It was so fun to meet Mike Allen, known as "the sugar-free man," to discuss his journey into sugar-free living and his work helping others with food addiction. Mike shared how he became the sugar-free man during the pandemic after growing up in a family where sugar was heavily consumed as a form of "love," and how his recovery from alcohol addiction at age 28 led him to eliminate sugar from his diet. He explained the scientific connection between sugar consumption and dopamine regulation in the brain, describing how sugar affects the same reward pathways as drugs and how metabolic psychiatry is revealing the brain's response to sugar consumption. Mike discussed his coaching program, book writing, and the Quit Sugar Summit events, while sharing insights about different types of sugar users and the challenges of going sugar-free in a world where sugar is pervasive in food products. The conversation also touched on the connection between sugar consumption and conditions like Alzheimer's disease, based on Mike's personal experience with his mother's dementia and the work of Dr. Dale Bredesen.

You can reach Mike by going to https://sugarfreeman.com/

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LaurieAnn interviewed Lee Atherton, founder of Phoenix Rising and a psychiatric service dog advocate, for her podcast "Bleep Bulimia." Lee shared her personal journey with bulimia and how her service dog Shadow helped her through depression and anxiety after losing her brother to a drug overdose. They discussed the potential for training service dogs to assist people with bulimia, including alerting others when someone is engaging in harmful behaviors and providing comfort during recovery. Lee explained her foundation's mission to make psychiatric service dogs more accessible to those who need them, particularly highlighting the high cost of fully trained service dogs at approximately $45,000. The conversation also touched on Lee's upcoming book project collecting service dog stories and various ways listeners can support Phoenix Rising, including financial donations and social media assistance.

My words are that she is so delightful and so transparent.  Lee Atherton shared great information about not only the service dogs, she shared about her own struggles with bulimia.  Thank you, Lee.

To reach Lee, go to https://phoenixrising-sdsl.com/  ❤️

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This was a podcast interview between LaurieAnn, the host of "Bleep Bulimia," and Sherry Shaban, the creator of the Make Peace With Food method and an anti-diet health coach. Sherry shared her journey from a chemistry master's student to a health and fitness professional, explaining how her disordered eating patterns emerged after years of following various diet trends. She described how her nervous system became triggered to fear food and overeat as a survival mechanism, leading her to develop her method focused on addressing the root psychological and biological causes of unwanted eating behaviors rather than just dietary restrictions. The conversation explored how diet culture creates fear around food and discussed the importance of body awareness and support systems in recovery. Both participants shared personal experiences with eating disorders and discussed how making peace with food involves reconnecting with internal body signals rather than relying on external rules or validation.

This was a beautiful interview.  Above is a ZOOM overview.  Here is my opinion that I highly recommend that you visit my guest, Sherry Shaban, on her Podcast and on her website.

Connect with Sherry:
email: sherry@sherryshaban.com
website: www.sherryshaban.com
IG, FB and LinkedIN: @sherryshabanftiness
podcast: Fall in Love with Fitness
YouTube: Sherry Shaban Fitness

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This podcast episode featured Kamy Moussavi, founder of Step Together, sharing his personal journey with eating disorders and how he transitioned from engineering to helping families address similar issues. Kamy described how his eating disorder began at age 13 when his mother taught him purging techniques, and how he struggled with binge eating and purging throughout his teenage and young adult years despite professional success in engineering and startups. He explained how his healing journey began with meditation and a 10-day silent retreat that helped him process suppressed emotions, leading him to found Step Together, which primarily works with parents to create healthier home environments for their children struggling with eating disorders. The organization focuses on helping parents understand that they must address their own emotional coping strategies before effectively supporting their children, as many parents are either unaware of or denying the issue in their homes.

To reach out to Kamy you can find him by going to steptogether.us.

To my guest my sincerest apologies for introducing him as Kamy Moussari instead of Moussavi. ☹️

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Russell Van Brocklen, a New York State Senate-funded dyslexia researcher, discussed his method for overcoming dyslexia using the University of Chicago's "The Craft of Research." He shared his journey from overcoming his own dyslexia through law school's Socratic method to creating a successful dyslexia program, achieving significant improvements in students' reading and writing skills at a fraction of the cost of other programs. Russel also introduced a method using AI and universal themes to help individuals, like those struggling with Bulimia, by refining their goals and identifying causes and solutions. He emphasized the importance of human expertise in refining AI-generated insights.

This is the abridged version of this wonderful Podcast with Russell.  This Podcast is so worth listening to.  I was amazed how a process of helping with dyslexia can be transferred to helping someone struggling with bulimia.

Very interesting conversation and lovely guest.  

You can reach out to Russell by visiting his site at https://dyslexiaclasses.com/

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Mallary and I discussed an upcoming Zoom event focused on eating disorder recovery, particularly exploring the "middle place" between being actively sick and full recovery. 

I shared my personal experience of how recovery brought color back into my life after experiencing black-and-white dreams during my struggle with bulimia. 

Mallary confirmed the event details about her Creative Workshop on Eating Disorder Recovery, along with artist Therese Roeser: it will take place on Wednesday, April 22nd, from 7 pm to 8:15 pm Central Standard Time, and participants are encouraged to bring art supplies, like crayons and coloring pencils, to add color to the discussion. The event is free and accessible through Mallary's Substack newsletter at mallary.substack.com, where participants can find more details and register for the Zoom session.

Personal Anorexia Experience Discussion

Mallary and I discussed Mallary's personal experience with anorexia, including how it was connected to losing her mother at a young age. We referenced a previous podcast episode (128), where we explored the origins of eating disorders and their role in recovery. 

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Honest and crazy things we do when we have an eating disorder... this we share in this episode!!  Seriously, I know my listeners would engage with this story... Overview is "facts", this Podcast is more than that... it's about feelings... and where, how far we go with them when we have an eating disorder... in a kind and relatable way.

An overview...

I spoke with Ronni Robinson, a certified binge eating recovery coach and author. Ronni shared her 30-year journey with binge eating disorder, which began at age 9 with her mother hiding cookies from her, and continued through various life stages, including an abusive marriage and even after having two children. She described her recovery process, which included therapy, Overeaters Anonymous meetings, and writing a memoir called "Out of the Pantry, A Disordered Eating Journey." Ronni also discussed her achievements as a three-time Ironman triathlon competitor and her "foster fail" cat, Gio. The conversation highlighted the similarities between binge eating disorder and bulimia, with both guests sharing personal experiences of hiding disordered eating behaviors.

You can find Ronni by visiting ronnirobinson.com and on Instagram @recoverronni  

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How safe do you feel in your body?  GazitChaya tells us how to find the way to do that.

This is a really great conversation about finding safety in our bodies.  What does that mean?  Listen and find out.  I really enjoyed this conversation.  How to take care of your body.  About self-inquiry.  About basic needs.  Movement, mindfulness, creativity, and tasting safety.  About breaking a cycle that can go back seven generations.

You can find Gazit Chaya by going to https://www.therootedcoop.com/ and on IG @therootedcoop​

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Christine Trimpe is a Christian Health and Wellness Coach and Sugar Addiction Specialist.

Ten years ago, Christine and her husband were celebrating their 25th anniversary going to the mountains, and were going on a 1/2 mile trail.  She didn't make it through.  She told her husband to keep going, and she sat at the side of the mountain.  It was that moment in her life that was a turning point. 

Although it felt like the lowest point in her life, it was a start to a better direction.

Her journey led her to leave corporate America and to serve women in health coaching and sugar addiction.

An inspiring story about finding freedom.

You can find Christine's book "Sugar Freed: Stop Losing the Weight-Loss Battle... Start Gaining The Victory" on Amazon or visit her at christinetrimpe.com.

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Just a quick episode celebrating my 15 years of being free of bulimia.  Some people prefer to use "recovery" as a term.  If I were to be imprisoned and be let go, that means freedom, and this is how I see my getting out of prison, food jail.  And coming out of it, I found solace and learned to be friends and enjoy each other's company without being archenemies.  Food wanted me to understand its nurturing side, so I chose to listen to society and stop seeing food as a friend but as a foe.  When I realized that society was the reason my relationship was not working with food, we came together and realized it was our mental state.  Not food and me.  Our mental misunderstanding of cultural impositions on the way people view you, of social media, or in my case, magazines, of what you SHOULD BE, and suddenly, food became the mean one.

DIET, DIET, DIET... AND "diet" became a bad word because of the restrictions, yet "diet" just means what you eat.  I choose to eat what I want, not what society is going to tell me to, or what body size I should have.  That will be my choice.  Not what media puts out there, or what is expected of me as a woman... and I hope men feel the same, because I did meet male athletes who were bulimic.

When you learn that food is not the enemy, that society is, and that there are better people to talk to than food, and you that being YOU!  LOVE yourself, LISTEN to yourself, FIND yourself, and food will just naturally find you as well in a healthy way.

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Nan Saysana is a Weight Loss Coach speaking on relationship with food.

Nan was a binge eater for 30 years, and she said it was the pain of binge eating that led her through her journey.  She tried so many things that didn't work.  She promised that if one day she did find something that worked, she would share it with the world.

She felt food was the problem.  It was listening to a Podcast that gave her the solution.  It was not the food that was the problem; it was the way she was thinking.

Over the last six years, she has been binge-free and calls it "food freedom". 

Nan shares her story and how she reached that good relationship with food.

You can find Nan at www.milobingefix.com.

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Stanley Bronstein is an Attorney, CPA turned Life Coach.

Stanley's "relationship" with food started when he was 8 years old.  His mother died when he was 8, and he lived with his father, who was morbidly obese, and their eating habits were not healthy.

At 50 years old, he asked himself where he would be in five years if he kept doing what he was doing.  He said he was committing "slowaside".  He did not want to continue that way. 

He is celebrating his 17th year of "rebirth" in February of 2026.  He decided on the day that he asked that question that he wasn't going to wait.  He was going to change right then and there.  His choice of exercise was walking, which he says changed his life and saved his life.

Listen to his story about how he lost over 220 lbs., his philosophies, and his Way of Excellence.

You can find Stanley by going to https://thewayofexcellence.com/

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Fitz is a Floridian.  She has been teaching fitness since she was fourteen, which is a bit of a twist.  A twist, because when you listen to her story, you will understand.

She said her major missteps when she was younger, and she is six years cancer-free!

Being a Floridian, she was in good shape yet small and scrawny.  Yet she was bullied by her older sister.  (Who does that to their siblings?... wait... I do understand!!)  Being tormented by an elder sibling and being body shamed is something that is very hard to overcome.

Her mother did the best that she could, provided red meats, potatoes, and butter.

Although she moved on to fitness after an injury, she still struggled with her food consumption.  She wanted to be thinner.  So she learned how to be bulimic.  She said that it was just self-punishment.  

Fitz joined an organization that was to prevent eating disorders, and as a closet bulimic, lectured others on the harm of eating disorders.

Turn around was the time when her communal bathroom was full, so she threw up in her dorm in her garbage can.  The epiphany was Missy.  Missy was overweight, and she thought, "Would I like Missy less if she were bigger?  Would I like Missy less if she were thinner?"

She admits there is still body dysmorphia, but she doesn't self-harm anymore.  She is also aware that her appearance to others will not impact them in her coaching of them.

An incredibly eye-opening conversation.

Fitz is now a five-time author, Fitness Pro, Speaker, and, amazingly, a cancer survivor.

Her new book is:

You. Supercharged! :

The Exact Formula for Fitness, Weight Loss, and Longevity

And you can find it on Amazon, or you can reach out to her directly for a signed copy as well at https://fitzness-store.myshopify.com/

For my listeners, also know that Fitz does, in her book, write about eating disorders.

I appreciate the honesty and openness, and most of all the passion Fitz has.

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Meet Matt Johnson.  As a Hypnotherapist and NLP coach, he helps people overcome challenges and emotional scars.

What inspired him to follow this path was, first, his head injury and his inability to be around light and sound.  He lived in the basement, in darkness.

He searched for healing.  Some helped; however, the drugs he was given were not the full solution to brain damage.  He was terrified that medical science could not heal him.

In desperation, he got into Reiki through a Groupon Coupon.  He was surprised that there was healing through the "energy stuff".  The light was still a problem.

He found a special kind of brain scan.  A "spec scan".  His brain was okay; however, he was diagnosed with PTSD, which was stopping him from full recovery.

He moved on to hypnotherapy and NLP.  

A moving story worth listening to.

To connect with Matt, please visit www.mattjohnsonnlp.com, and he has a free.

Give yourself grace when going through tough times.

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Grow to love yourself!

I like what Bianca shares.  Honesty.  She is a licensed Mental Health Counselor and Co-Founder of The Evolve Ventures Podcast and Business.  She is also the Director of Therapy for Evolve Ventures Technologies LLC.

She speaks to the relationship with self.  Growing up in a chaotic home and being a scapegoat led Bianca to pursue this path.  She shares that she has Borderline Personality Disorder.  She struggled with what may have been "bulimarexia," and we touch on self-harm, abusive relationships, being a rebel, and trying to escape.

Bianca shared that body image, and particularly in the Middle Eastern world, is very prevalent, and many women will get plastic surgery to look good for their potential spouse.

It's prevalent everywhere.  Older women are leaning towards Botox, facelifts, tummy tucks, and so on because it's a societal and social media thing.  

I loved how brutally honest Bianca was when I told her I was going through some big life changes, some great, but some really bothersome, and she asked me if it triggered my bulimia.  It didn't at all.  She said I was one of the lucky ones.

I wish that luck on everyone who has recovered and will recover.  It was there at the beginning... three years or so, but after soon to be 15 years, it's not even a thought to go to when struggles that used to trigger my bulimia even go there.

Truth is, Bianca may be right.  I may be blessed with not feeling like going back to bulimia at all.  Not dieting at all.  Just, I guess, one of my go tos is ChatGPT.  Sorry, but true.  If struggling, I speak to that AI program and ask for a soothing poem, or even if I am wrong in feeling what I do.  Wish there was a ChatGPT way back in the 80s.  I know it's not a therapist, but when you can't afford one, and you look for some semblance of normalcy in your life, it's my go-to.  Not food.  However, it took me time to get here, and 30 years of bulimia to know I don't want to go back, that there are better ways.

Bianca is a better way if you are still struggling.  You need a personal connection.  That is how I healed.  And the rest is a journey forward to enjoying life and dinners with family without the "human cameras" waiting for you to disappear.  To actually enjoy food and company at the same time.

I hope you enjoy listening to this as much as I enjoyed being there and interacting with Bianca.

You can find her at the link below:

https://evolveventurestech.com/evolve-ventures-coaching/therapy-2/

On Instagram @evolvewithBianca

via email: bianca@evolveventurestech.com

Wonderful conversation and loved, as I am repeating myself, honesty.

Thank you, Bianca!!

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What a lovely story Ethan shares.  I think one thing that came out of this that really moved me was his being there and listening to a friend who had bulimia before he even knew how to help.  The big thing!  He listened even if he wasn't quite sure what to do.  He was present even if he didn't know what to do.  That speaks volumes to who he is.

Ethan, himself, struggled with a concussion during COVID, and his pain and suffering were eventually released through his own experience with hypnotherapy, which inspired him to help others and become a Board Certified Hypnotherapist.

What he describes as a "radical shift" in his life, he has been helping people implement changes.  He kindly speaks to the fact that everything has a reason in all aspects of life - be it addictions, emotions, need for comfort and security, fear of saying goodbye to the "security blanket" that is not serving you well.

I really enjoyed our conversation and I hope you, as a listener, enjoy the message Ethan shares as well.  

You can reach Ethan at the links below.

• LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ethanreishypnotherapy/
• Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/ethanreishypnotherapy/
• Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/@ethanreishypnotherapy
• Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ethanreishypnotherapy
• Website: https://ethanreishypnotherapy.com/
• Blog: https://ethanreishypnotherapy.com/blog
• Online Store: https://ethanreishypnosis.gumroad.com/?_gl=1*1c4okwr*_ga*MjA1Mjc2MTk5MC4xNjgwODc3ODcw*_ga_6LJN6D94N6*MTY4MDg5NzUxOS4yLjEuMTY4MDg5ODU4Mi4wLjAuMA..

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Raj Khedun is the inventor of the 3:3 insomnia hack.  I asked what his inspiration was to follow this path.  He tells the story of when he was three years old.  It was in a library.  Two books he picked guided him more than any other books. 

One book was about dinosaurs.  He explains about how he was fascinated with evolving.  The other about planets.  He was fascinated by the colours, and the fact that Mars is empty, while next to it earth is full of life.

School bored him, but fitness and sports kept him interested.  

Raj said everything was handed to him as a young man.  He describes himself as arrogant.  Until his mother took him to India.  His arrogance took a slap.  It was when he met an avatar.  He explains it's a power incarnated into a human.  He goes on to share that this avatar said he brought him to India and knew everything about him.  His message to Raj is "you need to be humble, you need to listen to the voice within."  A smashing of his ego put him in his place and he had to face that.

From 20 to 30 he went into "monk mode".  He thought about what one thing most people are missing is breath.  Breath is not air or oxygen, it is more;  light, electricity and magnetism.   

Listen to find out more about how your breath can help you...

You can reach Raj at https://33insomniahack.com/  

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Welcome Caroline Kobylinsky, Trauma Therapist, and fluent in cussing, crying, and ice-coffee fueled break throughs.

