Tag: family issues
Eating Disorders- Learning how to say NO to the disorder.
Strategies from a survivor.
9% of the population will have an eating disorder in their lifetime.
Faith Alicia helps THIS father and his careless comment understand how and why eating disorders work and hurt families. She also provides the support to get back on track.
Emotional Intelligence
Brian Clate and I talk about emotional intelligence in children, teens, and adults. Brian is a behavioral coach who focuses on emotional intelligence.
Special Episode: It’s National Suicide Prevention Month, and Kimberly O’Brien (she/hers), Ph.D., is here to de-stigmatize the conversation
September is National Suicide Prevention Month, and in recognition of this we invited Kimberly O’Brien, Ph.D., LICSW to have a conversation about teens and suicide. Dr. O’Brien is a clinical social worker whose research focuses on the development and testing of brief interventions for suicidal teens with and without substance use and their families. An often-stigmatized topic, Dr. O’Brien helps break down walls around having conversations with young people about suicide. There are so many contributing factors which can lead young people to have thoughts of killing themselves – depression, anxiety, eating disorders, sexual identity, trauma, gender identity – and being able to have an open and honest conversation with a trusted individual is an important and vital part of making people feel heard and supported.
CW: suicidal ideation, suicide among teens and lgbtqia community, eating disorder behaviors, trauma histories, mention of substance use, mention of family interventions and dynamics
Episode 78: An International public and TEDx speaker and best selling author, Zoe Burnett (she/hers) is a diet culture rebel
Catherine and Francis were excited to speak with diet culture rebel and eating disorder campaigner, Zoe Burnett. Zoe is an Amazon best selling author of “inside my ed” and an international public and TEDx speaker. She brings all of that experience — as well as her lived experience recovery from an eating disorder — to this interview. Filled with energy, knowledge, and passion, Zoe recalls her own journey experiencing an eating disorder, being diagnosed with atypical anorexia, having the support of her husband, bashes the BMI, and gives her insights on how government policies contribute to development of poor body image and eating disorders. Zoe’s goal is to try to inspire, with empathy, to embrace the notion of body acceptance, whilst exposing the harms of diet culture, encouraging us to count the memories, not the calories. And she did just that!
CW: eating disorder behaviors, recalling of suicidal ideation and physical abuse, trauma
Autism from the point of view of one who HAS the gift.
Sam Mitchell is the host of the popular podcast “Autism Rocks”. Hearing about Autism from the perspective of a 19-year-old WITH Autism, was eye-opening, to say the least!
Caution Explicit Language!
The Benefits of Being Alone (And How It Differs From Being Lonely)
Today we will look at the benefits of being alone and how it differs from being lonely. It is important to take time by ourselves to look retrospectively, reflect, and decompress. That is something that is best done alone, but it is also important to ensure we’re not becoming lonely in the process.
