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On this show I talk about the first principle of Beyond Hunger: Accepting your body as it is. Right now. 

Allowing yourself to be your natural weight. Right now. 

And 

Taking care of the body you have. Right now. 

About Christina Lowe
As a Registered Dietitian, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and IAEDP (International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals) Approved Consultant. Christina has 8 years of experience working with eating disorders with a variety of populations and at different leve. Christina Lowe, RDN, CEDS
As a Registered Dietitian, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and IAEDP (International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals) Approved Consultant. Christina has 8 years of experience working with eating disorders with a variety of populations and at different levels of care. Eating disorders are a symptom of pain and she wants to help clients connect and understand to the deeper reasonings. She is passionate and dedicated to working in this specialty because she believe s everyone should feel freedom with their food choices, love within their body and control over their mental health.  and dedicated to working in this specialty because she believe s everyone should feel freedom with their food choices, love within their body
Christina Lowe@willawellness.com

Dr. Daganzo is an Internal Medicine physician with over 15 years of experience. She holds an MA in Physics from UC Berkeley and an MD from UCSF, bringing a uniquely analytical and integrative approach to patient care. Her advanced training in psychiatry and functional medicine allows her to address health challenges at the intersection of mind and body.

Based in Marin County, Dr. Daganzo’s clinic specializes in treating complex chronic conditions, eating disorders, and hard-to-diagnose symptoms. She prioritizes identifying root causes over simply treating symptoms—rejecting the "pill for every ill" mindset in favor of promoting long-term vitality and health span.

Committed to science-driven, innovative care, Dr. Daganzo utilizes cutting-edge diagnostics and personalized interventions to empower her patients in achieving optimal wellness. She is known for her deep intellect, logical rigor, and genuine curiosity, balanced by compassion and a relentless dedication to her patients. As a tireless advocate, she ensures each patient receives the specialized, comprehensive care they need to reach their health goals.

"Expressing Yourself” read by Carol Normandi, page 158.
“It's Not About Food” by Carol Normandi and Laurelee Roark.

Carol Normandi is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice since 1992. She is a co-founder of Beyond Hunger, Inc. and co-author with Laurelee Roark of two books developing Beyond Hunger’s approach: It’s Not About Food: Ending Your Obsession with Food and Weight (Putnam 1998), and Over It: A Teen’s Guide To Getting Beyond Food and Weight (New World Library 2001). Carol works with adults, children, couples and families, specializing in eating disorders and body image disturbances. She has facilitated support groups, led workshops, and lectured about eating disorders for more than twenty years. Carol provides clinical consultation for Beyond Hunger. She is also the Executive of Amrita Eating Disorder Treatment.

The definition above was something I could totally get behind. I  found it by googling divinity on the website, “vocabulary.com.” Loved it. Especially because there are other god-like-angelic things that are divine could also taste good…like…
Yummmmmy white creamy fudge and Angel food cake. Yes please. 

When I was able to recover from my addictions, my disorders and my need to control everything frigging thing in my life, but also let go of the idea that being divine was something outside myself, I was able to truly step into who I really was.  What I learned was all parts of me and every thing else in the universe was already divine. We all are body, mind and spirit. We may forget that fact but there it is. No matter who, what or where we are on our journey we are the essence of love, acceptance, peace and joy. 

Of course we can choose to deny our divinity and go towards a much darker place but we will never really be happy or successful because it’s not our true self. 
As I’ve been writing about some of the profound things my brother and I talked about as he lay dying was the idea of grace and being pure love as a much easier way to live our lives. 
One night as I sat with him we talked about how hard our childhood had been. 
We’d been abused, abandoned, and hurt by the grown ups in our lives. And the pain of it was, for no other reason, than it was probably the way they had been treated by their caretakers. So it was generational, and we eventually we had the power to stop that cycle of suffering ourselves as did they, even though they did not. 
So the discussion was why? 
My brother said with tears rolling down his cheeks,” It was so easy to do the right thing. Much much easier than the hard thing which is the wrong thing.”
Now I have to say he said this as he was dying of Alzheimer’s, as he had not eaten in days and as he was so very sick. If this is not the definition of being in the divine, of experiencing divinity, of being in the state of grace, I don’t have any idea what would be. 
My takeaway is we all have a choice. To realize all parts of us are divine because we are pure divinity just by existing. Or, of course, we can step aside our true nature and force ourselves to not be divine. 
But where’s the fun in that? No where. That’s where. 

Here is a wonderful article and obituary about my wonderful brother Keith St Clare from Cynthia Laird of the Bay Area Reporter Newspaper. So grateful to the LBGT community for their support and dedication to the truth. 
Kelsy Keenan, NDTR
Director of Outreach, Nutrition Counselor
Willa Wellness Center
Direct: 707-755-1174
Office: 707-780-5323
Fax: 707-780-5322

Deborah Price is the Founder and CEO of the Money Coaching Institute, which provides money coaching services and training to individuals, couples and families.

Deborah Price is the Founder and CEO of the Money Coaching Institute and the pioneer of the field of Behavioral Money Coaching. The Money Coaching Institute provides money coaching services and training to individuals, couples, families and business owners.  A former financial advisor for over twenty years with firms such as Merrill Lynch, Mass Mutual, AIG and London Pacific Advisors, Deborah left the financial industry in 2001 to create an entirely new field dedicated to helping people more deeply understand and change their underlying money patterns, emotions and behaviors around money.

Coping with money issues, both practically and psychologically, continues to be a major life   struggle for millions of people and yet, there is very little help available. As a result, people often manifest money patterns, beliefs and behaviors that can prevent them from experiencing their full financial potential. Deborah has developed a unique, step-by-step coaching program that helps clients move beyond barriers to their personal and financial success. As a result, client’s experience renewed hope, restored relationships, increased confidence, and enhanced personal and financial success.

Through education and awareness, Deborah is committed to empowering others both personally and financially. She is the author of Money Therapy: Using the Eight Money Types to Create Wealth and Prosperity; Money Magic: Unleashing Your Potential for Wealth and Prosperity; and her latest book, The Heart of Money: A Couples Guide to Creating True Financial Intimacy. She is considered one of the foremost experts in her field and speaks and teaches globally. She has trained thousands of Certified Money Coaches (CMC)® in over 36 countries around the world including the USA, Canada, Singapore, England, France, Hong Kong, Malaysia, Indonesia, Australia, South Africa, Holland, and New Zealand and more.

•  dprice@moneycoachinginstitute.com
•  (415) 895-1069

Carol Normandi

The podcast today is me interviewing me about living in the bodies we have, taking care of the bodies we have and loving the bodies we have. 

I get asked all the time by those who are recovering from disordered eating and body dysmorphia, "how the hell am I supposed to do that?"

I agree it seems impossible because so many of us have been told never to accept the weight we have, or the body we have, or the image we have, if it’s not perfect. So we didn’t and it has caused untold damage.  

But we can change. We can accept our weight, no matter what it is right now, as a starting point. And then we can work to be satisfied with our natural weight. 

Which brings up the other question I also get asked all the time. “What is my normal weight? And when will I get there and how will I know that’s it?”

The answer is…

When we consistently eat when we are hungry, consistently eat what our bodies want to eat and we consistently stop when full…we will go to a weight ourbodies want to be at. When we exercise in a way our bodies want to exercise, get enough sleep, cut down on stress, follow our path and love ourselves body, mind and spirit, no matter what, we will be at our normal size. And of course we have to consider it all at this age, with this DNA, with this life style and with this life…for the rest of our lives. Subject to change cause if we don’t die, we’ll get older. Right?

Taylor Houston 

Taylor of The Golden Yarrow is a Holistic and Functional Nutritionist, Clinical Herbalist and Flower Essence Practitioner, Health-Supportive Chef, Personal Trainer, and Reiki Healer. As a third-generation wellness practitioner and entrepreneur, Taylor comes from a long lineage of women in the health space, carrying forward a deep-rooted passion for whole foods, healing plants, the earth, and joyful movement. Taylor helps others reconnect with their bodies and nature to cultivate balance, vitality, and self-nourishment. Taylor's journey—from the fast-paced culinary world to holistic wellness—shaped her unique approach, blending nutrition, delicious meals, herbalism, and movement to support lasting transformation. Through one-on-one integrative health coaching, herbal consultations, and private chef services, Taylor empowers others to trust their innate wisdom and live in harmony with themselves and the natural world. 

