The Jots of Becoming with Lucie Waldman

Join Karin alongside Lucie Waldman, author of “The Jots of Becoming: A Journey of Hope and Recovery,” where she offers readers narratives and insights after fully recovering from Anorexia Nervosa. Lucie includes recovery pieces that intersect with the Jewish holidays and considers herself a Jewish recovery advocate. She is passionate about being part of the change of the recovery community and hopes to inspire others that full recovery is possible.

Together, Karin and Lucie talk about sharing your recovery experience, the harm in labeling clients, finding ways to recover “differently,” dietary restrictions in Judaism, the medical dangers in relapse and recovery, recovery communities, how Lucie uses her Instagram platform to create a supportive and healing environment, and much more!

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The Body Is Not an Apology with Sonya Renee Taylor

In all of my years of being recovered, no one had ever uttered the words that I truly felt in my eating disorder until, Sonya Renee Taylor. Upon reading the title of her book, “The Body Is Not an Apology” my experience of suffering had become encapsulated in a way I didn’t think existed. Recording this episode with Sonya was (and is) one of the greatest gifts I’ve received as being a recovered person, and I am so proud to share her voice and wisdom, and so grateful that I no longer have to apologize for being me.

In celebration of our fiftieth episode of Recovery Bites, I am absolutely honored to welcome author, poet, and teacher, Sonya Renee Taylor, to the show for “The Body is Not an Apology”. Join us as we discuss the unique paths to liberation, our innate relationship with our body (and the bodies of others), living/existing/surviving/thriving in a society that profits from body-mind disconnect, internalizing radical self-love, dismantling the systems within ourselves, oppressive messages of “better” bodies, the Body-Shame Profit Complex, advocating and rebalancing oppressive systems through community building, and much more!

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The Language of Recovery with Carmen Cool, MA, LPC

 
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Episode 46 -
The Language of Recovery with Carmen Cool, MA, LPC

by Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS

IN THIS EPISODE:

This week, I am joined by Carmen Cool, MA, LPC, a politicized therapist, educator, speaker, and activist helping people heal their relationships with food and their bodies. For the past 20 years, Carmen has been working to dismantle diet culture, support the next generation of body liberation leaders, and shift the psychotherapy profession toward justice. She has also started and run a nonprofit, created youth programs, and speaks internationally on Health At Every Size ®, feminism and eating disorders, and weight stigma.


SOME OF THE TOPICS DISCUSSED:

  • Owning and respecting oneself despite what other people think.

  • Recovering from an eating disorder vs recovering from weight stigma.

  • How personal views can change over time.

  • Doing “whatever it takes” to heal from an eating disorder.

  • Who decides what “recovered” looks like?

  • There is no “one-size-fits-all” eating disorder or recovery and the paths are unique to the individual.

  • Challenging and embracing anger

  • How meeting societal expectations/misconceptions can be an achievement when one is in their eating disorder.

  • The diagnostic criteria used by insurance companies as a contributing factor to weight stigma.

  • Believing in the healing and preventative strength of activism.

  • Looking at how outside influences affect one’s relationship to their body.


ABOUT CARMEN COOL:

Carmen Cool, MA, LPC is a politicized therapist, educator, speaker, & activist helping people heal their relationships with food and their bodies. For the past 20 years, Carmen has been working to dismantle diet culture, support the next generation of body liberation leaders, and shift the psychotherapy profession toward justice. She has also started and run a nonprofit, created youth programs, and speaks internationally on Health At Every Size ®, feminism and eating disorders, and weight stigma. Carmen served as the Board President of the Association for Size Diversity and Health, was named “Most Inspiring Individual” in Boulder, Colorado, and was the recipient of the Excellence in Eating Disorder Advocacy Award in Washington, DC.


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ABOUT KARIN LEWIS:

Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS has been recovered from Anorexia Nervosa for over 20 years and has been specializing in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders since 2005. Karin is the founder of the Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center located in Boston, MA. You can visit Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center online to learn more about Karin and her center’s services. You can also connect with Karin on social media by following her on Facebook and Instagram.