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.  // Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED Connect with Sophie! Sophie's...

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...

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 Plug in and...

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. // Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED Connect with...

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. // Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED  Connect with me:  Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en IM_POWERING:...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 -...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 // Support Services: Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636 The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33...

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.  // Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED // Connect with me! Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en Impowering Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/ // Support Services: Eating Disorder Support Services: Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14 Beyond Blue...

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...

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,...