IMPOWERED: ED & MH Recovery: Recent Episodes

Imogen Barnes

Hosted by Imogen Barnes, an inspired mental health advocate and founder of im_powering, this “power pod” celebrates authenticity, demolishes limiting belief systems, inspires growth and transforms pain into power. Every week, IMPOWERED, featuring spectacular interviewees, will deliver inspirational discussions that motivate, educate, empower healing, dismantle patriarchal standards and provoke change. Listen in to learn how to navigate emotions and experiences and identify how to integrate your values into your behaviours and goals.

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This special episode of IMPOWERED welcomes back the wonderful Sophie Smith to discuss navigating Christmas in recovery from an eating disorder. Tune in on how to cope with guilt after meals, body image, diet-culture chat around the dinner table, and challenging eating disorder behaviours during the festive season.

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Connect with Sophie!

Sophie's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/sophie_beyondrecovery/

Coaching:

https://www.uncovery.com.au/contact

Sophie's Twitter:

https://twitter.com/sophieclare1103?lang=en

Connect with Imogen:

Podcast Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en

IM_POWERING:

https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en

Support Services:

• Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

• Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

• The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au

• Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

• Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

• National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au

• Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

• General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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This episode brings you the PHENOMENAL Caz Baumber, an eating disorder and mental health conqueror, advocate, coach, and Doctor residing in the UK. Caz is making monumental movements in eating disorder awareness and treatment spaces, in person and online. Her knowledge, lived experience, and passion is driving change from both patient and provider perspectives. In our discussion, we talk to topics including Caz’s personal recovery journey, quasi recovery, the role of social media on the healing process, the impact of disordered eating behaviours in the context of human biology, and practical tips to cope with weight changes. If you’d like to get in contact with Caz at all, or even enquire into her coaching availability, you’ll be able to find links to her whereabouts in the show notes below. What an incredible human she is.

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Connect with Caz

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/caz.ually/?hl=en

Coaching & More:

https://linktr.ee/caz.ually

Connect with Imogen:

Podcast Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en

IM_POWERING:

https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en

Support Services:

• Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

• Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

• The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au

• Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

• Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

• National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au

• Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

• General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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In this empowering conversation, I chat to Cami Nelsen, an eating disorder survivor, advocate, and CEO of The Recovered Project.

We take a deep dive into the differences in seeking treatment and barriers associated with doing so between Australia and the USA. We chat about varying ways in which the treatment system fails people living with eating disorders, Cami’s personal journey to recovery, lessons learned on the road to healing, her role as an advocate, and SOOOO much more <3

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Connect with Cami:

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/camirecoversss/?hl=en

Spilling Lemonade Podcast:

https://spilling-lemonade.captivate.fm

Connect with me:

Podcast Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en

IM_POWERING:

https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en

Support Services:

• Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

• Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

• The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au

• Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

• Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

• National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au

• Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

• General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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In this episode, Emily shares her experience with Bulimia and navigating a treatment world that reflects a complete misunderstanding as to the honest nature of her suffering. She details the ins and outs of her experience and offers the lesser spoken perspective of someone who’s eating disorder is not food or body centric. Emily is insightful, inspiring, and speaks words the world needs to hear.

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Connect with Emily:

https://www.instagram.com/emilysamama/?hl=en

Connect with me:

Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en

IM_POWERING: https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en

Support Services:

•  Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

•  Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

•  The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au

•  Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

•  Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

•  National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au

•  Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

•  General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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When you look back upon the time you spent living with an eating disorder, do you tend to see it through rose tainted glasses? You won’t for long.

In this weeks episode, I read aloud YOUR description of what it’s like to live with an Eating Disorder and reveal how truly miserable it is to sustain such an illness.

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Connect with me: 

Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en

IM_POWERING: https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en

Support Services:

•  Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

•  Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 

•  The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au 

•  Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 

•  Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au 

•  National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au 

•  Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au 

•  General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/ 

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/imogen-barnes/message

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Questions about my eating disorder recovery: you asked, I answered.

