01 It Takes a Village (Or: Why Community is So Important)

In this episode I discuss epiphanies: what leads them and how to sustain them.

I will be going on hiatus from the podcast at this point. Thank you for listening. I hope to speak to you again soon!

In this follow up to the previous episode about distorted body image I share ways to consciously improve your body image and your relationship with your body.

A content note - this entire episode is a discussion of eating disorders.

In this episode I provide an intimate description of what it’s like to develop an eating disorder, in my case, anorexia nervosa.

In this episode I talk abut what it’s like to have a chronic illness and discuss some of the ways in which chronic illnesses affect mental health and vice versa.

A content note - this episode contains a description of an event from the Holocaust. If you would like to avoid this content but would like to join me for the rest of the episode, and I hope you will, please skip 00:20-2:52.

In this episode I discuss trauma that we inherit from our ancestors, as well as collective trauma, through my experience as the granddaughter of Holocaust survivors.

In this episode I talk about the many ways in which traumatic events in our lives, big or small, singular or recurring, affect our perceptions, emotions, and even how our brain works, and suggest ways to promote self-awareness and healing.

In this episode I discuss mental health in the time of COVID-19. I specifically delve into how the pandemic interacts with social anxiety disorder, obsessive compulsive disorder (OCD), and anxiety, and how some of us who have suffered from these disorders before are experiencing new challenges, while many others are now experiencing struggles they’ve never experienced before.

For an eating disorders-specific pandemic discussion, please listen to episode #15 of my podcast Changing the Conversation about Eating Disorders https://www.spreaker.com/episode/28355369 .

A content note - this episode discusses body image, body dysmorphic disorder, and eating disorders.
In this episode I discuss distorted body image, both as part of eating disorders, but also in the context of our culture and how it might affect anyone.

In this episode I talk about what I've learned from my love/hate relationship with the word “coping” and share some of my coping strategies.

A content note - this episode refers briefly to eating disorders. If you would like to avoid this content but would like to join me for the rest of the episode, and I hope you will, please skip 1:24-1:43 and 2:15-2:25.
In this episode I talk about how we hard it can be to allow ourselves to be in the good.