disordered eating

It’s SUPER common for my clients who struggle with constant food thoughts, binge eating, and missing periods to ALSO struggle with digestive issues.

…then to be diagnosed with IBS in their Gastroenterologist’s office and handed a “Low FODMAP diet” sheet 🙄.

If something similar happened to you - you’re gonna want to listen to this episode..

For someone who’s struggling with symptoms like food anxiety, urges to binge and missing periods…a VERY restrictive diet like Low FODMAP is often the exact OPPOSITE of what you need.

The vast majority of people with disordered eating also struggle with digestive issues...because of the STRESS and MALNUTRITION that under eating, over exercising and restrictive food rules cause!

The last thing you need in this situation is more restrictions.

So in this episode, we’ll be covering:

• How disordered eating impacts digestion

• WHY the Low FODMAP diet is not recommended for those with disordered eating

• And what to do INSTEAD to heal your gut health

Enjoy!

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What would your life look like if you strived to be 1% better each day? Imagine the compounded growth over time, transforming not just your physical well-being but your mental health, your relationships, and your approach to life's challenges. Our guests this week share how the small, incremental steps guide us toward becoming the best version of ourselves!

In this conversation, Dr. Powers is joined by Sean and Zach Pappert, AKA The MEEF Twins. MEEF stands for Motivating Everyone to Enjoy Fitness, and that's exactly what Sean and Zack plan to do! Sean and Zack want to help everyone around them feel good about their bodies and live a healthy lifestyle, both mentally and physically.

Their fitness journeys began on opposite sides of the eating spectrum. Through their own individual fitness journeys and the lessons they have learned along the way, they have become the best versions of themselves and want to inspire others to do the same. If you're looking to create small goals in your life to achieve big achievements, then this episode is for you!

Topics Discussed:

• What it's like to be on opposite ends of the disordered eating spectrum

• Why we need to open the discussion around mental health 

• Having a "pennies in the bank" mindset

• Overcoming intimidation in the gym

• Re-writing your story to create a healthier future

Connect with the MEEF Twins:

• Website: https://meeffitness.com 

• IG: https://www.instagram.com/meeffitness/ 

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An obsession with healthy eating has become part of the Eating Disorder and disordered eating spectrum. But how do we differentiate between taking responsibility for our health and disorder? Where's the line? This episode looks at:

• What's wrong with valuing health and nutrition?
• What is orthorexia?
• How did Stef develop orthorexia in her 30's?
• Healthy eating as a vehicle for black and white thinking
• Basic nutritional wisdom (aka Gentle Nutrition)as an Intuitive Eating principle
• Is identifying with Clean Eating a bad thing? And if it's not, who would benefit from it?
• But what if you're addicted to processed foods?
• Flag: Do you bring your own food coolers to social events?
• Those moderate, peaceful, non-obsessed people. How do they do it??!
• Is it possible to be neutral about nutrition if you have an ED background?
• Carrots and cupcakes
• Permitters and restrictors
• But the doctors and experts say XYZ!!!
• Stef's Gentle Nutrition Course starts in April!

This week, we’ve got a guest. I brought along Dr. Gilly Kahn to talk to us about ADHD in adults, what it looks like, why it’s missed and the challenges that we can face as a result. For the highly intelligent, successful people that I work with, considering this diagnosis has been challenging. There is such a pervasive stigma around this diagnosis and I’m hopeful that today’s episode opens your mind and expands your view, that it has you reconsider. Learn about aspects you may have missed or misunderstood as well as way we can cope.

Do you want to Change Your Relationship with Food? The program begins this month, to save your seat, click here! Get started to take advantage of weekly "office hours" support with Ashley thru April.

The Women's Circle is opening up this month. Interested? Get more info here:

You can find more information about Gilly on her website drgillykahn.com  and on Instagram @drgillykahn.

Interested in Private Retreats and Intensives ? You don’t want to miss out! Click here for more information and to stay informed.

