Batya - Using Her Eating Disorder to Help Others (Many resources included in the show notes for this episode!)

Get INTUIT with Gila- a podcast about Intuitive Eating and Personal Growth.

*Trigger Warning - if you are actively struggling with an eating disorder, this may be something to discuss with your treatment team before listening to this episode. This episode is not to be used for diagnostic purposes or in place of any form of therapy.

Hi Guys and thank you for tuning into another episode of Get IN-TU-IT with Gila. Today, I interview Batya. Batya decided to keep her last name anonymous. She generously shared her eating disorder journey with us to be a resource for anyone struggling.

Eating disorders never exist in a vacuum. For most people, their are many other variables that contribute to an eating disorder and create "the perfect storm" for the eating disorder to ensue. Many comorbidity's exist with eating disorders such as a diagnoses of depression, anxiety, bipolar or OCD. And this is very important to know- for so many people - the precursor for their eating disorder was actually going on a diet! I know dieting is alluring and it seems harmless but I want you to know that information before you decide to embark on a diet.

Batya created a peer support group to help others who are struggling with an active eating disorder as well as those in recovery from an eating disorder. She used her pain from struggling with an eating disorder to create a way to help others.

Anyone interested in joining the support group can email [e-mail] with the subject line "Join."

I asked Batya to share some resources that helped her through her eating disorder.

She mentioned the following:

1. Relief - https://www.reliefhelp.org/blog/the-road-to-recovery-relief-resources-on-eating-disorders/

2. Chazkeinu - https://chazkeinu.org/

3. Books

The book Batya referenced is Decoding Anorexia by Carrie Arnold.

https://www.amazon.com/Decoding-Anorexia-Breakthroughs-Science-Disorders/dp/0415898676/ref=sr_1_1?gclid=Cj0KCQiAk4aOBhCTARIsAFWFP9Fj9evAsp8BBGyDBjeK7WQKFAr4G0M53n73qY-CTSxxmL8UsCJvWZEaAhiOEALw_wcB&hvadid=241610704058&hvdev=c&hvlocphy=1022987&hvnetw=g&hvqmt=e&hvrand=18184178650223117046&hvtargid=kwd-54799436010&hydadcr=15496_10339892&keywords=decoding+anorexia&qid=1640113116&sr=8-1

I love the book Sick Enough - https://www.amazon.com/Sick-Enough-Jennifer-L-Gaudiani/dp/0815382456/ref=tmm_pap_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1640113926&sr=8-1

Check out the website EDRDPRO -https://edrdpro.com/resources/ - Their are so many resource's on this website I highly recommend it for nutrition professionals as well as anyone who is looking for Eating Disorder information.

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-Gila Glassberg, MS, RDN, CDN, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor

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