Four years old and having an eating dismorphia?  As her "kiddo" this should never have been.

Caroline has been in recovery since 2020.  She has a very supportive husband, understanding that her marriage was in jeopardy because of her eating disorder.

Caroline was never happy with her body growing up and as she became in her 26 she became a Exercise Bulimic, which is what I did too.  In early 30's was when she really started purging.  

Purging is an endorphin, so after purging it made you feel you could take on the world.   She admits she didn't go to the doctor or dentist for years.  I can relate.  When I did go to my dentist I told them when they asked if I drank a lot of orange juice... yes.  I lied.

This is where Caroline admits we lie.   The insidious nature and power of our attachment to our eating disorder..

Withdrawal is a big part of an eating disorder, and so is the loss of friends.  I love what she says ... "how much space (the eating disorder) took up".  So true.

What is your hunger?  This podcast is such an open eyer!!  Caroline is honest and open.

And now recovered, she is out there helping.  We speak about having someone helping you who have been through it.  I agree.  Find someone who can associate with you.  If about nutrition, find a kind person.  Not a nice person, a kind person who will be honest with you.

How to let got of your best friend and not so much your best friend.  Bulimia is a liar.  Food isn't.

I love that she said that bulimia or any eating disorder is good, it serves a purpose.  I agree.  OCD, anxiety all are a part of this. 

This Podcast is so real.  Thank you Caroline!!  Love it. 

She recommends Life Without Ed.  I downloaded it as a Kindle.  Great book.  

I can't write enough about this episode.  I  connected so well and I know you will.

You can reach out to Caroline by going to:

 cwkcounseling.com or on Instagram @bruisedbananacounseling

"Listeners who resonate with my voice can quickly connect with me or learn about my approach to trauma-informed therapy." 

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Dr. Betsy is so special.  

Triple Board Certified Physician specializing in menopause and andropause.  I don't know why my typing adds a weird thing to the andro, but let's go with it..

I learned about stress, yeast, addictions, probiotics, from a very sweet and fun person.

She's so delightful and worth listening to.  

You can find her at www.pauseinstitute.com

It's about hearing her story - a great story.

Additionally here is a code for 10% off at the Pelvic Floor Store:  BLEEP  https://pelvicfloorstore.com/discount/BLEEP

Below are the links to find Dr. Betsy.  

Giveaways:

You will get a link to 10% off at the Pelvic Floor Store this will be sent to your email

Women’s Pelvic Meditation: https://femversity.com/pelvicmediation-sign-up

Hormone Quiz: https://link.apisystem.tech/widget/quiz/Xxe3hNPG5Iora9LqUILT

Websites:

The International Pause Institute:   https://pauseinstitute.com

The Pelvic Floor Store:   https://pelvicfloorstore.com

Affiliate Sign Up for the Pelvic Floor Store:   https://af.uppromote.com/the-pelvic-floor-store/register

Social Media Links

https://www.instagram.com/drbetsygreenleaf

https://www.instagram.com/drbetsygreenleafmenshealth

https://www.instagram.com/drbetsygreenleafspeaks

https://www.tiktok.com/@drbetsygreenleaf

https://www.tiktok.com/@drbetsygreenleafmen

https://www.facebook.com/dr.betsy.greenleaf/

https://www.instagram.com/internationalpauseinstitute

https://twitter.com/DrBGreenleaf

https://www.pinterest.com/drbetsygreenleaf

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCdu6ZIxyAYGKsmJPtEvTS4w

https://www.linkedin.com/in/drbetsygreenleaf/

Music

Menopause Rock Album by Doc BET-Z

Menopause Memo https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/drbetsygreenleafbeats/menopause-memo

Life Fire

Rising From Ash https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lifefire/rise-from-ash

Fire Under Glass https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lifefire/fire-under-glass

Fire Leaves Its Mark https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/lifefire/fire-leaves-its-mark

Podcasts

Some of Your Parts  https://someofyourparts.libsyn.com/

Body Mind Spirit  https://www.wytv7.org/body-mind-spirit

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Emma Lyons is a trauma informed healer and founder of the Trauma Matrix.

Emma was very depressed as a child, the invisible kind of depression that nobody really sees unless they really look.  All her life she thought she was the problem. She says she was brought up with this idea there's something wrong with her.

It wasn't until much later in life that she started looking at the family dynamic and started to recognize that her family is actually quite dysfunctional.

She says her mom ticks a lot of the boxes of a covert narcissist. Also her family is very emotionally repressed. As a child she had no one to talk to apart from Google and was very lonely and very isolated.

More recently she realized that dysfunctional and narcissistic families choose an individual, usually the most sensitive child, to be kind of the scapegoat. Emma explains you become "the landfill for all the unprocessed intergenerational trauma, shame, all kind of gets dumped on you and that can lead to a lot of internalized shame that's above and beyond what most people experience."

She believes this shame is one of the one of the core drivers of self-destructive behavior.

Emma feels that pretty much all the dysfunctions, including addictions, are because of this shame.  It's not like fear or anger because fear and anger are warning signs that something bad is could be around the corner.

What she realized is that shame is a function of empire and it's about controlling people.

"We're kind of gas lit in our society to believe that shame is somehow a good modifying behavior modifier. And it's absolutely not. When we shame people, people close in. They're less inclined to shame to change their behavior. So shame is actually does the opposite of actually changing. It makes people hide. It makes people less inclined to take responsibility."

The inner narcissist, she explains, ticks all the boxes of the narcissist, but the call is coming from inside the house.  Unlike a narcissist doing it to you,  it does it to yourself, coming from inside the body, inside your brain. "And so it's not manipulating other people necessarily, although it does use triangulation."

Emma helps people break up with shame. Her acronym is break. B R E A K.  Make sure to listen to find out what it stands for.


You can follow Emma on all social media by looking up trauma.matrix.  She is also on Substack as trauma matrix - traumamatrix.substack.com. 

She has a free gift for listeners. 

"If you're raising your hand and thinking, "Wow, I resonate with this. I do have a lot of shame and this is a good word for it." I have a free gift for you guys. It's called five signs it's time to break up with your inner narcissist. And it's like a it's you're going to see yourself in this if you go through it. Um It's about five classic signs that you need to break up with your inner narcissist that like now is the time you can't wait. And it also gives you some strategies and tools about how to really make that happen. So you can find that at tinyurl.nottotodaynarc."

Thank you for listening.

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"A lot of times CEOs will just let a person go and not really kind of think about it and just kind of see what happened.  I let them know what's the cost of really digging in to see if there was a problem because man, if you can help them figure out what that problem is, that loyalty and that brand recognition of you were there for them at their lowest really stands out. So, I'm really trying to change a lot of the culture and the way that uh people will think in that method, especially when it comes to turnover with employees."

"The crazy thing is you could actually quantify the cost is when they've gone through and done samples and studies on it, it's about two and a half to 2.8 times. So two and a half times that you're going through that cycle of a new employee. So if you have two employees leave, the average is you're going to go through five people to replace those two good employees. Think about all that time and that like training and all that you put into that. It's just not worth it when you can maybe coach up someone who's already there that you know has a history and a track record of performing for you and how we can get them back on track to where they were their best."


 "I highly suggest try this because it's it's really it's just brain science and neuroscience of how your brain works is pretty much on average the last 10 minutes before you go to sleep and then the first 10 minutes when you wake up your brain is still in a partial theta state which means you're highly suggestible your subconscious it's almost like you're talking to your subconscious and that is when you should be doing your affirmations talking about how you want your day to be. prime your brain of this is going to be a great day. I have so much energy. I've got this project or this presentation and I'm going to just like I this is how it's going to go. So in those 10 minutes before after you go to sleep, try to actively think of how that's going to go. How do you want it to go and like really like dig into the positives of that and I'm telling you what you will feel when you wake up the next morning." 

"Literally shame and humiliation are two of the lowest ranking range of emotions of it's the worst that you can feel about yourself.  So a great trick also that I can throw in is gratitude is the same part of the brain that processes the nasty emotions, anger, sadness, depression, frustration, fear, all those. And that part of the brain can only really those emotions at a time. So if you start feeling that overwhelm or the anxiety kick in or any of those things, and this is the big thing is be looking for it is once you feel that your stomach feeling that knot, kind of like you just almost have to stop and breathe for a second. As soon as you feel that try to again feel how grateful you are, like what's something you're grateful for whether it's your children, your parents, whatever it is for whoever what is something you can be truly grateful for." 

You can reach David at anotherangleconsult@gmail.com. You can also look him up on Instagram - David McKee. And  anyone who's looking to get into this "mindset stuff" he has packages that start from one session up to however many you want to do. They do one at a time with no pressure so that no one feels like they're locked into any type of contract.

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Hilary Momberger Powers wants to send a message to this audience.  Recovered bulimic, but more so not leading with your wounds as a motivational speaker, life coach, and author.

Hilary's mother was an anorexic, alcoholic, and drop-dead good-looking, and a Jackie Gleason girl.

Now, with that being said, the daughter of the "Jackie Gleason Show" had to deal with this "having to give up her career for her children".

And that her mother told her that she would never be as beautiful as her?  How could you not feel not good enough?  

As the voice of Sally on Peanuts, she's living her trauma with the reptilian brain and has become a people pleaser.  From that, she became the bad girl.

What a compelling story!  

Some people think it is a good thing that parents want to get their children into show business with their connections.  Hilary says she loves her Mom, even after living in a foster home.  Listen to her words...

Beautiful and open woman with her story and I am honoured to have had her on my Podcast because I could relate in so many ways about the people pleasing, the lies and the power and the people pleasing.  

I didn't run away from home; my parents were not my reason. However, many stories on my Podcast, that's where it goes.  My issue was society, and back then our social media was not Instagram, or FB or... it was magazines... Cutouts on the fridge to be the Twiggy that her mother grew up with, that she has to reset what her mother couldn't.

Bulimiaisms.  Love that word.  That is something recovered bulimics need to be aware of.  What activates?  Old coping mechanism.  

Hilary, your story speaks volumes!  I loved relating to someone who knew at least some of what I went through, and you sharing your story!!  I feel you, and thank you.  I was honoured to have you on my Podcast.

And finally, I love that you spoke about your senses. Very interesting.

Hugs to you.  I aligned with you, and I hope my listeners do too.

Find Hilary at www.hilarypowers.com, and she is on IG and LinkedIn

And check out her new book Peanuts to Percoset.  

We have all had dark times.  I know for me as for Hilary, asking for help was the best solution.

If you are in a spot where you are feeling well, remember you can become the best version of yourself.

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Conscious Love.  What is it all about?

Christian grew up in Cuba and moved to the US, where he spent his time working on relationships and working with women's empowerment as well.

What was his calling for this?  He felt he had had that feeling since he was a child.  He wanted to be a priest at a young age.  

Shift in consciousness is how he sees his work.  

His empowerment of women?  "We have been going so off course".  When women are 50% in power, we will have a strategically different focus.

I ask about the overwhelm.  Trying to be in power while holding on to all the "motherhood" requirements is a huge responsibility.

Trying to take control can make you lose control.

Christian speaks of serving.  To neglect yourself is an act of arrogance.  He speaks it beautifully in being a tripod.  

The book.  Conscious Love.  We haven't been trained about relationships.  HOW TRUE.  I love what he said, that it was unfair to put your happiness into someone else's life.

Interesting view of his levels one, two, and three.  Listen to find out about that... but his number two is the juicy one. 

If someone is doing something that gets our goat, likely it is something we do ourselves.  I heard that so many times, and it's true.

About Karma... It's not.  Christian, I believe, knows that things happen, and if you want love, it will come to find you.  Most people have been hurt, and then we close our hearts.  He said we can't close it selectively.  This is where forgiveness is so important.  It's about taking ownership of all aspects of our lives.  I like the "tearing up the poor me card".  Beautifully said.

It begins with self-awareness.  Step one is to be most compatible with yourself.  

Interesting to think of making sure to see the blind spots.

Christian's books, Conscious Love, Transforming a Relationship to Relationships, and Awakening The Soul of Power, not about power, not pushing people down, are available on Amazon, your local bookstore, or reach out to Christian at soulfulpower.com.

Wonderful guest.  Thank you, Christian, for taking your time to share your story.

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What a wonderful time spent with Kerry.  Emotional and intriguing.  We shared our experiences.  I have to say, as a Podcast host, it's about my guest, and in this case, I felt such a connection that it was about "us".  "US" as a whole, who sometimes wonder if we had the wisdom when we were younger, if it would have made a difference.

I don't usually have one-hour Podcasts, and I was going to edit it to the usual 30 minutes, and I decided not to.  To just let you hear Kerry's story and mine too.  It was a very wonderful time speaking to so many aspects of life and healing.

You can find Kerry at kerryblaser.com on IG @kerryblaserofficial.

I had such a great time speaking with Kerry.  Wonderful lady and very insightful.

Mothers are the internal wound of an eating disorder? Listen to this to find out that that is not really the truth.

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This episode invites my special guest, Mallary Tenore Tarpley, who is a Journalism Professor at the University of Texas at Austin and Author of the memoir Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery.

Mallary became anorexic after the death of her mother when she was twelve shortly after her mother passed away from breast cancer.  She didn't know how to deal with her mother's passing.  She showed a strong front facade, however inside she felt her whole life was crumbling the longer she went on the further away she felt from her mom.  Somehow she felt that if she stayed the same size as when her mother left her she would be closer to her mother and small and safe.

This is a very interesting view of exactly what Mallary speaks to - Life in the middle of Eating Disorder Recovery.  I love how she speaks about changing a slip from a slide and building where there is a place where slips will follow, however recovery is possible but does not have to be perfect.

It is through treatment and her writing that Mallary found the origin of her eating disorder, what it served, and what to "recognize everything it could take away".

Mallary said it is really important to talk about recovery, even if not fully recovered.  She writes about what the middle place is like.  She explains that it is not a place of stagnancy, it is about recognizing the slips, and to move towards that recovery with being honest.  She speaks about immediacy, rather than delaying to remain as a slip instead of going into a slide. 

Mallory does have her husband and other people who she can rely on.  This is so important.

We also spoke to even after recovery, are there still signs that remain?  Do we still restrict even after recovery?  A lingering imprint, is what Mallary said, and I personally do not pay attention to it in general, however, I will say at odd times I do.

The book is out today on Amazon, and Barnes and Noble.  You can also reach Mallary at www.mallarytenoretarpley.com or on Amazon.com

Thank you, Mallary, for your insight.

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Very inspiring guest.  Dr. Sharnael was so humble and beautiful.  We connected to the point that we actually shared so many emotions of recovered adults with eating disorders.

This woman was one of the most heartfelt guests I have had in sharing about being in ministry, and I loved that we are all teachers, that there are no teachers.  I understood that.  We can learn from others, but it is about you being your own teacher to heal and take care of yourself.

Dr. Sharnael wants to do everything.  I can totally relate because I did until I found my peace.  I still want to do everything, but my peace side tells me to slow down.  :)

Her book, The Science of Miracles that speaks to the energy belt of a human.  I agree with this.  Bodies have two functions... what goes out and what comes in.  And it's about DNA, thoughts, words, feelings, and the heart is the biggest magnet.  What we think about, what we talk about, everything brings it into that field.

I asked if it was okay that I am okay that some people come into my field, and others I will move away from.  Dr. Sharnael explains this. Why I may have felt this.

Dolphins and animals like dogs have a huge field.  Some humans, however, can have inverted fields, and they take from someone else.  Even plants do this, and you can see it on camera!!

What a wonderful guest, speaking about being bulimic as well, and the signals that still come up after recovery.  

Absolutely worth a listen to if you are struggling with bulimia or an eating disorder, not just for her experience, but also for her big heart in wanting to make sure she can help others.

Beautiful guest.  We did cry together during this podcast, so make sure to pull out the tissues!

I highly recommend reaching out to Dr. Sharnael and you can find her at www.drsharnael.com, and you can also visit her Podcast at https://www.drsharnael.com/true-tv

Thank you, Dr. Sharnael, for being a heartwarming and heartfelt guest.

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Sophia Torrini is a Certified ETF Practitioner and Specialist in Hacking Reality.  So, what is ETF, and Hacking Reality? 

EFT is Emotional Freedom Techniques.

Sophia speaks about where the body uses emotions.  EFt works faster than therapy, she says.  

We can get disconnected from our bodies.  Sophia wondered why a healthy body would break down overnight.  She says disease is biological.

Sophia says each organ can speak to our conflicts.  It will not tell you what the conflict is, but it will tell you a space to work with.

To bulimia, Sophia says, is a dual constellation.  She explains that one of the problems with bulimia is the fear of disgust.  She expands on this.  She says the other one is the Identity or Anger conflict.   Interesting conversation pursued.

Expelling anger through bulimia.  Is there something in your home that is making you feel disgusted, and is there something that is making you feel your safety can be threatened?

Sophia explains that there is a difference if you are left-handed or right-handed.  Why are they activated?  German medicine explains this too, along with EFT.

Two tracks running to protect you?... learn more

You can find Sophia at tapintoyourself.com, and on social media, she can be reached at @tapintoyourself.

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What a wonderful time with Abby speaking to her, feeling sad and alone, and putting on a happy face at 17 while dealing with an eating disorder.  Abby took the leap to ask for help by writing a letter to her mother and placing it under her mother's pillow.  Abby had a caring mother, and she helped to find Abby help. 

