Recovery Bites Podcast

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!

Unpacking Weight Stigma with Chelsea Levy (She/Her), MS

January 31, 2022 Karin Lewis

In this episode, Karin welcomes Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and soon-to-be Registered Dietitian Chelsea Levy (she/her), MS to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “Unpacking Weight Stigma.”

Join Karin and Chelsea as they define “body liberation,” discuss accessibility, the harm caused by the medical community, the lack of dietitians living in larger-bodies, the exclusion of body diversity by the FDA, the large scale oppression of human rights for those living in larger-bodies, our internalized value system as it presents in nutrition therapy, how stress contributes to poor body image, Chelsea’s work to create a safe, inclusive community space to explore food and body, and more!

Killing Us Softly with Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D.

January 17, 2022 Karin Lewis

In this episode, Karin welcomes pioneering activist, speaker, and writer, Jean Kilbourne, Ed.D. to the show for the newest episode of Recovery Bites, “Killing Us Softly.”

Join Karin and Jean for a discussion on the societal impact of advertising both historically and currently, the the focus of modern day advertising, the trivialization of violence in advertising, advertising's subjective view of beauty, the role of capitalism, recovering amidst the pressure of advertising, “Killing Us Softly” Jean’s groundbreaking film examining advertising’s image of women, and much more!

Burden on Her Shoulders with Abby Anderson

January 3, 2022 Karin Lewis

In 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.