David Laramie, PhD is a health psychologist who strongly believes in systemic and integrative approaches to healing and wellness. He draws on psychoanalytic, emotion focused, psychedelic, energetic, and somatic approaches in his psychotherapy work. In both his personal life and professional work, he finds considerable value in mind-body practices such as breath and energy work, biofeedback, meditation, and non-ordinary states of consciousness. He is a long time board member and past-president of the Los Angeles County Psychological Association.

We discuss topics including:

• The science of progressive ideas

• The “nocebo effect”

• Create more openness in your expectations

• How studies can “shock” us with thoughts in our mind

• How to help clients be unstuck

• Curiosity about psychedelics

SHOW NOTES:

www.davidlaramiephd.com

http://home-la.com/

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If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com

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Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

“The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Adina Silverman, MS, RD, LDN is a Registered Dietitian specializing in the treatment of eating disorders.

She is passionate about helping adolescents, teenagers, and adults heal their relationships with food and their bodies. She supports her clients to have the courage to cultivate the relationship with food that feels best to them and reject mainstream diet culture messaging. Her thorough and compassionate approach has impacted many individuals and families and distinguished her as a leader in her professional community.

Carolyn Karoll, LCSW-C, CEDS-S, is a highly regarded therapist dedicated to the treatment of eating disorders. Carolyn's insights are featured in various media outlets, including her Psychology Today blog, "Eating Disorder Recovery: Understanding and Overcoming Eating Disorders."

Adina and Carolyn are co-authors of the book, Eating Disorder Group Therapy: A Collaborative Approach, published in April 2024. Adina and Carolyn co-facilitate the “Thrive” eating disorder recovery group, which they have been leading together since 2016.

We discuss topics including:

• How to screen for group therapy

• The importance of screening for people that are “recovery focused”

• Understanding when cognitive defusion strategies are used and what are they?

• The importance of hearing about other people's lived experience

• Being aware the one’s “stuck point”

• Tools of ACT

SHOW NOTES:

Book: Eating Disorder Group Therapy A collaborative Approach

www.karollcounseling.com

instagram.com/karollcounseling

www.adinasilverman.com

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If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com

You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

“The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Having struggled with her own eating, food, weight and body image challenges, Anne Founded Shaping Perspectives, A Woman’s Way to Joy, created the Body Joyful Solution and wrote the book The Body Joyful: My Journey from Self-Loathing to Self-Acceptance.

She is the leader of the Body Joyful Revolution Community, a global online source of support, encouragement and inspiration for women of all sizes, shapes and weights so that they can say No to diets, reject society’s thin ideal and heal from diet culture.

By feeling more comfortable and confident in their bodies and selves they inspire other women and girls to know their true worth, we help reduce body shaming, bullying, weight stigmatization, disordered eating and prevent life threatening eating disorders!

We discuss topics including:

• Body neutrality helps one to develop peace with their body

• You don’t have to love or hate your body

• Society tells us to look a certain way

• How to look at your body as a vehicle you live in instead of focusing on appearance. Focus on the function.

• “Good gift” and “bad gift” analogy

SHOW NOTES:

www.thebodyjoyful.com

Unlocking Body Neutrality E-guide

instagram.com/annepoirier11

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If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com

You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

“The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Amy Chalker, RDN has a private practice and specializes in the treatment of eating disorders, disordered eating behaviors and child/family feeding. She also provides support for clients with co-occurring gastrointestinal disorders.

We discuss topics including:

• What is Mast Cell Activation Syndrome (MCAS)

• Understanding histamine and its role in MCAS

• How MCAS is evaluated

• The overlap between eating disorders and MCAS

• Nutritional recommendations

• The problems with a low histamine diet and MCAS

• Understanding the elemental diet

SHOW NOTES:

www.aicnutrition.com

instagram.com/amyisabellachalker

https://drtaniadempsey.com/lawrence-afrin/

https://www.amazon.com/Never-Bet-Against-Occam-Activation/dp/0997319615

https://tmsforacure.org/

https://www.mastcellaction.org/

www.gaudianiclinic.com

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If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com

You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

“The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Shira is a passionate and dedicated therapist who excels in her field. With a unique blend of skills, she helps individuals overcome chronic pain and illness, guides athletes and performers to achieve their highest potential, and supports people on their journey to recover from trauma. Shira also specializes in leading transformative Ketamine therapy sessions. In addition to her therapeutic expertise, Shira is a professional dancer, certified yoga instructor, and a former nationally ranked rhythmic gymnast. If you're seeking to enhance self-love and personal growth, Shira is your go-to expert. She will challenge you and help you uncover and transform your patterns, empowering you to become the best version of yourself.