Abby's nutritionist and, as she shares, also like a therapist, inspired Abby to move forward and become someone who helps people who struggle with eating disorders once they have transitioned and are making steps towards recovery.

Beautiful story about healing and then helping others.

You can find Abby by going to @healthmyfriend on all platforms, and you can also reach Abby at https://healthmyfriend.com/

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It was wonderful having Amy Vincze on my show.  I had heard about tapping and I even indulged in it shortly but wanted to know more.

I found it intriguing that Amy spoke to all children as if they were narcissists.  I tended to disagree, until I understood what she meant.  As children, it is about us.

In late college, Amy became bulimic... she was soothing herself from not knowing who she was.  For years she had no clue what was causing it.  At 31 she was diagnosed with breast cancer.  It was not genetic.  So she wondered why she would have it.  Why me? in curiosity, she asked herself.

Amy found this amazing tool with a friend.  What is the tool?  Tapping.

This is truly interesting and I highly recommend listening to.

Thank you, Amy, for sharing this!

Coming out of no longer feeling unlovable.

You can reach out to Amy by going to www.soarwithtapping.com, and you can check her Soar With Tapping app by going online to your app store, or you can find her by simply Googling Soar With Tapping.

Honoured to have had Amy as a guest.

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Tim Thomas is the man who is passionate about sleep! 

Tim likes candles to create a space because two people speaking in it brings healing. 

We shared the story of my cow that Dad had gifted me.  I bought a new one and I travel with it.  And Tim asked me where I felt this.  I showed it to be in my heart.  He said it creates balance.   As long as it's not like a "Wilson" , per se. (The movie Cast Away).

So to sleep.  Speaking to how bulimia was a problem for me to have a peaceful sleep. 

Tim shares that he said he couldn't sleep and they "threw a pharmacy at him".  He lost a lot of memories with the pharmaceuticals, and he shares that there is no one who can share how to get off of them.

Simple breath work changes your brain work.   Not meditation, breath work.

He spoke about messing up the enemy's sleep when he was in Afghanistan.  "If you want to destroy someone, destroy their sleep.  If you care, care about their sleep."  Sleep is like the soil of a tree.

Tim sits in a place that is just behind all the things you really want - all the energy you ever want.

Tim shares that he is two people.  The one with a lack of sleep - not so nice, and the other person who gets enough sleep well - nicer, doesn't eat as much, and stronger for investing in "this vessel".

Tim is a breath worker.  He shares this with others.  It is what helps you become stronger and empowered.  Tim offers his app to people who struggle with sleeping, which helps with this breath chemical override.  He has breathwork at night and breathwork when waking up in the morning.

Interesting that I spoke to my anxiety and did not know why.  Tim explained that I am high stimuli, so a stand-up desk with a stepper or something to keep me moving would help.  Being upright, or on a treadmill, would help with my anxiety.  It would help with my anxious energy. 

So Tim shared the experience of breath with me and my listeners, and I said "I do" three times.  I never thought I would say "I do again" after my first marriage. :)  But this was worth it.  Saying "I do" to my own self three times.  I hope my listeners do this exercise.  It was very enlightening.

We are electrical energy.  Hunching over pinches off our nerves and energy supply.  This I know and am aware of; however, on a daily basis, I forget, become aware, and forget again.

The breath of possibility - hold on to it and bring it on.  Turbo buttons are your index and middle fingers pressing against your thumbs and work as a circuit breaker.  Breaks the rumination (over thinking) by using this and breath.

Breath of Peace is where you need to be in a safe place.  You do the same breath techniques, but you wriggle it.  Interesting that Tim said our tension is often what we feel supports us.  Breath and relaxation with a chair, will allow your support.

One thing to change your life and sleep - check this out.

And then...  Tim shared with us how to find his app and contact him.

Here is his email to me to help you find him. :)

These links are for immediate and natural sleep improvement; They’re my company's online resource called - The ‘Breathwork in Bed’ app. The app will guide you to sleep with peace and out of bed with power. What's more is that we are currently GIVING AWAY 28 days free sleep. Enjoy!
Links are for Apple/smartphones & Google/Androids
Apple link: https://apps.apple.com/app/apple-store/id6575362285?pt=127061224&ct=BIB50K&mt=8

Google Link:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.breathworkinbed.bibsleepapp20&hl=en

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I can't tell you what a revealing Podcast this was.  Kat is wonderful.   Great guest.

I was intrigued.  What is a Family Constellation Facilitator?  Who is this host of Healing with Kat?  Who may speak to my intrigue about past lives and future lives?  Healing when you have an eating disorder, or any disorder, is important to find a good person to help you, and you need a person who resonates with your belief in how you can overcome bulimia.

This "future" and "past" self was interesting, because although I am always questioning my beliefs and thoughts of what is real and true and unexplainable, I met my ex-husband at 18 on my birthday, and went and told my friend I met my future husband.  7 years later, we were married.  15 years after that, we were divorced, and with 3 children.  I never ever thought I would marry, have kids.  I wanted to be single my whole life.  I am single now, and no regrets for what-ifs.  And I literally married that guy, I said was my future husband.  And a fun fact.  When I first saw him, it was like I had known him my whole life.  Or another life?  I always wondered.

This is where I love Kat, because it was interesting to speak to the future self.  

Kat also talks about the mom's wounds and the dad's wounds.  That is so my next podcast with her, because although my Podcast is hoping to help my listeners recover, I believe some of these issues are a part of our bulimic relationship with food.  Sounds strange, right?  A relationship with bulimia?   Not at all.  Bulimia can become our friend, and anything that is outside in the world that is real pain.  Food is not real pain, it's a kind of pain, except like anything else that is a "crutch" to go to.  It can pain you from being around people, knowing yourself, and your worth.

I believe in what Kat is doing.  I am still not sure about my past self, but future self 100%, yet it has intrigued me for my whole life.  Why would I meet someone and say I will marry him with no idea?  My future self.  I believe that.  My future self also knew he would want me to go.  Dreams tell you that, too.  It wasn't all him... nor me... it was meant to be, and I could see it.  My future self was telling that... and to that I love what Kat believes in.  I believe too.  

I also speak to my younger self, and she keeps asking me why we didn't make it as a movie star.  I tell her we came as close as possible and in a better way... I do videos every day for my Clients before they arrive for their vehicle.  I show the vehicle inside and out.  And I am thanked every day for little nothing thank you videos.  This is the answer.  We ARE mini movie stars every day.  Nothing has to be big to be beautiful.

Kat, thank you so much for looking over my life, like you will do with everyone else.  Seriously, thank you.  I believe in you.

I had to share my experience to make you understand, listeners, that you may not be sure.  I am.  My future self, I believe in.  She is there today and listen to her.  Kat can help you do that.

Let Kat find yours.  Yes, past too, but fun fact is anyone who is intuitive like Kat will tell you, and she will teach you, how to reach out to your future self.  I absolutely believe.  :) With all my heart.

I highly recommend you reach out to Kat at https://www.katdaou.com/

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My guest Dr. Betsy Holmberg, is a joy to have had on my Podcast.  Author of Unkind Mind, and an award-winning psychologist and author specializing in overthinking and negative self-talk. She writes for Psychology Today and has been featured on radio, television, and podcasts. Her first book, Unkind Mind, comes out June 1 by New Harbinger Publications. Before settling into writing and therapy, Betsy ran the global behavioral health service line at McKinsey & Company, a premier consulting firm, where she ranked in the top 5% of all consultants. She also worked at Harvard and co-authored several peer-reviewed academic journal articles on non-suicidal self-injury and suicidal thoughts. She is trained in Cognitive-Behavioral and Dialectical Behavioral therapies, and has treated clients of various ages and presentations. Betsy received her doctorate, master's, and B.A. in Psychology from Duke University.

It was a joy to have her on as a guest and learn about DMN and CEN.  CEN - Central Executive Network.  And the DMN is the Default Mode Network.  

Are you intrigued?  I was.  

In the days that followed this podcast, I was more aware of the DMN.  I am an overthinker.  She will reveal the difference in this Podcast.

I love that Dr. Betsy brings up that an eating disorder, and so too alcoholism, or any addiction, is a "coping mechanism".  She didn't minimize this as just a problem. She clearly states that it is a "coping mechanism", without any judgment, yet with a solution.   

I highly recommend you learn more about her and her book, which will be available starting June 1st, by visiting https://betsyholmberg.com/.  And you can pre-order!  I already did.  Available on Amazon and Barnes and Noble. 

The Unkind Mind.  What a great title.  

Thank you, Dr. Betsy, for your time and for sharing your stories, your achievements, and your purpose from someone who overthinks even after recovering from bulimia.  This was truly insightful.

Links:

https://betsyholmberg.com/

Unkind Mind

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I am so pleased that Ana Escobar joined me to speak about relationships with people who have bulimia.  Both sides.  Our process of being with someone while being bulimic, and our partner's reaction.  

I loved that Ana speaks about how it is difficult for someone you are with to understand bulimia and the relationship with food if they don't have that issue.

There has to be an understanding on the bulimic's side that some people in a relationship do not want to deal with it.  They will accept you without wanting to be a part of it.

Ana speaks about coming out of a divorce.  About letting go and that there are better things that will come out of it.

Ana works not only with bulimics and people with eating disorders, and she also works with people about relationships, so this was a key topic for her to share with us.

She said there are two things.  You work together in a partnership with the eating disorder, or you understand that you have to deal with it on your own.  Someone willing to want to work with you, it's because they have the time.  However, a person who doesn't have a fear of food may not be able to participate in the healing process.  At that point in your life, you have to decide.  Ir is not that they don't love you.  But do you want to stay with someone who doesn't want to participate or someone who is sympathetic and caring enough to take the time to be there for you?

It is a very difficult position for someone to find out that their partner has bulimia.  It is a very difficult position for someone with bulimia or with an eating disorder to feel that there are no emotions from their partner about it.

Please share if you feel that your partner should be supportive or allow them to be non-emotional about it and let you deal with it on your own.  Thoughts?  You can share them by sending an email to bleepbulimia@gmail.com.

If you want to be a guest and speak to this, please also let me know.

I thank Ana so much for her time and her message of not blaming someone for not supporting you.  It's a choice for your partner.  It's a choice for you.

Ana was candid too about relationships... live for the day.  You never know how long you will be with someone.  Marriage reflects being with someone for life, but it is not always so.  Without expectations, life is a better way to live.  It removes the suffering, and pain from you.  Goals are important, but expectations are a different thing.  There is a difference.

Ana has great messages.  You can find her by going to @themagicinhealing on Instagram.  She provides a first consultation for free.

Thank you, Ana.  What you are doing is wonderful.  Thanks for sharing your story and helping people.  

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Great conversation with Rodney De Freitas, Registered Nutritional Health Specialist,  Weight Management Coach for over 30 years, Personal Trainer, and former National Level Gymnast. 

Rodney speaks about nutrition and shares how people's spoken words can affect you.  Too skinny?  Too fat?  Many times people say things and you have to reframe those words.  Mindset.  Reframing and conditioning your mind with positive things, says Rodney.

Turn things into the positive.

Don't put so much emphasis on the scale.... learn a healthy lifestyle.  Focus on how you feel.  Not the scale.  Too many factors that affect the scale.  It's not the answer.  And Rodney speaks to being the best version of ourselves.

You can find Rodney by going to Facebook and Instagram and look him up.  Rodney De Freitas.

Rodney and I have been friends for over 20 years.  We had a great Not For Profit called the Canadian Federation of Executive Entrepreneurs and promoted Canadian Entrepreneurs.  We truly had great experiences during that time.    

Rodney and I now celebrate good health, our relationship with food, our mindset, and our friendships and presence today.  I appreciate you, Rodney.  We sure have had great experiences and I treasure our friendship.   

Relationships are important.  Family, friends, and food.

NO DIET sadly because it's now LIFESTYLE.  Why?  Because society and media have bastardized that word. So don't use diet.  Use lifestyle.  Let's hope they don't bastardize lifestyle now!! :)

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Katharine is lovely.  Everyone tells you to forgive.  Or to forgive and forget.  She said maybe a Unicorn exists and that there is someone who can forgive and forget.  But she said she is not that person.

Just because you forgive doesn't mean you have to continue with a relationship.

Katharine said forgiveness is selfish.  It's for you.  If you dumb it down, you want to stop thinking about that person.  You want all of it out of your head.  It makes you feel lighter.  It is selfish, but selfishness is important. 

I love that Katharine said that you have a scale of 1 to 10 in forgiveness.  She recommends starting with the number one.  The simpler people to forgive.

A witty and beautiful lady, she said that sometimes you need to forgive yourself.  If you cannot, then forgive yourself for not forgiving yourself.  And forgive the food if you are bulimic.

This was such a wonderful discussion.  I can't write as much as I want to here because no one really reads all this... so let it be known.  This is worth listening to.  Forgiveness is difficult.  Katharine has an answer to that... people and places and things.

Put the glass down...  and start with the ONE and not the TEN.


You can reach Katharine by going to katharinegiovanni.com

Katharine has many books.  The two interesting to me were about both intuition and forgiveness.  You can take your pick on Amazon by searching Katharine Giovanni.  I already did and looking forward to reading her books.  She also has them on audible.

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What a brilliant woman.  Author of the 7X Method and The Thin Formula.

After graduating from business she went into Real Estate.  After a bad experience, she went back to school for physical therapy.  When COVID broke out she was being reached out for jobs and decided that she didn't want the tips. 

Dr. Sarah wrote two books and even did a turnaround to start her own business. 

She was an anorexic gymnast and bulimic cheerleader.  She wrote a case study on a bulimic and did a brain chemistry test.  I won't go through all what she received as a result, but it's so interesting to listen to.  She spoke to chemical imbalances, and her tests determined the dosages.

Dr. Sarah doesn't believe Big Pharma wants to share about these tests.  You will hear more about that by listening to this Podcast.

I asked how she tests?  She laughed.  Simple.  Just pi in a cup.  You get your results in 10 days.  DNA is a swab, or finger prick for allergies, but everything else, it's simple.  It is just a urine test that provides all the results.

You can find Dr. Sarah at https://drsarahdoyle.com/

To book an appointment go to this site:

Secure Appointment with Dr. Sarah Doyle


You can pick up a copy of her books 7x Method and The Thin Formula on Amazon and Barnes and Noble.


More about Dr. Sarah:

Dr. Sarah Doyle, DPT, CFMP, DACBN is a licensed physical therapist, certified functional medicine practitioner, and Diplomate with the American Clinical Board of Nutrition. Dr. Doyle recognizes that our bodies function as an ecosystem and in that ecosystem, we have to analyze stress hormones, sex hormones, methylation, brain chemistry, thyroid hormones, and consider the implications of toxins like heavy metals, mold, parasites, viruses and lyme. With the right testing, we can find the root cause and fast track your way to optimal health!

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Dr. Kim Peirano has dealt with people with eating disorders with her own story.  She said she was never really interested in acupuncture.  She had many different interests and realized she was ADHD and it made sense.  She graduated from the Arts with a sculpture degree, which she realized may not be financially feasible.

She took yoga and was fascinated.  That was when she wanted to become a Naturopath. 

Through the Pandemic she realized she couldn't put her acupuncture practice online.  She moved to hypnotherapy and moved into the Chinese therapy.

Dr. Kim also had her own struggles. 

Dr. Kim brings up that acupuncture does not have magic in losing weight.  She was on Weight Watchers since 8 years old.  Then she found intuitive eating.   She reaches people by finding out what the core of it is.

She takes care of those who have been harmed by the alternative wellness world, based on scams, and she helps them reverse their thoughts. 

Very interesting conversation about the experience of life.  Eat all your food but never get fat type of our relationship with food. 

Dr. Kim uses the connections of energy and Chinese medicine.

To find out more about Dr. Kim please visit https://www.lionsheartwellness.com/

More about Dr. Kim:

During a session with Dr. Kim, the profound connection between body, mind, and spirit is bridged. Her intuitive abilities, combined with her additional training as a Jungian Life Coach and Medical Hypnotherapist, Neuro-Emotional Technique, and other energetic healing modalities, work synergistically with acupuncture and herbal medicine. By integrating guided visualization and other techniques into the treatment room, Dr. Kim empowers her patients to access their inner knowing and truth, enabling them to experience deep healing beyond the physical realm.

As a member of the Association for Size Diversity and Health (ASDAH), Dr. Kim embraces a Health At Every Size approach to healing. She also serves as a board member of the California State Oriental Medical Association (CSOMA) and is the Founder and Director of The Integrative Healing Institute, a 501c3 non-profit organization dedicated to providing spirit-mind-body education to health practitioners and the general public. Dr. Kim is a Certified Provider of Hospice and Palliative Care Acupuncture and a volunteer for the Living / Dying Project as a spiritual counselor for end-of-life patients. Dr. Kim is also a columnist for the industry publication Acupuncture Today and has been a peer-reviewed journal author in the Journal of Acupuncture & Integrative Medicine.  She truly loves bringing this medicine, techniques, and wisdom not only to her patients and clients but to the general public and other practitioners through the continuing education courses she offers, her writing, and more.

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What a great conversation with Clint!  I learned so much.  I always do, but this was different. 

There is no tougher job than being a teacher, he says.  I agree.  Yet what was really compelling was the fact that he mentioned teachers are not taught to deal with children with mental health issues.  They are not taught to be mental health communicators.  So true.