 Ways to connect with Taylor: 

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Erin Byous, MFT has been working with individuals and families since 2010. She’s worked in private practice and for a large healthcare organization as a therapist and also a mental health educator. Erin currently works at Willa Wellness Center in Petaluma where she facilitates groups and teaches classes focused on building helpful skills to replace eating disorder behaviors (and other harmful long term coping strategies). In addition to the treatment of eating disorders, Erin also has experience in the treatment of anxiety, depression, substance use problems, and perinatal mood disorders

Carol has been working with eating disorder recovery since 1988 when she co-founded Beyond Hunger with Laurelee Roark, a non-profit that provides support groups and eating disorder prevention education. In 1998 they published their first book It's Not About Food, based on their own recovery and their work with eating disorder clients. They later published Over It: A Teens Guide to Ending the Obsession with Food and Weight, and Body Love Cards. For more information about Carol or Amrita Treatment Center please contact her below.
 Carol Normandi, LMFT, Lic. #29505, 30 N. San Pedro Road, Ste. 265, San Rafael, CA 94903, (415) 488-1104 

Jenny Sederholm, LCSW 

While I have been a Licensed Clinical Social Worker for 14 years, life quieted and expanded for me eleven years ago when I was intensively trained in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. I co facilitated a DBT Yearlong program for three years at Kaiser Permanente while training clinicians in DBT skills and principles. 
 
Through DBT, my perceptions were blown to pieces as I practiced intentional awareness, mindfulness and ever present dialectics. I also came to appreciate the functional power of life skills and understanding the purpose of our emotions.

My life journey has since brought me to the Willa Wellness team. Here, I am honored to share with and grow alongside those whom are struggling with eating disorders. Through our work together, we strive to uncover the worn out stories that keep us from the freedoms that are our birthright.

Kari Floberg is a Marriage and Family Therapist in Northern California. She holds degrees from New York University and the California Institute of Integral Studies.  In her private practice, she works with individuals and groups, offering paths to come home to their true selves and find freedom from food and weight obsession. Bringing 12 years of clinical experience in a variety of settings, plus her lived experience of recovery from an eating disorder, she understands the nonlinear nature of change, with reverence and compassion.  She draws upon expressive arts, attachment theory, parts work, mindfulness and somatic practices for healing. Her previous career as a performing artist, in theater and dance, informs how she shows up in the world; trusting the emergent and creative process.

Sheira Kahn is a Marriage and Family Therapist and fully recovered bulimic. She holds degrees from UC Berkeley and the California Institute of Integral Studies. Ms. Kahn taught in the UC Berkeley Extension certificate program in Eating and Weight Disorders for ten years. In the 1990s, she studied inner critic disengagement with Byron Brown and natural eating with Judy Wardell. These discourses became the pillars of her method on ending disordered eating. Later, she trained in couples counseling, where the research on attachment provided the final pieces to the puzzle of understanding disordered eating and how to heal it.

It is the magical ability to crest something out of nothing that is uniquely ours. It is the gift of being able to imagine, to dream, and then to make the dreams come true. Creative expression is essential to feeding our souls. It forces us to go beneath the obsession with food and weight. To access the part of ourselves that passionately hungers for self expression. 
Maneva is an intern working on her certification in eating disorder coaching at the Carolyn Costin Institute. Drawing on her own lived experience and full recovery from an eating disorder she volunteered for two years as a peer mentor and a peer support group leader to help others in their recovery. She combines practical skills, keen empathy, and an uplifting sense of humor to create lasting and positive change in people’s lives. As an adjunct provider in eating disorder treatment, she will offer food behavior coaching, meal support, and more through her private practice. Maneva holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration and Finance from Sonoma State University and has a professional background in banking and financial technology. She is also a certified Reiki level 2 practitioner. For coaching or reiki inquiries please reach out to manevagill@yahoo.com.

Expressing Feelings CD
Visualization on page 113 of Its Not About Food….blah, blah, blah.

After doing the visualization above try this to put into action what you learned:
1. Practice letting yourself feel whatever you feel. No matter what.
2. Bring your awareness to the feeling and be present for it. No matter what.
3. Try not to change the feeling. No matter what.
4. Observe and accept the feeling. No matter what.
5. Stay connected with yourself and your feeling. No matter what.

The feeling will move, dissipate, change and fade. No matter what. Like magic!

Grace 4 years peer educator. Going to Chicago 
being part of the peer education program has taught me not only practical skills such as public speaking, leadership, and teamwork but also to approach every situation with compassion. knowing I’ve made a difference in my community and potentially helped those who are silently suffering leaves me eternally grateful for the program and the people I’ve met within it.

Anna 2 years peer educator. Going to Boston

“Volunteering with Beyond Hunger has allowed me to take an experience that was difficult and ugly and turn it into something beautiful: helping others love themselves and their bodies. I know that in every classroom we present to, there is at least one student who is resonating with our lesson and, if not convinced to seek professional help, is at least learning new strategies in approaching their relationship with food and realizing they are not alone in their struggle”.

Vee Ly 3 years peer educator. Going to UC Berkeley 
“Being in Beyond Hunger for the past three years has truly shaped my character and approach helping my peers. I have learned so much through the peer education program such as public speaking, how to deal with hardship, and how to help people in their own specific way. This program has not only helped me through my own journey with mental health and disordered eating, but allows me to help others in situations similar to my own, which creates an important safe space in schools.”

About Wendy Welsher

Wendy is a fat-positive personal trainer who specializes in functional strength and conditioning. She teaches the foundations of functional movement, weightlifting, and power training, including safe practices and recovery methods, which my clients use in their everyday lives to improve their activities of daily living greatly. She lives with ADHD, depressive disorder, and anxiety while in recovery from an eating disorder. She has experienced fatphobia and weight bias first-hand and understands how traumatic this is in a movement space.  She can empathize with how it can affect one’s self-esteem, confidence, and body trust. This is why Wendy created My Joyous Adaptive Momentous Movement and Joyful Inclusive Movement. She is creating movement spaces that are truly authentic, accessible, inclusive, safe, and effective. It’s important to me to connect with her community through movement to show them how much fun it can be moving their body!

Website: https://www.myjamm.rocks/

With over 25 years of experience, Chevese Turner is an internationally recognized eating disorders, weight discrimination and social justice activist who founded the Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA) in 2008. Turner carries these messages to audiences around the US and abroad in schools, healthcare settings, trade organizations, associations, professional conferences, corporations, and governmental agencies. Turner is the co-author of the recently published book: Binge Eating Disorder: The Journey to Recovery & Beyond and contributes regularly to podcasts and the media. Turner attended Temple University in Philadelphia where she received a BA in Political Science. Her professional background includes public policy and government relations, non-profit management, programming, strategy and communications. Instagram:@turnunder Facebook:@bedadvocate

Marcella Raimondo

For a decade in my teens and early twenties I battled with anorexia nervosa. As a queer, cisgender, able-bodied woman of color, I struggled in my recovery because my story did not mirror those in mainstream eating disorder textbooks and biographies.

After reading the testimonials of women of color and queer women in A Hunger So Wide and So Deep, by Becky Thompson, I found voices that resonated with my own life experiences. I began to realize that a huge gap exists in the treatment services for underrepresented and underserved folks with eating disorders. My life’s calling and social justice spirit came out of this experience.
Website: https://marcellaedtraining.com/

Email: Marcella@marcellaedtraining.com

Carol Normandi, LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist and a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, with over 30 years of experience as an individual therapist, speaker, author, and group/workshop facilitator. She holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from UC San Diego and an MS in Counseling from San Francisco State University. Carol is founder of Amrita Eating Disorder Intensive Outpatient Program and co-founder of the nonprofit Beyond Hunger. She has authored It’s Not About Food: End Your Obsession with Food & Weight, and Over It: A Teen’s Guide to Getting Beyond Obsessions with Food & Weight. Carol received the Golden Bell Award for her work in developing the Emotional Literacy Program for middle school students

Rex Dubiel is an Army brat, photo-journalist, community activist, long-time blogger, “Rex the Surf Dog“ creator, 3rd grade teacher, 35 year resident of the North Shore of Oahu. 