We discuss topics including:

• The brain learns to have pain in various pathways

• Understanding danger signals and understanding that we can create the danger signals

• Anxiety is a danger signal

• Pain is a danger signal

• The importance of meditation tracking and to experience the sensation

SHOW NOTES:

www.therapybyshira.com

https://www.instagram.com/shira_listens/

Book : Unlearn your pain by Howard Schubiner, MD

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If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com

You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

“The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Dr. Cheryl Arutt is a licensed clinical & forensic psychologist, Certified EMDR Therapist & EMDRIA Consultant based in Los Angeles. A specialist in the nexus between creativity & mental health, Dr. Cheryl offers EMDR Intensives and Adjunct EMDR via telehealth. She graduated summa cum laude from UCLA and holds a Doctor of Psychology (PsyD) degree from CSPP-LA, where she was awarded Outstanding Clinical Dissertation for “Healing Together: A program for couples”. She earned a Certificate in Psychoanalytic Psychotherapy from WILA and participated in study groups with Dr. James Gooch (Bion) & Dr. Dan Siegel, with whom she shared the podium as TEDx Speakers.

A passionate advocate for survivors of trauma, Dr. Cheryl served on the Board of the national nonprofit PAVE dedicated to shattering the silence of trauma and violence, and consults with clinicians and organizations about effectively treating complex and developmental trauma. Dr. Cheryl is currently Access Hollywood’s go-to psychologist for trauma issues, a frequent psychological expert on networks including CNN, HLN and DiscoveryID, and speaks internationally about trauma, creativity and post-traumatic growth. Dr. Cheryl is also the Founder of Creative Resilience, online education for busy creatives to find their voice and their power.

We discuss topics including:

• What is Polyvagal Theory?

• What is the autonomic nervous system

• Trauma that eating disorder clients experience

• Interoceptive awareness

• Big “T” trauma and Little “T” trauma

• Dissociation

• Being in “survival mode”

SHOW NOTES:

askdrcheryl.com

thecreativeresilience.com

creativeEMDR.com

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If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com

You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

“The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Charlotte Markey, Ph.D., is a world-leading expert in body image research, having body image and eating behaviors.

She is passionate about understanding what makes us feel good about our bodies and helping people to develop a positive body image.

Charlotte loves to share her body image wisdom with others, and is an experienced book author, blogger, and professor at Rutgers University, Camden.

We discuss topics including:

• The reasons Adultish was written

• Body image being central is to all of us

• Body image impacts self care, sexual relations, activities, and how it’s interconnected to all of these topics and many others

• The challenge in writing this book

• The importance of the book being evidence based

SHOW NOTES:

www.bodyimagebook.com

www.charlottemarkey.com

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If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com

You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

“The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Grace O’Connor is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and the Vice-President of Gender Wellness of Los Angeles. Grace specializes in working with the Transgender and Non-binary populations. She obtained her Master’s Degree in Clinical Psychology from Antioch University with a specialization in LGBTQ+ identity, and completed her training at the Antioch University Counseling Center and Colors LGBTQ Youth Counseling Center.

Prior to working at Gender Wellness of LA, Grace led the LGBTQ+ program at Westwind Recovery, a dual diagnosis treatment program in West Hollywood California, focusing on LGBTQ+ patients struggling with mental health and addiction-related disorders. Grace, along with her colleague at Gender Wellness of Los Angeles, President and Founder of GWLA Casey Weitzman LMFT, travel throughout the Southern California area conducting talks, trainings and workshops on issues specific to Transgender and Non-binary identity.

Grace has been interviewed for various publications including Healthline.com, The Fight Magazine and verywellhealth.com and is an active member of the World Professional Association for Transgender Health [WPATH] and California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists [CAMFT].

We discuss topics including:

• Grace’s story

• Body image in the non-binary community

• When a person begins the process that they are trans/non-binary what they see is not always what they feel in their body

• Representation matters

• Trans women come in different shapes and sizes as do cis women

• “passing “ as a man or “passing” as a woman

• Steps to work on to achieve body neutrality

SHOW NOTES:

www.genwell.org

instagram.com/lagirlgrace

instagram.com/genderwellnessla

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If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: rlgrd@askaboutfood.com

You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn.

If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe.

Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

“The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.

Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE “Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder”.

Your Recovery Resource, Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now!

For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website.

“The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on Amazon.