In this episode:

  • A life ramble
  • My relationship with exercise and how I’ve embraced an intuitive relationship with movement
  • How to cope with body changes
  • Reframing weight gain
  • Reasons to embrace weight restoration
  • Giving yourself permission to eat alone
  • Dealing with people commenting on your body

This is a happy, filter free ramble that I hope finds your ears <3

// Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED

Connect with me:

Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en

IM_POWERING: https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en

Support Services:

  • Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14
  • Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636
  • The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au
  • Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800
  • Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au
  • National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au
  • Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au
  • General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/imogen-barnes/message

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Questions about my eating disorder recovery and mental health: you asked, I answered.

In this episode:

  • Medications for mental health: my experience
  • Treatment: inpatient and community
  • Eating disorders and friendships
  • How food regularity + adequacy improves your mood and overall quality of life
  • Navigating study: high school, higher education, and knowing what's important
  • & so much more

This is a happy, filter free ramble that I hope finds your ears <3

// Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED

Connect with me:

Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en

IM_POWERING: https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en

Support Services:

  • Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14
  • Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636
  • The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au
  • Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800
  • Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au
  • National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au
  • Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au
  • General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/imogen-barnes/message

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In this episode, I interview the inspiring Meg McCabe, a recovered eating disorder coach from Denver, Colorado. Meg uses her lived experience to empower others to choose recovery, engage in all stages of change and lead a life fuelled by self compassion. In this podcast, Meg shares powerful lessons she learned throughout her own recovery process and how her life transformed upon making healing her reality. In this episode:

Being blessed to be distant from diet culture breaking free Meg’s experience with an ED Modelling and its contribution to disordered eating and poor body image Feeling the whole spectrum of emotion How vulnerability shows up in recovery Bridging the gap between surviving and thriving Trusting in external sources of support - be vulnerable enough to trust your team Showing up and engaging in therapy Leaning into recovery discomfort Riding the wave of body change Making “healthy” (recovery!) your new normal Giving your new body a chance Focusing on your body EXPERIENCE vs. it’s aesthetic How do you want to look back upon your life when you’re 80? Change is inevitable, learning to accept that enables you to LIVE in PEACE! Letting self compassion motivate your recovery Having an ED is a form of self harm Keeping your values in your vision

// Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED Connect with Meg: Website and Coaching: http://www.meg-mccabe.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/meg_mccabe/ Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/full-and-thriving-an-eating-disorder-recovery-podcast/id1518417774 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/babygotbackblog/ Support Services: • Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 • Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 • The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au • Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 • Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au • National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au • Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au • General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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In this episode, I had the true joy of speaking with Dr Gennifer Gaudiani, or doctor G. For those who might not know, Dr G offers expert medical care for eating disorders and is deeply passionate about supporting adolescents and adults who have a complicated relationship with food and their body. Dr G founded the Gaudiani Clinic in 2016, which offers unique, expert outpatient eating disorder treatment for disordered eating of all shapes and sizes. On top of this groundbreaking work, Dr G is the renowed author of SICK ENOUGH, a guide to the medical complications of eating disorders, which provides patients, families and treatment providers with easy to understand information on medical issues involved in an eating disorder.

Dr G is a wealth of information and is truly revolutionising the treatment of eating disorders.

In this episode:

  • Dr G's personal experience with an eating disorder
  • The medical complications involved in an eating disorder
  • How the treatment system fails patients
  • Anorexia is anorexia
  • What it means to biologically respond to a perceived famine
  • Advocating for the treatment you deserve
  • The flaws in societal beauty standards
  • How and why you are sick enough (regardless of how you eating disorder physically manifests)
  • The misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding disordered eating
  • Consensual treatment
  • The irrelevance of the BMI scale
  • And so much more!

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Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED

Connect with Dr G:

Dr G: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaudianimd?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaudianiclinic.com

The Gaudiani Clinic: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=dr+gennifer+gaudiani&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Sick Enough: https://www.sickenough.com

Gaudiani Clinic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaudianiclinic/

Support Services:

• Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

• Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

• The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au

• Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

• Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

• National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au

• Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

• General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/imogen-barnes/message

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You don't have to shrink to feel fulfilled, happy or healthy!

