Recovery Bites Podcast

The Recovery Bites podcast welcomes voices in the field and voices of experience, to get real about eating disorder and mental health recovery.

Join host Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS clinical expert and founder of the Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center, in a catalogue of past episodes featuring candid interviews with experts in eating disorder and mental health recovery.

Listeners can look forward to new perspectives, meaningful conversations, diverse connection, and compelling personal narrative that make a powerful difference in how we live.

Episodes focus on life beyond recovery — the good and the not-so-good, the successes and the challenges, and the authentic accounts of recovered lives. Not their whole story…just bites!

Episode 121 - More Than a Number with Sierra Bloodgood and Dr. Chris Harris of ClearStep

by Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS

In this episode, Karin welcomes Sierra Bloodgood and Dr. Chris Harris of ClearStep to the show for, “More Than a Number.”

Join Karin, Sierra, and Chris for a conversation on blind vs open weights, accessible alternatives to care, shame as a silencing mechanism, the benefits of virtual treatment, the rise of food insecurity, Sierra’s recovery journey, the ClearStep numberless scale, and more!

Dr. Harris is a licensed professional counselor with a mental health service designation with more than 15 years in the behavioral health field and is one of the original collaborators of the ClearStep scale. His research has focused on clinical compassion satisfaction and fatigue in mental health clinicians. He also has specialized training in treating Eating Disorders, Substance Use Disorders, and Trauma.

Sierra Bloodgood is the CEO of Brewbike, founder of Sonder Built, and advisory board member for ClearStep. She is also an advocate for eating disorder recovery and awareness after receiving residential treatment at Oliver-Pyatt Centers and outpatient therapy at the Medical Center for Eating Disorders with Dr. Edward Tyson. Sierra believes recovery is possible and is committed to helping others achieve freedom from eating disorders.

Learn more about ClearStep online at myclearstep.com and on Instagram.