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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 Courtney Gioia, mindset and body image coach, to the show for, "Joyful Movement."
Tune in to learn the meaning of Loyobo, taking off the pressure of fitness, the ways poor body image messages are relayed to children, exercise as “punishment,” the notion that being smaller makes one desirable, defining body positivity, how movement is not “one size fits all,” and more.
Read moreThis week, Karin sits down with Vanessa Scaringi, PhD, CEDS and Kathryn Garland, LCSW-S, co-owners of CALM Counseling, Austin, in our newest episode (and first sprinkle), ”Relational Ramblings.”
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In this episode, Karin welcomes Sierra Bloodgood and Dr. Chris Harris 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!
Read moreIn this episode, Karin welcomes Ken Capobianco, music critic, former college writing instructor, and recovered author to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “The Ballad of a Thin Man”
Join Karin and Ken for a conversation on shame and detail for men with eating disorders, the harm of specific gender focused treatment, the challenges of treating all genders, how food and sexuality intertwine, the medical complications of an eating disorder, the misperception of “scaring people straight,” the liberation of sharing one’s story of recovery, and much more.
Read moreIn this episode, Karin welcomes back Jennifer Kreatsoulas, PhD, certified yoga therapist, author, educator, advocate, and mother to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “The Recovery Long Haul”
Join Karin and Jennifer for a discussion on Jennifer’s battle with Long-haul COVID/post-COVID-19 syndrome, recognizing and abstaining from eating disorder behaviors despite long-term illness, the similarities and differences of eating disorders and invisible illness, the healing that accompanies feeling “seen and heard,” how an invisible illness can “look” to others, honoring the grief that accompanies living with a long-term illness, holding gratitude during the hardest times, the importance of connection, and much more.
Read moreIn this episode, Karin welcomes Dr. Moreen Rubin clinical therapist and eating disorder and trauma specialist to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “Facing Trauma and Peacing Yourself Back Together."
Join Karin and Moreen for a discussion on the mind, body, spirit connection, the habitual nature of human bodies, unresolved trauma as a barrier to change, aligning the body with one’s consciousness and destiny, challenging distress and disease through balance, the seven human needs, defining trauma from a bio psychosocial viewpoint, the role of “tuning out,” and much more!
Read moreIn this episode, Karin welcomes seasoned nutrition therapist and recognized leader in the field of eating disorders, Sondra Kronberg, MS, RD, CEDRD-S, to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “Get Out of Your Own Way”
Join Karin and Sondra for a discussion on the use of Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) approach to care, genetic dispositions for eating disorders, societies’ message of the “right” and “wrong” way to eat, looking outside oneself in recovery, the role of neuroplasticity in changing habits, going within to challenge barriers to recovery, assessing decisions that move one closer to recovery or closer to the eating disorder, and much more!
Read moreIn this episode, Karin welcomes Julie Duffy Dillon, MS, RDN, NCC, CEDRD-S, registered dietitian and PCOS expert, to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “PCOS is Not a Four Letter Word.”
Join Karin and Julie for a conversation on the intersection of PCOS and eating disorders, PCOS statistics, the harmful message that weight can cause PCOS, the importance of acknowledging a client’s socioeconomic situation, healing from medical system neglect, Julie’s podcast “Love, Food,” and much more!
Read moreIn this episode, Karin welcomes Dr. Wendy Oliver-Pyatt, Board Certified psychiatrist, mom, writer, clinician, and leader in the field of eating disorders to the show for our newest episode, “Recovery From Within with Wendy Oliver-Pyatt, MD, FAED, CEDS.”
Join Karin and Wendy for a discussion on the shifting perceived “weakness”, attunement in the client relationship, upholding expectations and accountability as an expression of hope, Within Health’s approach to eating disorder care, using exposure therapy to make peace with food, changing the mindset of treatment refractory to healing experiences, and much more!
Read moreIn this episode, Karin welcomes Nicole Farnsworth, MS, RD, CSSD, LDN, CPT, to the show for "Empowering Balance Over Performance" our newest episode of Recovery Bites.
Together, Karin and Nicole discuss the mental and physical energy required for collegiate athletes, cultural and ritualistic competition preparation risks, “race weight,” the Female Athlete Triad and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sports (REDS), the prevalence of eating disorders in certain sports, athletic character traits, and much more!
Read moreIn this episode, Karin is joined by Kristina Saffran, co-founder and CEO of Equip Health, co-founder and active board member of Project HEAL, and Forbes 30 under 30 social entrepreneur to the show for “Family Based Recovery” our newest episode of Recovery Bites.
Together, Karin and Kristina discuss the motivation for Kristina to begin Project HEAL as a teenager, stereotypes as they relate to access to care, the ways in which Kristina’s work has proven that recovery is possible (and worth it), the role of crisis in the family system, virtual treatment vs. standard treatment, honoring the difficulties of navigating the transition from higher level of care, and much more!
Read moreJoin Karin alongside Elyse Resch, MS, RDN, CEDRD-S, Fiaedp, FAND. Elyse is nationally known for her work in helping patients break free from diet culture through the Intuitive Eating process and she is the co-author of “Intuitive Eating,” a revolutionary book and movement now in its fourth edition.
Together, we talk about the Intuitive Eating Principles, changing the narrative of how we relate to food and body, diet culture’s oppressive messages, the harm of weight stigma, and instinct and emotional states compared to our belief systems (and much more).
Read moreJoin Karin alongside thirdwheelED co-creators Jamie (OJ) Bushell and Jamie Dannenberg, MS, RDN, LDN as they share their insights and perspectives into eating disorder treatment and recovery within the LGBTQIA+ community.
thirdwheelED is a social media advocacy platform that strives to increase the visibility of how eating disorders and other mental illnesses disproportionately impact LGBTQIA+ communities as well as raise awareness of nontraditional caregivers who support folks in ED recovery.
Read moreI am so excited to welcome Talia Drew to the show for “Matters of Compassion,” our newest episode of Recovery Bites. Join us as we discuss how the lack of eating disorder care in the UK, the benefits of non-judgmental self talk, the compassionate approach model, vulnerability faced when entering a new culture, emotion regulation systems, the three systems at play, and the need to find balance between the three, and much more!
Read moreI am so excited to welcome Lisa Denning to the show for “Seeing Recovery Through Ocean Eyes,” our newest episode of Recovery Bites. Join us as we discuss how fear states can prevent those with eating disorders from “following their heart,” the importance of being present in the moment, the imperfect path to recovery, how pain in an eating disorder can shift to joy in recovery, “showing up” to face recovery challenges, the healing nature of the ocean and Lisa’s unique experience with it, and much more!
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