Emma Clarke is an Accredited Sports Nutritionist and all around LEGEND who reclaimed her life from the grips of diet culture. She has now dedicated her work and world to supporting others to do this same. She's one of a kind. Emma's super passionate about fuelling to thrive and be mentally, physically and emotionally strong vs small. In this pod we discuss Emma’s experience dancing with diet culture and healing her relairtonshop with food, movement and her body.

In this episode:

  • Emma’s experience with disordered eating, orthorexia, and breaking free from food rules
  • Societies preoccupation with health and how it prevents orthorexia from being recognised
  • Consumed by comparison and “influencers”
  • Falling victim to misinformation and unrealistic standards
  • Depriving yourself of the ability to live life to the fullest
  • Shrinking your body = shrinking your life
  • How the quest to “be healthy” ironically makes a lot of us unhealthy
  • Missing out on life to fit a toxic mould
  • FOOD IS MORE THAN FUEL
  • The mental and physical side effects of restriction
  • Extreme hunger
  • Fuelling to thrive in ALL areas of your life
  • Stepping back from social media and reducing comparison in our lives
  • Straying from veganism
  • Redefining how you view food and health

Harsh truth:

“It’s not a healthy lifestyle if it takes away your health” - Emma Clark.

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Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED

Connect with Emma:

  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/emmaclarke_nutrition/
  • YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/EmmaClarke31
  • Website & COACHING: https://www.emmaclarkenutrition.com

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Support Services:

• Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

• Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

• The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au

• Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

• Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

• National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au

• Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

• General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/imogen-barnes/message

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In this solo episode, I tell my OCD story from my heart. I divulge all the way in which OCD manifested itself in my life and wrecked havoc on my existence. Through my story, I dismantle the myths and misconceptions that surround the concept of OCD and shed light on the embarrassing, sometimes ridiculous ways in which it can dictate your existence. I also share how I have overcome my OCD and become stronger in the face of my Eating Disorder doing so.

In this episode:

  • My childhood with OCD
  • Harm OCD
  • Magical thinking
  • Intrusive thoughts
  • Contamination OCD
  • Exposure Response Prevention Therapy
  • OCD expectation vs. reality
  • How my OCD gave life to my Eating Disorder
  • Overcoming obsessions and compulsions
  • OCD/ED treatment
  • & so much more!

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Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED

Connect with Me:

• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en

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Support Services:

  • Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14
  • Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636
  • The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au
  • Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800
  • Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au
  • National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au
  • Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au
  • General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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Katie Parrott joins me in this episode to discuss what it’s like to be a person living shamelessly in a larger body, her story with an eating disorder, the struggle of having your experienced be illegitimised when you don’t fit the BS eating disorder mould, fashion, activism and everything in between.

In this episode:

  • Katie’s eating disorder story

  • Having your struggle invalidated

  • Body acceptance

  • Normalising diverse bodies

  • Why “fat” is not a bad word

  • Passion for fashion

  • Decoupling exercise from weight loss and thinness

  • Living a normal life

  • Fat-positive activism

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Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED

Connect with Katie:

  • Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/katie_parrott/?hl=en

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Support Services:

  • Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

  • Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

  • The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au

  • Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

  • Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

  • National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au

  • Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

  • General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/imogen-barnes/message

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In this podcast, I interview Mark Forbes, cofounder of endED, a Sunshine Coast non-for-profit community organization who collectively support growth and expansion through the journey of eating disorder recovery. As a father of two daughters living with eating disorders, Mark is dedicated to increasing hope, understanding, compassion and allyship in the eating disorder realm. As you’ll hear, endED came to be after Mark and his wife Gail opened up their home to Parents and Carers navigating the trenches of recovery. Since then, endED has transformed lives all over the country.

In this episode:

  • Mark’s experience with Eating Disorders
  • The makings of endED
  • The beginnings of Wandi Nerida
  • Eating disorders and funding in Australia
  • What it’s like to be a parent/carer to someone living with an eating disorder

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EndED: https://www.ended.org.au

The Butterfly Foundation: https://butterfly.org.au

Wandi Nerdia: https://wandinerida.hothealth.com

EndED Podcast: https://www.thepodspot.com.au/podcasts/end-eating-disorders/

Support Services:

  • Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14
  • Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636
  • The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673)
  • https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800
  • Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au
  • National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au
  • Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au
  • General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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It's been a hot minute since we caught up! I thought I'd take the opportunity to give a little update on my own life, my work, my study and my general life goals. In this solocast, I spontaneously answer your frequently asked questions related to my personal life and eating disorder/mental health recovery. 