For more information about George Horner, you can check out his website at https://www.georgehorner.com

Email: georgehornerprojects@gmail.com

Emily Ireland Cox is an event planner, body liberation motivator, community builder, and uplifter based in Sacramento, CA. 

Co-founder of Fat Positive Sacramento and Sacramento Chunky Dunk swim parties. In recovery from binge eating disorder since 2009.  

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Registered Dietitian Nutritionist, Nutrition Therapist, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, RYT-200 Yoga Teacher

T. (707) 338-2474             

Website: www.askaboutfood.com

Karen Louise Scheuner is a California based weight-inclusive, anti-diet dietitian and Certified Intuitive Eating Coach with over 16 years of experience under my belt!

I’m passionate about freeing folks from the oppressive force of diet culture so they can reclaim their birthright to live and eat with pleasure, peace and freedom.

Since 2005,  I’ve helped hundreds of folks break free from the dieting cycle and create a healthy and peaceful relationship with food and their bodies.

My philosophy is rooted in anti-diet and Health at Every Size frameworks, as well as Intuitive and Mindful Eating. I will soon be a Certified Body Trust Provider. I believe that everyone is the authority of their own bodies; I’m just here to help you to “get out of your head and back into your body.”

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Karen Louise Scheuner,  MA, RDN, (she/her)

Certified Intuitive Eating Coach~ Anti-Diet Dietitian 

510-409-9615

http://www.mindful-nutrition.com

Complete recovery from an eating disorder is completely 100% possible. 
I believe recovery is about letting go of the diet mentality and integrating intuitive eating and trusting our bodies…one day at a time. It took me a very long time to dial all of this in, but I was able to. And I had to use a lot of love, acceptance, compassion, and respect. 
It's about letting go of fat thoughts and recognizing that diet and fat thoughts are messages we send to ourselves when we need to listen to our feelings more deeply. When we are able to listen to our truth in the very moment we are feeling body hatred we will be able to stay in recovery and recognize the red flags that signal a need for more self-care. It's about listening and caring and being kind to us. 

Body Acceptance with Grace Venezia
Junior, San Marin High School

Intuitive Eating with Shyla Lensing
Senior, Redwood High School

Emotional Wisdom with Julia Frankus
Senior, Redwood High School

Lisa grew up in South Sacramento and moved to the Bay Area to go to college, first attending UC Santa Cruz, and then San Francisco State University. While working as a social worker in affordable housing in Sacramento and SF for 13 years, she gained experience in community organizing, program management, and advocacy for low-income residents of Mercy Housing California. Lisa has always been passionate about empowering people, women and girls in particular, which led her to Beyond Hunger, where she took the position as board president and volunteered to be an advocate for teens and adults struggling with weight issues. She decided to leave social work and become an educator. She attended SFSU and earned a Master’s in Special Education. Worked at Oakland Military Institute for 4 years, then moved back to the Sacramento area where she worked with TK- high school students receiving special education services.

Desiree McGunagle has been in recovery from my eating disorder since October 2018 (bulimia nervosa). She works in communications supporting survivors of sexual assault at our local rape crisis center. Desiree loves talking to others about recovery and learning from all the unique experiences people have in getting closer to their most authentic selves. In her spare time (whatever that is) she loves reading (currently anything Sarah J. Mass), being cat-obsessed, and taking care of her two horses.

TikTok: Desiree.Michellee

Kait Fortunato Greenberg is a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist and Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian at The BeginWithin Center in Redbank NJ, specializing in restrictive eating disorders, binge eating disorder, and emotional eating. She individualizes her approach to help clients form a healthy relationship with food and to not let food get in the way of what truly matters in their life, her personal mantra being “count memories not calories”. She works closely with clients and their loved ones to make eating less stressful by developing meal plans and guidelines with compassion and understanding, and providing activities and skills for a successful recovery.

Kait completed her undergraduate program and Registered Dietitian internship at the University of Maryland in College Park and worked for 7 years as a Registered Dietitian with the Empowered Eating Program at Rebecca Bitzer and Associates in Maryland, before moving to New Jersey to be closer to family. She is also active in the eating disorder community as a volunteer for Mothers Against Eating Disorders (MAED) answering nutrition questions for families who have a loved one suffering from this disease. Kait is a member of the Association for Size Diversity and Health and The International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals Foundation (iaedp), where she was invited to give a talk at their annual Symposium.  Kait was awarded Outstanding Young Registered Dietitian of the Year in 2014 by The Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics.

Kait loves working with clients who suffer from this terrible disease as she finds her clients to be some of the brightest and kindest people she has ever met. Sometimes things happen for a reason and she loves helping clients make a full recovery and come out stronger on the other side. Kait aims to balance the science and education, sharing her knowledge so each person can understand what is happening each step of the way. Combined with heartand respect she works with her clients to learn to love and listen to their body and begin to trust it. She will be there toprovide the structure and support to help fight against the eating disorder.

Kait Fortunato Greenberg, RD, LD, CEDRD

Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian
BeginWithin Center

"The journey to wellness begins within yourself."

Margot Magowan is a writer and commentator. Her blog Reel Girl is dedicated to imagining gender equality in the fantasy world. Reel Girl's posts have also been featured on, written about, or linked to major sites around the web including The Week (best opinion), Jezebel, HuffPostLive, Shakesville, feministing.com, Blogher (Spotlight Blogger), Forbes.com, Fox News, Wall Street Journal, CNN.com, New York Times, Adweek, Ms., Bitch (best posts of the internet), SFGate, Harvard Political Review, Le Figaro, Christian Science Monitor, New York Post, Feminist Current, Washington Post, Common Sense Media, and many more.Margot's articles on politics and culture have been in Salon, Glamour, the San Jose Mercury News, and numerous other newspapers and online sites. She has appeared on “Good Morning America,” CNN, Fox News, and other TV and radio programs. For  many years, Margot worked as talk radio producer creating top-rated programs. In 1998, Margot co-founded the Woodhull Institute an organization that trains young women to be leaders and change agents. Margot’s short story “Light Me Up” is featured in the anthology Sugar In My Bowl (Ecco 2011) and she is currently writing a Middle Grade novel about the fairyworld. Margot lives with her husband and their three daughters in San Francisco.

margot@magowan.com

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Lillian Meyers is both the founder and president of Meyers Financial Services, Inc., and brings a rare combination of an experienced investment advisor and wealth planner along with expertise in tax minimization strategies. From analyzing a divorce settlement to planning for retirement, taxes have a significant impact on your wealth. She is a graduate of the College for Financial Planning and has often spoken at Sonoma Valley company meetings, student workshops, Women in Business seminars, seniors' organizations, church groups, and more. In addition, she has appeared in interviews with newspapers, radio, and magazines, sharing her insight as a financial planning specialist.

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All that comes through us is divine because we are divine. A long time ago our bodies were considered to be the image of the devine, yet at some point we started seeing our bodies as objects to be sculpted into someone else’s idea of perfection. Every ounce of us is divine. When we start to accept this, just as we accept our bodies and feelings, then we can stop fighting. With ourselves and allow ourselves and allow ourselves to freely express our own divinity. 

