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Creativity is the outward manifestation of who we are as spiritual beings. It is the magical ability to create 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 forced us to go beneath the obsession with food and weight and access the part of ourselves that passionately hungers for self expression.   For more information about George Horner, you can check out his website at www.georgehorner.com/ Email: georgehornerprojects@gmail.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Awareness is awakening to ourselves exactly as we are in the present moment. In order to heal our struggle with food and weight, we must become aware of eating patterns, emotions, bodily sensations, and diet/fat thoughts. Only by watching and working with ourselves in the moment, can we truly understand what we need.  Stephanie SearleHealth Teacher & Activities DirectorStay "In The Know"Instagram: @novatohighTwitter: @whats_thebuzzFacebook: Novato High SchoolSign up for weekly NHS emails: www.tinyurl.com/novatohighenews ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

At the heart of every person is a yearning from the deepest part of our souls that must be heard. It is a desire to awaken, embrace our whole selves, and see past the limitations we have put on ourselves. It is the knowing that we are connected with a universal love and spiritual presence that holds the flame of our true essence of love and light. When we begin to accept that each one of us was born with divine spirit, then we can stop the struggle with defining ourselves as good or bad by our body size or the food we eat. We can then move on to simply expressing our true selves.  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. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Faith is trusting that there is a loving source of which you are a part. Having faith means that you can let go of fear and tight control and trust that there is great wisdom within you and around you, allowing yourself to breathe and listen for spiritual guidance. Having faith means that even though the recovery process may become difficult and dark, you can trust that you will also find the grace and the light.  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.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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 ways.  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 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Reflection is the ability to see your true self mirrored back to you. Unfortunately we spend most of our lives using the mirror as a way to judge the imperfections in our appearance, which is a limited and biased perception of who we are. By changing how we see our reflection, we can expand and transform our vision to include the beauty of our true selves.  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. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Starr Kelton-Locke 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 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Recovery from body hatred and disordered eating provides many layers of learning that unfold uniquely and spontaneously. "Trusting the process" means that we all work through these experiences and issues at our own pace and in our own way. We can trust that our process is exactly right for us and we don’t have to waste precious time comparing ourselves to others.  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 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Body Wisdom is the inherent wisdom we each hold within our own bodies that tells us what we need physically, emotionally and spirituality. When we listen to the wisdom of our bodies, we intuitively know how to feed ourselves, satisfy our needs and accept our natural bodies.  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.  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

In this recovery, there are many miracles. We have the choice to either to embrace the miracles and take part in them, or step around and deny them. As we open our hearts to our recovery and let it guide and teach us, we receive many gifts. We develop compassion for ourselves and others, we create a healthier relationship with our mind, body, and spirit, we free ourselves from the oppression of self-hatred and limited self-perceptions, and most simply, we learn to love ourselves. https://www.laureleeroark.com/ 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 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Inhabit means to live our bodies, not in our heads. When we learn to be present in our bodies, to move out of the obsessive thinking and into our feelings, we can learn to identify and meet our physical, emotional, and spiritual needs. First, we must be aware that we are in the obsession, in the thinking, in the head. Then we can use our breath to bring our awareness to our body and explore what we are experiencing in our bodies.  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.comConstance HartFounder/Developer/MentorConscious Colors • Color Aromahttps://www.consciouscolors.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Acceptance with t Janice Bremis Janice@edrcsv.org https://centerfordiscovery.com/ Acceptance means to honor and respect our body and our self exactly as we are right now, in this moment. When we step into acceptance, we stop struggling and fighting and we begin to make peace with ourselves. This empowers our body and our self to be who we really are in this moment. It takes us out of the obsession of “wanting to be different” and allows us to be more present with ourselves, and therefore better able to meet our needs. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Recovery from body hatred and disordered eating provides many layers of learning that unfold uniquely and spontaneously. “Trusting the Process” means that we all work through these experiences and issues in our own way. We can trust that our process is exactly right for us and we don’t have to waste precious time comparing ourselves to others.  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 ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

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. 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  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Osha Hayden is host and producer of the Aspire With Osha: art, nature, humanity podcast and is a Certified Life Coach who is passionate about empowering positive change. Her background as psychotherapist, mediator, trainer and artist informs her work. She earned an M.A. in Psychology, Couple and Family Therapy. Visit her here:https://oshahayden.comhttps://www.facebook.com/osha.hayden/https://www.instagram.com/aspirewithosha/ ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Claire Hansen is a Bay Area personal trainer and nutrition coach.  Claire uses her knowledge in physical and mental fitness in combination with her personal experience with eating disorders, addiction, and successful recovery to help others lead healthy, happy lives. LinkedIn http://linkedin.com/in/claire-hansen-89b00469 Instagram @coach.claireh Facebook https://www.facebook.com/ClearFitHealth?mibextid=LQQJ4dEmail: clairehansen13@gmail.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Jennifer Mason is an acupuncturist turned comic in San Diego, California. When she isn’t busy stabbing people, she’s running the Sofa King Funny shows or teaching Stand Up for Scaredy Cat workshops on Zoom. She changes the lives of women and other unlikely comics by guiding them to create a tight 5-minute set from their life that they can drop into any meeting or workshop... to be noticed, marketable, and memorable.  IG: jenxcomedysd, sofakingfunnyshow FB: Jenxcomedy, Sofakingfunnyshow www.jenxcomedy.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Robyn is a nationally renowned contributing author registered dietitian nutritionist. She has been quoted as an expert in various publications including The New York Times, The Huffington Post, Diabetes Forecast, Shape Magazine, Fitness, Oxygen, Life & Style, Natural Solutions, Beverly Hills Weekly and Today’s Dietitian. In addition, Robyn has also served as an eating disorder specialist on the nationally televised show “The Insider” and an expert on The Associated Press (AP). Website: www.askaboutfood.com ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Liana Steinmetz is a landscape artist, painting often outdoors from life. Liana attributes her connection with nature and expresses that her connection with paint is vital to maintaining a loving relationship with herself and her body.  Liana lives in the Sierra Nevada mountains of California with her son, husband, and quirky dog. ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

Email: aislinn.daugherty@gmail.com Instagram: @aiz.lin  ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★