Questions? Looking for one to one support? Email me ashley@ashleymchan.com

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Ann Saffi Biasetti, PhD, LCSWR, CEDS, CIAYT, is a practicing clinician for over 34 years. She is a Transpersonal Psychologist specializing in somatic psychotherapy, eating disorders, and trauma recovery. She is the originator of the Befriending Your Body Program, a program of somatic self-compassion for disordered eating recovery and the Embodied Life training center for yoga therapeutics. She is a certified mindfulness teacher, Mindful Self-Compassion (MSC) teacher, and Certified Yoga Therapist (C-IAYT).

Dr. Biasetti specializes in integrating somatic self-compassion into disordered eating recovery. She consults and lectures extensively on the topics of somatic psychotherapy, embodiment, polyvagal theory in recovery and interoceptive awareness, and eating disorder recovery and is an instructor at the Center for Mindful Body Awareness. She has featured CE webinars and workshops through PESI and trains professionals in the Befriending Your Body (BFYB) certification program for eating disorder recovery.

She is the author of Befriending Your Body: A Self-Compassionate Approach to Freeing Yourself from Disordered Eating and The Awakening Self-Compassion Card Deck: 52 Practices for Self-Care, Healing and Growth. Dr. Biasetti maintains a private practice in Saratoga Springs, NY.

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The content of our show is educational only. It does not supplement or supersede your healthcare provider's professional relationship and direction. Always seek the advice of your physician or other qualified mental health providers with any questions you may have regarding a medical condition, substance use disorder, or mental health concern.

Today I'm going through a deep dive on why you shouldn't comment on someone's body, even if it's a before and after and you want to celebrate with them.

Download my free workbook here to overcome your own obsession: https://nextstepnutrition.co.uk/freeguide/ 

HAES health sheets: https://haeshealthsheets.com/resources/ 

Today I'm going through a deep dive on why you shouldn't comment on someone's body, even if it's a before and after and you want to celebrate with them.

Download my free workbook here to overcome your own obsession: https://nextstepnutrition.co.uk/freeguide/ 

HAES health sheets: https://haeshealthsheets.com/resources/ 

February 20, 2024
Love You More
Ep 37: The Weight of It

Episode summary:

In this candid, vulnerable episode, Jen opens up about her past struggles with disordered eating and control around food and exercise. This year has re-ignited some of these old thinking patterns and Jen shares openly about how she's still healing this part of her.

Favorite Quotes:

“Peeling back the artichoke leaves to get to the very juicy heart of peace, acceptance, love, and letting go of some control.”

Resources 

Jennifer's Instagram
McDaniel Nutrition Therapy Instagram
McDaniel Nutrition Therapy Website
Past Podcast Episodes

This week we talk food cravings, the science behind what makes us crave what we crave. From the pleasure  neurochemicals dopamine to hormones and sugar, we look at what compels us to eat, what motivates our food choices and how we can understand and make mindful, grounded choices to eat. We explore what makes emotional eating emotional eating and if willpower is really what it’s all about. 

Do you want to Change Your Relationship with Food? Catch the info session to learn more, click here! Sign up before March for a 40% discount and a free one-on-one coaching call with Ashley to get you started:)

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 Your Feelings Wheel here

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 Questions? Looking for one to one support? Email me ashley@ashleymchan.com

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This week we're talking diets, weight loss and the inevitable weight gain that most experience. From clean eating to intermittent fasting some of the most revered approaches to diet can lead to preoccupation with food and patterns of disordered eating. Research is showing that dieting, that is restricting the way we eat in some way shape or form, is likely to result in a return to our original weight within a year, and now we are seeing that dieting can lead to gaining back more than was originally lost. In today's show we'll take a peak into the science of it all to understand why diets fail (and why you aren't a failure if they don't work for you). 

Do you want to Change Your Relationship with Food? The program begins this March, to save your seat, click here! Sign up before March for a 40% discount and a free one-on-one coaching call with Ashley to get you started:)

Questions? Looking for one to one support? Email me ashley@ashleymchan.com

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Want to connect? Follow along on Instagram where I offer more about life, living and coping throughout:)

This week’s episode is all about Body Image. How we develop it, what sustains it and how we can change that. We’ll talk body acceptance, body neutrality and ways to being create a shift for ourselves and those we care about.

