and Doctorate in 2013 in Clinical Psychology.

    She is now the director of clinical outreach at Lido Wellness Center, a trauma-focused mental health treatment program in Newport Beach.

    With additional training as a trauma-sensitive yoga and meditation facilitator, as well as birth and end-of-life doula, she has been able to draw from a variety of modalities to support self-empowerment and recovery. Celisa is also trained on psychedelic assisted therapy.

    Her role has included national and international training and speaking engagements on psychedelic healing, eating disorders, trauma-sensitive approaches, mindfulness, yoga, body acceptance, and professional wellness, as well as facilitating psychedelic integration groups with PsychedeLiA in Orange County, CA and online.

    We discuss topics including:

    The overlap of trauma and eating disorders

    How the brain is impacted when someone is struggling with an eating disorder

    The difference between complex trauma and PSTD

    What is the “ACES” scale?

    ARFID and sensory issues

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.lidowellness.com

    www.drcelisa.com

    https://www.instagram.com/dr.celisa

    https://www.instagram.com/lidowellness

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Kathryn Hansen recovered from bulimia in 2005; and since then, she has been dedicated to educating and empowering women and men who struggle with all forms of binge eating.

    She is the author of Brain over Binge (2011, 2022), the Brain over Binge Recovery Guide (2016), and the host of the Brain over Binge Podcast.

    We discuss topics including:

    Kathryn’s story of “Brain over Binge”

    The two basic parts of the brain

    What happens when we diet

    Recognizing that starvation can lead to a binge

    Steps to work on when the urge to binge happens

    Incorporating adequate eating

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.brainoverbinge.com

    www.instagram.com/brain_over_binge

    Brain over binge podcast

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Krystyl Wright, LCSW is a co-founder of LOT XI, a community conscious wellness brand based in Compton, CA.

    LOT XI creates body and home self-care goods sourced locally and crafted by hand. They also organize immersive wellness experiences for corporate initiatives and community spaces. With her background as a practicing clinical psychotherapist, Krystyl incorporates sensory perception and organic ingredients to provide practical healing tools in each product.

    We discuss topics including:

    Sensory is a practical tool for healing

    Krystal’s favorite pillars of living

    Clarity

    Community

    Self preservation

    Forgiveness

    Wellbeing

    Social Justice

    How to be in the Now

    Micronutrients of Joy

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.alifeworthliving365.com

    www.nami.org

    www.instagram.com/Lot_XI

    www.secure.helloalma.com

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Kacy is Director of Nutrition and Wellness, Outpatient, for Center for Discovery where she has developed the outpatient dietary program that has been implemented in over 28 facilities nationwide and has been part of the development and implementation of a diagnostic specific Binge Eating Disorder treatment program at Discovery.

    Kacy’s work is a belief in an inclusive not exclusive approach to food and evidence based practices. Kacy is a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian Supervisor, has served on the executive committee for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics Behavioral Health and Nutrition dietetic practice group 2014- 2018, was the Secretary for the Los Angeles IAEDP chapter and has spoken at national conferences

    We discuss topics including:

    What is flexibility with nutrition?

    What is flexibility in residential treatment?

    What is flexibility in IOP (Intensive Outpatient Program)?

    What is flexibility in PHP (Partial Hospitalization Program)?

    How the eating disorder provides rigidity

    There is less flexibility in residential treatment

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.centerfordiscovery.com

    www.supportinrecovery.com

    www.instagram.com/centerfordiscovery

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Brad is the owner of XChange.fit, a private training gym in Los Angeles. He is best known for training Hollywood celebrities, as well as professional athletes. Brad lectures at many of the fitness based expos and talks as a motivational speaker.

    He uses a “body-mind” approach to his training.

    We discuss topics including:

    The reason that movement may not be fun

    The “what” and “where” do these different movements do with your organisms?

    What is the 80/20 principle?

    Recognizing that “pain” is a negative enforcement

    What is “DOMS”

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.instagram.com/bbose

    www.xchange.fit

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Dr. Schack has been treating teenagers and young adults with eating disorders for more than 20 years. She is one of only a handful of adolescent medicine specialists in the country who sees teens and young adults exclusively in private practice.

    Dr. Schack has supervised the care of patients with eating disorders in outpatient, residential, and hospital settings. She has been an invited speaker at regional, national, and international eating disorders conferences as well as at local teaching hospitals. Dr. Schack is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics Subboard of Adolescent Medicine.