In this episode:

  • Uni/study and work update
  • Dealing with compassion in recovery
  • Veganism and recovery
  • Not being "the sickest"
  • Grieving your sick body
  • Fighting the urge to lose weight and succumb to the diet mentality
  • Doing what’s healthy for you!
  • Exploring sexuality
  • & SO MUCH MORE

Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673)

https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au

Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines):

https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/imogen-barnes/message

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Jessie is about to make you laugh whilst also delving deep into the world of toxic dance culture, body image, movement, eating disorders and SO much more. Jessie is flourishing, in every sense of the word and will inspire you to do the same!

In this episode:

  • Jessie’s journey with her mental health
  • The
  • Childhood anxiety
  • The need for change in the fitness industry
  • Toxicity in the dance industry that lends itself to disordered eating
  • Being mistaken to be “healthy” when engaging in disordered behaviour
  • A need for collaborative, patient-driven care to facilitate recovery
  • The joyful role movement can play vs. obsessive, disordered movement spurred on by an cognitions
  • Falling back in love with life
  • Peer support work
  • Striving for change
  • Body image and enhancing it
  • Loving what you do

Contact Jessie!

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/flourishingjessie/?hl=en

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Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673)

https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au

Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines):

https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/imogen-barnes/message

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Stuck in recovery? Is your motivation blunted? This podcast episode is for you!

I teamed up with 4 incredible girls, Madeline, Madi, Sophie and Jas to create a resource you could use in the instance your recovery motivation is lacking. Together, we draw upon lived experience navigating the "nitty gritty" of full recovery and the blissful moments that make all the intense effort and intent worthwhile. We explore what day to day life is like in fully recovery, the "little" (but really significant) moments that make recovered life magical, what anguish full recovery relinquishes and the prospect of speaking to our formally ambivalent selves.

This will be what you need to reinvigorate your drive to unconditionally heal.

Get in touch with podcast contributors!

Madeline:

https://instagram.com/mindfulwithmads_?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Madi:

https://instagram.com/eatthe_food?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

Sophie:

https://instagram.com/sophie_beyondrecovery?igshid=YmMyMTA2M2Y=

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Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673)

https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au

Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines):

https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/imogen-barnes/message

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Tim's raw vulnerability is about to make you feel seen, heard, validated, loved and above all, not alone. Tune in to to hear of Tim's lived experience with mental illness, the barriers he personally had to break down to seek support, and his road to recovery. This is the most profoundly unfiltered conversation I've had to date and oh how I long for Tim's voice to be projected for all to hear.

In this episode:

  • Tim’s experience with mental illness (OCD, anxiety, depression and an eating disorder)
  • Navigating eating disorder treatment overseas
  • The barriers gender pose to help seeking and the difficulties associated with being a male with an eating disorder
  • Problematic eating disorder treatment criteria
  • The impact of Covid-19 on eating disorder sufferers
  • The intersection between eating disorders and OCD
  • Under-recognised manifestations of OCD
  • The road to recovery
  • Intrusive thoughts
  • Misconceptions surrounding OCD and eating disorders
  • Medications, side effects and alternative therapies
  • Ignorant treatment professionals
  • The physical implications of an eating disorder
  • Movement in eating disorder recovery
  • The underrepresentation of males with eating disorders in the media

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Connect with Tim!

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/bonyay29/?hl=en

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Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673)

https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au

Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

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General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines):

https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/imogen-barnes/message

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Varsha Yajman is a human you're going to feel so privileged to be sharing the planet with. Varsha's a mental health and climate justice advocate with a ceaseless degree of passion to facilitate enduring awareness, equity, equality and ethicality for all. Tune in to hear Varsha personally recall her lived experience with mental health, how being a person of colour can add complexity to the experience that is suffering from a mental illness, stigma and so much more.

