Episode 63: Vance Goodman (she/hers) was told by professionals her eating disorder was chronic. She proved them wrong. This is her story.
Vance Goodman, who works as a Service Coordinator for the Council on Aging of Buncombe County, joins Catherine and Francis for a retelling of her inspiring path towards recovery from an eating disorder. Noting that the eating disorder was her trauma (and that trauma had not underpinned the eating disorder) she recalls how medical professionals eventually told her that the symptoms she was experiencing were likely to be with her for life. Discouraged but resilient, Vance eventually found the work of an eating disorder specialist who focused on rewiring the brain’s neural pathways and introduced Vance to the concept of energy deficit. While every day new successes and challenges, Vance eventually found her path towards recovery. This is her story.
CW: eating disorder behaviors, eating disorder treatment, conversation about weight increase and decrease as part of treatment, divorce, religion and spirituality.
For more resources and information about Vance, please visit our website www.navigatingrecoverypodcast.com
anexoria, anorexia nervosa, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, binge eating, Body Dysmorphic Disorder, bulimia, bulimia nervosa, Catherine Brown, eating disorder, eating disorder recovery, eating disorder stigma, Eating Disorders, family issues, Francis Iacobucci, men with eating disorders, mental health, mental illness, mental illness stigma, pica