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Margo Maine 

Margo Maine, PhD, FAED, CEDS, is a clinical psychologist who has specialized in eating disorders and related issues for over 35 years. A Founder and former Adviser of the National Eating Disorders Association and Founder and Fellow of the Academy for Eating Disorders, her most recent book, Hair Tells a Story: Hers, Yours, & Ours (Toplight Books, 2023), explores women’s relationship with their hair, a critical feminist issue and neglected aspect of body image.  Dr. Maine is also author of: Pursuing Perfection: Eating Disorders, Body Myths, and Women at Midlife and Beyond; Treatment of Eating Disorders: Bridging the Research- Practice Gap; Effective Clinical Practice in the Treatment of Eating Disorders; The Body Myth; Father Hunger; and Body Wars; and Senior Editor Emeritus of Eating Disorders: The Journal of Treatment and Prevention. She received the 2020 Lifetime Achievement Award from the  International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (iaedp) and is the 2007 recipient of The Lori Irving Award for Excellence in Eating Disorders Awareness and Prevention, the 2014 recipient of the Don and Melissa Nielsen Lifetime Achievement Award and the 2015 NEDA Lifetime Achievement Award. Maine has served on many clinical advisory and community boards and is a 2016 Honoree of the Connecticut Women’s Hall of Fame. She lectures nationally and internationally on eating disorders and maintains a private practice, Maine & Weinstein Specialty Group, in West Hartford, CT. She loves the earth and gets up early every day to celebrate it.

Elaine Santos, Certified Wellness Coach (NBC-HWC) and Founder of Wellness as Art offers one-on-one Health & Wellness Coaching, workshops, and Guided Imagery. She is passionate about helping others reach their wellness goals and live healthier, more vibrant lives.

Trust

Trust is the knowing that our bodies are living intelligences, giving us immediate feedback about what does and doesn’t work for us. When we stop viewing our bodies as something we need to control and manipulate, we can begin seeing them as very wise teachers. When we start to trust our bodies, we can then listen and understand what they need. 

Starr Kelton-Locke, PhD, is a clinical psychologist in Marin County.  She has been helping people overcome eating disorders, depression, anxiety and relationship struggles for 34 years.  She works with individuals, couples, and families. Starr@keltonlocke.com

Katy Damani has worked with Beyond Hunger, Laurelee, and Carol since 2006. 

She's a mother of three, a business owner, a consultant, a financial advisor, and an Executive Coach. She's got over 17 years of accounting experience and 15 years in multi-company business management. She has been the Chief Financial and Operations Manager for a company she helped start in 2013 that achieved national recognition on CNN in 2020. She co-created a continuing education course teaching stress management to Wellness Practitioners. She is the business manager and financial analyst for a successful Pool Hall she owns with her husband in Sacramento, Jointed Cue Billiards.  BA in Public Health from UC Berkeley

Sarah Hijjeh is a Registered Nurse of 15 years and a whitewater raft guide. She hosts Wining With Nurses podcast, a show where nurses and other healthcare workers swap stories and worries over wine. Sarah is a self proclaimed joy-seeker and an avid kitty snuggler. 

You can find the podcast here or anywhere you listen to podcasts. 

Whitney Walker is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in addiction, eating disorders, trauma, and Spirituality. She also works as a recovery coach and spiritual guide. Whitney opened a private practice in the California Bay Area where she sees clients, couples, and families. She worked for several years  prior in clinic/community settings with extensive recovery experience including acting as the Clinical Manager of Wellness Retreat Recovery Center’s  Intensive Outpatient Program. Whitney incorporates spiritual concepts into her work including the return of the Divine Feminine to our world and moving from a place of Fear to Love; releasing self-destruction and rejection to embrace unconditional self love and acceptance. These ideas form the concept of Women Waken, her website and passion project. Whitney created The Women Waken Podcast; A Holistic Guide to Wellness and Abundant Self-Love along with an accompanying Youtube channel, please check it out! 

YouTube:  https://youtube.com/channel/UCqyxriSmwfLueB3fn-FthWw

Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-women-waken-podcast/id1580972247?itsct=podcast_box_badge&itscg=30200&ls=1

Spotify:  https://open.spotify.com/show/7BHbXG9uSqxaBz5XrWNJ8z 

Website: www.womenwaken.com 

IG: @womenwaken

Constance Hart is the Founder of Conscious Colors and Color Aroma, a multi-sensory experience of Color Therapy. She has been helping women for over 30 years as a wellness mentor, meditation guide, and Color Therapist. Constance’s greatest joy is to provide life support through light support. She also provides intuitive readings and guidance. Visit her at ConsciousColors.com
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Conscious Colors • Color Aroma
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Ashly Thompson is the Founder and CEO of Willa Wellness Center, an eating disorder treatment program for women in Petaluma, California. She’s been dedicated to the field of behavioral health for over a decade with a special interest in ED, partly due to her own personal history. Ashly lives with her husband and two children in Sonoma County, CA. http://www.willawellness.com 

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Contact Joekelly3@gmail.com

www.kimberlyadamis.com

www.deborahkelch.com

In addition to her creative work, Angelica manages the social media page for Pulitzer Prize-winning composer Ellen Reid, is a member of the arts non-profit Black Light Arts Collective (BLAC), and serves as the Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant on the board of Bay Area based theatre company, Poison Apple. She holds bachelor’s degrees in theatre and classical voice from the University of California, Irvine. 

www.angelica.rowell.com,
Instagram: @angelica.rowell

Mindy’s life experience and training inspired her to create a framework that combines functional nutrition, positive psychology, and mind/body science; introducing a compassionate resolution to physical and emotional challenges resulting from chronic and complex health issues, as they relate to Eating Disorders.

She’s the author of The Freedom Promise: 7 Steps To Stop Fearing What Food Will Do TO You and Start Embracing What It Can Do FOR You.

IG is @thefreedompromiseAttached i
links for the masterclass -https://stopfearingfood.byhealthmeans.com/?idev_id=23572&evt=01 

McKenzie has over 15 years of experience in coaching, teacher training and learning content creation for teachers, students and parents. She is a Co-active Coach, a certificated practitioner and coach of NLP, and a Mytho-Self Facilitator. Prior to Graydin, she was a youth coach, and real estate developer and worked closely with Maudsley Hospital eating disorder unit to develop content for suffers and carers. Born in California, now based in London, UK, she took her first personal development course at age nine. 

website: www.TessaGordonTherapy.com 

instagram: @EmbodyingHope

upcoming events/news: Yoga 4 ED Recovery Group will be starting, also an outdoor movement based group. 

Ever since becoming a mom in 2019, breaking the cycle of dieting and body-image ancestral trauma has been a priority for Claire Schwartz. After finding Laurelee in her early 20s and starting her healing journey from bulimia, Claire noticed destructive relationship patterns to food and weight in her mother and grandmother. 

She’s doing her best each day to model and teach intuitive eating, food neutrality, body appreciation and emotional wisdom to her two children Audrey, 2.5 and Harrison, 4 months. She’s also incredibly proud of her mother for jumping on the intuitive eating train. Better late than never. 

claire.g.schwartz@gmail.com 

She is a fierce mental health advocate, and a trained teacher in meditation, breath work and yoga. She is especially passionate about the connection between mental and physical health, women’s health and ways to combat the modern burnout epidemic.

Andrea Kanelopoulos, an Author, Motivational Speaker, and Retreat Facilitator for over 2 decades founded Anam Nostos House to combine all her gifts into leading Holistic Wellness Retreats & Workshops. She creates, builds, and offers her teachings and hands on life tools based on her own journey through healing her body image after a 14yr battle. Her vision always is to help others live a full life with the journey they are given.

My website and socials are the best way to get one to my books, retreats and programs.

https://www.facebook.com/anamnostoshouse

https://www.instagram.com/andreakanelopoulosauthor/

https://www.anamnostoshouse.com/

Kaitlin specializes in the treatment of eating disorders and substance use disorders using an intuitive and integrative approach to therapy that includes a blend of mindfulness practices, harm reduction principles and trauma-informed therapy. Kaitlin is a poet at heart and believes that therapy is some of her best artistic work.

