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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!
This week, Karin welcomes Kate Kendall, one of Australia’s most well-respected yoga teachers, to the show for, "The Space Between."
Join us for a discussion on the ways eating disorders weave through one’s life, little T trauma vs big T trauma, how shame can leave one imprisoned, the healing that comes with sharing shame, the difference between being “well” and being “healthy,” the innate need for support and connection, and much more.
Read moreThis week, Karin welcomes Jessica Grosman, MS, RD, LDN, RYT-500, Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Yoga Teacher, to the show for, "Dropping Into Your Body."
Tune in for a discussion on the shift from disordered eating to an eating disorder, the challenges that arise when disengaging from dieting, identifying disordered eating in a diet-focused culture, how yoga is more than a physical practice, the importance of self-compassion, the BYB model, and more!
Read moreThis week, Karin welcomes Rachel Harvest, MS, RDN, CDN, registered dietitian, behavioral health specialist, personal coach, and pilates apparatus instructor, to the show for, ”A Recipe for Loving Yourself”
Listen to a discussion on the four pillars of “self” that comprise The Harvest Method, the role of connecting to and understanding self on the healing journey, shifting from “not/either” to “both/and” to achieve balanced living, self-empowering through “I don’t know,” Project: Love, Me, one mindedness versus multitasking, growing up in ballet and the culture that comes with, and much more.
Read moreIn 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!
Read moreThis 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.”
Read moreIn this episode, Karin welcomes Bérénice Mertens, RYT, certified yoga & meditation teacher and yoga therapist specializing in eating disorders, to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “Stepping Out of Silence”
Join Karin and Bérénice for a conversation on oscillating between different ed behaviors, rediscovering yourself on the yoga mat, letting go of beliefs that no longer suit you, surrendering rather than waiting to “hit rock bottom,” the marriage of talk therapy and yoga therapy, and much more.
Read moreIn 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
Read moreIn this episode, Karin welcomes JD Ouellette, MS, educator turned eating disorder professional to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, #104, “Radical Responsibility.”
Join Karin and JD for a conversation on the importance of early, family intervention, the role of psychoeducation for supports, how Family-Based Treatment (FBT) supports and changes the family system, the ways in which the eating disorder “voice” is the loudest voice, challenging parental fears of perpetuating harm for their child, setting boundaries with children, radical responsibility that comes with lived experience, and much more!
Read moreIn this episode, Karin welcomes Lindsey Magner, MMFC-T (she/her), Marriage and Family Therapist, specializing in trauma, LGBTQIA+, attachment, non-traditional family structures, relationships, and life transitions, to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “I'm Not Broken, I'm Just Gay”
Join Karin and Lindsey for a conversation on the challenges of feeling broken and finding authentic self, the spiritual experience of loving your body, love as a feeling as opposed to an action, the intersection of eroticism and embodiment, examining pleasure outside of the confines of societal and religious beliefs, embracing sexual and spiritual transformation in recovery, recognizing the harm of performative lifestyles, inner child work, societal demands for self-denial, non-traditional family structures, the sanctity of truth, the act of “showing up” for yourself and others, what recovery is to Lindsey, and much more!
Read moreIn this episode, Karin welcomes Dr. Anita Johnston, Ph.D., CEDS-S, clinical psychologist, certified eating disorders specialist and supervisor, author of "Eating in the Light of the Moon: How Women Can Transform Their Relationship with Food Through Myths, Metaphors, and Storytelling," and eating psychology pioneer with a passion for working with eating difficulties for over thirty-five years to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “Starving the Soul... Metaphorically Speaking.”
Join Karin and Dr. Johnston for a discussion on the transformational power of collective healing practices, what it means to “belong” as opposed to “fitting in,” the use of metaphors from a therapeutic standpoint, shifting one’s understanding of triggers, holistically addressing hunger, Anita’s best selling novel, “Eating in the Light of the Moon,” and much more!
Read moreIn this episode, Karin welcomes American country music singer-songwriter Abby Anderson to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “Burden on Her Shoulders.”
Join Karin and Abby for a conversation on Abby’s recovery from her eating disorder, breaking down the roles and habits, mindfulness to create space to move towards authentic self, conveying deep emotions through art, censoring our own thoughts, the distance created by trying to “fit-in,” shedding feelings of shame and guilt, accepting that we are not responsible for other’s perceptions of us, “Bad Posture,” and more.
Read moreIn this episode, Karin welcomes Holly Toronto, CHC, Masters Level Health Coach, group facilitator, and podcaster to the show for our newest episode, “From Objectification to Personification.”
Join Karin and Holly as they discuss the body ideals of the fashion industry, the evolution of objectification, the exclusivity of the sizing in the fashion industry, prioritizing self-expression over self-consciousness when choosing what we wear, how shame cannot beget sustainable change, the intangibility of self-worth versus the intangibility of the human body, and much more!
Read moreIn this episode, Karin is joined by Mira Rocca, MA, LMFT, Licensed Integrative Psychotherapist, Wellness Coach, Writer and Speaker to the show for “Body and Soul,” our newest episode of Recovery Bites.
Together, Karin and Mira discuss “growing up” stories, reconnecting with one’s inner voice, empowered healing, vulnerability in teenage years, understanding the emotions driving our personal narrative, yoga as a mirror for life, healing our relationship with our body through yoga, moving away from self-judgment and moving towards our life, the grounding nature of equine therapy, snd much more (including lots of laughter)!
Read moreIn this episode, Karin is joined by Jessica Flint, MS, Founder of Recovery Warriors, CEO of True Warrior, and host of the “Recovery Warrior Show” to the show for “Rise Up and Recover,” our newest episode of Recovery Bites.
Together, Karin and Jessica discuss how she uses her platforms to support and empower, finding your “true self,” healthy boundary setting, combating feelings of emptiness, supporting your humanness with compassion, the value of learning from your mistakes, owning who you are today to allow for you to become who you want to be, and much more!
Read moreJoin Karin alongside Dr. Adele Lafrance, clinical psychologist, research scientist, author and co-developer of emotion-focused treatment modalities, including Emotion-Focused Family Therapy for Eating Disorders in this week’s episode of Recovery Bites.
Together, Karin and Adele discuss caregiver blame, emotion processing, the Emotion-Focused Family Therapy Model, the benefits of psychedelic medicine, inner healing intelligence, creating neuropathways, activating the “stuck” inner healer to move towards health and wellness, creating embodied experiences of one’s essential qualities, the healing power of love and spirituality, and much more.
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