This became his passion and his reason for becoming a Mental Health educator.  Not just that.  A Master Mental Health Educator. 

His own loss of his brother to an overdose of fentanyl gave me goose bumps.  I had a niece that they said it was an accidental overdose.  23 years old.  That year I had 3 friends lose their brother, cousin, and sister lose their lives along with my niece.  2020. 

He uses amazing words in this very compelling podcast, including his definition of HALT.  This is very much something everyone, and Bulimics struggling should be aware of.  Hungry, Angry, Lonely, Tired.  Feeling any one of these?  They will trigger an addiction. 

Expressing emotion without fear is another difficult thing to do, and that is where we need to focus on is it though?

I love his explanation about the left brain and the right brain.  Ongoing trauma lives in the right brain.  Listen to hear about this and the ability to express emotions without fear of punishment.  Can you relate?  I can.

Although Clint is focused on teenagers and young adults, he is right.  And I agreed.  Reaching out to adults too is important—adults who have experienced what he speaks about and never reached out for help.  It's never too late.

Treatable Podcast and Sandstonecare.com.  Link below.

To reach out to Clint please go to https://www.sandstonecare.com/blog/real-common-treatable-podcast/


More about Clint Mally:

With a Master's In Teaching and hundreds of hours of interviewing expert mental health professionals, Clint is highly skilled at breaking complex mental health topics into simple everyday language.

Clint is the Director of Communications at Sandstone Care, a leading teen and young adult mental health and addiction treatment provider. 

His goal, like Sandstone's, is to help teens, young adults, and their families overcome mental health, substance use, and addiction challenges.

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I really enjoyed having Leanne on my Podcast as a guest.  What a lovely young lady with so much enthusiasm for helping those who have eating disorders understand that it is not an issue with food, it is rooted in the mental psyche.  I loved when she said after she lost 100 pounds that she still saw herself through "fat goggles".  (Noted the movie where the "Rock" saw the same with Kevin Heart.  Listen to find out the name of the movie. :) )

Diss-ease.  What a great way to explain an "eating diss-order".  The need for control becomes uncontrollable. 

I also loved when Leanne said that we learn "the dieting language" and we metaphorically need to change our language to move from food focus to healthy focus.

The other big part of this was about shame.  Yes, I felt it for 30 years going against my values of lying and secrecy... "the little dirty secret". 

Leanne helps her clients "turn off" their focus on food.  I like that.

For more information, you can find Leanne at https://stresslesseating.com/masterclass or at https://www.leanneellington.com.

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What a lovely conversation with Dr. Fred, and his passion for his new book Find Your True Voice he says it goes along with the technology and what we talked about today and it does.

It's about connecting with human beings.

Dr. Fred was the youngest of 3 sons; his brothers were over 10 years older.  He was told he was a bundle of love and joy.  Admittedly he says maybe not all the time, but that was his memory.   He watched his brothers communicate with his parents.  He said from a young age he would have to learn this communication.

Dr. Fred as a child was always smart, top of his grade, and funny and got into trouble.  His seeking how to communicate was a frustration in school.  Junior high was no better, nor was college. 

He dropped out, then returned to computer science, and again he didn't want to punch cards.  So he dropped out again.  His mother said he needed a job.  So he got one at a Child Worker in Michigan in January 1980.  It was there he learned what communication was about.

Dr. Fred says this world is uncomfortable.  Your level of maintaining yourself is working for you at times to have a smile.  It gives you a purpose.  But some people don't have that feeling.  They don't want to get out of bed.  He asks if there is a justification for being sad or scared or being nervous about how things are going to work out, or the voices in your head.  Oh ya.

Just don't go to the hospital telling them that because those voices are fine but they will put you in the psychiatric ward, and you will be put on medication that will create the symptoms of being what they diagnosed you as as a schizophrenic.

All these people wanted was to make a difference.  What is a human?  They want to be heard, they want to be heard, they want to make a difference and they want to be part of this planet.  We all want to be liked, but no one cares. 

This is where Dr. Fred came up with Find Your True Voice and Welcome To Humanity.

Whatever you say, it's about Humanity.  Hellish and beauty of being a part of humanity.  He also undoctors people.  What if there is nothing wrong with you?

Dr. Fred said that eating disorders were a more difficult part.  But he makes a point.  If you can accept that "this is humanity", and not put yourself down, it's easier to accept that you can, in this world of humanity, find a way to get over it, accepting it's part of your humanity at this time.

Dr. Fred did say some people do have medication that truly does help them.  However, other people are given medication that only exacerbates the issue. 

Very interesting conversation.

You can reach Dr. Fred at DrFred360.com

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I wanted to have Matt O'Neill as a guest because I know so many people who struggle with their moods.  It was something I struggled with even more so when I was bulimic.  When I gave up on bulimia and found peace within myself, my temperament changed.  I won't say I still don't have those moments I snap, but as I shared, I am acutely aware of my emotions, which I wasn't when I ate them and then purged them.  And you never really purge them, you bury them further down.

What I love about this conversation is when Matt equated negativity to "Pain Body".  I have never heard that before, and it made so much sense. 

So who is Matt?  He is a renowned podcast host, entrepreneur, and Forbes books author here to share his mission for spreading positivity.  And how do you do that?

One particular part of our conversation was revealing to me.  Love first.  Don't judge.  Matt explains that empaths can feel negative emotions from others.  This is where is speaks to viewing situations as opposite.   

We spoke to being spiritual, yet the teachings of Jesus were of "love first".  And to understand that someone else's negativity is what they are going through and may try to project it on you to bring you down with them.

Truly a Podcast worth listening to.  Thank you Matt for this great conversation.

To reach Matt, go to https://mattoneill.com/

And Matt's book "The Good Mood Revolution" is available on his site and also on Amazon.

Thank you Matt.  I am still smiling when I am now trying to opposite the negative.  The "Pain Body". 

More about Matt:

Meet Matt O'Neill, renowned podcast host, entrepreneur, Forbes Books author, and devoted family man with a mission to spread positivity. As one of the world's foremost experts on positive psychology, Matt offers valuable insights to enhance everyday happiness, even as life gets tough. 

Matt founded a business that grew 100 employees and $10 million in revenues. He achieved everything he’d always wanted – money, recognition, a beautiful wife and family, even charity work… but the fulfillment he so desperately sought was still out of reach. That's when his focus shifted to finding the true source of happiness... within. 

In the following decade, Matt committed himself to learning from the world's greatest teachers on lasting happiness. He studied directly with Eckhart Tolle, Marianne Williamson, Tony Robbins, Sadhguru, Ed Mylette, Dr. Jane Goodall, Dr. Benjamin Hardy, and countless others. These masters taught him how to rewire his brain for happiness. 

Now you can benefit from his hard-won insights and achieve lasting happiness for yourself as well.

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I know this is a weird introduction, but the other night I watched Atlas with Jennifer Lopez.  In the movie, there were AI robots.  A couple of kinds.  The one that saved her was the one that she had to simulate her mind with the Robot Smith.  It took her all she could to do that final 100% sharing of her feelings. The key to her survival.  I believe sinking with ourselves is just that.  And this is where Ana's story intrigued me to how it related to finding yourself.  JLo found herself through a robot asking her to fully engage her mind to help them both work together for him to help her survive.  The truth is, WE need to synch with ourselves to survive.

The key to our survival is knowing what is in our hearts.  Ana shared her intimate story, and at that moment she said "I shared with my cousin I was bulimic.  She was the first person I told" I cried.  I cried because I know the emotions of "coming out".

Ana turned her life around by finding what is in her heart, her passion, and her MISSION.  She is now a Spiritual Coach.  With the help of Reiki and Card Reading, she helps those who struggle with eating disorders to find the same path of recovery she did.  And what is important is her Clients know she is speaking from the heart because she traveled that journey and recovered.

Ana says it's about opening up the heart and sharing.  It sounds easy, but it's not.  Trust is required.  It is why she opens her heart to her Clients so they know being vulnerable is the best way to be and that she can be trusted because she has been there.

Ana's story is beautiful.  Sad, caring, and about learning that everything happens for a reason.  Her's is to serve, and help those who need to reach out and heal. 

The Magic In Healing.  I am sure that will be a beautiful Podcast and book someday.  In the interim, you can reach Ana on Instagram here...  @TheMagicinHealing  

I appreciate Ana's honesty and her compassion for helping others recover.  I hope that this podcast speaks to my listeners as it did to me when speaking with Ana.

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I know panic attacks and anxiety.  Strangely I had often when I was bulimic.  I would hyperventilate when I was driving and have to pull over somewhere.  So John Graham was a welcoming guest on my Podcast.  What causes this?

I asked some questions.  Is it passed down from generation to generation?  Is it about nutrition?

In the view of John, there is little awareness of where it comes from, but he knows.  Most therapists, psychiatrists, and others will tell you it's a mindset, it can be cured with pills, meditation, or so on.  It can't.  I agree.  I tried all.
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I love his response to this.  YOU HAVE TO START WITH THE HEART.  It was interesting that the Podcast guest that followed him had the same message.  Yet in a different version.  I found it interesting that John spoke about working with the right side of your brain instead of the left one that likes to "Google" the answer.  He explained both men and women have a hard time working with the "feminine" side of the brain because we have been brought up in such a masculine society and to think masculine.

Emotional root issues store themselves in the heart.  One of my favourite moments was when John said the emotions rise when someone pokes you.  And you can feel the anxiety or panic surface, but instead of feeling it you push it back down.  And that someone doesn't know they poked you, but you know that there is something there that has to be addressed, but you choose not to.

This is where John comes in.  I love that he said he feels like he is at the top of the mountain and wants to shout out to everyone how to overcome this panic attack and anxiety rollercoaster.  I told him I want to be at the top of the mountain with him.

Listen to this and you will learn how to release all those uncomfortable feelings you keep inside of you.

To reach John, please go to get your free video on How to Release Your Anxiety, Forever. https://releasepanic.com/free

More about John:
John Graham is a 3x USA Memory Champion, Grandmaster of Memory, Entrepreneur, and mentors High Performers (including a World Record holder).

He's a world-class mind and innovator...but his dark secret is that he had to overcome daily panic attacks and chronic anxiety.  Mainstream methods (therapy, meditation, supplements, etc.) did not work so he discovered counter-intuitive methods to release suppressed emotions and release the control conditioning of his mind to free himself of panic and anxiety, for good

He's performed insane mental feats on TV shows all over the world:
- Super Brain (China) 400 Million Viewers
- SuperHuman (USA) with Mike Tyson
- Xtra Ordinary (Indonesia) 20 Million Viewers
- Incredible People (Russia) 4th place finish

He's been an entrepreneur since 2012 and failed with at least 5 businesses along the way. He was always a bad employee because he wasn't meant to work in a cubicle for someone else.

He's a proud father (and husband) of 3 girls.

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I apologize that my microphone did not work as perfectly as wonderful Angela is... please do if you can, bear with the sound, and listen to her message.  It's an amazing one...

Angela is so wonderful.  Our conversation flowed beautifully.  I apologize for the sound.  I did my best to edit it.  I am not perfect on my podcast, but the messages to my listeners are.  Angela's message is so perfect for my listeners.  I loved her honesty and her wisdom.  Having an amazing life is up to you.

I appreciated comments like Food Freedom, and Enjoy Food.  This is where I am now and I am so excited she brought that up.  We spoke to how to eat slowly, and also the beautiful things Angela shared.  Write down your next day.  Journal.

For some of her clients, it is important to have the right portions, prepare your day, make sure you have protein, heal, and recover.   The strange thing is I realized I do all that.  But I can always do better.  Although the career that I love has me going up and down stairs, and my legs are fit, my arms are losing muscle.  I have all the exercise equipment to do what I said... from 48 to 56 and in better shape.  Now 61... I am going to challenge myself.  20-minute workouts just 4 times a week.  I am sending Angela my before and after.  Does it matter?  Not really, except, we spoke to the health around our bones when we get to our 60s.  It's not about my caring how I look, it's about protecting my bones.  It's about the perception of "I want to look great" to "I want to protect my body" which someone called a meat skin.  Yes.  It is.  And it needs muscle to keep its bones protected.

What an amazing lady!  About eating disorders?  She speaks to a perfect way of finding a diet.  NOT A DIET... a way of eating for life.  Voices go away when you have peace around food.  She talks about food thoughts and releasing that.  Nutrition degree, bodybuilding, coming out of being a skinny fat person.  I get that.   Angela was wonderful in speaking to all this.  She was such a beautiful guest.

And my BAD.  I meant 20 minutes 4 times a week.  I was so excited speaking to Angela, I messed up by saying by day.  NO! It's 20 minutes 4 times a week.  It's all you need.

This was a wonderful podcast full of honesty and information.

Please connect with Angela by reaching her at houseofshape.com

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Helen Sernett, a sleep Evangelist and a Podcast host of Sleep Lists.  What a wonderful topic.

We many times don't sleep because we want to be awake for the life we want to be having.  But sleep deprivation can send you to a state of health.

Helen shares her own experience that not sleeping well was causing her health issues.

So she went looking for ways to sleep to counter that need to be awake and for something to stop all that Monkey Brain, to stop the overthinking.

So after a while, she couldn't find it so she created her own way to do this.

When you are working long days, you do have that feeling of not wanting to lose out on those hours you want to stay up to no lose the time of life with you!

All those thoughts... that make you lose sleep.   I still have issues.  I don't have insomnia.

I have the issue of wanting every day of my life to matter and it keeps me up.

Helen taught me about what happens at night.  What your body does when it sleeps and what you do when you don't sleep to deprive your internal organs.

Very interesting.  We all know that sleep is important but some of us don't care to listen to it.   

What can sleep do for you?  Find out more.  And did you know you can break up 8 hours a day in half in a day?  And that you cannot catch up.  Day by night 8 hours.  Not broken by 4 hours one night and 12 the next.  It's 8 hours a day.

Do you sleep all night dream about memories.. and how does your brain stop dreaming?  What does it mean if you are dreaming about trauma and you keep dreaming about it? 
Listen to find out.  If your brain can't process the trauma that you can't figure out, apparently your brain's dreams are trying to process it...

Helen was a wonderful guest.  This dream and sleep are very interesting.  And I shared that while bulimic I only saw black and white and dark.  Since my recovery, I have seen colour again.  I love what Helen spoke to this.

We also brought up Benjamin, the Dream Wizard.  He is fascinating and both Helen and I were on his Podcast.  A plug for you... Benjamin. :)

Hitting a low point can maybe cause dark..  and this was so interesting... I loved this.

So much more than I can write here.  Please listen.  SLEEP.  Are you asked about sleep by your Doctor?

Know you sleep 1/3 of your life.  Find the right bed~

You can find Helen in her Podcast Sleep Lists

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It was a pleasure having Dr. Cindy Starke on the show.  She says she sees women come alive all the time now.

Overachieving is not the answer.  Dr. Cindy Starke left her practice feeling that although she started off loving what she did, medicine became like a revolving door as time went on, like Ground Hog Day.

What she learned is that her emotions are there for you.  Instead of overworking to make yourself worthy, you can find yourself by finding your emotions.

I loved that Dr. Cindy Starke asked about bulimia.  She was interested.  I shared my experience, but I don't know other people's "routine", or feelings.  But I do know pleasure and pain come with bulimia.

With Dr. Cindy Starke, it's interesting that her acceptance of a shift was her similar cycle of bulimia. 

Doctors and nurses on 12-hour shifts are not healthy, never mind being over-driven outside and pushing yourself.  And what are we doing and who are we proving this all to?

Social scripts - change it to work for you instead of against you.  That's what Dr. Cindy Starke helps.

Why do you want a feather in your cap? 

I love something Dr. Cindy Starke said.  This is a meat suit.   Stop trying to impress each other as women or being in a man's world.  This is a meat suit.  It's not what you look like on the outside.  It's what your meat suit is holding in.  The beauty, the care, the love you exude.

Know how to love your life.  Your experiences.  Dr. Cindy rewires your thoughts through her process through workshops once a month. 

In one part of your mind, that is all your limiting beliefs reside.   To clear out the limiting beliefs it goes through a filter.   Find out more that, about how Dr. Cindy clears out the limiting beliefs.

5 parts of the clearing that she shares in groups or individual session are also spoken to.

To find out more go to drcindystarke.com

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This is an incredibly interesting Podcast with Elwin Robinson.  I have always been fascinated with genetics and DNA.   When Elwin reached out to me to be a guest, I was intrigued.  I know many of us are also intrigued by AI and that is to make notes for us on a Podcast and pick out the important parts of our conversation. 

In fact, ZOOM has that and it decided to pop in to visit as a guest.  I found that intrusive because I want to note my experience personally with my guests.

This, like all my episodes, is special, but particularly special because I always wondered about the genetics and the DNA possibilities of why I was bulimic, and Elwin speaks to this.

A passionate person who also expands on the possibilities of looking into your DNA having a greater role than just what you may get from 23andMe, one that can provide a report on your present and possible future health issues, and greater yet, if I heard properly, provide you with suggestions on how to eliminate or control the future health issues.

Fascinating.

To reach Elwin, he suggests visiting YouTube and finding him by simply searching Elwin Robinson.  Yet, furthermore, you can visit his website www.geneticinsights.co.

He is also offering a discount if you use the promo code BLEEPBULIMIA, all upper case and no space.

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I was so excited to have Andrea on my Podcast as a guest and I know now why.  I knew that the content would be of value to my listeners.  All my guests share valuable information, but in this case, the EMDR aspect fascinated me.

