Eating Disorder Hope with Jacquelyn Ekern, MS, LPC

This week, Karin welcomes Jacquelyn Ekern, MS, LPC, president, founder, and licensed therapist, to the show for, ”Eating Disorder Hope”

Listen for a discussion on finding meaning in suffering, what happens when one’s external image does not align with their internal sense of self, ways to feel “whole” even when others do not acknowledge it, treating eating disorders and substance abuse simultaneously, the changing family dynamic, how to recognize strides towards recovery, and more!

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You Have the Right to Remain Fat with Virgie Tovar

This week, Karin welcomes Virgie Tovar, author, lecturer, and leading expert on weight-based discrimination and body positivity, to the show for, ”You Have the Right to Remain Fat.”

Tune in for a discussion on fat discrimination and oppression from diet culture, dissecting the meaning of fat phobia, weight discrimination facts, the ways body size shapes gender roles and stigma, self-hatred as a barrier to finding self-love, recovering from fat phobia in a culture steeped in stigma, keeping hope of recovery in the face the limitations of society, behind-the-scenes of her 2018 TedX talk, and more!

Begin your healing journey with Karin and her team now!

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Recovery Bite No. 4 & Release Update

This week, join Karin for Bite No. 4 where she speaks to listeners about New Year’s Resolutions.

Resolve, relapse, repeat, continue.
Sounds like an eating disorder, doesn’t it?

We also wanted listeners to know that we will be taking a break from new releases during the month of January. We will be returning with new episodes, great guests, more bites, beginning Monday, February 06, 2023.

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Person-Centered Recovery with Andy Williams, LMFT, MBA

This week, Karin sits down with Andy Williams, LMFT, MBA in our newest episode, ”Person-Centered Recovery.”

Tune in to for a discussion on receiving care from a provider without lived-experience, the influence of a male provider, harnessing one’s inner power, finding balance in recovery, and human first, therapist second therapy practice.

Begin your healing journey with Karin and her team now!

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Relational Ramblings with CALM Counseling

This week, Karin sits down with Vanessa Scaringi, PhD, CEDS and Kathryn Garland, LCSW-S, co-owners of CALM Counseling, Austin, in our newest episode (and first sprinkle), ”Relational Ramblings.”

Visit keepcalmatx.com and follow @calmcounselingatx on Instagram for more.

Begin your healing journey with Karin and her team now!

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Reclaiming Your Inner Rebel with Lizzy Cangro, MSc, MA, PGCE, ANutr

This week, Karin welcomes Lizzy Cangro MA, MSc, PGCE, ANutr, author, nutritionist, and wellness coach to the show in our newest episode of Recovery Bites, “Reclaiming Your Inner Rebel.”

Tune in to learn about the effects of categorizing food as good or bad, promoting “healthy eating” in school systems, how self-love allows freedom to express emotions, how abstaining from behaviors plays into recovery, osteoporosis, the importance of community in recovery, Lizzy’s book, “Reclaim the Rebel: 12 Rebellious Acts to Achieve Unconditional Love for Your Body,” and more!

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A Journey of Purpose with Melanie C. Klein, M.A.

This week, we welcome Melanie C. Klein, M.A., empowerment coach, respected thought leader and influencer in the areas of body confidence, authentic empowerment, and visibility to the show for, “A Journey of Purpose.”

Tune in to learn about the role of societal power, what it means to have agency, autonomy, and sovereignty of one’s body, yoga and empowerment, body image resilience, media literacy, diversifying media’s narrative, making room for ageism and ableism, and more.

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Do Better with M Reim Ifrach, REAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC (they/them)

This week we welcome M Reim Ifrach, REAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC (they/them), queer, trans, non-binary, fat, disabled Art Therapist to the show our newest episode, “Do Better.”

Tune in to learn why trans and non-binary people are at a higher risk for developing an eating disorder, the harm caused from traditional treatment centers, the importance of one’s “chosen family,” treatment equity and access, the differences between gender dysphoria and body image distress, why interviewing a provider is an important first step, ways to ensure a protected, safe space for healing, the role of art therapy, and more!

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On the Outside Lookin' In with Abby Anderson

In this episode, Karin welcomes back multi-genre, singer-songwriter Abby Anderson to the show for, “On the Outside Lookin' In.”

Join Karin and Abby for a conversation on Abby’s self-growth gained through journal and lyric writing, the ways readiness for recovery presented for Abby, shifting anger to include empathy, the freedom found in feeling emotions, internalizing when something feels right rather than convincing yourself that it is, how accountability can break the suffering of an eating disorder, “Sugar Spice," and more!

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Behind the Recovery Bite No. 1

This week, Karin launches a new addition to the podcast with her first solo episode, “Behind the Recovery Bite.”

Join Karin as she speaks about fasting during and after recovery, religious obligation, trial and error, incorporating our listeners, and how you can be a part of the next Behind the Recovery Bite.

Stay tuned for more interviews with recovered individuals and more “Bites.”

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Limiting Beliefs with Dr. Moreen Rubin

This week, Karin welcomes back Dr. Moreen Rubin (also known as “Dr. Mo”), licensed clinical therapist, eating disorder and trauma specialist to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “Limiting Beliefs”

Join Karin and Dr. Mo for a conversation on how thoughts can create your identity, where our thoughts derive, creating new thought patterns, the difference between thoughts and beliefs, upgrading our core beliefs, values as an emotional state of being, finding meaning in our values, maladaptive coping strategies, how an eating disorder can “feel” like an identity, and much more.

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The Price of a Muted Life with Tara Whitney

In this episode, Karin welcomes Tara Whitney, published author, podcaster, speaker and coach, to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “The Price of a Muted Life”

Join Karin and Tara for a conversation on body trust, intuitive eating, diet message’s impact on children, moving from external to internal validation, food neutrality, the importance of slowing down and tuning into your body, weight stigma and the medical community, and much more.

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Equity Isn’t Exclusive with Rebecca Eyre, LMHC (she/her)

In this episode, Karin welcomes Rebecca Eyre, LMHC (she/her), CEO of Project HEAL, to the show for, “Equity Isn’t Exclusive.”

Join Karin and Rebecca for a conversation on Project HEAL's mission for equitable access to care, examining treatment resistance, internal vs systemic barriers for care, the disproportionate ratio of eating disorder providers to individuals suffering, denormalizing the notion of being “sick enough,” the confines to care if outside of society’s stereotype, Project HEAL's Treatment Access program, and more!

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Art is the Highest Form of Healing with Meghan Morris-Weberling

In this episode, Karin welcomes Meghan Morris-Weberling, mother, ceramic artist, sculptor, and devotee of the organic process, to the show for, “Art is the Highest Form of Healing.”

Join Karin and Meghan for a discussion on the relationship between art and recovery, the uniqueness of the word “recovery,” the inward and outward components of recovery, Megan’s experience of motherhood and recovery, the intertwining of “hope” and “showing up,” the effects that trying to “fit-in” have on the soul, and much more

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