The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast

Since 2007 Nutrition Therapist Robyn Goldberg has been on the front lines of helping people heal their relationships with food, movement, medical conditions and their bodies. The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast creates an expansive support and resource system for people struggling with eating disorders. Bringing to the table her experience as an IAEDP certified eating disorder registered dietitian/supervisor and certified intuitive eating counselor, Robyn Goldberg thoughtfully interviews a variety of guests who provide their wisdom to help patients, clinicians and their families move closer towards recovery. The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast blends the compassionate care offerings from Goldberg's Beverly Hills-based personal practice with concepts from her new book "The Eating Disorder Trap: A Guide for Clinicians and Loved Ones”. It offers a safe space for people to hear topics that occur in the field of eating disorders. It aims clarify information pertaining to diet culture, medical conditions with eating disorders as well as weight stigma. Learn more and get full show notes at: http://www.theeatingdisordertrap.com

#159: Mother, Men and Me with Dawn Smith-Theodore 04/22/2024

#158: Treating Men with Eating Disorders with Andy Williams 04/08/2024

#157: Neurodivergent Clients with Allison Kawa 03/25/2024

#156: Advice for Parents with Greta Angert 03/11/2024

#156: Advice for Parents with Greta Angert Greta Angert received a Bachelor’s degree from Columbia University and a Master’s degree in Counseling Psychology from California State University Northridge. She completed her two year clinical training at the Maple Counseling Center and is certified in several trauma treatment modalities. Greta has worked at numerous outpatient, inpatient and residential eating disorder programs as a primary therapist. Greta holds the highest level of certification for EMDR (level 3). She is a member of the Academy for Eating Disorders, the California Association of Marriage and Family Therapists and was a Founding Board Member and Treasurer of the Los Angeles board of the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals. Greta has spoken at local and national eating disorder and mental health conferences. She is a supervisor for marriage and family therapist interns and is committed to helping people understand, accept and nurture their bodies and minds in order to maintain a healthy and balanced lifestyle. We discuss topics including: How to work with parents when your child has an eating disorder Understanding FBT (Family Based Therapy) The importance of being realistic and honest with the parents she works with Parents supervising meals when their child has anorexia nervosa The parents job is to protect their child form diet culture and to not have diet culture in their home SHOW NOTES: ___________________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on , , , and . If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your . , Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the . “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on . /episode/index/show/theeatingdisordertrap/id/29708878

#155: Trauma and Neurodivergence with Celisa Flores 02/26/2024

#155: Trauma and Neurodivergence with Celisa Flores Celisa Flores, PsyD has worked as a therapist, program director, harm reductionist and clinical outreach professional in a wide variety of mental health and substance use disorder treatment setting since obtaining a Master’s in 2007 and Doctorate in 2013 in Clinical Psychology. She is now the director of clinical outreach at Lido Wellness Center, a trauma-focused mental health treatment program in Newport Beach. With additional training as a trauma-sensitive yoga and meditation facilitator, as well as birth and end-of-life doula, she has been able to draw from a variety of modalities to support self-empowerment and recovery. Celisa is also trained on psychedelic assisted therapy. Her role has included national and international training and speaking engagements on psychedelic healing, eating disorders, trauma-sensitive approaches, mindfulness, yoga, body acceptance, and professional wellness, as well as facilitating psychedelic integration groups with PsychedeLiA in Orange County, CA and online. We discuss topics including: The overlap of trauma and eating disorders How the brain is impacted when someone is struggling with an eating disorder The difference between complex trauma and PSTD What is the “ACES” scale? ARFID and sensory issues SHOW NOTES: ___________________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on , , , and . If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your . , Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the . “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on . /episode/index/show/theeatingdisordertrap/id/29708858

#154: Brain over Binge with Kathryn Hansen 02/12/2024

#153: Pillars of Living with Krystyl Wright 01/29/2024

#152: Flexibility with Nutrition with Kacy Grossman 01/15/2024

#151: Fitness For All Bodies with Brad Bose 01/01/2024

#150: The Basic Medical Assessment with Dr. Linda Schack (part 2) 12/18/2023

#149: The Basic Medical Assessment with Dr. Linda Schack (part 1) 12/04/2023

#148: The Role of an Eating Disorder Recovery Coach with Shelbye Schlange 11/20/2023

#148: The Role of an Eating Disorder Recovery Coach with Shelbye Schlange Shelbye is a Carolyn Costin Certified Eating Disorder Coach working with clients both locally in Los Angeles and virtually across the world. She struggled with an eating disorder for years and finally took her life back in 2016. Through her own recovery, she realized how crucially important support and connection are. She has worked to become a full time coach helping adolescents to find their voice again. Trust and connection are two things that she values most in her work. While recovery can be very emotional and serious, Shelbye tries to keep it light and remind clients how amazing life can be outside of the eating disorder bubble. Shelbye’s services include text support, virtual sessions, group support, in person one on one sessions, meal support, grocery shopping, clothing shopping, etc. She also has done live ins where she is with a client for an extended period of time in their home. We discuss topics including: The role of an eating disorder recovery coach The benefits of an eating disorder recovery coach What is text support? When is a client ready to clothing shop with an ED recovery coach? Who is a candidate for a “live in”? When is a “live in” helpful? SHOW NOTES: ____________________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on , , , and . If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your . , Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the . “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on . /episode/index/show/theeatingdisordertrap/id/27046839