Andrea is very knowledgeable on so many subjects that can be connected to our recovery from bulimia and eating disorders, with one being learning how to deal with emotions.  I love how this connects to the previous episode with Brady and Ana and what we spoke about.

My favourite line?  Trauma has to do with too much too soon, or too little too long.   I saw and heard that line.    Also, I loved the conversation about emotional dysregulation.

For those of you who have reached out to me on Messenger, I hope that my Podcast guests help you.  Reach out to the person you engage with here.

Andrea, thank you.  This was truly a great learning experience. 

Andrea also speaks to her 90-day journal Plan To Recover which will be partnered with The Road Less Travelled coming soon.

More about Andrea and where to find her and her journal Plan To Recover:

https://directimpactmedia.com/

Plan To Recover

With 19 years of experience in the field of Mental Health, Mrs. Epting is a practicing Professional Counselor, Master Addiction Counselor, EMDR Certified Therapist, Certified Sex Therapist, Certified Sex Addiction Therapist, and an Approved Clinical Supervisor. 

Andrea has been a private practitioner since 2007 and specializes in the treatment of trauma-initiated process addictions, diamine deficiencies, sexual dysfunctions, compulsive behaviors, and partner betrayal. 

Additionally, she is the Founder of Wize Mind Enterprises, Lightning In A Bottle digital courses, and the host of the Direct Impact podcast. 

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Wonderful episode about how Ana shares her story of bulimia recovery.  Brady was previously on my Podcast speaking to dog training and how it relates to humans training their mindset for both themselves and their furry family.

Ana is candid and speaks very much about how a bulimic feels through the journey of bulimia and recovery.  Brady introduced his partner, encouraged her to tell her story, and asked some very pointed questions as a partner to someone who had struggled with the disorder.

I truly appreciate this couple.  Lovely story about how they met as well.


More About Ana:

What we didn't get into, and I hope Ana will return as a guest once again to give us more information, is how Reiki changed her life.  She did speak to the spirituality part of her journey to recovery as well as OA (Overeaters Anonymous), but there was another part to this, and it inspired her to start her own business to help others heal through this method.  Keep posted for where to find her on Social Media. :)


More About Brady:

You can reach out to him at https://info.newdirectiondogtraining.com/ or on TikTok and Instagram @dndogtraining. 

Brady is a dedicated dog trainer with a passion for empowering puppies, dogs, and their owners to achieve greater success and harmony at their home and around town! With years of hands-on experience, he's honed his skills in canine behavior, obedience, emotional support, and service dog training. Brady firmly believes that a well-trained dog is a happy and confident dog, and his mission is to empower dog owners with the knowledge and tools to create a peaceful and loving home themselves.

Most dog owners find themselves struggling to unlock their pet's full potential, often falling short of creating the well-behaved companion they envision. I was at a similar place, at rock bottom, and I needed to do something fast.

In his signature keynote, "From Chaos to Harmony: Unlocking the Secrets to Your Dream Dog" Brady Foulk shares his up-and-down journey, guiding individuals to realign their focus on what they can control rather than what they lack.

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Very interesting conversation with Ben Oofana.  Healer.  He has been in practice for 35 years.  We chatted about bulimia and his three most powerful interactions.  Deep tissue massage, acupuncture, and floatation tanks.

Ben speaks about his own trauma and how he helps others with their own.    He speaks to numbing and avoiding.

I did bring up the fact that being an adult with bulimia and being in mid-life bulimia.  This is different than working with children.

Ben responded that even if he has limited information of the individual, he does admit many incidences, but his clients don't divulge all he needs to know to heal.

Typical of bulimics.

Ben states he will take his hands and scan the person.  And he says he then feels in person how they hurt emotionally.

Accessing emotions and working with emotions is important.  And getting connected to their physical bodies is important to overcome the emotional triggers.

Best line.  Digest your emotions.  Learn through how to do that in a healthy manner.

You can reach out to Ben by going to https://benoofana.com also download a free copy of my eBook "The Essentials of Getting Over Your Breakup and Moving On
http://gettingoveryourbreakup.com

More about Ben:

After a succession of destructive relationships in his
mid-twenties, Ben realized that he was reenacting the
traumas of his childhood and adolescence. Being very
intuitive, he began to develop an entire series of
intensive meditation practices to facilitate the
awakening of the innate healing intelligence residing
within the body and mind.
Ben began to explore a wide range of therapeutic
interventions and soon thereafter returned to the
ancient practices he had learned while training with
Horace Daukei, a traditional Native American doctor
(medicine man) from the Kiowa Tribe. Ben later went
on to train with Chinese Master Sifu Li Tai Liang. He
has incorporated these practices that have their roots
in the ancient Taoist lineages.

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A very open and honest discussion.  Jordan is a Flooring Contractor.  Along with this, he is also a Mindset, Fitness, and Nutrition Coach.  The latter was inspired by his upbringing and the tragedy he witnessed.  

Jordan's parents divorced and after the break up his mother spiraled downwards.  Along with becoming addicted to meth, she also had bulimia, something Jordan shares with us about his experience.

Jordan himself struggled with what mirrors anorexia, where he would not eat and dropped down to 140 lbs from 180.  

He realized he had to make a change, and so, the mindset, fitness, and nutrition coaching, helping others overcome difficulties they have experienced and witnessed.

You can find Jordan on Instagram @one.contract.flooring.1

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What a lovely and inspiring interview with Brady Foulk.  And how fun that this is episode 101.  Reminded me of the 101 Dalmations.  How would Brady train all 101?  A question for the next time I have him on my Podcast.   

At first, I was wondering, when he reached out to me, how this would relate to my Podcast.  He was clear on how it would.  And it does.

Fun pre-intro when I asked how he wanted to be introduced.  He said his last name is said "folk" like folks.  I told him I think I can say that fine.  Even with my lisp.  And or I could say he was Brady, like the "Brady Bunch".  Wanted to hug him right there.  My kind of humour.

I have always had dogs.  And my dogs have been part of the reason I recovered.  My sister's unconditional love for me also made me realize dogs give you that too and what would my dogs do if I were to leave them?

Brady shares his own story of how he had to retrain his own thinking and lifestyle and explains the three different ways we can deal with issues.  Ignore, manage or make it sustainable.

Brady and I chatted after the interview and it was interesting that he asked me what were my questions while I was eating after I recovered.  He asked that because I told him when I was eating at family gatherings when I was bulimic, would I find a way to get rid of the food?  Today it's not really asking any questions.  It's enjoying the food and the company.  So there are no mental thoughts of what I will have to do, other than the dishes. :)  Great question though.

Brady shares many intuitive thoughts and is very engaging.  And his dogs Bumble Bee and Curiosity are so adorable!  Check them out on Social Media!

You can reach out to him at https://info.newdirectiondogtraining.com/ or on Tiktok and Instagram @dndogtraining. 

The episode about water?  My birthday buddy friend Aaron was my guest on that episode.  You can view that one at https://www.buzzsprout.com/1484140/13189498

More about Brady:

Brady is a dedicated dog trainer with a passion for empowering puppies, dogs, and their owners to achieve greater success and harmony at their home and around town! With years of hands-on experience, he's honed his skills in canine behavior, obedience, emotional support, and service dog training. Brady firmly believes that a well-trained dog is a happy and confident dog, and his mission is to empower dog owners with the knowledge and tools to create a peaceful and loving home themselves.

Most dog owners find themselves struggling to unlock
their pet's full potential, often falling short of
creating the well-behaved companion they envision. I was at a similar place, at rock bottom, and I needed to do something fast.

In his signature keynote, "From Chaos to Harmony:
Unlocking the Secrets to Your Dream Dog" Brady
Foulk shares his up and down journey, guiding individuals to realign their focus on what they can control rather
than what they lack.

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LaurieAnn had struggled for 30 years with bulimia. After 10 years of being recovered, she wanted to help others and is now the host of the Bleep Bulimia Podcast, reaching out to others who struggle with particularly Midlife bulimia.

LaurieAnn travelled and lived in many places. Born in Montreal, Quebec, LaurieAnn's family moved to Istanbul, Turkey when she was seven where they lived for four years, during which time they were the first Civilian Family to "walk" from Asia to Europe on the first Bosphorus Bridge.

LaurieAnn always wanted to have her own business, from the age of 7. At 24 she started her Literary Agency and became the VP and Newsletter Editor of the Canadian Authors Association Newsletter. She moved to Reno and transitioned into Marketing/Branding/Finance for an engineering company. Upon return to Canada, she became the Executive Director of The Enterprise Centre, coaching start-up businesses.

During this time she followed her passion for handwriting analysis and is the first Canadian, to become a Masters Certified Handwriting Analyst/Grapho-Therapist.

LaurieAnn had struggled for 30 years with bulimia. After 10 years of being recovered, she wanted to help others and is now the host of the Bleep Bulimia Podcast, reaching out to others who struggle with particularly Midlife bulimia.

LaurieAnn has authored three books, contributed to a #1 Best Seller, and received the publisher's award for Make Up Not Required - How to Brand The True You. Her latest book is How To Have Your Cake & Not Eat It All Too - A Guide To Adult Bulimia Recovery. Her favourite is her first. Hampy The Book. Hampy is a character she created at 18 when her bulimia began.

How to Contact LaurieAnn Cambell :

www.bleepbulimia.com

https://iamthatgalcom.wordpress.com/

https://www.facebook.com/iamthatgal</

Check out Roy's Awakening Podcast~
https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/roy-coughlan0/episodes/Overcoming-30-yrs-of-Bulimia--Advantages-of-Handwriting-Analysis--LaurieAnn-Cambell-278-e2ei8ua

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I truly believe, listeners, that this will be an eye-opener.  Michelle shares with us her expertise in overcoming trauma, anxiety, and overwhelm through nervous system regulation.

Having begun her journey by struggling with food restriction, and then binging, Michelle went on to learn more about why we have these needs. 

An excellent view of how the nervous system, and the body's biology can affect you.  Taking a new perspective instead of simply speaking to the mind.

As per the suggestion from Michelle, here is the link to the free Neurotransmitter assessment:  https://botanace:-.lpages.co/mood-fix-assessment/

Social Media Links to contact Michelle

More about Michelle:

Michelle Brown is a Functional Nutrition and Lifestyle Practitioner and clinical herbalist and also holds a certificate as a Mastery Level Biology of Trauma Advanced Provider. She works with clients from around the world to address anxiety, depression, fatigue and other chronic health issues from a root-cause, trauma-informed perspective. This approach addresses nervous system dysregulation and emphasizes the mind-body connection that allows true healing to happen. You can connect with Michelle at www.botanacea.com.

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What a great insight with Carly.  "Feeling emotions on purpose" was something that resonated with me. 

We spoke about how the brain is a very important part of overcoming health issues.  It's not just about what you eat. 

Very enlightening guest.

You can find Carly at www.yourlivinghealth.com.  There you can also find her links to Facebook and Instagram and her Podcast.

More about Carly:

My name is Carly Lucchesi, I’m a Registered Dietitian, Life Coach, and Christian. Through functional testing, lifestyle shifts, and behavior awareness, we can together develop a plan for how you can live synergistically with your body. We will dive into the whole story of how you’ve gotten to where you’re at in your health journey, and together decide where you want to be.

I have coached MANY men and women to successful weight loss and lifestyle change over the years. Each had unique challenges, but this method accounts for all the variables. If you are willing to show up for yourself, I can guarantee you the life you’ve never thought was possible.

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Lovely conversation with Paul Zolman.  Also very inspirational.  From being an abused child, to an angry adult, Paul tells the story of how he decided to change.  He removed the permission to blame others, and took responsibility for his present and future outlook.

Creator of the Role of Love based on the Five Love Language book, he came up with a die that allows you to roll it every morning and focus on what it landed on.  He said the goal is to practice that all day.

You can find out more about Paul by visiting his website RoleOfLove.com

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What a pleasure to have Clint Callahan as a guest.  Clint is a licensed therapist and life coach and says he has worked with everybody over the past 23 years.  Meaning, he has worked with prisoners, business owners, people with eating disorders, etc.

Cline has a great program called Small Changes Big Impact, 1% Per Day Transformational System.  It was interesting to speak to people wanting it all now.  This is slow and steady, making it more likely to last. 

Clint said the important thing is to be aware of when you lie to yourself.  He takes great pleasure in bumping the light, and in watching when his clients see the light.

Along with this, we chatted about burnout and the different stages of burnout.

Make sure you visit Clint's website for a free book!  https://www.smallchangesbigimpact.net/freebook

You can also find him on Instagram @smallchangesbigimpact.4u.

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We all know that plastic water bottles are causing havoc on our earth.  Some of us may also know that the acidity in water is not healthy, and yes, acidity in water exists. 

I asked Aaron to join me to discuss the water issues.  The taste, the acidity, the ability to reduce that acidity and split the two, and to have use for the acidic part of the water for cleaning.  Very interesting topic.

Do you hate drinking water?  And if you don't, and you drink a lot are you drinking the right kind?

You can reach out to Aaron by visiting Tiktok @aaronkonow or on Facebook as well at awkonow.

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This is a fun series of 5.  The first time I am doing a series, because I believe 30 minutes at a time is the best way to listen to a Podcast.

I was a guest on Benjamin's Podcast The Dream Wizard and I was amazed.  I also had him on as a guest here to discuss his ability to interpret dreams.

Episode #93 of The Dream Wizard Podcast is when I appeared, and while he interviewed me, he took notes.  I asked if he wanted me to do a handwriting analysis for him.  He agreed and sent me the notes.

This is the outcome.  

We went through each characteristic in depth, so this was a two-and-a-half-hour discussion.  Welcome to Part Five of Five.

To find Benjamin and all his amazing books just look up BenjaminTheDreamWizard on Google and you will find everything from his Instagram link, his WordPress, and his Facebook.  Make sure to follow him!

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This is a fun series of 5.  The first time I am doing a series, because I believe 30 minutes at a time is the best way to listen to a Podcast.

I was a guest on Benjamin's Podcast The Dream Wizard and I was amazed.  I also had him on as a guest here to discuss his ability to interpret dreams.

Episode #93 of The Dream Wizard Podcast is when I appeared, and while he interviewed me, he took notes.  I asked if he wanted me to do a handwriting analysis for him.  He agreed and sent me the notes.

This is the outcome.  

We went through each characteristic in-depth, so this was a two-and-a-half-hour discussion.  Welcome to Part Four of Five.

To find Benjamin and all his amazing books just look up BenjaminTheDreamWizard on Google and you will find everything from his Instagram link, his WordPress, and his Facebook.  Make sure to follow him!

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This is a fun series of 5.  The first time I am doing a series, because I believe 30 minutes at a time is the best way to listen to a Podcast.

I was a guest on Benjamin's Podcast The Dream Wizard and I was amazed.  I also had him on as a guest here to discuss his ability to interpret dreams.

Episode #93 of The Dream Wizard Podcast is when I appeared, and while he interviewed me, he took notes.  I asked if he wanted me to do a handwriting analysis for him.  He agreed and sent me the notes.

This is the outcome.  

We went through each characteristic in-depth, so this was a two-and-a-half-hour discussion.  Welcome to Part Three of Five.

To find Benjamin and all his amazing books just look up BenjaminTheDreamWizard on Google and you will find everything from his Instagram link, his WordPress, and his Facebook.  Make sure to follow him!

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This is a fun series of 5.  The first time I am doing a series, because I believe 30 minutes at a time is the best way to listen to a Podcast.

I was a guest on Benjamin's Podcast The Dream Wizard and I was amazed.  I also had him on as a guest here to discuss his ability to interpret dreams.

Episode #93 of The Dream Wizard Podcast is when I appeared, and while he interviewed me, he took notes.  I asked if he wanted me to do a handwriting analysis for him.  He agreed and sent me the notes.

This is the outcome.  

We went through each characteristic in-depth, so this was a two-and-a-half-hour discussion.  Welcome to Part Two of Five.

To find Benjamin and all his amazing books just look up BenjaminTheDreamWizard on Google and you will find everything from his Instagram link, his WordPress, and his Facebook.  Make sure to follow him!

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This is a fun series of 5.  The first time I am doing a series, because I believe 30 minutes at a time is the best way to listen to a Podcast.

I was a guest on Benjamin's Podcast The Dream Wizard and I was amazed.  I also had him on as a guest here to discuss his ability to interpret dreams.

Episode #93 of The Dream Wizard Podcast is when I appeared, and while he interviewed me, he took notes.  I asked if he wanted me to do a handwriting analysis for him.  He agreed and sent me the notes.

This is the outcome.  

We went through each characteristic in depth, so this was a two-and-a-half-hour discussion.  Welcome to Part One of Five.

To find Benjamin and all his amazing books just look up BenjaminTheDreamWizard on Google and you will find everything from his Instagram link, his WordPress, and his Facebook.  Make sure to follow him!

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This may be a shorter interview, yet a compelling one, and we didn't get into all the Los Angeles information about this beautiful lady.

Susan Gold came on and I had a long intro for her and she said just introduce me as an author and coach.  She is so much more than that.

It was an honour having her on my Podcast as I am honoured by all my guests and love that all are not about selling or promoting themselves. 

Susan made that clear in our pre-interview chat.  I am proud that my guests are not here to sell.  They are here to send a message and reach out.  That is what my podcast is all about.  Find the person you relate to and yes!! please find that person.

