Changing the Conversation about EDs

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

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.)

Podcast #14 - OCD and Anxiety During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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.

ED Podcast #13 - Tipping Points and Recovering

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.

ED Podcast #12 - OCD and Shame

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.

ED Podcast #11 - Parents and Siblings

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.