    She is the Medical Director of The Eating Disorders Medical Unit at Torrance Medical Center.

    We discuss topics including:

    What happens in the examination room?

    What does Dr. Schack look for as an eating disorder physician?

    The importance of looking for any self harm on the patient

    The importance of the abdominal exam and abdominal x-ray and understanding digestion function

    Signs of anxiety

    When is someone considered medically stable?

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.drschack.com

    www.torrancememorial.org

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Dr. Schack has been treating teenagers and young adults with eating disorders for more than 20 years. She is one of only a handful of adolescent medicine specialists in the country who sees teens and young adults exclusively in private practice.

    Dr. Schack has supervised the care of patients with eating disorders in outpatient, residential, and hospital settings. She has been an invited speaker at regional, national, and international eating disorders conferences as well as at local teaching hospitals. Dr. Schack is certified by the American Board of Pediatrics Subboard of Adolescent Medicine.

    She is the Medical Director of The Eating Disorders Medical Unit at Torrance Medical Center.

    We discuss topics including:

    The importance of learning from mistakes

    Pursuing extracurricular activities which has benefitted Dr. Schack when working with her patients

    Some screening questions that she uses

    Techniques to help a teen relax when their labs are drawn

    Looking at how parents appear in their body

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.drschack.com

    www.torrancememorial.org

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Shelbye is a Carolyn Costin Certified Eating Disorder Coach working with clients both locally in Los Angeles and virtually across the world. She struggled with an eating disorder for years and finally took her life back in 2016.

    Through her own recovery, she realized how crucially important support and connection are. She has worked to become a full time coach helping adolescents to find their voice again. Trust and connection are two things that she values most in her work. While recovery can be very emotional and serious, Shelbye tries to keep it light and remind clients how amazing life can be outside of the eating disorder bubble.

    Shelbye’s services include text support, virtual sessions, group support, in person one on one sessions, meal support, grocery shopping, clothing shopping, etc. She also has done live ins where she is with a client for an extended period of time in their home.

    We discuss topics including:

    The role of an eating disorder recovery coach

    The benefits of an eating disorder recovery coach

    What is text support?

    When is a client ready to clothing shop with an ED recovery coach?

    Who is a candidate for a “live in”?

    When is a “live in” helpful?

    SHOW NOTES:

    https://www.shelbyeschlange.com/

    https://www.instagram.com/shelbyeschlange/

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Dr. Ed Tyson is the primary owner of the Medical Center for Eating Disorders in Houston. He also does the medical care for the CFD residential treatment center also with his PA, Jennifer Nagel. He wrote the chapter on medical complications in Treatment of Eating Disorders: Bridging the Research-Practice Gap, and is a co-author of both the medical guide for the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED) and the chapter “What Doctors, Dietitians, and Nutritionists Need to Know” in Trauma-Informed Approaches to Eating Disorders. Teaching about and advocating for eating disorders is a passion of his, and he frequently presents at eating disorder professional meetings, to universities, and to the public. He was also asked to give the briefing on eating disorder legislation to both the U.S.House of Representatives and the Senate in 2015 and 2016. He and his daughter began their podcast on eating disorders in 2021, called “ED on ED.”

    We discuss topics including:

    Low glucose levels and people acting “normal”

    What is postprandial glucose level?

    What is a normal fasting glucose level?

    What is an insulin surge?

    Understanding that low glucose levels happen with people who restrict

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.med4eds.com

    https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/ed-on-ed/id1570375498

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Carrie Dennett is a Pacific Northwest-based nutrition therapist, certified Intuitive Eating counselor, journalist, author and speaker.

    She writes a weekly nutrition column for The Seattle Times and contributes regularly to Today’s Dietitian magazine. Carrie is the author of Healthy For (Your) Life: A Non-Diet Approach to Optimal Well-being, which blends intuitive and mindful eating with a non-diet approach, current nutrition science, and a lot of nutrition myth-busting.

    She also brings these principles to her virtual private practice, where she helps women who are struggling with disordered eating or trying to overcome chronic dieting, and who want a more peaceful relationship with food and their bodies. She is a second-career dietitian who worked as a newspaper journalist for many years before earning her Master of Public Health in nutritional sciences from the University of Washington.

