Recovery Bites

May 21 2023 146 ep. 50 mins 18

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Welcome to Recovery Bites, a podcast that welcomes voices in the field and voices of lived experience, to get real about recovery.

Join host Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS, clinically renown expert and founder of the Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center, for episodes featuring candid interviews with experts in eating disorder and mental health recovery.

Check out our episode archive for new perspectives, meaningful conversations, diverse connection, and compelling personal narrative that make a powerful difference in how we live.

Episodes focus on life beyond recovery, the good and the not-so-good, the successes and the challenges, and the authentic accounts of recovered lives. Not their whole story…just bites!

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BIPoC Eating Disorders Conference 2023 with Whitney Trotter and Angela Goens

May 21 2023 43 mins

This week, Karin welcomes Whitney Trotter and Angela Goens, to the show for, "BIPoC Eating Disorders Conference 2023." “Black, Brown, and Indigenous People of Color have often been excluded from eating disorder treatment, employment, advocacy, and research. If treatment is able to be accessed it often leaves out the intersection of one’s identity, culture and trauma.” Desig

Acting Towards Our Values with Kaitlin Shimer, MSW, LCSW

May 07 2023 44 mins

This week, Karin welcomes Kaitlin Shimer, MSW, LCSW, eating disorder therapist at KLEDC, to the show for, "Acting Towards Our Values." Join us as we explore the false belief that multiple treatment stays are an indicator of helplessness, the intersection of eating disorders, ADHD, and substance abuse, peer-to-peer healing, the complexities of eating disorder recovery and food alle

The Space Between with Kate Kendall

Apr 23 2023 40 mins

This week, Karin welcomes Kate Kendall, one of Australia’s most well-respected yoga teachers, to the show for, "The Space Between." Join us for a discussion on the ways eating disorders weave through one’s life, little T trauma vs big T trauma, how shame can leave one imprisoned, the healing that comes with sharing shame, the difference between being “well” and being “he

Words to Eat By with Karen R Koenig, LCSW, MEd

Apr 09 2023 41 mins

This week, Karin welcomes Karen R. Koenig, LCSW, MEd, psychotherapist, international, award-winning 8-book author, and popular blogger, to the show for, "Words to Eat By." Join us for a discussion on courage and perseverance in recovery, external motivators and internal motivators, the notion of “wanting” and the challenges it can pose for those with eating disorders, the conc

Dropping Into Your Body with Jessica Grosman, MS, RD, LDN, RYT-500

Apr 02 2023 39 mins

This week, Karin welcomes Jessica Grosman, MS, RD, LDN, RYT-500, Registered Dietitian, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Yoga Teacher, to the show for, "Dropping Into Your Body." Tune in for a discussion on the shift from disordered eating to an eating disorder, the challenges that arise when disengaging from dieting, identifying disordered eating in a diet-focused culture

The Art of Untangling with Emma Moody

Mar 26 2023 34 mins

This week, Karin welcomes Emma Moody, eating disorder recovery coach, to the show for, "The Art of Untangling." Tune in for a discussion on choices rooted in self-hatred and limitations versus choices rooted in healing, disambiguating your illness from yourself, self-empowerment goals, sifting through the messiness in recovery, how body standards create mistrust in ourselves, the

Joyful Movement with Courtney Gioia

Mar 19 2023 36 mins

This week, Karin welcomes Courtney Gioia, mindset and body image coach, to the show for, "Joyful Movement." Tune in to learn the meaning of Loyobo, taking off the pressure of fitness, the ways poor body image messages are relayed to children, exercise as “punishment,” the notion that being smaller makes one desirable, defining body positivity, how movement is not “one size f

Skin Hunger with Melissa A. Fabello, PhD

Mar 12 2023 52 mins

This week, Karin welcomes Melissa A. Fabello, PhD, sex and relationships educator, to the show for, ”Skin Hunger.” Tune in for a discussion on the intersection of eating disorders and sexuality, how a woman’s sexuality is “stolen” from them, restricting sexuality, understanding the full-scope of sexuality in client work, the Five Circles of sexuality, touch at all ages,

The Intuitive Eating Mama with Jennifer DAmato

Mar 05 2023 46 mins

This week, Karin welcomes Jennifer DAmato, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor and coach, to the show for, ”The Intuitive Eating Mama.” Tune in for a discussion on how diet culture imprisons society, the dangers of marketing healing as “health and wellness”, eating disorders and sex drive, raising intuitive eating children, the implications of the “clean your plate” m

A Recipe for Loving Yourself with Rachel Harvest, MS, RDN, CDN

Feb 26 2023 44 mins

This week, Karin welcomes Rachel Harvest, MS, RDN, CDN, registered dietitian, behavioral health specialist, personal coach, and pilates apparatus instructor, to the show for, ”A Recipe for Loving Yourself.” Listen for a discussion on the four pillars of “self” that comprise The Harvest Method, the role of connecting to and understanding self on the healing journey, shiftin