Do you want to Change Your Relationship with Food? The program begins this March, to save your seat, click here! Sign up before March for a 40% discount and a FREE one-on-one coaching call with Ashley to get you started:)

Click here more about one-on-one work with Ashley? Connect here:)

Interested in Private Retreats and Intensives ? You don’t want to miss out! Click here for more information and to stay informed.

Everything (and a bit more about me) can be found here: ashleymchan.com

Questions? Looking for one to one support? Email me ashley@ashleymchan.com

Did you enjoy today’s episode? Then you’ll love my email list. I’ll share tidbits from life, the blog, the offerings, my favorite practices and the newest learnings from the research. Sign up at https://www.ashleymchan.com/contact

Want to connect? Follow along on Instagram where I offer more about life, living and coping throughout:)

Get rid of the word discipline and instead embrace internal motivation and willpower in the correct way - find out how by listening on!

Download my free workbook here: https://nextstepnutrition.co.uk/freeguide/ 

Join us in Beyond the Mirror Club here: https://nextstepnutrition.co.uk/beyond-the-mirror-club/ 

Get rid of the word discipline and instead embrace internal motivation and willpower in the correct way - find out how by listening on!

Download my free workbook here: https://nextstepnutrition.co.uk/freeguide/ 

Join us in Beyond the Mirror Club here: https://nextstepnutrition.co.uk/beyond-the-mirror-club/ 

The third in a four-part series of Back to Basics; this episode reviews helpful tools for recovery from disordered eating and eating disorders. Tools include cognitive, somatic, emotional, behavioral/practical resources to support your recovery with a list of helpful accounts, books, podcasts, and links below. 

• Education from social media, books, podcasts, etc
• The case for regular eating
• How ghrelin works
• "All-in" recovery or a gradual approach?
• Does body size matter if you do all-in? Is it easier to do in a smaller body? The part of the conversation that gets glossed over on social media.
• Is it true that you ALWAYS gain weight in recovery?
• Why is self awareness important?
• Tools we used for increased self-awareness
• The various approaches to self-compassion
• Retreats, including Sarah's highly recommended UK retreat (and the US version)
• Inner child work

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Connect with the show!

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/

Email – lifeafterdietspodcast@gmail.com

Website – www.lifeafterdietspodcast.com

Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist 

Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Somatic Experiencing and Nervous System Regulation Course - starts January 29 2024: https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/sebegin 

RESOURCES:

Books:

Free audio recording of Sarah’s book: https://youtu.be/Qr5qmQxiutw?si=RdTf9q07wNbmWniE

The Fuck It Diet by Caroline Dooner

Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch (featured on LAD Episodes 102 & 103)

Body Neutrality by Jessi Kneeland

More Than a Body by Lindsay & Lexie Kite

The Body Is Not an Apology by Sonya Renee Taylor

Recovery accounts:

Sarah’s YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/thebingeeatingtherapist

https://www.instagram.com/iamstefaniemichele/

https://www.instagram.com/the_binge_eating_therapist/

https://www.instagram.com/intuitive.eating.ireland/

https://www.instagram.com/intuitive.eating.ni/

https://www.instagram.com/mkaincoaching/

https://www.instagram.com/knacoaching/

https://www.instagram.com/bingefreeandbeautiful/

https://www.instagram.com/body_peace_liberation

https://www.instagram.com/theeatingdisordertherapist

https://www.instagram.com/theeatingdisordernutritionist

Nondiet fitness accounts:

https://www.instagram.com/elenakunickird/

https://www.instagram.com/amysnellingpt/

https://www.instagram.com/sizeinclusiveyoga

Body Image accounts:

https://www.instagram.com/jessikneeland/

https://www.instagram.com/mybodypositivehome/

https://www.instagram.com/bodyimagewithbri/

Sarah’s favourite YouTube yoga channels:

https://www.youtube.com/@yogawithkassandra and https://www.youtube.com/@yogawithadriene