    We discuss topics including:

    Carrie’s passion of being an RDN and a journalist

    The problems with “diet culture” and “wellness culture”

    Understanding what is “diet culture”? And understanding what is “wellness culture”?

    Asking oneself who is my audience?

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.nutritionbycarrie.com

    https://www.instagram.com/carriedennett/

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Sondra Kronberg, MS, RD, CEDRD-S, is a nutrition therapist and recognized leader in the field of eating disorders. Founder and Executive Director, Eating Disorder Treatment Collaborative, FEED: IOP, CONNECT and CONCIERGE programs in New York and virtual throughout the United States.

    Sondra is the host of Chats in the Living room weekly live Learning and Support, providing dialog, education and community with experts in the

    field. She is a founding member and past Board Trustee of the National Eating Disorders Association, (NEDA). The author of Comprehensive Learning/Teaching Handout Series Manual for Eating Disorders and contributing author to Eating Disorders: Clinical Guide to Counseling and Treatment and Eating Disorders in Special Populations: Medical, Nutritional and Psychological Treatments.

    Sondra received the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, (IAEDP), 2010 Certified Eating Disorder Specialists Award, the NEDA 2004 Excellence in Treatment Award and the 2002 SCAN Excellence in Practice Award. In 2018 Sondra received NEDA’s first Legacy Award. She is a national speaker, treatment consultant and media spokesperson. She is also a consultant to the Carolyn Costin Institute.

    We discuss topics including:

    The harm that is done by dieting

    Understanding what is a cognitive behavioral nutrition therapist?

    The Learning Teaching Handout Series

    The origin of food

    Food is about trauma

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.chatsinthelivingroom.com

    www.sondrakronberg.com

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Dr. Laura Berenstain is a physician, professional leadership coach, author, and speaker. She is a passionate advocate for equity, social justice, and changing culture through both individual and systemic efforts.

    Laura helps her coaching clients navigate life and career transitions, while improving their emotional agility, communication, and negotiation skills. She guides her clients in identifying their individual definition of success utilizing personal values, increased self-awareness, and principles of positive psychology, mindfulness, and resilience. Laura is also a certified Mindfulness Meditation teacher, enabling her to help clients find and utilize individualized approaches to their well-being.

    With over three decades of experience as a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist, Laura currently serves on American Society of Anesthesiologists committees for Physician Well-being, Women Anesthesiologists, Professional Development, and chaired the ASA Workgroup for Long-term Mentoring. She is also an Advisory Board member and Coach for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia’s Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative and Board of Directors member for the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society. Laura also is a Coach for the American Medical Women’s Association ELEVATE program.

    We discuss topics including:

    How she became interested in coaching and mindfulness outside of medicine

    That it is ok to branch out outside of your profession

    How to make yourself a priority and living your life

    Understanding the different forms of mindfulness

    Mindful walks, Mindful Breathing and Mindful Eating all encompass mindfulness

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.lauraberenstain.com

    https://twitter.com/LBerenstain

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Jayde Barber is the creator and host of the Students of Mind Podcast: a mental health advocate and entrepreneur.

    Since she was in grade school, Jayde has been diagnosed and living with several mental illnesses including anxiety, depression, and anorexia. Although she is not a licensed mental health professional, Jayde’s experience as a patient, family member, and friend of individuals with mental illness has driven her to share her experiences and insights. Through the podcast and across social media, Jayde shares her mental health and eating disorder recovery journey.

    The Students of Mind Podcast was developed at the start of the COVID-19 quarantine in March of 2020. Jayde covers various mental health related topics through interviews with mental health experts and healers, and in the second season began to include interviews with survivors--people like herself who live everyday with mental illness. When an individual has lived experience with mental illness or managing mental wellbeing, Jayde believes that they are also experts whose voices and stories need to be shared and amplified. Students of Mind aims to

    normalize talking openly about mental health, remove the many barriers that exist to receiving mental health education and resources, reduce the stigma and taboo’s that exist around mental health and mental illness, and express that everyone has mental health that needs to be tended to just as our physical health needs to be tended to.

    Jayde also started her journey to becoming a Peer Support Specialist in 2022, and has a 1 on 1 service called Sister Sessions where she helps individuals search for and reach out to mental health services and providers

    We discuss topics including:

    What led her to develop the “Students of Mind Podcast”

    What is a peer support specialist?