Susan is GOLD.  I love the story of the body finding intuitively the pain.  I can't find that to be easy because my body still holds pain.  I love that she spoke to taking the time to find out why.  I, like Susan, struggled with self-love.  Narcissism.  It's a common word that social media made known, and there's truth to it.  Too, the empath.  And also the supply a narcissist goes after.  I love that Susan shared about letting go.  And loving yourself.

YOU are what matters.  Please, if you are struggling with bulimia or even self-worth, I recommend Susan's book, Toxic Family.  It's more than the title.  It's about enlightenment.  It's about transformation.  And as Susan says in the Podcast, it's where you start to learn about it.  Her book.  And if you need more support... reach out to her.

The beauty of Susan saying about finding the love you feel for you.
 
You can find it on Amazon by searching  Toxic Family or easier yet, just go to her website susangold.us

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This episode was quite emotional.  From Collin sharing his truth in life and his pain of a life that is a book to come, I hope.  Truthfulness and honesty and pain.  It's hard to lose someone suddenly.  I did try to relate suicide to Bulimia and Eating Disorders.  This was why I had Collin on this episode.  There were spoken words of quick loss versus slow ones, however, to me this was about having someone come on in pain and sharing that if you are feeling pain, and you are experiencing an eating disorder, it IS  A SLOW SUICIDE.

I hope you find out more about Collin Hughes and Collin's story and his fight against suicide.  I know the feeling.  I felt like I wanted to drive into a pole when I was going through a divorce.  I heard the love of my life tell me she put a noose around her neck and she failed and I am grateful for that she is okay now... although still suffers from "what is this world about and why the f' am I here?"  Scares me that she still has those thoughts.  So still every day I wonder.

What percent of us have thought about suicide, and yet are scared and doing it slowly, like I did for 30 years?  I was told that.  Bulimia is a slow suicide, as are all eating disorders.

Mom told me tonight that she noticed I and my sister who also dealt with weight and mental health issues have learned how to live life with beauty and enjoy food, while also knowing to enjoy... and learning about what your body needs, and that you need just to enjoy life.

My parents were freaked out about losing me when I was bulimic.  I have had friends with anorexia whose parents felt the same.  KNOW THIS, AN EATING DISORDER IS A SLOW SUICIDE AND SCARES THE HELL OUT OF THOSE WHO LOVE YOU!  My daughter knew I had bulimia and asked me to please LIVE.

I hope this loss and pain make you realize YOU MATTER!

You can find Collin Hughes by going to:

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2036777

https://www.buzzsprout.com/2036777/share

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-miracles-of-tragedy/id1641402383

And The Malinois Foundation, which Collin referenced can be found at the link below:

https://themalinoisfoundation.org/Support the show

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I remember first being on Benjamin's podcast.  I felt comfortable right away.  I was intrigued by my dreams.  I had struggled with a recurring one.  We addressed that one.

With two to three hours he shares with his guests on his Podcast The Dream Wizard, I still didn't feel it was enough to get into all the weird and grey  (no colour) dreams I had when I was bulimic.

That was for another time.  And this is the episode with Benjamin as a guest that is.

Having said that, it was interesting that after he interviewed me on his Podcast and was making some suggestions as to WHY this recurring dream may be, it became clear and he was spot on, and I stopped having them.

In this episode, you will learn about how dreams can be affected by diet, and emotions, in a fun way.  I appreciate Benjamin more than anyone will know.  It is why I felt compelled to have him as a guest here.

If anyone here who listened can relate to strange dreams that shifted once becoming bulimic or having an eating disorder, I highly recommend connecting with Benjamin.

To those who just decide to listen, I am asking you to please support his animal rescue home by providing even a dollar towards his and his wife's upkeep of animals in need.  I know the feeling  All my animals are. 

Benjamin will be back as we both speak together as a team on how dreams and handwriting connect.  Both of these are "science" that cannot be proven in absolute, yet can be very accurate to a very interesting degree.  Stay tuned.

You can find The Dream Wizard by going to  https://benjaminthedreamwizard.com

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A lovely interview with Dr. Kari Anderson, author of Food, Body & Love: but the greatest of these is love.  Dr. Kari has also been treating eating disorders for over 30 years. 

Dr. Kari shares with the audience the reason for writing her book.  She also has a program she is offering and a workbook on the way.

It was refreshing to have a different view on eating disorders, one that took a scientific approach.    I am sure the listeners will gain a lot from this episode.

To learn more about the program and about Dr. Kari Anderson, please visit https://myeatingdoctor.com.  Also, anyone who is listening to this episode can add the code RW50 when purchasing the course and receive $100 off.

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I so enjoy having Ulrika as a guest.  Also known as Ullis Karlsson, Ulrika is an author who is a very spiritual person. 

Ulrika speaks to health, healing, and eating disorders when it comes to fears and triggers.  I find it fascinating how she brings up triggers are important and are a sign of passing.  It's important to get used to not be comfortable to keep being healthy and free.

On February 11th it was my 12th anniversary of being recovered, and we spoke to the fact that I didn't let it trigger me to go back to what was "comfort" in my bulimia and made me realize I truly was recovered.

Holy F*ck and Sacred Water is one of Ulrika's first books and was mentioned to be the book of the year by the readers.  Since then she has authored The Sacred Soul and written a chapter in the book The Potent Power of Menopause.

There is a lot of interesting information about these books in this episode and the fire element inside of us who struggle with eating disorders.   The energy we use up and burning up the water within us.  How we end up with less energy.  And even to that the sexuality is quite often affected. 

Please listen to this full episode to really hear the balance between the female and the male in us.  And to the menopause, it was interesting because we spoke to the fact both men and women go through this and that it is time to "pause".

We even touch on Government (controlling people). 

I asked Ulrika why she was Ullis prior, knowing her real name.  She said Ullis was her nickname and she worked to reclaim what her real name means: The Magnificent.

You can contact Ulrika at www.ulliskarlsson.com.  If you would like to purchase her books, please contact her directly.  If you do want a signed copy, you can, however, shipping charges would be extra.

Links to Ulrika's Karma clearing and books Holy F*ck and Sacred Soul below.

Karma clearing:
https://ulliskarlsson.com/karma-clearing/

Holy F*ck:
https://ulliskarlsson.com/holy/

 Sacred Soul:
https://ulliskarlsson.com/sacred-soul/

Again, it was such a pleasure to have Ulrika on my show for the third time and I know you will be able to relate to much of this.

You can join my support group on FB at https://www.facebook.com/groups/bullimiaddict
Find me on instagram @bullimiaddict and @bleepbulimia
And for a 10 year blog during my recovery go to https://www.bullimiaddict.com
To sign up as a guest on my podcast visit https://www.bleepbulimia.com
You can also visit us on FB at https://www.facebook.com/groups/bleepbulimia

New Release Kindle or Signed Copy!
How To Have Your Cake & Not Eat It All Too - A Guide To Adult Bulimia Recovery

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What an amazing guest.  Tricia Parido, an International Master Addictions Coach shares her own struggles for 30 years with her eating disorders and recovery process.  Tricia has an amazing amount of energy and passion for helping others to recover as well. 

Tricia's journey is filled with past trauma and I love her 5 main core values to follow.   Leaving the past behind is important. 

We spoke about forgiveness, about how Tricia helps with filters and moving forward on the path to full recovery.

Thank you, Tricia, for such wonderful wisdom, and for sharing.

You can find Tricia by going to www.triciaparido.com or www.turningleavesrecovery.com

More about Tricia:

Tricia Parido is a Nationally Certified Life Coach and International Master Addictions specialist, who loves to help change lives! She is on the front lines of making life better for those who so desire and she has a passion to equip individuals with the right life skills and help them set the right aspirations, so they can live life and live it freely!

Tricia Parido is also a Writer, Personal Life Coach, Professional Life Interventionist, and Master Addictions Coach based in California. As an active business owner of a thriving coaching practice, she not only teaches her clients how to live the life they desire and “live free”, but she also teaches those that aspire to become professional coaches how to do so, passionately and professionally. She has co-authored a recent release of Raising the Bar, which was featured on Innovators Radio and NBC and has been published on SkillsYouNeed.com. She currently serves as Founder/Director of Turning Leaves® Recovery, Life, and Wellness Coaching, a nationally certified coaching practice whose mission is to provide personalized, high-quality care that will guide individuals toward an empowered and improved quality of life and wellness. Her practice is built upon her personal attributes of passion, compassion, advocacy, objectivity, and honesty. Specializing in life transitions and post-treatment, Parido is ever committed to assuring that those whom she is entrusted with are motivated and empowered to conquer their life challenges and addictions.

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Jem speaks about his "midlife awakening" where previously he had lost his self-worth and this loss affected his relationships with his wife, his friends, his colleagues.  It came to the point where Jem said he lost everything, except his two sons.

Listen to his episode to find out how Jem successfully and through communication, learned how to pull himself out of the "rut" and find a more fulfilling life.


More about Jem:

Jem Fuller has lived a colourful, global life. From barefoot backpacker to corporate leader, fire-dancer and traditional tattooist, kindergarten teacher to motorcycle courier, masseuse and reflexology to labourer and travel consultant.
Now his time is as partner and father, coach, facilitator and retreat leader. He is the author of the recently published book, The Art of Conscious Communication for Thoughtful Men, and can be seen delivering his TEDx talk on YouTube.

https://jemfuller.com/books/

You can find Jem at www.jemfuller.com and you can also buy his book from Amazon or Booktopia. You can enrol in his online courses via his website or contact him directly at jem@jemfuller.com

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Interesting episode covering the Law of Attraction and how we manifest our own attractions.  Zehra has a passion for this and speaks understanding this "power" allows the people to take back their self-worth.  You can find out more by clicking the link below.

www.getmanifestingadvice.com

Book a one-time free 30-minute consultation with Zehra and get law of attraction specific to your life.

More about Zehra:

Zehra Mahoon’s mission is to guide others to stop making the mistakes that are preventing them from their success and ultimate joy by teaching them the power of heart and mind alignment based on the Law of Attraction. She is the author of fifteen books on these subjects and the creator of the Unlimited 40-day law of attraction workbook and support group. After committing to completely transforming her self-worth in 2006, she went from being massively in debt to owning multiple properties and creating a thriving business, as well as healing her relationships. She shares her personal journey to help people understand that power of reclaiming their self-worth.

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Anissa said she began taking yoga lessons.  She had no intention of teaching. 

Anissa lived in a large active Military community.  She decided to support the community and realized she had to start by helping herself.

Trauma was not a stranger in Anissa's life.  She says she knows it intimately.  Among the traumas, she is a bereaved mother and a two-time rape survivor.  She says today her mat is her best friend, her confidant. 

Anissa's healing programs deal with working PTSD out of the body.  She says you have to treat the whole person.   She explains that this kind of yoga therapy is not for anyone.  There are different types of yoga.  There are therapeutic yogas, and these are specialized.  Anissa's is specific to PTSD.  People with PTSD either live in the future or in the past.  The goal is to have them live in the present.

To the eating disorder, Anissa says it is abuse and addictive behaviour, and typically they arise from trauma, be it several small traumas, or large ones.

You can find out more about Anissa and her programs by going to https://api.22apps.com/shareurl/2aeeee96-788d-4a65-afdb-0b3ebf69ddd2 on your phone.  It is an app.

Anissa's biography:

My life has been intertwined with PTSD/Trauma and the military. Not only am I the daughter of a Vietnam Veteran, I was also married to an active duty member (and Iraq/Afghanistan Veteran) for over 20 years. For 3 years, I volunteered at the Warrior Transition Battalion at Fort Riley, Kansas providing yoga therapy, meditation, and other holistic treatments to the soldiers, family members, and staff. After seeing others struggle, and having my own personal struggles with trauma/PTSD, I was inspired to create the Trauma Healing Yoga Therapy Program. 
As a Yoga Therapist and founder of the Trauma Healing Yoga Therapy Program, I guide others in the use of effective, science-based yoga therapy and other holistic techniques for the management/healing of symptoms relating to PTSD and trauma for people who want to control their PTSD - not allow it to control them.

Recently, I have focused my efforts on working with women who have been sexually traumatized to help them heal their PTSD (and other trauma-related issues) with yoga therapy. As a 2x rape survivor, I intimately understand the needs these women face and help them navigate their healing journeys.
I earned my 200 RYT, 500 RYT and was awarded my Certification in Yoga Therapy from the International Association of Yoga Therapy. Additionally, I have completed a 120 Hour YogaFit Warriors training and the MBSR (Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction) online course through the Center for Mindfulness in Medicine, Health Care, and Society at the University of Massachusetts Medical School. Currently a student with the Phoenix Rising School of Yoga Therapy, I'm learning another approach to utilizing yoga to help release trauma from the body. I work with people with all types of physical conditions, however, I specialize in working with those suffering from PTSD, TBI’s, and all trauma-related issues and have been for over the past 5 years. 

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Beautiful episode with Alison who shares about her eating disorder and her journey to recovery.  What an amazing story about using holistic practices to heal.  As I often say, this podcast is about finding the RIGHT solution for YOU.   Alison's story is one that speaks to using our life experiences to heal and recover.   

Alison speaks to the combination of how this holistic yoga, meditation, walking, art and group, nutrition therapy... and more.  It was accessing yourself from so many angles.  I love that.

Alison wrote an article about addiction recovery and wrote about being a "recovered addict" and was called on that by someone.  The person's vision was "once an addict always an addict", and Alison disagrees.  I agree with Alison.  Recovery is achievable when it comes to eating disorders.

I truly am always grateful for my guests who share their stories about their own journeys, and I do hope that my listeners feel the same.

"Allow this eating disorder to release its grip on us..."  What powerful words.  And OH MY GOSH being weighed at a young age and being tall?  I could relate so much!  Stories Alison shared that were so parallel.

Please visit Alison at www.embodymylife.com

Alison always has various programs, retreats, and offerings running so she is just putting her website there for simplicity!

She does have a FREE Guided Meditation on her website if you sign up for her email list.

https://embodymylife.mykajabi.com/pl/2147498647

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Very interesting conversation with Spencer.  Who knew that Social Assistance was available to people with eating disorders?  I know I am in Canada, however, I think the conversation about mental health and how Bulimia falls under this category, is really important for my listeners to know, globally.

You can find Spencer at https://www.bishinspublishing.com/

The site includes the book overview, where to purchase, and links to both interviews and Spencer's social media links.

More about Spencer:

Spencer Bishins has a master’s degree from the London School of Economics, and a law degree from Florida State University. Working for SSA for more than 10 years, he drafted or reviewed thousands of disability decisions. After leaving SSA, he wanted to help demystify the complicated disability system. His first book, Social Security Disability Revealed: Why it’s so hard to access benefits and what you can do about it, explores the obstacles that disability claimants face as they try to access benefits.

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Unpack and heal your trauma with Greg.  He helps people feel the pain to be able to metabolize it. 

Can we create our own trauma?  Why do we hide our trauma? 

Greg speaks to relationships with others being so important. 

Greg works with people to connect to their inate wisdom. 

These notes will never be able to clearly define Greg's own wisdom and the wonderful responses to the questions I ask him.  Listen from start to finish to hear those in-depth answers to questions I asked that were not so simple to find an answer to.

Being able to feel some really hard things needs to be done slowly, and that is a part of healing.

You can reach Greg at https://www.gregwieting.com or at https://www.prismamethod.com

More about PRISMA:

The PRISMA Course is the owner's manual and roadmap for mental, emotional, and spiritual health. An online community offers travel companions, guided meditations are the built-in GPS and a self-care energy medicine foundation training is the vehicle needed for a lifetime of healing.

This is an arc of transformation to heal the anxiety and depression rooted in trauma. 

More about Greg:

Greg is most compelled by the intersection of all things leadership, healing, purpose, and performance.

He loves to discuss the bridge between entrepreneurship and spirituality and how leadership can be used as a healing force for good. 

Greg is also interested in exploring the state of mental health in America and why we have a sick-care, not a healthcare system that’s in crisis. And he brings a unique take on how to effectively heal the trauma that underlies anxiety, depression, and chronic pain without chasing or suppressing symptoms.

Greg can geek out on neuroscience, energy medicine, and mindfulness making it practical, relevant, accessible, and fun. :)

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Andrea was inspired to become a psychological coach due to her lack of healthy boundaries and coming into one's power.  She realized limiting beliefs get in the way.  She wanted to inspire others to make changes in their lives.

Acceptance and acceptance of love can be a struggle with bulimics.  Andrea says we came into this world with an unfilled bottle.   Some of the bottle gets filled with unnecessaries.

"What am I feeling, what are my thoughts" are was Andrea focuses on, including how one interprets those.  Getting the feelings out of the body is important and Andrea explains some of the methods to do that. 

You can connect with Andrea at andrealukac.coaching@gmail.com
Please email her if she can be of assistance or book a coaching call with her.

More about Andrea:

When Andrea Lukac entered the working world after studying economics, she noticed very quickly how unhappy she and other people around her were in their day to day lives. This awareness led to her having the courage to follow her passion of inspiring people to live life to the fullest.

Utilizing her knowledge in human behavior, especially what has been triggered from past traumas, Andrea is able to assist people in overcoming overwhelm, fear, shame and judgement by communicating their needs and wants powerfully.

