Changing the Conversation about EDs

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Changing the Conversation about Eating Disorders is a monthly podcast from Liron Cohen and Karin Eli. Combining our professional and personal perspectives, we're aiming to create a new discussion about a subject matter that touches so many lives and yet still puzzles most of us. New episodes are posted on the first Tuesday of every month. Subscribe to us on iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/changing-the-conversation-about-eds/id1446935444

  • 37 minutes 1 second
    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.)
    26 May 2020, 1:26 pm
  • 27 minutes 51 seconds
    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.
    25 April 2020, 12:00 pm
  • 30 minutes 28 seconds
    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.
    3 December 2019, 1:00 pm
  • 31 minutes 37 seconds
    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.
    5 November 2019, 1:00 pm
  • 25 minutes 49 seconds
    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.
    1 October 2019, 12:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 41 seconds
    ED Podcast #10 - Rebellion and Abundance
    In this episode, we zoom out from the individual plate to the dinner table, and from the dinner table to the cafe and supermarket, to explore how food, as a social and cultural product, informs and interacts with eating disorders.
    3 September 2019, 12:00 pm
  • 25 minutes 21 seconds
    ED Podcast #9 - Altruism and Accusations (Featuring Rachel Bachner-Melman)
    In this episode, we discuss the concept of “pathological altruism” with our guest, clinical psychologist Dr Rachel Bachner-Melman. We explore the relevance of this concept for eating disorders, but also question the judgment and medicalisation this concept implicates.
    6 August 2019, 12:00 pm
  • 10 minutes 37 seconds
    Ed Podcast #9 - Altruism and Accusations - Conversation Companion
    In this companion episode, we comment on the conversation we started in “Altruism and Accusations”. We further question the use of the term “pathological”, and begin to consider some alternative and affirmative ways of conceptualising altruism in relation to eating disorders.
    6 August 2019, 12:00 pm
  • 23 minutes 9 seconds
    ED Podcast #8 Visibility and Difference
    in this episode, we explore events that trigger eating disorders, and discuss how these triggering events may be related to deep-seated questions of identity and belonging.
    2 July 2019, 12:00 pm
  • 22 minutes
    Episode #7 Appetite and Fluidity
    in this episode, we discuss overlaps between eating disorder experiences, and begin to problematise the boundaries between eating disorder diagnoses.
    At 17:50 we discuss an important study by Welch et al. (2016). The study is open access - please make sure to check it out: https://bmcpsychiatry.biomedcentral.com/articles/10.1186/s12888-016-0840-7
    4 June 2019, 12:00 pm
  • 26 minutes 11 seconds
    Episode #6 Connections and Pro-Ana
    In this episode, we discuss social attitudes toward pro-ana, and explore why legislation to ban pro-ana content from social media is problematic.
    *When speaking of Pro Ana Websites, we refer to any of a diverse number of websites created by people with eating disorders for the participation of other people with eating disorders. These websites tend to share some features, such as images of extreme thinness and tips for disordered eating practices, but also support and advice.
    7 May 2019, 12:00 pm
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