    What are “sisters sessions?”

    Re entering treatment and the struggles with body image

    The importance of support

    What is “pseudo recovered”?

    SHOW NOTES:

    Podcast: https://www.studentsofmind.com/episodes

    https://www.instagram.com/Jaydembarber/

    https://www.studentsofmind.com/sistersessions

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Dr. Lowenthal is a Board Certified Family Physician specializing in eating disorder care for children, adolescents and adults. Utilizing a social justice, Health At Every Size (HAES) lens, Dr. Lowenthal is in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area and cares for individuals of all genders, sizes, shapes and abilities and at any stage of

    their recovery.

    Dr. Lowenthal completed medical school at the University of Chicago and residency at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). She is one of few primary care physicians nationwide who has been designated by the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP) as a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist (CEDS) as well as an IAEDP-Approved supervisor for other professionals in the field (CEDS-S).

    She is a formerMedical Liaison to and Board Member of the IAEDP SF Bay Area Chapter and a member of the Academy of Eating Disorders.

    We discuss topics including:

    The importance of asking lots of questions

    The importance to validate what someone is struggling with

    Going through her own medical conditions has helped her be more humble and compassionate

    A lot of things can look like IBS and SIBO

    Understanding gastroparesis

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.sarahlowenthalmd.com

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • A Diplomat of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, MD, received her medical degree in 1996 from the USC School of Medicine and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Gilberg-Lenz is involved in women’s empowerment and public education and appears frequently as an expert in women’s health and integrative medicine on TV, in print, and online. She is the author of MENOPAUSE BOOTCAMP: Optimize Your Health, Empower Your Self, and Flourish as You Age (Harper Wave; October 11th)

    We discuss topics including:

    The importance of developing community with menopause

    What is menopause?

    The importance of women advocating for themselves

    Recognizing how you look and how you feel is “real”

    Giving yourself permission to do whatever you want

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.thedrsuzanne.com

    https://thedrsuzanne.com/themenopausebootcamp/

    https://www.instagram.com/askdrsuzanne

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • David became a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) in 2013 and founded Nutrition in Recovery, a group practice of RDNs specializing in treating eating and substance use disorders.

    He earned his Ph.D. in Public Health with a minor in Health Psychology from UCLA by investigating links between adverse childhood experiences and mental health outcomes among socially disadvantaged men.

    Learn more about the intersection of nutrition and mental health using his new app called Wise Mind Nutrition.

    We discuss topics including:

    What led David to develop the Wise Mind Nutrition App?

    Who is the target audience for his new app?

    Understanding the importance of nutrition and mental health

    The five components of the Wise Mind Nutrition App

    How is this app different from other apps?

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.wisemindnutrition.com

    www.nutritioninrecovery.com

    https://www.instagram.com/wisemindnutrition/

    https://www.instagram.com/drdavidwiss/

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

  • Beth Rosen, MS, RD, CDN is a weight-inclusive Registered Dietitian specializing in GI nutrition and disordered eating. She has been working in the field of nutrition for over 27 years and has a virtual private practice.

    Beth helps clients find relief from digestive disorders such as Irritable Bowel Disease (IBS) and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO), Gastroparesis, Celiac disease, and reflux, as well as shares her knowledge with other health professionals via webinars, seminars, and peer mentoring.

    Beth is currently the vice-chairperson of the Dietitians in Gluten and Gastrointestinal Diseases (DIGID) subgroup of Dietitians in Medical Nutrition Therapy dietetics practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

    Beth has designed techniques and programs to empower chronic dieters, disordered eaters, and those in eating disorder recovery to mend their relationship with food and

    their bodies. She has also written for major online and print media publications, such as Practical Gastroenterology, Huffington Post, VeryWell Fit, and FabUPlus Magazine.

    We Discuss Topics Including:

    Understanding the functioning of the gut when you have an eating disorder

    Restriction and purging can cause GI problems

    The importance of diverse microbiome

    Treating disordered eating first then GI issues secondarily

    Small Intestine Bacteria Overgrowth (SIBO) is secondary to other things

    SHOW NOTES:

    www.bethrosenrd.com

    https://twitter.com/bethrosenrd

    https://bethrosenrd.com/its-time-you-owned-your-ibs/

    https://www.instagram.com/bethrosenrd/

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    If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected]

    You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

    If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

    Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

    Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

    For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

    “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.