In this episode:

  • How being a person of colour adds another layer of complexity to the experience that is suffering from mental illness
  • The role of culture played in mental health
  • Family dynamics and generational differences that impact the support you receive
  • How stigma shows up within the realms of mental illness and eating disorders
  • Barriers that prevent you accessing support for your mental and physical wellbeing
  • Normalising diets and weight loss and how this influences the prevalence of eating disorders
  • Encouraging difficult conversations
  • Invalidating your own struggles
  • Disconnecting self worth from academics and productivity
  • Practical tips for being more compassionate toward yourself

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Connect with Varsha!

Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/varsha.yajman/?hl=en

Twitter:

https://twitter.com/varshayajman

Not to be Controversial Podcast:

https://www.instagram.com/n2bcpod/?hl=en

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Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673)

https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au

Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines):

https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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So I went to residential treatment for my eating disorder. In this podcast, I answer some of the most frequently asked questions related to my treatment experience! 

Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED // 

// Support Services: Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au

Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 

Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au 

National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au 

Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au 

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We're commencing season 2 with the incredible fully recovered eating disorder advocate author, speaker, and therapist/coach in the making, Lucie Waldman! Lucie passionately explores her own path to recovery, navigating the ins and outs of college life as a self-professed perfectionist, motivation and self preservation. She will literally bring a smile to your dial with a side serving of hope. In this episode:

Recovery from an eating disorder: Lucie’s experience College / University with an eating disorder Challenging perfectionism in both academic and mental health contexts Disconnecting self-worth from grades and levels of achievement Higher levels of care for eating disorders in the USA Problematic treatment approaches for eating disorders Intrinsic vs. extrinsic motivation to recover (positive vs. negative) Building intrinsic, enduring motivation What life is ACTUALLY like in recovery vs. what you expect it to be like during your disorder Preserving recovery and your mental wellbeing Empowering healing to live your best life!

Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED // Connect with Lucie! The Jots of Becoming: a journey of hope and recovery  https://www.amazon.com.au/Jots-Becoming-journey-hope-recovery/dp/B08KH81GWB Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/living.as.lucie/ //  Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines):

https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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The Jots of Becoming: a journey of hope and recovery

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Welcome to IMPOWERED season 2! I'm so excited to be bringing you a brand new season centred around empowering people with empowering stories doing empowering things. 

In this trailer:

  • An update on where I've been

  • My intention for 2022 

  • What IMPOWERED season 2 has in store for all of us!

Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED

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Support Services:

  • Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14
  • Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636
  • The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673)
  • https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800
  • Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au
  • National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au
  • Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

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An IMPOWERED Christmas Special! In this episode, I delve into some coping strategies to, not just survive the holiday season, but ENJOY the occasion when you're recovering from an eating disorder. 

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Connect with me!

Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en

Impowering Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/

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Support Services:

Eating Disorder Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673), https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 Eating disorders victoria: 1300 550 236,  https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/the-facts/eating-disorders-in-australia/ Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines):

https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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Kate Noel has facilitated the making of a healing online community for people recovering from eating disorders, body image issues, digestive issues, hypothalamic amenorrhea and so much more. Kate recovered from several variations of her eating disorder and has since transitioned from role model in the online space to certified coach and healer.

Kate is energetic, value aligned and prides herself on living truthfully. Tune in to hear her unworldly insight into the recovery process, HONEST wellness, and all things physical, mental and emotional healing.

In This Episode:

  • Becoming energetically aligned and emotionally metabolising
  • Kate’s experience recovering from the variations of eating disorder
  • Eating disorder behaviours glorified in sport, the modelling industry and diet culture
  • “Badge of honour” vs. “shameful” disordered eating behaviours
  • Sacrifices you’re forced to make to maintain an eating disordered body and mind
  • The mental, physical, spiritual and emotional detriment of having an eating disorder
  • Realigning with your TRUE values
  • The difference between nutrition and nourishment
  • The impact of recovery on intimacy, libido and relationships
  • Recovery coaching
  • There is no superior eating disorder behaviour
  • Hypothalamic amenorrhea recovery
  • Healing digestive issues
  • Getting real about diet culture
  • The effects of utilising eating disorder behaviours
  • Claiming your sexuality
  • There’s hope for everyone
  • The sacrifices we make under the guise of pursuing “wellness”
  • Recovery preservation mechanisms

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Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED

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Connect with Kate!