Byron Katie’s method: https://thework.com/ and her examples on YouTube https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=byron+katie

The retreat Sarah’s always banging on about:

https://www.heros-journey.co.uk/

LAD Episode mentions:

Episode 107: Journaling

Episodes 101-103: Intuitive Eating Series

Episode 87: Highly Sensitive Person

Episode 56: Food planning/logging

Episode 57: Trauma and eating

Sarah’s guided meditations: https://youtu.be/uhFEtY4Drs0?si=vrGgIDth0fQTLQgk https://youtu.be/4qRtno0UBjI?si=jGf3TKRI_PxXVIni https://youtu.be/HbiBvGoPnVA?si=2ww0kuYztUxuWEwo

Journal with Sarah: https://youtu.be/MMr5IhwgBL4?si=TsnmizIpmKpNyPBJ

Podcasts:

Second in a four-part Back to Basics Series, this episode looks at the question of how we develop disordered eating, eating disorders, and body image issues. What causes it to get so...well, disordered... for some people and not for others? 

• The Minnesota Starvation Experiment
• Social and Family influences
• Growing up in the 80s, 90s and 2000s
• Why do some people develop a disorder and not others?
• Perfectionism and black and white thinkers
• The role of Self esteem
• Nature or nurture?
• The role of trauma and the nervous system
• The Primal Brain
• Mental Restriction
• Stef's Somatic Experiencing and Nervous System Regulation Course for beginners - starts January 29 2024:  https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/sebegin 

Join the LAD Membership

Connect with the show!

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/

Email – lifeafterdietspodcast@gmail.com

Website – www.lifeafterdietspodcast.com

Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist 

Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Somatic Experiencing and Nervous System Regulation Course (for beginners - starts January 29 2024): https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/sebegin 

Today's episode is also brought to you by my virtual practice, Nourishing Minds Nutrition. Save time and see if you're a good fit by sending me a DM with the word PODCAST. We are currently booking for January, reach out today to ensure you can start off your New Year with a personalized plan for period and disordered eating recovery!

Today's episode is also brought to you by Primally Pure. Primally Pure is the only skincare company I have used consistently, every single day, since 2017. My absolute favorite products are the fancy face serum, body butter, everything spray, plumping mask, vanilla&citrus deo and the gua sha stone. You can use the code NOURISHINGMINDSNUTRITION10 for 10% off every order!

A few important announcements:

• Private coaching offers you personalized support so that you can feel at peace with food and your body, get your period back, & restore health/fertility. We are currently booking for January! Click here to learn more.

• Looking instead for eating disorder recovery support? Click here to learn about our individual eating disorder counseling sessions.

• Our newest free guide is the Body Trust Meditation. Use this meditation to learn how to trust your body and food choices, so that you can experience freedom with food.

• Help us grow the podcast! By leaving a written review and taking a screenshot of that review and emailing it to me at hello@nourishingmindsnutrition.com, I'll send you back your choice of the Meal Planning Guide, Gentle Nutrition Masterclass or Fear of Weight Gain Masterclass for completely free to say thank you.

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Catastrophizing things like what we've eaten or how much weight we've gained (for example) can often led to despair or fear-based decision-making. In this conversation, we explore what catastrophization is, why we do it, and strategies to deal with it. We also discuss:

• Feelings of catastrophization post binge
• "Meta-eating" as a version of catastrophizing (meta-eating is Stef's terminology for eating more because you're upset that you're eating)
• What's the problem with catastrophizing, ultimately?
• What are we supposed to DO when we feel this way? What can help?
• The role of doubt
• Reality testing -- is is smart to compare our fears to realities, especially when it comes to body image?
• Is it easier to catastrophize than to feel things?
• Somatic Experiencing and Nervous System Regulation Course (for beginners - starts January 29 2024): COURSE DETAILS

Join the LAD Membership

Connect with the show!

