Episode 20 | Dr. Anita Johnston & how to eat under the light of the moon
"Belonging is when you stay connected to your authentic self as you connect with others. Fitting in is when you have to abandon your authentic self to try to look like, act like, think like, feel like how you imagine others want you to look and act as, think and feel." -Dr. Anita Johnston
Our 20th episode is dedicated to Dr. Anita Johnston, a licensed clinical psychologist, pioneer in the field of disordered eating psychology, and author of Eating in the Light of the Moon and a true storyteller. She has dedicated her career to helping people recover from disordered eating and the relationships we have with food, with our bodies.
Having suffered from eating disorder – like many other young women – myself, explores in my usual sensitive manner together with Dr. Anita Johnston the complexity of disordered eating and human sensitivity and what ways are available to us to address eating disorders.
This episode guides us through the following points:
Exploring the prevalence of disordered eating and its relationship to diet culture.
Examining the sensitivity and intuition of individuals with disordered eating.
Investigating the use of storytelling and metaphor as a way to address disordered eating.
The commonalities of those with disordered eating in regard to sensitivity
How we can limit external influences that may affect our body image
How underlying societal stereotypes of gender roles and the expectations we have around those roles can contribute as cofactors
What it actually means when people say they are in recovery for disordered eating
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