#144: Self Compassion for Healthcare Workers with Laura Berenstain, MD
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Dr. Laura Berenstain is a physician, professional leadership coach, author, and speaker. She is a passionate advocate for equity, social justice, and changing culture through both individual and systemic efforts. Laura helps her coaching clients navigate life and career transitions, while improving their emotional agility, communication, and negotiation skills. She guides her clients in identifying their individual definition of success utilizing personal values, increased self-awareness, and principles of positive psychology, mindfulness, and resilience. Laura is also a certified...
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#143: Being In Recovery as a Black Woman with Jayde Barber
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Jayde Barber is the creator and host of the Students of Mind Podcast: a mental health advocate and entrepreneur. Since she was in grade school, Jayde has been diagnosed and living with several mental illnesses including anxiety, depression, and anorexia. Although she is not a licensed mental health professional, Jayde’s experience as a patient, family member, and friend of individuals with mental illness has driven her to share her experiences and insights. Through the podcast and across social media, Jayde shares her mental health and eating disorder recovery journey. The Students of Mind...
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#142: Gastrointestinal Issues with Dr. Sarah Lowenthal
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Dr. Lowenthal is a Board Certified Family Physician specializing in eating disorder care for children, adolescents and adults. Utilizing a social justice, Health At Every Size (HAES) lens, Dr. Lowenthal is in private practice in the San Francisco Bay Area and cares for individuals of all genders, sizes, shapes and abilities and at any stage of their recovery. Dr. Lowenthal completed medical school at the University of Chicago and residency at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). She is one of few primary care physicians nationwide who has been designated by the International...
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#141: Menopause Bootcamp with Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, M.D.
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A Diplomat of the American College of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, MD, received her medical degree in 1996 from the USC School of Medicine and completed her residency in obstetrics and gynecology at UCLA/Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Gilberg-Lenz is involved in women’s empowerment and public education and appears frequently as an expert in women’s health and integrative medicine on TV, in print, and online. She is the author of MENOPAUSE BOOTCAMP: Optimize Your Health, Empower Your Self, and Flourish as You Age (Harper Wave; October 11th) We discuss topics...
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#140: Wise Mind Nutrition with David Wiss
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David became a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) in 2013 and founded Nutrition in Recovery, a group practice of RDNs specializing in treating eating and substance use disorders. He earned his Ph.D. in Public Health with a minor in Health Psychology from UCLA by investigating links between adverse childhood experiences and mental health outcomes among socially disadvantaged men. Learn more about the intersection of nutrition and mental health using his new app called Wise Mind Nutrition. We discuss topics including: What led David to develop the Wise Mind...
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#139: When Your Gut is Not Being Fed... with Beth Rosen
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Beth Rosen, MS, RD, CDN is a weight-inclusive Registered Dietitian specializing in GI nutrition and disordered eating. She has been working in the field of nutrition for over 27 years and has a virtual private practice. Beth helps clients find relief from digestive disorders such as Irritable Bowel Disease (IBS) and Small Intestinal Bacterial Overgrowth (SIBO), Gastroparesis, Celiac disease, and reflux, as well as shares her knowledge with other health professionals via webinars, seminars, and peer mentoring. Beth is currently the vice-chairperson of the Dietitians in Gluten and...
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#138: Eating Disorders in Midlife with Karen Samuels
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Karen Samuels, PhD. is the Director and Co-Founder of COPE: Community Outreach to Prevent Eating Disorders (2001), a NEDA NETWORK partner. Dr Samuels was awarded the 2014 NEDA Westin Family Award for Activism and Advocacy. We discuss topics including: As we age eating disorders and body changes are different in younger years as opposed to older years As an adult we have established a formed identity vs. when a child develops an eating disorder they have formed other areas in their life It is never too late to get support with an eating disorder The denial of getting help The lack of treatment...
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#137: Body Love Cards with Lauralee Roark
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Lauralee Roark, MA, CCHT is a body image therapist, licensed hypnotherapist, author and educator specializing in body image and eating disorders. She is the host of the weekly podcast It’s Not About Food and the founder of a nonprofit organization Beyond Hunger and is someone who has recovered from disordered eating, and food and weight obsession. We discuss topics including: Starting her non profit “Beyond Hunger” The reason Lauralee developed her “Body Love Cards” Her journey to helping people Understanding the Body Love Cards Gifts of Reparenting SHOW NOTES: ...
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#136: Understanding "normal" eating with Karen Koenig
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Karen R. Koenig, LCSW, M.Ed., is a psychotherapist, international, award-winning author, and popular blogger. She has treated dysregulated eaters for 30-plus years. Her books include The Rules of “Normal” Eating, The Food and Feelings Workbook, Outsmarting Overeating, Starting Monday, and Words to Eat By. She lives and practices in Sarasota, Florida and can be found at . We discuss topics including: The importance of understanding “normal” eating The development of patience, perseverance and curiosity The “weight desire” is based on our culture Using the power of self-talk...
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#135: Opening the Door with Meredith O'Brien
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Meredith O’Brien runs a private practice, Meredith O’Brien & Affiliates, LLC, in Red Bank, New Jersey, where she specializes in treating those with eating disorders. She also manages an Eating Disorder Coaching business, Recovery from Anorexia, LLC. Meredith is a New Jersey Licensed Clinical Social Worker, a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor, and a Carolyn Costin Certified Eating Disorder Coach. She writes her blog at . Her debut memoir, Opening the Door: My Journey Through Anorexia to Full Recovery, published by Koehler Books in July 2022 is available. In her free time, you can...
info_outlineAnita Avedian is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (License # LMFT 38403) and has been practicing psychotherapy since 1996. She is the Executive Director of Avedian Counseling Center and has offices in Sherman Oaks, Glendale, Woodland Hills, and Pasadena. Her specialties include working with relationships, anger, social anxiety, and general anxiety. She also has been certified as a Thought Field Therapist (TFT) and Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT), both which she integrates into her practice. Outside of therapy, Anita offers a monthly anger management certification program to counselors. Anger Management Essentials is an approved National Anger Management Association (NAMA) model which is used for anger management certification.
Moreover, Anita is an Authorized NAMA Trainer and Anger Management Supervisor for certifying anger management specialists. She authored Anger Management Essentials, a workbook for aggression, which has been translated into Spanish, Armenian, and Hebrew, as well as the teen’s workbook which has been translated into Spanish. Anita is the co-Founder of the California Chapter of the NAMA which is the California Chapter of Anger Management Providers, and the Founder of Toastmasters for Mental Health Professionals.
We discuss topics including:
- Understanding anger management
- Teaching people how use their anger and communicate
- The “buy in”
- Tips to manage anger
- Grounding Techniques
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www.angermanagementessentials.com
Anger Management Essentials: A Workbook for People to Manage Their Aggression: https://www.amazon.com/Anger-Management-Essentials-Workbook-Aggression/dp/0615964001
Anger Management Essentials: A Workbook for People to Manage Their Aggression Teen Edition: https://www.amazon.com/Anger-Management-Essentials-Aggression-Workbook/dp/0998733318
https://www.instagram.com/Anitaavedian
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