Andrea Lieberstein, MPH, RDN, IMTA CMT-P, RYT  is director and founder of the Mindful Eating Training Institute (METI International), an internationally recognized teacher trainer, and trains health professionals in an evidence-based mindful eating and living program, and Well Nourished Coach™ training certification programs. She is bestselling author of the book, Well-Nourished: Mindful Practices to Heal Your Relationship with Food, Feed your Whole Self and End Overeating”, which was chosen as “Best Mindfulness Books 2020” by Mindful Magazine. Andrea also offers coaching, programs and retreats for the general public.  She was a lead consultant and mindful eating instructor in NIH funded research at UCSF, is an MB-EAT Teacher Trainer, certified Mindfulness teacher, a dedicated mindfulness meditation practitioner, and MBSR instructor for over thirty years. She spearheaded Mind Body programs at various Kaiser Permanente Northern California centers, for twenty years, and has degrees from Stanford University and the University of California at Berkeley.
 In her private practice, Andrea works with individuals to have more peace, balance and joy in their relationship with food, nutrition, body-image, and stress-related issues and health concerns or whom simply want to bring their lives back into balance and vibrancy through mindful eating and living. One of Andrea’s greatest passions and joys is studying and practicing the Dharma and sharing the life transforming practices of mindfulness, compassion, mindful eating, yoga, nature awareness, and healthy lifestyles with others. www.mindfuleatingtraining.com, www.yourwellnourishedlife.com, https://www.facebook.com/mindfuleatingtraining

Gretchen Werner is a Bay Area native who has struggled with bulimia, body dysmorphia, compulsive eating, and self-hatred for most of her younger life. She found Laurelee and Beyond Hunger in her 20's and was finally able to look at herself and love herself with the help of Beyond Hunger, therapy, mindfulness, and a daily practice of self-care and self-love.  She is now a mother to 2 beautiful little girls (3 and 5), pursuing a nursing career, a community activist, and wakes up each day grateful and works on choosing recovery and tries to make it a daily practice to see all the miracles life has to offer each day. 

Regina Powers is a western trained family nurse practitioner who has worked in both emergency medicine and family practice. After a 4 year training in energy medicine she stumbled upon the teachings of the 5 Elements of Chinese medicine (Earth, Metal, Water, Wood and Fire)which is when everything related to how she saw, and treated people began to shift.  She now blends both western and eastern medicine in her private practice in San Francisco, CA. She does both in-person and long distance healing work.  She also shares these teachings and understandings in a book titled, “What Color is Your Medicine?”  

Regina created a non-profit called Sol Journeys. Here you can discover the elements as a means of healing while out in the natural world. She utilizes energy medicine, breath work, somatic release along with the all the Elements during her retreats and workshops.  The next 3-Day Retreat is April 22-24th in the Sierra Nevada Foothills. This is a transformational journey to open, expand and experience a deeper connection to yourself, the Earth and all of her offerings. You can learn more about her and her services at SolJourneys.com  or reach out via email- regina.soljourneys@gmail.com

www.soljourneys.com

Medicine for the Heart & Soul

Amber Rice is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, facilitator, educator, speaker, writer, and activist. Amber has been a mental health provider for over 25 years, with her roots in social work and non-profit, community-based services. Amber’s areas of specialization include trauma, disordered eating, body shame and weight bias, and her Seattle-based private practice supports clients from around the world. Her counseling framework is highly relational and informed by social justice, EMDR, Internal Family Systems, and radical self-compassion models.  Amber is an AAMFT Approved Clinical Supervisor and she provides clinical supervision, education, and training to other therapists on topics including countertransference, body politics, anti-fat bias and weight bias in the helping professional fields. 

www.amberrice.org

instagram: @amberricelmft 

TikTok: amberricelfmt

Jennifer Briscoe, RN, Certified Health Guide and 200 RYT works with women over 40 who are struggling with aging to reconnect their body, mind and spirit. She helps them discover what foods and activities fuel their unique physical and emotional bodies AND work with their lifestyle. She is passionate about helping others slow down, become present and learn to love and accept themselves!

Jennifer is a graduate of Wilkes University, ICF accredited Health Coach Institute and Santa Rosa JC.  She offers 1:1 coaching and has a monthly Yoga + Series.

https://www.jenniferbriscoe.com

Marybeth Weinstock, PhD, BC-DMT 

Dance/Movement Therapist, BC-DMT-565

Previous Member at Large, Western Region, American Dance Therapy Association 

Previous President and Communications Chair, CA Chapter American Dance Therapy Association 

Creative Transition www.creativetransition.net

L. Smith Counseling, LLC

Linda C. Smith, MS, LMFT, LMHC, CEDS, CCMHC, NCC

6326 Spy Glass Run

Fort Wayne, IN  46804

Office: 260-755-5495

Fax: 260-755-5947

Shari Botwin, LCSW has been counseling survivors in recovery from trauma, eating disorders, abuse, and related issues for over 25 years in her South Jersey Private Practice. Her second book, “Thriving After Trauma: Stories of Living and Healing,” just released worldwide in paperback. She has given commentary on a variety of media outlets and podcasts and is a blogger for Psychology Today Magazine. 

https://www.amazon.com/Thriving-After-Trauma-Stories-Healing/dp/1538162679/ref=sr_1_3?crid=1X01GTX8GBGBS&dchild=1&keywords=thriving+after+trauma&qid=1635875557&qsid=14

Shari Botwin, LCSW

www.sharibotwin.com

Author of Thriving After Trauma: Stories of Living and Healing (Rowman & Littlefield) Updated paperback

Aidan Park originally from South Korea is a Los Angeles based stand-up comedian headliner, bestselling author, public speaker, certified life coach and creator of The Art of Being Yay brand; your funny guide to yay-ful living. The company encourages people to find their inner YAY! by providing funny relatable content, tools and ideas for a yay-ful lifestyle.

www.theartofbeingyay.com

Ashley McIntosh has led workshops on personal awareness, anxiety-relief, and emotional health for over 15 years, working with thousands of children and adults. For her workshops, Ashley developed playful metaphors to help individuals become aware of their emotions, thoughts and hearts.  

Her picture book, The Girl and The Sun, offers these metaphors in a beautifully endearing story so adults can explore these deep concepts within themselves, and then have honest conversations with kids.  Her online course, Returning Home to Yourself, helps parents care for their children by first learning to care for themselves.  

While currently studying toward a Master’s degree in Counselling Psychology, Ashley maintains an active social media presence, and regularly provides parents with candid and thought-provoking content.  Learn more at: www.ashleyandthesun.com

Helen has worked in communities, schools and nonprofits for nearly thirty years, helping those with mental health struggles and learning differences. She got into recovery for her own eating disorder during her senior year in college and due to this incredible life changing experience began to consider working with others battling the same illness. She completed graduate school in Sacramento Ca, and finished her licensing hours and exams in the Bay Area. She currently resides in a small town next to San Francisco and enjoys working in private practice where she sees clients with different mental health challenges, specializing in treating children with learning disabilities, grief and loss and eating disorders.

Helen’s office number 415-717-7820

Marie is an attorney who helps protect consumers by seeking remedies for violations of consumer protection laws, primarily on a class basis.  Marie also has a long history of pro bono involvement and currently is a regular volunteer at the Community Legal Assistance Saturday Program, a monthly free legal clinic sponsored by the Alameda County Bar Association.  In the past, Marie served on Beyond Hunger’s Board of Directors for several years. 

Margaret (Meg) Burton is the Southern California Regional Program Manager at Bring Change to Mind, a national non-profit co-founded by Glenn Close that works to decrease stigma surrounding mental illness. She is also the founder of Heartlines Yoga, yoga designed specifically for teens, as well as a staff member for the summer program at The American School in Switzerland. In her free time Margaret loves traveling, reading, hiking, adventuring, drinking coffee, and practicing yoga. You can find her on instagram at @heartlinesyoga.