Kate’s Coaching & Business

https://www.katenoelwellness.com

Kate’s Instagram

https://www.katenoelwellness.com/connect

Take The Cake Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/take-the-cake-with-kate-noel/id1493141242

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Support Services:

Eating Disorder Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673), https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 Eating disorders victoria: 1300 550 236, https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/the-facts/eating-disorders-in-australia/ Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines):

https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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Tabby is about to inspire you to leave astray your eating disorder and chase your own authenticity!  Tabby Galluccio is a Musical Theatre student with a mighty love for all things performing arts! In this conversation, we explore the role eating disorders play (pardon the pun ;)) when it comes to how we identify and the difference between disordered joy vs. the real thing. We talk about the "type" of person that eating disorder attacks and learning to pivot your  perfectionism toward healthy, sustainable coping mechanisms that genuinely make you happy.  

In this episode:

Self expression beyond body image, identity

Tabby’s experience with an eating disorder

Musical theatre’s role in Tabby’s journey

Enduring happiness vs. disordered euphoria

Developing a new, sustainable incentive to be alive

Self expression beyond one’s body

Non-conventional forms of therapy

Romanticising our own eating disorders

The role of identity in the development of eating disorders

Relationships in recovery

What it’s like to have a starved brain

The cause of eating disorders

The type of person who develops an eating disorder

Taking recovery initiative

The impact of social media on teenagers

Perfectionism and disordered eating

The rippling impact of eating disorders on those around us

// Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED. // Connect with Tabby! https://www.instagram.com/tabby_galluccio/?hl=en // Support Services: Eating Disorder Support Services: Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673), https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 Eating disorders victoria: 1300 550 236,  https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/the-facts/eating-disorders-in-australia/ Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines):

https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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This episode saw me interview the EXTRAORDINARY Mia Findlay. That’s right, the remarkable Mia behind What Mia Did Next. Mia is an Eating Disorder Recovery Coached certified by the Carolyn Costin Institute who has channelled her lived experience into change on both an individual and systemic level. Mia’s an ambassador for the Butterfly Foundation and possesses a profound voice in representation of the eating disorder recovery community.

In this episode:

  • Mia’s experience with her own eating disorder and recovery
  • The role of social media in Mia’s journey
  • Insight into the ways how eating disorders are treatment and funding has evolved/is evolving for the greater good
  • Celebrating how much more help is available to eating disorder sufferers relative to the recent and distant past
  • The continual need for systemic change
  • How and why healing is both gruelling and amazing at the same time
  • Why you don’t have to hit rock bottom to recover from your eating disorder
  • How lived experience informs eating disorder coaching practice
  • Why it’s never too late to recover
  • The role of a coach in eating disorder recovery
  • What recovered life is like

Listen in and prepare to be IMPOWERED.

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Find Mia:

Mia’s Advocacy Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/whatmiadidnext/

Mia’s Coaching Business

https://www.beyondbodycoach.com

Mia’s Personal Instagram

https://www.instagram.com/miafindlay/

Mia’s YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/c/WhatMiaDidNext

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Support Services:

Eating Disorder Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673), https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 Eating disorders victoria: 1300 550 236, https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/the-facts/eating-disorders-in-australia/ Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines):

https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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THIS EPISODE WILL ROCK YOUR WORLD!

This conversation is one that will guide you through dark times of struggle and present you with a glimpse of hope you might never have thought existed for you. In this episode, Genevieve discusses her personal battle with mental illness, namely Anorexia, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and Anxiety. Gen's teens saw her suffer to an immense degree, but now fully recovered, she's harnessing her past experiences alongside inexplicable passion to provoke change in the mental health realm. Gen is nothing shy of insightfully inspiring and will leave you feeling transfixed and with a sense of deep connection and passion for your own potential.