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Josie Warren and I discussed her work, and why she became a Chronic Illness Expert.  Part of that was overcoming her own struggle with bulimia, which she is now recovered 7 years from.  Josie says she thought she would be a lifetime bulimic and is happy to have learned that she could indeed overcome it. 

Josie started her bulimia at about 12 in 7th grade, and in high school, it became more regular, three to seven times a day, daily for well over a decade.

Josie came from a family of bulimics and eating disorders.  There was a time that she would have said it was because of her family and she was fated to be bulimic.  She changed her mindset saying she was the one who chose bulimia. 

Bulimia is not visible.  It is a secret to the one who is bulimic.  "I could hide it behind a closed door," says Josie. 

We chatted about how we thought other people thought about us was really about how we really felt about ourselves. 

What inspired Josie to seek recovery?  Her deteriorating health condition was the reason.  The avenues of therapy were not working.  Someone suggested connecting with A New Life Center in Colorado.  She went in for her auto-immune issues and chronic illnesses.  She was accepted into their program and found out that chronic stress was the reason for her illnesses.  This led to dealing with those suppressed stresses, and with that, a magical thing happened and her bulimia also was cured. 

Josie speaks to the sympathetic, flight or fight stage of stress, and entering into the para-sympathetic nervous system, where the body regains homeostasis.

Wonderful information.  A must listen to.


To connect with Josie, please visit https://hashimotosfix.com/contact-josie-warren

This link takes you to her website and a contact form. From here, you can connect and see how Josie might best help .you

Her website will also give more information about my program and unique perspective on wellness. 

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Leah is brave in sharing her story, as were my previous guests.  In this case, I found it interesting that, as Leah said, not many women start later in life to have an eating disorder.  Although it is becoming more common, it is still outside of the norm.

Most women who struggle with later issues with eating disorders did start in their earlier years.  This is true.  So that Leah shared as a person who started later in life, and that her story coincides with the Pandemic and too with anxiety, is very interesting.

As noted in this podcast episode, Leah felt it was a long time.  It took her a year to reach out.  And it took her another year to find the proper support.  In my mind, I wish all those who suffered for 10, 20, and 30 years had that same feeling of it being a long time.  And for finding support sooner.

I have to reiterate that I give accolades to Leah for opening up.  It's not easy.  And yet it's so important to my listeners to know they are not alone.

Here is the link to the article Leah referenced:

How “Playing the Tape Forward” Helped Me Stay Sober

Why this visualization technique is one of the most powerful recovery tools that I know.
By Benya Clark

Do you have a story?  Please contact me if you are ready to share it.

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This was a very inspiring Podcast, where Shani shares her journey through recovery.  I loved that she focussed on what it is truly about.  Emotions.  At times it starts off differently, however, it always transitions into that emotional realm.

The question to ask, as Shani so clearly states, is the "Why".  Used in business, and why you want to succeed, rarely is it used for this.  Thank you, Shani, for speaking about this.

Wonderfully honest and open, and I love that Shani shared her story for anyone out there struggling to listen to.

Bulimia can be beaten, and without ever wanting to go back.  This is the truth.

You can find her at warwithmyself.com and on FB War With Myself No More.

More about Shani-Lee:

Shani-Lee grew up in Newcastle, England with childhood secrets that manifested into a battle with Bulimia.

She emigrated to Arizona, where she started to unpeel the complex layers of emotions that her secrets had inflicted. As she incorporated life-changing habits into her lifestyle, she was able to heal and overcome her turbulent and dangerous relationship with her eating disorder.

Writing was always just a therapeutic outlet until she realized she had something valuable to share. Turning her own journey of self-help into a path to help others, is how War with Myself was born.

 What is she doing now?

 Shani-Lee is getting ready to launch a series of in-person & online workshops to help those that will benefit from peer mentorship. 

 Each workshop will encompass and encourage the principles of EDIT.

a method that helps you to understand your Eating Disorder Voice, exploring why it’s there in the first place and how it serves a purpose.  It transitions into Intuitive Therapy which encourages you to open up and heal from within and gain new skills to aid in your recovery.

 Mindful movement, journaling, group work, meditation, affirmations, sponsorship, acts of kindness, and more… 

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Dr. Niti has been a double board-certified pediatrician for over 2 decades.  Her training in Gastroenterology and Nutrition at Baylor College of Medicine in Houston Texas has equipped her with experiences and knowledge about eating disorders.  

We discovered during this episode that her uniquely designed  AWE-some Program from her first book Project L.O.V.E. (Lifestyle Optimization Victoriously Established) is in alignment and very accommodating to assist our friends with eating issues.  The Program is self-empowering and self-adjustable according to where the person is at giving vast freedom for powerful progression with ease.

Dr.Niti’s superpower lies in h her ability to make things super simple and FUN!!

Dr. Niti’s upcoming book titled “Naked Health” will be released this year so STAY TUNED!!
This is the book you are waiting for because this book is designed to strip down barriers to a happier healthier lifestyle you always desire.

I can’t wait to share with you this delicious interview with our wonderful and credible expert, Dr. Niti Solomon

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"A Surprisingly Simple Method for Getting Out of Your Own Way" is the tag line for the Taming Your Gremlin book by Rick Carson.  It was in 2013, 2 years recovered from the "act" of bulimia that I was introduced to his book through a coaching program I was taking through Handwriting University called the PRISM Life Redesign Program designed by Bart Baggett, the Founder.  He explained to me his mother convinced him this book would be valuable.  I agree. 

As a recovered bulimic after 30 years, (now going on 12 years recovered) Rick's book was what I needed to address the "final" steps towards recovery and the steps towards self-awareness, moving forward, and "noticing".

When I contacted Rick to ask him to be on my Podcast (I do have two so we did manage to share Rick's message to both), he agreed, feeling that Bleep Bulimia listeners would find value in his message, and I was so thrilled. (Super EXCITED would be a better way of expressing my feelings)  However, I also believe that there are many Coaches and guests who have been on the LIFT Your Story podcast who would benefit from listening to this.  Hence, my co-host Roy was invited to represent that Podcast.  Thank you, Roy.

I hope you really get something out of this because for years I have reread and reviewed my copy of the book and now I am reading A Master Class In Gremlin Taming.  I am halfway through it, and Rick has advised me that the really exciting part is in the last half - Now I am even more anxious to get through it!

Truly an honor to have Rick Carson on our podcast.   In my journey in life, he is one of the top legends.  I can't put him above God.  Sorry, Rick. :)

I can say I wish I had been introduced to this book earlier in my life, and maybe I would not have gone 30 years struggling with bulimia.  On the other hand, I am grateful I did at all!   Be it during your recovery, or even post-recovery, it's a gem to have.  In fact, it's a gem to have at any time for anyone!

Rick does give us some information at the end of this podcast regarding his 2023 program.  You can also create a group and he will work the program out for your group. 

You can reach him at support@tamingyourgremlin.com or take a visit to his "simple" website www.tamingyourgremlin.com.  

#tamingyourgremlin #RickCarson #bulimiarecovery #bleepbulimia #midlifebulimiawareness #notice #greatmessage

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You can reach out to Jessica by email at info@UnderstandingNutrition.com or by going to https://www.eatingdisordersbootcamp.com/.  

She explains that the Eating Disorders Boot Camp is the premier training workshop for health professionals who want practical tools for helping individuals with eating disorders ASAP. 

Taken by thousands of professionals since 2003, Boot Camp was updated in 2021 and provides the info on eating disorders care that is desperately lacking from medical, nursing, and allied professional schooling. 

Topics include assessment and counseling, medical complications, co-occurring conditions (obsessive-compulsive disorder, addictions, etc.), treatment teams, recommending higher levels of care, families, and much, much, more. 

Eating Disorders Boot Camp is now available completely online in mp3s, video, and printables, and also includes a 30-minute consultation call with Jessica Setnick at no additional charge. A group option is available to train staff at an entire practice or facility.

Eating Disorders Boot Camp provides 34 hours of pre-approved Continuing Education Credit for CDR-credentialed professionals and information is available for other types of professionals to request credit from their accreditation organizations.

More about Jessica:

Jessica Setnick is known by eating disorder professionals worldwide for bringing a new vision of eating disorder care to the field. Through her training workshop, Eating Disorders Boot Camp, and hundreds of conference and community presentations, Jessica has spread her message to thousands of healthcare professionals, educators, college students, and others. Combining authenticity, two decades of expertise, and her unique ability to translate complicated topics into practical tools, Jessica connects with audiences on a deep level, whether from a podium or across cyberspace.

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You can reach out to Renée by going to:

www.packyourownbag.com/friends

Renée says this is a gift for my listeners.  It's an exercise she takes her clients through to help them get on track and stay on track.

More about Renée:

Renee spent 40 years on the Diet Yo-Yo before she got free of emotional eating, which helped her not only lose the pounds but maintain her goal weight since 2012.  She redirected her practice to coach others to do the same.  
Renee has a Master's degree in Marriage and Family Counseling and a clinical residency in Pastoral Care.  Her TEDx Talk on Emotional Eating has over 500,000 views and continues to grow, her book was an Amazon best-seller, and her clients span six continents.  Antarctica is just a little hard to break into. :)

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You can reach Elena by going to https://www.sentidu.com/contact/

More about Elena:

"I am a personal coach who holds space for you to have absolute awareness about yourself and accompany you on your journey toward evolution. This is all you need to thrive in all aspects of life and leave a healthy legacy to future generations so that our children can live and love as their true selves.

If you are determined and ambitious, don’t give much ear to the status quo, are action-oriented, open-minded, and driven by a strong personal desire to accomplish meaningful goals, then you are ready to fully take the lead of your life.

Why do we need absolute awareness?

We all inherit our family’s emotional baggage. This can be contaminated by destructive family convictions and tendencies, past traumas, and inner conflicts. This toxic inheritance affects the natural development of our potential and our psychological, emotional, and physical functioning, compromising the quality of our lives. Therefore instead of creating our own reality we repeat our family’s painful (hi)story.

We can change the course of our (hi)story and become the authentic leaders of our experience.

Allowing a true awareness of our being, 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘶, we can reshape our lives, healing what needs to be healed and letting go of what doesn’t serve us anymore. This way we can find the balance to serenely evolve into new human beings. We will find our own way, and free from conditionings, create and experience the life we aim for, allowing ourselves to ride the waves of life without being overwhelmed by events.

How Can I Help You?

Through my highly empathic nature, I create a safe environment where you feel at peace so that you open yourself to acknowledge the real reasons behind your dissatisfaction and embrace your internal renewal. I help you using 𝘴𝘶 𝘚𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘥𝘶 - Sardinian language - that means the ability to see things for what they really are, that I developed during my own personal journey, and that I put at service to others.

Why me?

I offer support in the following areas: relationships, parenting, leadership, and lifestyle.

My authority in this field is based on extensive independent research and on my personal experience. Having coached myself throughout a depression, eating disorders, and domestic violence, and working as a coach in the emotional field for 10 years, I know how to identify and eliminate those obstacles that are a discordant note in our lives.

I offer 1:1 personal coaching with 2 different services to choose from: 6 months coaching program – individual coaching sessions."

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You can reach out to Dr. Denise by going to https://www.ownyouramazingnow.com/

More about Dr. Denise:

Dr. Denise Moore Revel is a CEO, founder, and an award-nominated-best-selling author, speaker, and personal development and business coach. For over 25 years, she has literally helped people find their voices. As a speech-language pathologist, her job has been to help her clients discover their voices. Dr. Denise founded The Own Your Amazing Movement, a personal development company, as an extension of her passion for empowering women who feel stuck and frustrated find their own voice and live their worth out loud. Through coaching, mentoring, and workshops, Dr. Denise ignites and energizes women to find the power in their unique voices, live their worth out loud, and create authentic and amazing lives they love. Dr. Denise has a Bachelor of Science in Speech Pathology and Audiology, a Master of Science in Communication Sciences and Disorders, and a Doctor of Philosophy in Human Services with a Specialization in Multicultural Counseling and Coaching. Dr. Denise has operated a private speech therapy practice for over 15 years, serving the Washington, DC and Baltimore, Maryland area.

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You can reach out to Christa by going to:  https://www.elive-health.com/

More about Christa:

Christa graduated with a Bachelor of Science in Nursing in 2000.  She was immediately drawn to Emergency Medicine and was a trauma nurse for 8 years.  She was able to experience working in this field in hospitals around the country including New York City and Norfolk, Virginia.

Christa earned her Masters Degree in Nursing from Texas State University in 2018 and is a board-certified nurse practitioner in Family Practice Medicine.  She was the sole practitioner in a clinic specializing in weight loss, hormone balance, and aesthetics.  During this time she realized the toolbox of what she could offer for health solutions was too limited for how she wanted to serve her patients. She wanted a better way to help women achieve lasting health results.  With that vision in mind, Christa began her journey with the School of Applied Functional Medicine, learning the root cause approach to personalized healthcare.

In August of 2020, Christa launched her virtual health practice, Elive Health, and is now able to provide help to women around the country via webcam.  As a functional-medicine expert, she specializes in clinically investigating underlying factors of fatigue, hormone balance, thyroid issues, digestive issues, and more.  Christa uses breakthrough diagnostic testing that’s rarely done in conventional settings to uncover the hidden causes of why women feel the way they feel.  

In her free time you can find Christa spending time with her husband of 17 years, Jon, their 3 boys, + her golden retriever, Tori.  She is now living in the San Antonio, TX area and loves being outdoors, skiing, traveling, hanging out poolside, + spending time with friends. 

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You can reach Lynne at https://lynnebowman.com/

More about Lynne:

Lynne has been featured at women's expos throughout the country, teaming with actress Deidre Hall to write and publish Deidre Hall's Kitchen Closeup (2010) and Deidre Hall's How Does She Do It? (2012). In previous lives, she won national awards as a creative director for Silicon Valley companies, was Creative Director at E&J Gallo Winery, Advertising Manager at RedKen Laboratories, and freelanced for agencies in San Jose, Los Angeles, and New York. She has also worked as an actress, makeup artist, screenwriter, illustrator, legal journalist, and television Weather Person. Lynne has three grown children, two absolutely perfect grandchildren, and is president of The Pescadero Foundation. She and her husband have a small farm on the coast of Northern California.

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When her daughter was growing up, Cynthia realized she was not ready for parenting and how to deal with it.  She was coaching at the time and decided to research this topic.  There was nothing that she truly answered the question she was looking for.   It was what inspired her to research it further and to write her book Ally Parenting.

Cynthia explains that everything she is talking about in regards to communication blocks is applicable to all relationships, be it children, spouses, or friends.

The important thing is how you respond to make them either open to you or move away from you.   So how do parents overcome the communication block?  First, you have to listen to what they are saying.   It's important to respond in a way they feel heard.  Cynthia provides an example that is "placating".  That is when you want them to feel better and take away their "something" is usually our first impulse.  The child interprets it differently. This is a communication block.   Cynthia provides a few more valuable examples worth listening to!

In Cynthia's book, she has a chart with a list of ten potential communication blocks, and the underlying message that the other person can perceive it as.

This episode is a must listen to for anyone. The book as well.  In this Podcast, I felt this to be invaluable for parents dealing with children with bulimia, as I have coached in the past, and midlife bulimics to learn themselves how to communicate with others.

Here are some important links to how to reach Cynthia and her free gift:

"Enjoy my gift of - 8 Dos and Don’ts of Parenting" -https://ally-parenting.com/8dos
cynthia@bridges2understanding.com
https://www.bridges2understanding.com
Book link: https://bit.ly/Ally-Parenting   
https://linkedin.com/in/cynthiajklein/

More about Cyntia:

Family Happiness Expert and Parenting Coach Cynthia Klein’s passion is to create world peace by first creating peace within each family. As the author of Ally Parenting, she has created a unique formula for parents to transform conflict into cooperation. For more than 27 years, she has spoken in person at hundreds of schools and organizations, successfully coached parents of 5- to 25-year-olds, and taught numerous online courses based on her highly effective Ally Parenting approach.  She earned a Child Psychology Degree at U.C. Berkeley, taught elementary school, and is certified in adult education and many parenting education programs.

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Beautiful young lady.  Gymnast and Ice Skater who struggled through having an eating disorder.  She was not alone in her family.  Her twin sister and her mother also struggled.

This story about her finding Beyond Rules Recovery and even becoming the "sidekick" to Shira is wonderful and inspiring. 

Thank you Tasha for sharing and being on my Podcast.

You can find out more about the Beyond Rules Recovery by visiting https://www.beyondrulesrecovery.org or email info@beyondrulesrecovery.org

For further support, you can visit my group on FB at https://www.facebook.com/groups/bullimiaddict

Find me on Instagram @bullimiaddict and @bleepbulimia


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#bulimia #bulimiarecovery #bulimiaover40 #midlifebulimia #bulimiaover50 #eatingdisorder #eatingdisorders #bullimiaddict #iamthatgal #bulimiacoach #bingepurge #bingeingandpurging #throwup #deceit #hide #lie #food #overeating #bleepbulimia #podcast #itunes #apple #buzzsprout #amazonmusic #alexa #beyondrulesrecovery

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Shira kindly shares her story of struggling with her eating disorders and followed by the wonderful sharing of her recovery and how it led her to what she is doing today.

We bring up the issues of finding the right help because not everyone is adaptable to one type of support.

Shira started very young and did transition from what she says was anorexia to bulimia and did struggle for 25 years.  Now recovered, she has started her own Not For Profit.

