This week, Karin welcomes Whitney Trotter and Angela Goens, in, "BIPoC Eating Disorders Conference 2023." “Black, Brown, and Indigenous People of Color have often been excluded from eating disorder treatment, employment, advocacy, and research. If treatment is able to be accessed it often leaves out the intersection of one’s identity, culture and trauma.” Designed to disrupt and dismantle the status quo for eating disorder care, Whitney Trotter and Angela Goens will be hosting the second BIPoC Virtual Eating Disorders Conference July 19th through July 22, 2023, for Black, Indigenous, and any P ..read more

This week, Karin welcomes Emma Moody, eating disorder recovery coach, to the show for, "The Art of Untangling." Tune in for a discussion on choices rooted in self-hatred and limitations versus choices rooted in healing, disambiguating your illness from yourself, self-empowerment goals, sifting through the messiness in recovery, how body standards create mistrust in ourselves, the entertainment industry’s body standards, acting and art in recovery, and more! Emma Moody, of SonderSelf Recovery, guides those struggling with their soul embodiment to see themselves, and their journey and open their ..read more

This week, Karin welcomes Courtney Gioia, mindset and body image coach, to the show for, "Joyful Movement." Tune in to learn the meaning of Loyoba, 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. Inspired by her own health journey and struggles around body image, Courtney Gioia became an ACE Certified Fitness Professional where she learned how broken views are towards women's bodies and how the f ..read more

This week, Karin welcomes Melissa A. Fabello, PhD, sex and relationships educator, to the show for, ”Skin Hunger.” Tune in for a discussion on the intersection of eating disorders and sexuality, how a woman’s sexuality is “stolen” from them, restricting sexuality, understanding the full-scope of sexuality in client work, the Five Circles of sexuality, touch at all ages, the concept of Skin Hunger, political values, and more! Melissa A. Fabello, PhD is a board-certified life coach who specializing in sex and relationships, as well as author and digital creator, who uses her backgrounds in educa ..read more

This week, Karin welcomes Jennifer DAmato, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and coach, to the show for, ”The Intuitive Eating Mama.” Tune in for a discussion on how diet culture imprisons society, the dangers of marketing healing as “health and wellness”, eating disorders and sex drive, raising intuitive eating children, the implications of the “clean your plate” method, allowing unconditional permission to eat, removing food and diet talk, especially around children, and much more. Jennifer D'Amato is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and coach specializing in helping others reconnec ..read more

This week, Karin welcomes Virgie Tovar, author, lecturer, and leading expert on weight-based discrimination and body positivity, to the show for, ”You Have the Right to Remain Fat.” Tune in for a discussion on fat discrimination and oppression from diet culture, dissecting the meaning of fat phobia, weight discrimination facts, the ways body size shapes gender roles and stigma, self-hatred as a barrier to finding self-love, recovering from fat phobia in a culture steeped in stigma, behind-the-scenes of her 2018 TedX talk, and more! Virgie Tovar is an author, lecturer, and leading expert o ..read more

This week, Karin welcomes Gloria Lucas (she/her), eating disorder awareness activist and founder of Nalgona Positivity Pride, to the show for our newest episode, "Harm-Reduction Education Isn't Optional." Tune in to for a discussion on how the BIPOC community is left out of ED treatment and access, the strategies of harm-reduction aimed to reduce negative consequences, how harm-reduction offers safety, challenging the realities of one’s political and values system, harm-reduction as a tool for radical love for and from the community, reducing the stigma of harm-reduction through medical litera ..read more

This week, join Karin for Bite No. 4 where she speaks to listeners about New Year’s Resolutions. “Resolve. Relapse. Repeat. Continue. Sounds like an eating disorder, doesn’t it?” Have a question to ask Karin? Submit a bite: • Direct Message us on Instagram* • Email us directly* We also wanted listeners to know that we will be taking a break from new releases during the month of January. We will be returning with new episodes, great guests, more bites, beginning Monday, February 06, 2023. Begin your healing journey with Karin and her team now ..read more

This week, Karin sits down with Andy Williams, LMFT, MBA in our newest episode, ”Person-Centered Recovery.” Tune in to for a discussion on receiving care from a provider without lived-experience, the influence of a male provider, harnessing one’s inner power, finding balance in recovery, and human first, therapist second therapy practice. Begin your healing journey with Karin and her team now ..read more

This week, Karin sits down with Vanessa Scaringi, PhD, CEDS and Kathryn Garland, LCSW-S, co-owners of CALM Counseling, in our newest episode (and first sprinkle), ”Relational Ramblings.” Visit keepcalmatx.com and follow @calmcounselingatx on Instagram for more. Begin your healing journey with Karin and her team now ..read more