Radical Responsibility with JD Ouellette, MS

In 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!

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I'm Not Broken, I'm Just Gay with Lindsey Magner, MMFC-T (she/her)

In 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!

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Starving the Soul... Metaphorically Speaking with Dr. Anita Johnston, PH.D., CEDS-S

In 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!

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