Little Boy Monster with Brian Cuban

In this episode, Karin welcomes Brian Cuban, Dallas-based attorney, author, and mental health awareness recovery advocate to the show for our newest episode of Recovery Bites, “Little Boy Monster.”

Join Karin and Brian for a discussion on childhood trauma as a precursor to eating disorder development, when adults fat-shame children, the intergenerational nature of emotionally abusive relationships, how body shame isolates and silences, how Body Dysmorphic Disorder can feel from those who struggle with it, sobriety before eating disorder recovery, equipping oneself with tools to prevent getting pulled into dysfunctional behaviors, Brian’s book “Shattered Image,” and “The Ambulance Chaser,” and much more!

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iMove and Breaking Free from Compulsive Exercise with Amy Gardner, MS, CEDRD, RYT

In this episode, Karin welcomes Amy Gardner, MS, CEDRD, RYT, founder, author, creator, and registered dietitian with over twenty years of clinical experience and personal recovery experience, to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “iMove and Breaking Free from Compulsive Exercise.”

Join Karin and Amy for a discussion on body connection through joyful movement, trauma induced states as a means of survival, healthy versus compulsive exercise, the importance of slowing down, safe exercise in the recovery process, Amy’s book “iMove, Helping Your Clients Heal from Compulsive Exercise,” the iMove™ program, and much more.

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Picking Up the Pieces with Linda and Jack Mazur

In this episode, Karin welcomes authors, parents, and advocates, Linda and Jack Mazur to the show for our newest episode, “Picking Up the Pieces.”

Join Karin, Linda, and Jack for a discussion on the loss of their daughter Emilee to her eating disorder, their memoir “Emilee: The Story of a Girl and Her Family Hijacked by Anorexia,” eating disorder mortality rates, the financial cost of eating disorders, the importance of getting to know clients (not just their eating disorder), the ways in which society could improve their approach to eating disorders and mental illness, how HIPAA can do the opposite of protecting clients, recognizing the time it can take to recover, and much more.

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Self Love is the Best Love with Connie Sobczak

In this episode, Karin welcomes writer, educator, and mentor Connie Sobczak to the show for our newest episode, “Self Love is the Best Love.”

Join Karin and Connie for a discussion on Connie’s experience while writing her novel, “Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!),” the ways children absorb body-shaming messages, the impact of bonding over body hatred, the role diversity plays in preparing children to navigate a diet-obsessed culture, tips for becoming an expert of your own body, Connie’s motivation for co-funding The Body Positive non-profit, the 5 Competencies of the Be Body Positive Model, and much more!

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Correlation Does Not Equal Causation with Harriet Brown

In this episode, Karin welcomes Harriet Brown, journalist, advocate, mother, and accomplished author of numerous books including Body of Truth and Brave Girl Eating, to the show for our newest episode, “Correlation Does Not Equal Causation.”

Join Karin and Harriet for a discussion on Harriet’s experience while chronicling her daughter’s eating disorder and recovery in Brave Girl Eating, how the education provided in school propagates food issues, the damage of “fat shaming” as a motivation to lose weight, how a starved brain does not discriminate based on body size and/or weight, how our diet obsessed culture’s body centric focus dehumanizes individuals, looking at the diet-industry’s worth to understand its lies, and much more!

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It's Never Too Late to be a Work in Progress with Betsy Brenner

In this episode, Karin welcomes Betsy Brenner, mentor, eating disorder recovery speaker, and author of “The Longest Match: Rallying to Defeat an Eating Disorder in Mid-Life” to the show for our newest episode, “It's Never Too Late to be a Work in Progress.”

Join Karin and Betsy as they discuss the components of an eating disorder “perfect storm,” coping with the reemergence of buried, internalized experiences, the need for self-care, vulnerability as an acceptable and necessary practice, the challenges of meeting one’s needs, changing the role of movement from an obsession to a healing mechanism, the deeper level of healing that comes with sharing one’s story, the evolution of Betsy’s recovery story, the process of publishing her memoir “The Longest Match: Rallying to Defeat an Eating Disorder in Mid-Life,” and much more.

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Recovery in Flight with Kerrie Baldwin

In this episode, Karin welcomes Kerrie Baldwin author of "I, Dragonfly: A Memoir of Recovery and Flight," which chronicles her perilous journey to remission from anorexia, to the show for our newest episode, “Recovery in Flight.”

Join us for a discussion on culture’s normalizing of health and wellness, treading the line of being “health conscious” and having disordered eating/thoughts/behaviors, recovering while parenting, the risks of trying to appear “put together,” sitting in the discomfort of recovery, countering and reframing diet culture’s messages to your children, internalized fatphobia in children, Kerrie’s book “I, Dragonfly: a Memoir of Recovery and Flight,” and much more!

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Recovery is Counterculture with Dr. Janean Anderson

In this episode, Karin welcomes Dr. Jean Anderson, licensed psychologist, author, and host of The Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast, to the show for “Recovery is Counterculture” our newest episode of Recovery Bites.

Together, Karin and Janean discuss integrative therapeutic healing, the fundamentals of Action Commitment Therapy (ACT) therapy, the fragmented nature of one’s true values vs eating disorder values, the self-propagating nature of an eating disorder’s set of values, how (and why) diet culture equates thinness to goodness, approval, and success, the path that led Janean to start her own eating disorder recovery podcast, how motivation to recover puts you one step closer to full recovery, and much more!

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Strong Recovery with Dr. Colleen Reichmann

In this episode, Karin is joined by Dr. Colleen Reichmann, licensed clinical psychologist working in private practice at Therapy for Eating Disorders and Body Image and co-author of “The Inside Scoop on Eating Disorder Recovery” to the show for “Strong Recovery” our newest episode of Recovery Bites.

Together, Karin and Colleen discuss sense of humor, Colleen’s book “The Inside Scoop on Eating Disorder Recovery,” how action steps serve as a catalyst to change, shedding toxic labels, finding patience and empathy as a provider, misconceptions that sabotage recovery efforts, and much more!

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The Full Helping with Gena Hamshaw, MS, RD

In this episode, Karin is joined by Gena Hamshaw, MS, RD, recovered food blogger, recipe developer, cookbook author, and registered dietitian for “The Full Helping,” our newest episode of Recovery Bites.

Together, Karin and Gena discuss Veganism and values, the non-linear recovery journey, the short term challenges and long term benefits of recovery, how Veganism can mask eating disorder behaviors, eating paradigms as an expression of motivation, flexibility in “balanced eating” (like cake for breakfast), and much more!

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Spoiler Alert! It's Not About the Food with Katie Barbaro, OTR/L

Join Karin alongside Katie Barbaro OTR/L, intuitive guide, creative doula, coach, comedian, and author of “Fed Up: An Illustrated Guide to Food Freedom.”

Together, Karin and Katie as they discuss using your voice to dismantle the power of shame, breaking free from the identity of one’s distorted thoughts, accepting the “now,” the absence of “noise” in recovery, the joys of the “messiness,” extending the principles of Intuitive Eating, overcoming limiting beliefs, and the upcoming release of Katie’s book “Fed Up: An Illustrated Guide to Food Freedom.”

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