In this episode of The Body Grievers® Club, Bri joins therapist/social worker Monica Freudenreich to discuss eating disorders versus disordered eating, emphasizing that most people with eating disorders often go unrecognized or dismissed by providers who lack specialized training and may be influenced by diet culture trends. They describe how diagnostic labels can shift, how insurance and treatment systems affect care, and why focusing on functioning and quality of life matters more than whether someone meets a specific DSM threshold. They critique applying abstinence-based addiction models to food, highlight how "health" is often reduced to weight, and explore the roles of rest, connection, joy, and reducing shame in healing. They also preview an upcoming master class for providers and individuals on assessment, blind spots, body image, and practical strategies.

04:18 Recognizing Disordered Eating

06:58 Monica's ED Work Journey

09:55 Bri's ED Center Reality

12:41 Provider Dissonance Dieting

18:57 Labels Don't Matter

25:42 Healing Inside Diet Culture

35:36 Rest as Radical Health

37:25 Rethinking Addiction and Connection

38:54 Comfort Coping Without Shame

47:55 Rejecting Diet Culture

50:18 About the Masterclass

EPISODE RESOURCES:

Join our upcoming masterclass: Eating Disorder vs. Disordered Eating

Johann Hari: Everything you think you know about addiction is wrong https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PY9DcIMGxMs

Episode 37: Rest Feels Unsafe

Get on the waitlist for Body Image Bootcamp for providers at https://bodyimagewithbri.mykajabi.com/bootcamp-waitlist-2025

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*Bri's Free Resource: 7-Step Guide to Shift Body Grief to Radical Body Acceptance

https://www.bodyimagewithbri.com/seven-steps

In this episode of The Body GrieversⓇ Club, Bri interviews licensed clinical social worker and parent Keri Baker about body image, food, and raising kids—especially when both parent and child live in larger bodies. Keri shares her history of early dieting, years of chronic dieting, likely undiagnosed eating disorder symptoms, and finding intuitive eating and anti-diet care through supportive providers. They discuss parenting a child with ARFID (avoidant restrictive food intake disorder), how it's often mistaken for picky eating, and the added difficulty of seeking medical care when professionals dismiss concerns or focus on weight.

04:02 From Diet Culture to Intuitive Eating

09:43 Parenting With ARFID

13:04 Weight Stigma in Healthcare

22:30 Talking Body Image With Teens

28:33 Intuitive Eating Starts With You

29:51 Division of Responsibility Basics

31:04 When Kids Eat Differently

37:45 Good Enough Nourishment

39:30 Habituated Foods and Interoception

44:25 Advocating at Doctor Visits

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https://www.keribaker.com/

https://www.dietrecoveryclub.com/

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*Bri's Free Resource: 7-Step Guide to Shift Body Grief to Radical Body Acceptance

https://www.bodyimagewithbri.com/seven-steps

In this episode of The Body GrieversⓇ Club, Bri shares her five-year movement journey from having no exercise practice to building an intuitive, consistent, feel-good relationship with movement. She traces how the pandemic disrupted her gym routine, triggered body image distress when back pain arose on a short walk, and revealed deeper body grief tied to internalized ableism rather than weight loss. Bri outlines five needs for healing and answers questions about "enough" movement, limited mobility with others, pushing vs listening to the body, and much more.

TIMESTAMPS:

03:12 Pandemic Routine Collapse

10:21 Curiosity Over Criticism

12:50 Sexy Permission to Rest

22:58 Joy as Real Rest

36:42 Intentional Movement Prep

41:09 Pain Without Punishment

42:40 Listener Questions

43:24 Finding Your Why

50:25 Mobility With Friends

01:05:38 Where To Begin

EPISODE RESOURCES:

80. How ADHD Can Impact Your Body Image with Dani Bryant

37. Rest Feels Unsafe

Dr. Saundra Dalton's Seven Types of Rest

Seven Types of Rest Quiz

Examining 12 "Good Fatty" Archetypes We Depend On

66. Core Belief Exploration: Why did I refuse a wheelchair in the airport?

70. Reclaiming Movement + Enoughness with Hannah Husband Get a special discount for the Body Liberation Playground HERE: https://www.hannahhusband.com/bodyliberationplayground-bri

19: Body Pain Is Not Punishment

OrthoFeet Hands-Free Shoes

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*Bri's Free Resource: 7-Step Guide to Shift Body Grief to Radical Body Acceptance