Carol Normand, LMFT, is a licensed psychotherapist and a Certified Mindfulness Meditation Teacher, with over 30 years of experience as an individual therapist, speaker, author, and group/workshop facilitator. She holds a BA in Economics and Political Science from UC San Diego and an MS in Counseling from San Francisco State University. Carol is founder of Amrita Eating Disorder Intensive Outpatient Program and co-founder of the nonprofit Beyond Hunger. She has authored It’s Not About Food: End Your Obsession with Food & Weight, and Over It: A Teen’s Guide to Getting Beyond Obsessions with Food & Weight. Carol received the Golden Bell Award for her work in developing the Emotional Literacy Program for middle school students.

M is a trans/non-binary art therapist, fat activist and artist whose work focuses on body justice, intersectional social justice and treatment equity access. They co-own Rainbow Recovery where they support people through the gender affirmation process, complex trauma recovery, eating disorder recovery and body image issues. M is also an adjunct professor at Albertus Magnus College and serves as part of the board of directors for Project HEAL. 

Em Reim ifrach
em.reimifrach@gmail.com

Corinne Dobbas

corinne@corinnedobbas.com

Corinne Dobbas, MS, RD is a registered dietitian, nutrition therapist, and certified intuitive eating counselor with over a decade of experience in Marin County, Ca. Corinne works with adolescents, young adults, and adults with eating disorder recovery, disordered eating, and body image concerns by helping clients break free from the mental, emotional, and physical toll of chronic dieting through a non-weight focused, non-diet approach.

Connie Sobczak

connie.sobczak@gmail.com

Connie Sobczak is the author of Embody: Learning to Love Your Unique Body (and quiet that critical voice!), and Co-Founder of The Body Positive, a nonprofit organization that teaches people to listen to their bodies, learn, and thrive. In Connie’s 2021 TEDx Talk, Embracing Your Critical Voice: The Gateway to Self-Love, she shares her painful yet powerful journey to self-love, and offers ways for others to get there as well.

Rob Nelson, author of Hacking Reality, is director of Tapping the Matrix Academy, offering EFT training and certification and instruction in the advanced Hacking Reality technique.  Rob has trained hundreds of practitioners and works with clients worldwide via Zoom and Skype.  His website is tappingthematrix.com

 Julie Norman, BS (nutrition/dietetics), E-RYT (Experienced, Registered Yoga Teacher), ES (Equine Specialist), CHC (Certified Health Coach)

Julie delights in guiding others in experiences that foster growth and healing from a place of self-love. She believes this is essential for both individual and collective peace. Her career as a registered dietitian in eating disorders treatment and her own recovery inspired the creation of Body Karma Healing (BKH), her signature yoga program that guides women to peace with their bodies and food for authentic empowerment. Julie has two book offerings; Poems From The Path of Peace, Volumes 1 & 2 that share musings from her own healing journey. She's available for public speaking engagements, coaching and consulting on yoga, horses as healers, creativity, eating disorders, body image, mindful eating, stress management and wellness. 

Julie Norman, BS, E-RYT, ES, CHC
 Wellness and Equine Specialist
 https://JulieNormanYoga.com
Phone: 330-524-9448

Janna Barkin, jannabarkinyoga@gmail.com

is an author, educator, and mother. Her youngest is transgender. She has worked as a 

preschool teacher/director and is now a certified yoga instructor with over a decade of experience.

Janna currently supports transgender youth and their families as facilitator of parent support group at 

The Spahr Center in Marin County, Ca, as a workshop presenter, and as a parent coach. Her book

 “He’s Always Been My Son” (August 2017 Jessica Kingsley Publishers) was a #1 bestseller on Amazon and continues to be a valuable resource.

Kathleen Bishop is a Licensed Clinical Social Worker, Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and Gorski-trained Relapse Prevention Specialist. In private practice, she specializes in eating and body image problems. Kathleen is also a body-positive and size diversity activist who promotes Health At Every Size(R) principles to end stigma and mistreatment associated with weight in our culture. Follow her on Instagram.com/body_peace_liberation. Email-bodypeace@outlook.com

Marcella Cox LMFT, CEDS-S

Marcella Cox is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist specializing in treating eating disorders in the San Francisco Bay Area and is the Founder of Kindful Body, a collaboration of seasoned eating disorder professionals who provide online therapy and nutrition counseling throughout California. She is also Co-founder and Executive Director of the IFS Telehealth Collective, a multi-state mental health group practice dedicated to providing high quality-Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy.

M Reim Ifrash MAAT, REAT, ATR-BC, ATCS, LPC, NCC, RMT, CLAT

M (they/them) is a fat, non-binary, Art therapist and eating disorder specialist who own Rainbow Recovery, a queer owned and operated healing collective committed to the recovery of the LGBTQ+ community.  They believe in the power of authenticity, being real and creating safe spaces for all in the world. M is also a board of directors member for Project HEAL and the founder of Eating Disorder Therapists for Intersectional Social Justice. When not working they enjoy spending time with their cats, dogs and bunnies, creating art and working on their tattoo project called The Tattooed Goddex. 

Jill Berling

Jill Berling is a practicing Associate Marriage and Family Therapist who works predominantly with teens and their families. Jill has a passion for supporting women of all ages who struggle with body image and body acceptance. Through her own struggle and recovery, she hopes to inspire others to make a change. For more information go to www.therapywithjillb.com

The apocalypse?

. Which means "lifting of the veil. Finding the secret deep inside.

For many of us, our life has been turned upside down.

Financially, emotionally, physically, and spiritually.

We are afraid and anxious.

WE have seen the systems we have set up fall apart…fragile and weak…completely unjust, horrifying, and brutal.

But in this time of revelation, we all have a chance to embrace the change or refuse.

Guess which one I think we should try and do?

Will we move in the direction of change and growth? Or will we stubbornly refuse to budge?

Bruce Springsteen said whatever we don’t let go of will be torn out of our hands. The letting go feels like hell but a lot easier than the tear.

What can come out of these ashes?

Whoever saw any of this coming?

Well of course the docs and scientists.

But the rest of us slobs on the bus trying to get home as the song says

We did not see it coming.

As most big life-changing events.

They take us by surprise.

What will you do with the surprise? I hope you will accept it and use it well.

Gaby Kogut has an M. Phil. in art history from CUNY Graduate Center and teaches art history courses at various institutions in New York City and Pennsylvania. She is passionate about a wide variety of issues including teaching art history to everyone in an understandable and engaging way, practicing fat acceptance and fat activism, and sharing her extensive knowledge of the comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan. She writes about these issues and more at  gaby471.substack.com. She lives in Upper Manhattan with her wife, Jon, and their four cats. You can reach her at  gpkogut@gmail.com.

Linda Shanti McCabe is a licensed Clinical Psychologist, expressive arts therapist, recovery coach, and imperfect mom. She loves helping women recover, uncover, and discover their authentic selves. She has written two books: one for new moms recovering from disordered eating and one for people learning to carry grief with grace. 

You can find her at: DrLindaShanti.com

Instagram: @DrLindaShanti

Facebook: Recoverymama

Jasmine holds a Bachelor's Degree in Health Science and Biology, a 200 hour Registered Yoga Teacher Certificate, a Level II attunement and certification in Reiki Universal Life Force Energy, a certification in Therapeutic Hypnosis and a passion and deep knowledge of all layers of the being. She's in a year-long mastery program in Human Design, a system to understand your unique energy management and decision-making process. She blends her spiritual gifts and fuses tools for self-discovery and self-liberation, to guide others to step into a life that is more aligned with who you truly are and not who we were conditioned to be.

Website:  https://www.soulperspective365.com

ArielWhitlockMFT@gmail.com

775-351-9411

  Ariel is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist who specializes in Trauma and Eating Disorders.   She most loves helping those who have been harmed with sexual abuse restore and redeem their souls and bodies back.   She is currently the co-founder of EDC and works in Roseville CA

Nicola Chan is a Body Confidence coach. She helps women and girls to feel more confident in their bodies through Size Inclusive Fitness and Mindset. With over 16 years of severe body hatred while working in the industry, she found her own recovery. Afterwords, instead of leaving the industry, she decided to stay and help others learn the truth about Diet Culture and Weight Stigma and help them find TRUE Body Confidence.

waisheecoaching.co.uk

For Real-Time Quick Decoding Proceds, click here

Barbara Birsinger, ThD, MPH, RDN, CEDRD-S

Creator, The Behavior Decoding Method™ & The Food and Body Code™

Co-Principle Investigator, Stanford Study on the BDM™/HAES®

www.BarbaraBirsinger.com

Jennifer Lombardi, LMFT, CEDS, Behavioral Health Manager, Eating Disorder IOP in Sacramento, CA.