In this episode:

  • Gen's experience with OCD, Anorexia and Anxiety
  • What it's actually like to life with debilitating mental anguish
  • Ongoing repercussions from mental illness
  • OCD myth busting
  • Hope for recovery and a life beyond struggle
  • Gen's passions, work and purpose
  • Voices of Hope, Love Your Kite and Advocacy
  • Reminders for those suffering

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Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED.

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Connect with Gen!

Youtube:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo3GJ3a7CKi5u30p7bxGjQQ/featured?app=desktop

Love Your Kite:

https://loveyourkite.com/accesstheapp

Facebook:

https://www.facebook.com/genevievemoravoh

Voice’s of Hope Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/_genevieve_mora/?hl=en

Voices of Hope Website:

https://www.thevoicesofhope.org

Gen’s Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/_genevieve_mora/?hl=en

Gen’s Linktr.ee

https://linktr.ee/Genevievemora

Purchase Gen’s Book - My Journey Starts Here:

https://www.bookdepository.com/My-Journey-Starts-Here-Jazz-Thornton/9780143775676

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Support Services:

Eating Disorder Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673), https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 Eating disorders victoria: 1300 550 236, https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/the-facts/eating-disorders-in-australia/ Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines):

https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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In this episode I interview Sophie Smith. Sophie fiercely conquered an eating disorder and now dedicates herself passionately to advocacy. She's a speaker for the Butterfly Foundation and endeavours to enter the eating disorder recovery space professionally as a social worker in the fast approaching future. This interview delves deep into all things Diet Culture, Healthism and Orthorexic tendencies. Do you think the pursuit of health can actually leave you unhealthy? Tune in to find out.

In this episode:

  • Orthorexia
  • Wellness/Diet Culture
  • Distinguishing between genuine health vs. disordered obsession
  • Weight stigma as a form of oppression
  • Healthism
  • The mainstream education system
  • Health At Every Size
  • The honest detriment of having a disordered relationship with food
  • When the pursuit of health makes you unhealthy
  • “Healthy lifestyle” red flags from a holistic health perspective

Plug in and prepared to be IMPOWERED.

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Sophie's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/sophieclare1103/

Sophie's Twitter:

https://twitter.com/sophieclare1103?lang=en

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Eating Disorder Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673), https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 Eating disorders victoria: 1300 550 236, https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/the-facts/eating-disorders-in-australia/ Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

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This weeks episode is a goosebump inducing one. I interviewed the INCREDIBLE Callie Ann. Callie shares her eating disorder recovery story and speaks to her experience transforming her immense past pain into the passion that powers her recovered present. She is one of a kind and her words will fill your soul with hope and joy.

In this episode:

  • Callie’s story
  • The purpose eating disorders serve
  • Problematic diagnoses
  • Falling back in love with life
  • The role of movement in recovery
  • Recovery creating space for passion
  • Finding the light at the end of the tunnel

Plug in and prepared to be IMPOWERED.

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Callie’s Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/cals.ann/?hl=en

Callie's Blog:

https://www.calsann.com

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Eating Disorder Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673), https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 Eating disorders victoria: 1300 550 236, https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/the-facts/eating-disorders-in-australia/ Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

If you or someone you know are experiencing domestic violence:

https://www.whiteribbon.org.au/Find-Help/Help-Lines

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This week I had the incredible opportunity to interview Millie Thomas, an Eating Disorder survivor who’s channeling her lived experience into recovery coaching, Neural Linguistic Programming, advocacy, podcasting and charity. Millie is using her battle with Anorexia to create systemic change. She is fiercely transforming her pain into power by bringing eating disorders into the light and breaking down myths and stigma. THERE IS HOPE! In this episode: Millie’s Story Fostering hope through lived experience The ins and outs of recovery Recovery coaching Neural Linguistic Programming Millie’s relationship with her body, soul, food and mind pre vs. post-post recovery EndED, advocacy, charity and creating systemic change! Plug in and prepared to be IMPOWERED. // Millie’s Instagram:  https://www.instagram.com/millietnz/?hl=en HealED - Millie’s Private Practice: https://www.healed.net.au https://www.instagram.com/healedrecoverycoach/?hl=en EndED Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/endedaustralia/?hl=en EndED Website: https://www.ended.org.au EndED Podcast: https://www.ended.org.au/ended-podcast/ // Support Services: Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673), https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 Eating disorders victoria: 1300 550 236,  https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/the-facts/eating-disorders-in-australia/ Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