Instagram – https://www.instagram.com/lifeafterdietspodcast/

Email – lifeafterdietspodcast@gmail.com

Website – www.lifeafterdietspodcast.com

Connect with Sarah Dosanjh

Website – www.thebingeeatingtherapist.com

YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/c/TheBingeEatingTherapist 

Sarah’s book I Can’t Stop Eating is available on Amazon

Connect with Stefanie Michele

Website – www.iamstefaniemichele.com

Somatic Experiencing and Nervous System Regulation Course (for beginners - starts January 29 2024): https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/sebegin 

Body Image Webinar + Workbook: https://www.iamstefaniemichele.com/get-started/p/bodyimage

In this episode Hannah chats with exercise physiologist Sarah Liz King about Hypothalmic Amenorrhea (HA) and athletes. They dive into what HA is, how it impacts performance and some common questions and experiences athletes may like to think about as they consider their recovery journey. 

Book your roadmapping session: https://allbodiesservices.com.au/get-started/ 

Find your best dietitian quiz: https://allbodiesservices.outgrow.us/allbodiesservices-14 

Get in touch with Sarah: 

Website: https://sarahlizking.com/

Instagram: @sarahlizking

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@sarahlizking

In this Episode:

01:29.0 - Meet Sarah Liz King

11:33.9 - What is Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA)?

17:48.2 - Will you always lose your period when you're underfuelling?

20:03.2 - Can you lose your period or have HA without losing weight? 

24:17.1 - Is HA more common in the neurodivergent population?

26:54.5 - How do athletes balance the impact of HA with body composition pressures?

33:37.4 - What are some early signs of HA that athletes can look out for?

37:12.9 - What does a HA recovery journey look like?

45:05.9 - The real challenges of HA recovery for athletes

51.41.0 - Do athletes need to gain weight to get their periods back and how to work through this

What comes to mind when I ask you this question:

Are you healthy?

My guess is, if your answer is "yes," you started running down a list of physical metrics that support your answer.  Like, your recent bloodwork was good, you exercise regularly, you "eat right."

I'm also going to guess that if your answer is "no," you also ran down a list of physical metrics that support your answer.  Things like, I don't workout enough, I don't eat "good" enough, my A1C is too high.

But here's my other question:  why, when I asked about health, did you only focus on your physical health?  (Unless of course you focused on other things and if that's the case, good for you!)  

We seem to live in a world where when we think of health and wellness, we only think about our physical body.  But in reality, there are eight different aspects of health.  Yeah--I didn't know that either.  Any idea what they are?  See if you can guess...I'll wait...

How many of these did you get:  physical, intellectual, emotional, social, spiritual, vocational, financial, and environmental.  

Eight different aspects of health.  I think that's really important to remember, and I'll tell you why.  First of all, there is so much more to us than just our physical bodies.  We all have relationships to nurture, jobs to do, money to manage, and brains to build.  And, of course, we all have feelings and emotions that are incredibly important to attend to as well.  

And secondly, we live in a world that equates weight with health.  So when we focus predominantly on physical health, we tend to focus far too much on weight.  And that can be really damaging to the other aspects of health. I've seen time and time again clients who are essentially engaging in disordered eating in order to achieve a weight that (supposedly) makes them physically healthy (I say supposedly because weight loss does not always result in a marked improvement in health.  In fact, weight loss very often leads to weight gain, and this cycle can damage your physical health) 

That's not health.  

I can't say that often enough or loud enough.  Damaging your emotional health for the sake of physical health isn't health.  Period end of story.

On this week's podcast, we're talking about what being healthy actually means, and how to make sure you're doing what contributes to good health for you.  Spoiler alert:  it may not be what the rest of the world says it is.  

I think this is a really important topic as we head into the holiday season (because I'm guessing you have parts that are concerned about all of the holiday treats in your near future and whether or not eating them is "healthy") and of course into January (when diet culture BS will be in full-swing!).  Take a listen!