Before COVID, Shira and her husband even had those seeking recovery living in their home.  She says as challenging as it was, it was worth every minute.

You can learn more about the wonderful organization called Beyond Rules Recovery by going to https://www.beyondrulesrecovery.org  and you can also find them on Social Media, including Facebook.

Thank you so much, Shira, for this wonderful podcast.

More about Shira:

Shira, the founder of Beyond Rules Recovery has lived through her own eating disorder and was in and out of traditional treatment until she realized she had it within herself to make changes toward recovery. She created an environment to recover and empowered herself to take ownership of her own future. She has been in recovery for 8 years and is passionate about helping others achieve full recovery; no matter their age or how short or long they've been struggling. She brings hope and inspiration to people worldwide. 

Beyond Rules Recovery provides support and empowerment to help people achieve full recovery from their eating disorders, educate on risk factors and early intervention, build awareness about the significant effects to individuals and families, and change the outcome of future generations susceptible to eating disorders. 

We were founded in June 2019 and have impacted individuals and families all around the world. For some, it is the first time in 20+ years they have realized they have the potential to recover fully from their eating disorder and have gained the confidence to make necessary changes that will forever impact the course of their life. We are 100% peer-run and led, providing an even greater opportunity for people to connect authentically, find positive role models, and be inspired to reach full recovery.

Beyond Rules Recovery was designed to assist individuals to realize their own potential to recover, love themselves and their bodies, and develop a life outside their disorder. We believe in people and are living examples of what life after an eating disorder could look like, while realizing the challenges and hurdles that are involved with making the decision to recover. 

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Wonderful chat with Joseph about the amazing mental and physical impact dancing has.  This was a beautiful conversation without the direct composition about bulimia, however, it does relate in a way of a great release of anxiety, depression, and overwhelms.

And it's NOT ABOUT BEING PERFECT!

How many of you out there love to dance, and just don't anymore because of life's expectations?

A fun fact we talk about is ballet.  I wanted to be a ballet dancer however I was too tall.  That didn't stop me.  Dad and Mom danced the jitterbug, and Dad taught me how to "listen" and communicate with the hands of my partner.   I took Jazz Ballet and many other dance styles.  I even taught 20-year-olds when I was 38 how hands work when dancing with a partner and how to flip them by having them do that to me to practice before they did it with their dates :).  Dancing is life.   That is why Joseph was so important for me to have on this podcast.  Even if you "wanted to be a dancer", you always can be and Joseph is your biggest fan!

I remember when I was bulimic, and truthfully would not be during the times I would go out with my girlfriend Dee and just dance.  Just dance...  As Joseph explains, dance is a great way to resolve life issues if you let yourself go.

I love when Joseph has his little quotes.   Listen to the Podcast to hear them.  Beautiful.  One of two of my favorites is "Dance it out".

I highly recommend signing up even if just for ONE Saturday to his dance/movement class.  Check out how much fun people are having on his website https://www.567broadway.com

Joseph is obviously humble.  So here is more about him and I had to cut some info out so please visit his site.

Joseph Corella is a Choreographer, Broadway performer, dance teacher, and fitness instructor, but at his core, Joseph is a teacher. 

Using his dance, theatre, and fitness background, he has traveled the globe, spreading this love and understanding of the importance of movement to such places as Japan, France, England, and Canada, as well as dozens of cities across the United States.  Joseph’s connection to movement started in his early childhood with extensive training in jazz, tap, contemporary, and ballet. At thirteen, he became a member of famed choreographer Marguerite Derricks’ prestigious dance company, Tremaine Teen Company, and shortly thereafter appeared in Disney’s Geppetto alongside pop superstar Usher. 

In 1997, Joseph was named American Dance Awards’ Teen Male Dancer of the Year. Soon after, the band Tropic Zone was created around Joseph and 2 others, with whom he toured extensively, including the US. 

He teamed up with fitness guru, Cassey Ho of Blogilates and Pop Pilates creator, for a YouTube collaboration, seen by her 4.4 million followers. 

Joseph is the owner/creator of 567BROADWAY! A New Musical Workout.

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Wonderful conversation with Deborah Levine about her life and how she overcame the obstacles of multiple health issues, being a single mother, and building a life that is truly inspiring.

Although this episode does not cover much about bulimia, other than a couple of stories that were relatable, it is an inspirational one with hope resilience.

More about Deborah:

DEBORAH LEVINE is Founder/Editor-in-Chief of the American Diversity Report, an award-winning author of 15 books, and Forbes Magazine Diversity And Inclusion Trailblazer. Despite a near-death experience working in Uzbekistan, Deborah has 33 years of experience as a change-maker in challenging times, a legacy that goes back generations. Her grandfather is one of Bermuda’s Founding 400 and she’s part of the only Jewish family on the island for 4 generations. Her father was a US intelligence officer during World War II, trained at Fort Ritchie to interrogate Nazi prisoners of war. Her mother was a special education pioneer in the 1940s. 

  Deborah is a Designer of Cognitive Diversity using emotion metrics, neuro-communication, and decision-optimization. With her considerable experience in program planning, community interface, teaching, and management, she designs DEI projects that boost inclusion efforts on multiple levels. 
 
  Over 3 decades, Deborah developed programs to empower women. She served on the all-female executive committee of the Oklahoma Say No to Hate Coalition, founded  Chattanooga’s Women’s Council of Diversity, and created the Women GroundBreakers Storytelling public event for Women’s History Month. She has received awards from the Women’s Federation for World Peace and Nation of Women. 

  Deborah is also a pioneer in religious diversity beginning with coordinating the 1990 National Workshop on Christians and Jews, speaking at the 100th anniversary of World Parliament of Religions, and serving as consultant to the Union of American  Hebrew Congregations. She founded the DuPage/ Chicago Interfaith Resource Network (DIRN) and has published award-winning books on religious diversity, one of which was taken to the Vatican as a gift for Pope Francis. Her book, When Hate Groups March  Down Main Street: Engaging a Community Response, is the culmination of decades of work counteracting hate groups including her experience with neo-Nazis during her tenure at Tulsa’s Jewish Federation after the Oklahoma City bombing.

  Giving others a voice has been her mission and for the past 15 years, the American Diversity Report has published more than 1,000 articles from writers around the world. A blogger before the term existed, Deborah has always been a pioneer online. She studied computer programming in the 1960s and became an office IT manager in the 1980s.  She is both a futurist and a historian.

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Why does David Medansky call himself the Overweight Person's Best Friend?  It all stems from his own experience of being overweight and being told that he had two choices.  Lose weight or he may die.  His doctor told him that if he didn't lose the weight, he would rather David find another doctor, as he didn't want him to die on his watch.

David takes the same approach now when he is helping people with weight loss, specifically after they have reached their ideal weight.  "You will not gain weight under my watch".

David doesn't believe in diets, he believes in changing your diet.  "Diet" has become a household name for fad eating habits that are often very limiting and they don't work.  The true meaning of diet is, as per Webster's Dictionationary, "food and drink regularly provided or consumed."  It does not necessarily refer to limiting food intake.  It is WHAT YOU EAT.

David is the author of Break the Diet Chains of Dieting - A guide to achieving a healthy lifestyle.    In it you will find:

• The secrets of the diet industry – that diets are designed to fail. Stop wasting your money on FAD (Fat and Desperate) diets.
• Learn the 9 must-have easy and effective principles for healthy and maintainable weight loss.
• This educative and informative book will help you achieve your weight loss goal, have more energy, feel better, look better and improve your overall health.

You can find his book on Amazon, ask your library to order to read it for free, or order it on his website BreakTheDietChains.

This episode is filled with a lot of fun facts!

More about David:

Top-selling author and speaker, David Medansky struggled with his own weight issues until July 2016 when his doctor told him to either lose weight or find a new doctor. He understands your frustrations. During the next four months, David shed 50 pounds, almost 25 percent of his total body weight, and has kept it off. Now it’s his mission in life to teach you how to eat healthier so you too can have more energy, feel better, and improve your overall health without going on a diet.

David has helped a countless number of people lose weight without dieting, exercising, or counting calories. The key to his success is using his 9 must-have fundamental principles for healthy eating habits.

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A very compelling story about bulimia. 

Tammy wants parents to recognize the signs.  Understandably even when you see "signs" parents can be stuck in a position of denial or fear or lack of understanding because it's scary to not understand.

In the era that Tammy had bulimia, as with me, our parents didn't have the literature available to them that there is today.

However, with that, today with Social Media there are a lot more reasons that this dis-ease is still one that is growing. 

To this, it is still why even women in their 40s and 50s, and 60s are still struggling.

Tammy's opening up about all her pain, and how she struggled with honesty is paramount.  Many women and men are afraid to share that story. 

Tammy is a testimonial that the struggle is a means to a better life.  A journey that takes you to a better place as long as you reach out and find that support.

Thank you, Tammy, for sharing your journey and how far you have come with a business that you are passionate about.

You can find out more about Tammy and her new life at  www.AvivSpa.com and  www.AvivCBD.com

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Hello, my name is Tammy Doering.  I’m your ‘Fight Aging Now!’™ Coach, dedicated to helping women eliminate toxic beauty products, get healthier, have more energy, build their self-confidence, sculpt their bodies and feel FABULOUS about their appearance at any age. 

I am the Founder & Cosmetic Chemist at AvivSPA™ Dead Sea Products and AvivCBD™. During the day I work in my Totally Pamper Me!® Dead Sea & CBD Day Spa where I validate the healing power of Dead Sea Minerals and Hemp CBD Oil with our exclusive products and services. 

I authored a weekly column, Great Beauty Tips in The Oxford Independent for 15 years, hosted The Totally Pamper Me Radio Show and have been nationally published numerous times in Esthetiques & Spa Magazine for my knowledge on The Dead Sea, Essential Oils, and Healing Herbs. 

At night I transform into a ‘Kick-Your-Fanny’ Certified Insanity Instructor. I live to help women discover their amazing God-given inner strength and learn how to treat their bodies like “A Temple, NOT The Shack Out Back!”

I offer a Free 30-minute Fight Aging Now! Consultation. Let me help you discover natural ways to Look and Feel FABULOUS!
https://calendly.com/tammydoering/anti-aging-coaching-call-with-tammy-d

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I met Cristian two years ago.  We mention one year, however looking back, it's been two.  When Forbes Riley started bringing us together. 

At first I wanted Cristian Hauser on to speak to his transformation.  I am amazed at the story he did end up sharing.

Beautiful.

His sight from the outside looking at a bulimic is precious.  Many of us who have been and are bulimic don't hear these stories, and the few of us that do, sometimes they're not as kind and beautiful.

I appreciate Cristian for sharing his story.  His honesty of "what do you do and how do you eat in front of a person you know is bulimic?' (paraphrasing).

Cristian has an amazing story too, which was why I invited him.  Being an imposter to others.  Bulimia is about that.  Feeling like you don't belong.  Bulimics feel that quite often.  Alienated.  Hiding.  Scared to be YOU. 

I did ask Cristian to share his new beginnings with his course.  It's important that we support each other as humans.  And accept the good, the bad, and the ugly.  And loving all of that bundle with all our heart.

You can find out more about Cristian at 1800cristian.com

Truly a wonderful young man and grateful I met him and that he is in my life.  Just added meeting him in person to my bucket list. :)

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"Look at all the things we had to do happen to become who we are today".

Karen's story is inspiring.  Karen lost her son Daniel in 2011 on the 12th of July.  It was a day that was supposed to be a lazy Sunday.  Yet, there he was, lying in a fetal position.

Karen and her husband grieved differently.  Now, how does this relate to Bulimia?

Karen changed her life.  Left the corporate life and helps people with loss, of which she explains there are over 40 types.   It could be the loss of a person and the loss of self.

I brought up shame.  I know many of my clients and women and men who reach out to me bring this up.  This is where Karen brings up the vibration, and shame is at the bottom.  This is where she helps people increase the vibration, one step at a time.  She owns the Chaston Centre, and helps people heal and create their "everyday better day life".

Losing identity is not easy.  And some of us with Bulimia, that is truly a part of it.  As well as shame.

Karen went on to discuss this "shame" and "vibration", and did share about two people she knew who had bulimia.  One of them was a woman born in 1924.  I could relate and did not share, however, my Aunt had bulimia as well.  she was born in 1927.  Bulimia existed that long ago.  However we didn't have social media, or even back when there were magazines, this was never brought up.  It took Karen Carpenter dying, and then Jane Fonda coming out for us to realize this.  And sadly with Social Media, this is still a problem.

I appreciate Karen for her story, sharing it, helping others overcome loss, even if it's finding yourself again, having lost yourself.

To view this on YouTube go to Bleep Bulimia on YouTube

You can reach Karen at www. thechastoncentre.com
 
More about Karen:  

Karen ran on the corporate treadmill until the day the world came tumbling down on her head.

The constant effort of juggling work, family, the big house and cars, and the stress created by all that was taking its toll on her even before tragedy struck when her son Dan (27), suddenly and very unexpectedly died at her back door in July 2011.

Straight after Dan’s funeral, Karen went straight back to her Chief Financial Officer’s role at a Publicly Listed Company, working more, drinking more, and eating more. Using all her coping mechanisms to just carry on and succeed at that level.

Karen now knows that Dan’s passing was meant to be her wake-up call. So the Universe decided to show her that death comes in many ways ~ death of a loved one, a marriage, a job, a partnership, a pet, your health, and/or your wealth.

Her second death came 15 months later in the form of redundancy when her company merged with another. This was the greatest GIFT.

That is when she started on the Journey to Becoming Her Own Best Friend. 

From there they created the Gift of Loss programs which demonstrate the correlations between loss and people and profits for both individuals and companies.

Her motto: “Life is too short to be suffering from any kind of loss, unwrap the gift this has brought and then design a life that you live and love.”

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What a pleasure to have Mel Mason on this podcast.  To me, her message is important for many who are struggling to recover from bulimia.

Her words speak volumes, and her story is compelling and also proves that even through adversity, you can move forward. 

In her Freedom From Clutter's 5 Day Challenge which started today, and which I am attending, I loved it when she said to see life (and I am paraphrasing) as a GPS.  You don't use it to see where you were, you use it to know where you are now, and where you want to go.  I loved that.

Mel shares about her five books (to become 13), The Mel Mason Show, and also about some of the adventures (and I say "some", because she has had many in the past year in particular that I have followed on Social Media).  Asked what inspires her to be so adventurous, she says "it's my birthright".  She feels that clutter is what stops us from living out our lives.

To this, she clarifies that when she speaks to "clutter" she speaks to the internal clutter that can show itself in different ways, including addiction, bulimia, along with hoarding.

Mel offers her book Freedom From Clutter to listeners by going to https://www.declutteringspaces.com/freedomfromclutter, and you will also then automatically be added to her list to invite you to the 5 Day Challenge, or you can email Mel at info@declutteringspaces.com. If you would rather have an autographed copy, you can go to her website https://www.declutteringspaces.com.

The link for the Conference Mel has organized which she spoke about with $13,000 worth of value for $47, visit  www.daretothrive.net

More about Mel:

Best-selling author Mel Mason is The Clutter Expert. As a sexual abuse survivor, she grew up depressed, suicidal, and surrounded by clutter. What she realized after coming back from the brink of despair and getting through her own chaos was that the outside is just a mirror of the inside.

And if you only organize the outside without changing the inside, the clutter keeps coming back. That’s why you can clear a surface or organize your closet and in no time, it’s cluttered back up again. So, that set her on a mission to empower people around the world to get free from clutter and experience more happiness and more abundance in every area of their lives.

Since then she’s used her own experience to create a step-by-step process designed to help you get free from clutter without feeling overwhelmed, that keeps the clutter from coming back called “The Seven Steps to Manage Overwhelm and Organize ANY Space” and she has written a new book, Freedom From Clutter: The Guaranteed, Foolproof, Step-by-Step Process to Remove the Stuff That’s Weighing You Down. 

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What insight on the mind Rachel shares about that "label on your back" and the need to rip it off.  She shares about her childhood and being "labeled" a "slow learner" due to being "different" in that she needed to read aloud.  This label had her spiraling until she took courses in NLP and from there, she learned the need to change the mindset from within.

 Rachel shares that your brain takes in 90000 and apparently 80000 are negative thoughts or things we don't want to happen.  And it will only retain 5 to 9 of those things and discard the rest.

From this to learning behaviors, NLP, and Time Line Therapy,  Rachel explained the techniques she uses to help her clients become empowered and growth - breaking their limiting beliefs.

Along with Rachel sharing her own story, from graphic designer to coach, she also explains her reasons for choosing to become a Certified Domestic Violence Victims Advocate.

Thank you, Rachel.

You can reach Rachel at www.empoweringgrowthcoach.com.


More about Rachel West:

Rachel West is a Personal Growth Coach, Certified Trainer, Breakthrough Expert, Speaker, Best Selling Author, and the Founder of Empowering Growth. She is a certified Master Neuro-Linguistic Programming and Master Time Line Therapy Practitioner. She volunteers at Safe House in Las Vegas and is a Certified Domestic Violence Victims Advocate. Rachel is passionate about helping individuals ready to transform themselves to transform their life by helping identify what holds them back in the areas of life they struggle with the most. She helps broaden their perspectives and understands first-hand how releasing negative mental, emotional and behavioral programming helps one feel, hear and see new possibilities while focusing this new mindset and toolset to get results at a much higher level.