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Changing the Conversation about EDs

  • ED Podcast #15 - Eating Disorders Treatment during the COVID-19 Pandemic Ft. Rachel Bachner-Melman

    26 MAY 2020 · In this episode, we host leading eating disorders specialist Professor Rachel Bachner-Melman, for a discussion of how the Covid-19 pandemic is changing eating disorders treatment, and what people with eating disorders and their relatives can do to cope during this difficult time. (The second part, which deals with coping, starts at 21:00.)
    37m
  • Podcast #14 - OCD and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic

    25 APR 2020 · In this episode, we discuss how the COVID-19 pandemic might affect people who live with anxiety, and explore some ways of managing stress in this time of uncertainty.
    27m 50s
  • ED Podcast #13 - Tipping Points and Recovering

    3 DEC 2019 · In this episode, we explore critical moments that prompt the decision to recover from an eating disorder, and the everyday actions that maintain the recovery process.
    30m 27s
  • ED Podcast #12 - OCD and Shame

    5 NOV 2019 · In this episode, we explore how experiences of obsessive-compulsive disorder link with eating disorders, and discuss how stigma and shame silence stories of obsessions and compulsions. The excerpt from Erin Van Der Meulen's "View from a body: Situating the lived experience of painful obsessions and compulsions" was used with the author's permission.
    31m 36s
  • ED Podcast #11 - Parents and Siblings

    1 OCT 2019 · In this episode, we explore eating disorders in the context of the family, turning our attention to the experiences of parents and siblings, and reflecting on the support they may need.
    25m 48s
  • ED Podcast #10 - Rebellion and Abundance

    3 SEP 2019 · In this episode, we zoom out from the individual plate to the dinner table, and from the dinner table to the cafe and supermarket, to explore how food, as a social and cultural product, informs and interacts with eating disorders.
    23m 40s
  • Ed Podcast #9 - Altruism and Accusations - Conversation Companion

    6 AUG 2019 · In this companion episode, we comment on the conversation we started in “Altruism and Accusations”. We further question the use of the term “pathological”, and begin to consider some alternative and affirmative ways of conceptualising altruism in relation to eating disorders.
    10m 36s
  • ED Podcast #9 - Altruism and Accusations (Featuring Rachel Bachner-Melman)

    6 AUG 2019 · In this episode, we discuss the concept of “pathological altruism” with our guest, clinical psychologist Dr Rachel Bachner-Melman. We explore the relevance of this concept for eating disorders, but also question the judgment and medicalisation this concept implicates.
    25m 20s
  • ED Podcast #8 Visibility and Difference

    2 JUL 2019 · in this episode, we explore events that trigger eating disorders, and discuss how these triggering events may be related to deep-seated questions of identity and belonging.
    23m 8s
  • Episode #7 Appetite and Fluidity

    4 JUN 2019 · in this episode, we discuss overlaps between eating disorder experiences, and begin to problematise the boundaries between eating disorder diagnoses. At 17:50 we discuss an important study by Welch et al. (2016). The study is open access - please make sure to check it out: https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-016-0840-7
    21m 59s

Changing the Conversation about Eating Disorders is a monthly podcast from Liron Cohen and Karin Eli. Combining our professional and personal perspectives, we're aiming to create a new discussion about...

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Changing the Conversation about Eating Disorders is a monthly podcast from Liron Cohen and Karin Eli. Combining our professional and personal perspectives, we're aiming to create a new discussion about a subject matter that touches so many lives and yet still puzzles most of us. New episodes are posted on the first Tuesday of every month. Subscribe to us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/changing-the-conversation-about-eds/id1446935444

Karin Eli is a medical anthropologist whose research focuses on eating disorders and obesity. Karin approaches eating disorders and obesity as multi-level conditions, and studies how they manifest both in individual experiences and among populations. http://academia.edu/

Liron Cohen is the creator and cohost of the feminist blog/Vlog/podcast Lady Parts TV. She mentors and supports individuals and families affected by eating disorders, anxiety disorders, chronic illness, and issues relating to the LGBTQ community, as well as consults with doctors, students and professionals in these fields. She is currently working on her first book, based on her experiences overcoming anorexia nervosa. Born and raised in Israel, she now lives in New York with her wife and their two cats. LadyPartsTV.com
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