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In this episode, I interview Ashlee Thomas, an eating disorder survivor and fierce recovery advocate. Together with her Mum, Ash started a mentoring and eating disorder advocacy business, The Secret Burden. TSB starts conversations, challenges stigma and creates change in the world of disordered eating and mental health. Ash’s story is a mighty empowering one, which she delves into in this podcast.

In this episode:

  • The dangers of diet culture, the thin ideal, beauty standards and social media

  • Eating disorder treatment and recovery

  • Ash’s near death experiences

  • Recovery awakenings

  • Advocacy, purpose and mentoring

  • And so much more!

Plug in and prepared to be IMPOWERED.

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Ashlee's Instagram:

https://www.instagram.com/Ashlee.thomas

The Secret Burden:

https://the-secret-burden-pty-ltd.square.site

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Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673), https://butterfly.org.au

Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

Eating disorders victoria: 1300 550 236, https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/the-facts/eating-disorders-in-australia/

Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

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In this episode, I interview the fabulous Emma Hagan and Meg Jones from the incredible I'm (Not) Fine Podcast! We explore all things recovery, from denial, treatment and comorbidities to self compassion, realisation and acceptance. You're bound to love every minute of our conversation! You can find Emma and Meg on instagram @imnotfine.podcast and tune into their show wherever it is you stream your podcasts! Plug in and prepared to be IMPOWERED. // Meg and Emma's podcast:  www.instagram.com/imnotfine.podcast Support Services: Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673), https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 Eating disorders victoria: 1300 550 236,  https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/the-facts/eating-disorders-in-australia/ Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

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In this weeks episode, I answer some frequently asked questions with regard to eating disorder recovery. I explore how to cope with body changes, triggers, comparison, diet-culture messaging, and so much more! 

Plug in and prepared to be IMPOWERED.

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Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673), https://butterfly.org.au

Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

Eating disorders victoria: 1300 550 236,  https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/the-facts/eating-disorders-in-australia/

Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

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In this weeks candid, unfiltered solocast, I get real about all things "taboo". I encouraged you to ask me what you would ask an individual with an eating disorder if no question or subject was off limits. I promised to both keep your questions anonymous and approach them without a sceric of judgment. Here are my answers!

Be prepared to get REAL. I discuss everything from stereotypes, to bowel movements, sex drive, periods, embarrassing experiences and common misconceptions, all in an attempt to dismantle shame and empower conversation.

Plug in and prepared to be IMPOWERED.

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Support Services:

Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673), https://butterfly.org.au

Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

Eating disorders victoria: 1300 550 236, https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/the-facts/eating-disorders-in-australia/

Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

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Dr Jennifer Gaudiani: https://www.gaudianiclinic.com

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In this solocast, I delve into the eating disorder preservation mechanisms that your illness may employ as a method of holding you a prisoner of its captivity.  I break down:

The “not sick enough” rhetoric (see: Dr Jennifer Gaudiani, author of  “Sick Enough" - https://www.sickenough.com) Agnostia and denial The “this is the last hurrah” mentality (“I’ll recover when”/”I’ll feel ready when”, etc.) Comparison: that individual is more deserving of recovery because they got “sicker” I’ll only have a valid suffering when mine mimics that of theirs.

Plug in and prepared to be IMPOWERED.  // Support Services:  Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673), https://butterfly.org.au Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800 Eating disorders victoria: 1300 550 236,  https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au/eating-disorders/eating-disorders-explained/the-facts/eating-disorders-in-australia/ Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

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In this solocast, I shares with you my personal story of survival and take a deep dive into how I'm transforming my pain into power. I explore my experiences fighting an Eating Disorder, Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) and Depression to harness the strength of lived experience to unite us as fellow warriors. I candidly speaks about my truth regarding my current place in recovery and my intentions behind IMPOWERED. 

Connect with me! Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/

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