Ph. 916-561-4147

Deborah Brenner-Liss, Ph.D. is a clinical psychologist in San Francisco.  She is in private practice, specializing in treating eating disorders and trauma.  She is also the Director of the Association of Professionals Treating Eating Disorders, which has existed in the San Francisco Bay Area since 1985.

Sondra Kronberg, MS, RD, CEDRD-S

 Founder and Executive Director, Eating Disorder Treatment Collaborative, and consultant to the Carolyn Costin Institute. she has been treating patients and teaching professionals for over 35 years. She is a founding member of the National Eating Disorders Association, (NEDA). She is author and recipient of many ED treatment awards 

 This year Sondra created the Chats in the Living Room weekly live online Covid support group, newsletter, and website where she live hosts experts in the field. Www.chatsinthelivingroom.com

Ellyn Silverman-Linnetz is a Registered Dietitian and Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian Supervisor (CEDRD-S). Her expertise covers a wide area of practice from integrating nutritional healing into addiction and recovery care to nutrition therapy in eating disorders. She practices an integrative approach to nutrition intervention which includes helping clients improve their relationship with food and their find peace in their bodies so they can show up for what is most important in life.  Ellyn considers herself to be a non-diet Registered Dietitian and is committed to supporting clients reach their goals through self-exploration and self-trust. She is an Intuitive Eating practitioner and comes from the philosophy of weight inclusive wellness. Ellyn has a Bachelor’s of Science in Nutrition from Rutgers University and a Master’s in Public Health from the University of South Carolina. She also completed a Fellowship at USC in Metabolic Dysregulation as well as her Physician’s Assistant degree.  She is a member of IAEDP (International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals) and The International Federation of Eating Disorder Dietitians. She has authored many publications, written chapters on a variety of topics and is a national speaker on nutrition health.  She currently lives in Long Beach California with her family which includes her husband Burt and her dogs Hailey and Charlie and is the proud mom of two adult daughters and a wonderful grandson. She loves to paint and travel and is currently working on her first book on eating disorders and substance treatment.

Debra Benfield is a Registered Dietitian/Nutritionist (RDN), as well as a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian, and IAEDP-approved Supervisor (CEDRD-S) with over 30 years of experience in the field. She is also a Registered Yoga Teacher, Certified in Curvy Yoga, Accessible Yoga, and Trauma-Sensitive Yoga. Debra also participated in 2 years of training in Presence-Based Coaching which she integrates into her offerings. Debra is committed to offering respectful, compassionate care with the intention to create a partnership with you as the expert of your own body. She has discovered the transformative power of somatic practices and yoga along with embodied/intuitive eating principles. With a focus on trauma-informed care and nourishing your inner child, she offers individual and family nutritional therapy, as well as group programs, workshops and retreats. Debra will start where you are and believes in small steps to support your whole-person well being. Debra supervises her RDN associates with the same philosophy and intention. She also provides professional supervision, coaching and professional development. Debra is committed to supporting best practices in both preventing and treating disordered eating for health and behavioral health care providers and founded the Winston-Salem Eating Disorder Coalition. She also is creating community for those who are on the path of Body Liberation by offering a free monthly Book Club that is open to the public. Debra’s professional background includes providing medical nutrition therapy as a clinical nutritionist at Wake Forest University School of Medicine for many years and was a faculty member of the School of Medicine for 10 of those years. While at Wake Forest University School of Medicine, she was responsible for a wide range of tasks: nutrition education of medical professionals and patients, clinical nutrition services, research, and administration. She was also in private practice part-time during those years with a transition to full time private practice in 2005. Debra’s experience also includes being a chief clinical dietitian in a clinical setting, a clinical nutritionist for North Carolina School of the Arts, and RDN in an addiction treatment center as well as a behavioral health center.

Debra@bimnutrition.com

Guest name, bio & contact info

Sheila Rubin

Sheila Rubin, LMFT, RDT/BCT

Co-Director Center For Healing Shame

and Private Practice of Psychotherapy, Drama Therapy, Somatic Therapy, AEDP, EFT 

830 Bancroft Way, Suite 102

Berkeley, Ca 94110 

Tele- therapy on zoom during Covid time 

www.SheilaRubin.com

www.HealingShame.com

(415) 820-3974

 Sheila@healingshame.com

Guest name, bio & contact info

Deb Malkin radicalbeingbodywork@gmail.com

Deb Malkin a 51 year old massage therapist and TMS pain recovery coach. I had a transformative recovery from knee pain in 2019 after starting work with the Curable app and reading The Mindbody Prescription from Dr. Sarno. I love helping clients recover from all kinds of physical and emotional pain (including migraines, back pain, fibromyalgia) using the tools of pain science education, life coaching, radical self acceptance, self compassion and my 20 years as a fat activist. I am dedicated to the belief that all people are born with inherent worth and value and help them to find their reconnection to that wholeness. I have been trained in mindbody methods by Dr. Schubiner and Charlie Merrill, PT and the PPDA. I can be found posting videos on Instagram at instagram.com/movewithdeb and more information about my 8 week pain recovery program can be found at debmalkin.com.

 Dr. Deah (Day-uh) Schwartz Ed.D, M.S. M.A., CTRS, has extensive experience using Therapeutic Arts, Music, Drama and Recreation techniques in a variety of clinical and educational settings with clients ranging in age from 5 to 80+. Dr. Deah began her work in Body Acceptance and Eating Disorders in the 1980’s and was a pioneer in the field as evidenced by her co-authoring and and being an original cast member of “LEFTOVERS: THE UPS AND DOWNS OF A COMPULSIVE EATER," and the “LEFTOVERS Workbook/DVD set.”  Dr. Schwartz was a professor at San Francisco State University for 10 years, preparing students for careers in Recreation and Expressive Arts Therapies.  Her passion for self-acceptance and expressive arts is put to good use in her latest book,  Dr. Deah's Calmanac, an interactive monthly guide for cultivating a positive body image.  Available on Amazon, Barnes & Nobles and her website at drdeah.com, she hopes her words and suggestions will provide assistance in defining one’s own standard of beauty and finding ways to make peace with one's body.

 Patricia Ravitz, LMFT is a licensed psychotherapist, in private practice in Marin County for over 25 years. She is a former President of the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists. She works with individuals, couples, and families, and specializes in treating people with eating disorders. 

PatriciaRavitz.com

415-328-4141

Patricia@patriciaravitz.com

She holds degrees in:

• Master’s Degree in Counseling Psychology from the California Institute of Integral Studies
• Master’s Degree in Community Program Development from San Francisco State University
• Bachelor’s Degree in English Literature from San Francisco State University

Professional Associations

• President - California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists
• Binge Eating Disorder Association (BEDA)
• Association of Professionals Treating Eating Disorders (APTED)

 Carolyn Costin is a world renowned, highly sought-after eating disorder clinician, author, and international speaker. Recovered from anorexia in her twenties, as a young therapist Carolyn recognized her calling after successfully treating her first eating disorder client. 

After 15 years in private practice and running hospital programs, Carolyn was determined to improve the relapse rate and recognized a gap in the eating disorder field. She opened Monte Nido, the first residential facility in a home setting, surrounded by nature, where standard treatment was combined with meditation and yoga and clients were “retrained” to shop for, prepare and cook food.  Carolyn’s contributions to the field are extensive. Her six books, service in every major eating disorder organization, three decades of training professionals worldwide, free study groups and the outstanding success of Monte Nido all spurred Carolyn to international acclaim. In 2016, Carolyn left Monte Nido and created The Carolyn Costin Institute. The Institute offers Continuing Education for clinicians, Eating Disorder Coach Certification, Mentor Training, and Educational support for families of those with eating disorders. Through the Institute Carolyn also offers speaking engagements, consultations and supervision. Carolyn is an active, passionate, inspiring force in the eating disorder field. To learn more, visit Carolyncostin.com or email: Carolyn@carolyncostin.com

Guest name, bio & contact info

Nancy Ellis-Ordway, LCSW, PhD, is a psychotherapist with thirty years' experience, specializing in treating eating disorders, body image issues, stress, anxiety, depression and relationship issues. She offers individual, couple, and family therapy through her private practice in Jefferson City, MO. In addition to a Master of Social Work degree from Washington University, she has completed the Advanced Psychodynamic Psychotherapy training program at the St. Louis Psychoanalytic Institute. She has written chapters for four books, as well as numerous articles for professional and general publications. Her book, "Thrive at Any Weight; Eating to Nourish Body, Soul and Self Esteem" was published in 2019. She also teaches classes for professional continuing education. She has a Ph.D. in Health Education and Promotion from the University of Missouri.

Nancy Ellis-Ordway, PhD, LCSW
 author of "Thrive at Any Weight:
 Eating to Nourish Body, Soul, and Self-Esteem”
 She, her, hers

neomsw@mindspring.com

Guest name, bio & contact info

Sarah Kirby

Sarah is a Bay Area native. Like many of us, she spent much of her teens and into her 30s brain-washed by popular culture, believing her body wasn’t good enough and that her job was to perfect it (read: be thin). Sarah is currently in graduate school at the University of San Francisco pursuing a degree in Counseling Psychology and hopes to help others make peace with their minds and bodies.   

Sarahlena2008@gmail.com

Alexis McIsaac has been a volunteer and a peer education presenter for our school-based program since she was a senior in high school. She is now at Sonoma State working her way to her Masters in Psychology. Alexis.mcisaac@yahoo.com

Emelina Minero is the creative director of the Self-Love Diet, a framework for nurturing self-awareness and creating a loving relationship with your spirit, body, thoughts, emotions, relationships, culture, and the world. She has worked alongside her mom, Michelle Minero, the founder of the Self-Love Diet, since 2009. Through e-courses, workshops, and talks, Emelina and Michelle have given people the tools to let go of self-doubt and body dissatisfaction and learn to accept and love themselves. You can find Emelina at www.theselflovediet.org, on Instagram at @self.love.diet, on the Facebook Page Self-Love Diet: The Only Diet That Works, and on the Love Warrior Community Facebook group.

Constance Hart

Color Therapist Constance Hart is the founder of Conscious Colors, a color therapy modality that supports emotional wellness and the developer of color aroma, an innovation that combines color therapy with aromatherapy. Constance has over 30 years’ experience in the holistic healing arts and offers guidance, training courses and mentoring. www.consciouscolors.com

Sarah Lowenthal, M.D.

Certified Eating Disorder Specialist and Iaedp-Approved Supervisor (CEDS-S)

655 Redwood Highway, Suite 364

Mill Valley, CA 94941

Phone: 415.569.4918

Fax: 415.888.8344

drsarah@sarahlowenthalmd.com

https://sarahlowenthalmd.com

Carol Normandi MS, LMFT, Co-founder of Beyond Hunger                

(415) 488-1104

Carol Normandi is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in private practice since 1992.  She is a co-founder of Beyond Hunger, Inc. and co-author with Laurelee Roark of two books developing Beyond Hunger’s approach: It’s Not About Food: Ending Your Obsession with Food and Weight (Putnam 1998), and Over It: A Teen’s Guide To Getting Beyond Food and Weight (New World Library 2001) as well as the Body Love Cards.  Carol works with adults, children, couples and families, specializing in eating disorders and body image disturbances.  She has facilitated support groups, led workshops, and lectured about eating disorders for more than twenty years.  Carol provides clinical consultation for Beyond Hunger. She is also the Executive Director and Co-Founder of Amrita Eating Disorder Treatment www.amritat.com   

Fat thoughts are the kind of thoughts we have when we are criticizing our bodies, calling them too fat, too ugly, too big or too “whatever”. These thoughts are learned from our culture's fat prejudice and body hatred. Sometimes when we are young and experience shame or uncomfortable feelings, we change them into body hatred. When we begin to understand that our fat thoughts and body hatred are learned, then we can take the blame off our body, and process the deeper feelings in far more constructive and fulfilling ways. 

Ragen Chastain is a speaker, writer, Certified Health Coach, and thought leader in the fields of Health at Every Size, Fitness, Weight Stigma in Medical Care, and Corporate Wellness. Ragen has brought her captivating mix of humor and hard facts to stages including Google, CalTech, and national and international medical conferences.  Author of the popular blog danceswithfat, the book Fat: The Owner's Manual, and editor of the anthology The Politics of Size, Ragen is frequently featured as an expert in print, radio, television, and documentary film. Ragen is a three-time National dance champion, and two-time marathoner who holds the Guinness World Record for Heaviest Woman to Complete a Marathon, and co-founded Fit Fatties on Facebook. Ragen lives in LA, with her partner and their two adorable dogs.

ragen@danceswithfat.org

Camerin Ross PhD

Mindful Eating & Body Acceptance Coaching

(415) 937-0403

info@CamerinRoss.com

CamerinRoss.com

I’m dedicated to helping people heal their tangled relationship with food, eating and their bodies 

through education, awareness and community building. 

When we relate to ourselves with respect and appreciation, we come home to our bodies. 

Establishing a fearless, natural relationship with food and eating is possible.

Following our purpose leads us to the path that feeds our soul. We all possess unique gifts and we all have the need to express these gifts. To find our calling is to find the path of our hearts, the way of life that makes us feel alive and glad to be here. Over time we may find many different paths, small and large. We find our calling by listening to our inner voice and doing what feels right and true to ourselves. 

Mary Fiumara, LCSW, received her BSW from Rutgers University in New Jersey and MSS degree from Bryn Mawr College in Pennsylvania.  In 1985 she was part of a team that opened up the first free-standing residential facility for eating disorders. She earned her PA LCSW, and worked in the field of eating disorders and behavioral Health. Mary lived in Philadelphia PA for twenty years, and worked in various settings such as acute, residential, afternoon treatment and partial hospitalization programs. Marymoved to California in 2003, worked at an IOP for eating disorders,  Creekside Behavioral Health as the Manager for Social Services and Rehabilitation for 13 years, and earned her CA LCSW in 2008.  She also was an active board member on EDRS (Eating Disorders Recovery Services0 beginning in 2004. 

Mary joined Kaiser Permanente in July 2020 and is working as a provider on the Child and Family Services Team, and with the EDO program. She has a part-time private practice (www.maryfiumara.com)

Outside of work Mary enjoys taking her dog Chloe for walks, hanging out at home with her many cats, cooking,  gardening, motorcycling, bicycling, playing pool and square dancing.

Marcella Raimondo, PhD, MPH is a passionate and spirited clinical trainer speaking from her heart on social justice and eating disorders since 1995. In 1997, Marcella worked with About-Face, a nonprofit organization that addresses media impact on body image serving as the Director of Media Literacy until 2005. Today, she is on the About-Face Board of Founders and a consultant. She is also on the Advisory Board for the Association of Size Health and Diversity (ASDAH), on the Board of Eating Disorder Recovery Support (EDRS) as Past President and serves as Co-Chair of the Academy of Eating Disorders Diversity Equity and Inclusion committee. Marcella currently serves as a Licensed Clinical Psychologist (PSY# 27037) in Kaiser Oakland’s  eating disorder clinic as well as in private practice. Marcella, herself, recovered from Anorexia Nervosa over 20 years ago. Marcella trains in Kajukenbo at Hand to Hand Kajukenbo Self Defense Center in Oakland. She holds a second degree black belt and enjoys the exploratory path her training gives her. Her recovery and her martial arts training inspire her dedication to multicultural body nurturance and community celebration. For more info, visit marcellaedtraining.com