#147: Understanding Blood Sugar with Dr. Ed Tyson 11/06/2023

#146: Being a Journalist in the World of Diet Culture with Carrie Dennett 10/23/2023

#145: Valuable Lessons as a Nutrition Therapist with Sondra Kronberg 10/09/2023

#145: Valuable Lessons as a Nutrition Therapist with Sondra Kronberg Sondra Kronberg, MS, RD, CEDRD-S, is a nutrition therapist and recognized leader in the field of eating disorders. Founder and Executive Director, Eating Disorder Treatment Collaborative, FEED: IOP, CONNECT and CONCIERGE programs in New York and virtual throughout the United States. Sondra is the host of Chats in the Living room weekly live Learning and Support, providing dialog, education and community with experts in the field. She is a founding member and past Board Trustee of the National Eating Disorders Association, (NEDA). The author of Comprehensive Learning/Teaching Handout Series Manual for Eating Disorders and contributing author to Eating Disorders: Clinical Guide to Counseling and Treatment and Eating Disorders in Special Populations: Medical, Nutritional and Psychological Treatments. Sondra received the International Association of Eating Disorder Professionals, (IAEDP), 2010 Certified Eating Disorder Specialists Award, the NEDA 2004 Excellence in Treatment Award and the 2002 SCAN Excellence in Practice Award. In 2018 Sondra received NEDA’s first Legacy Award. She is a national speaker, treatment consultant and media spokesperson. She is also a consultant to the Carolyn Costin Institute. We discuss topics including: The harm that is done by dieting Understanding what is a cognitive behavioral nutrition therapist? The Learning Teaching Handout Series The origin of food Food is about trauma SHOW NOTES: ____________________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on , , , and . If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your . , Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the . “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on . /episode/index/show/theeatingdisordertrap/id/26980995

#144: Self Compassion for Healthcare Workers with Laura Berenstain, MD 09/25/2023

#144: Self Compassion for Healthcare Workers with Laura Berenstain, MD 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 Mindfulness Meditation teacher, enabling her to help clients find and utilize individualized approaches to their well-being. With over three decades of experience as a pediatric cardiac anesthesiologist, Laura currently serves on American Society of Anesthesiologists committees for Physician Well-being, Women Anesthesiologists, Professional Development, and chaired the ASA Workgroup for Long-term Mentoring. She is also an Advisory Board member and Coach for the Society for Pediatric Anesthesia’s Women’s Empowerment and Leadership Initiative and Board of Directors member for the Congenital Cardiac Anesthesia Society. Laura also is a Coach for the American Medical Women’s Association ELEVATE program. We discuss topics including: How she became interested in coaching and mindfulness outside of medicine That it is ok to branch out outside of your profession How to make yourself a priority and living your life Understanding the different forms of mindfulness Mindful walks, Mindful Breathing and Mindful Eating all encompass mindfulness SHOW NOTES: ____________________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on , , , and . If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your . , Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the . “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on . /episode/index/show/theeatingdisordertrap/id/26980980

#143: Being In Recovery as a Black Woman with Jayde Barber 09/11/2023

#143: Being In Recovery as a Black Woman with Jayde Barber 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 Podcast was developed at the start of the COVID-19 quarantine in March of 2020. Jayde covers various mental health related topics through interviews with mental health experts and healers, and in the second season began to include interviews with survivors--people like herself who live everyday with mental illness. When an individual has lived experience with mental illness or managing mental wellbeing, Jayde believes that they are also experts whose voices and stories need to be shared and amplified. Students of Mind aims to normalize talking openly about mental health, remove the many barriers that exist to receiving mental health education and resources, reduce the stigma and taboo’s that exist around mental health and mental illness, and express that everyone has mental health that needs to be tended to just as our physical health needs to be tended to. Jayde also started her journey to becoming a Peer Support Specialist in 2022, and has a 1 on 1 service called Sister Sessions where she helps individuals search for and reach out to mental health services and providers We discuss topics including: What led her to develop the “Students of Mind Podcast” What is a peer support specialist? What are “sisters sessions?” Re entering treatment and the struggles with body image The importance of support What is “pseudo recovered”? SHOW NOTES: Podcast: ____________________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on , , , and . If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your . , Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the . “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on . /episode/index/show/theeatingdisordertrap/id/26980956

#142: Gastrointestinal Issues with Dr. Sarah Lowenthal 08/28/2023

#142: Gastrointestinal Issues with Dr. Sarah Lowenthal 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 Association of Eating Disorder Professionals (IAEDP) as a Certified Eating Disorders Specialist (CEDS) as well as an IAEDP-Approved supervisor for other professionals in the field (CEDS-S). She is a formerMedical Liaison to and Board Member of the IAEDP SF Bay Area Chapter and a member of the Academy of Eating Disorders. We discuss topics including: The importance of asking lots of questions The importance to validate what someone is struggling with Going through her own medical conditions has helped her be more humble and compassionate A lot of things can look like IBS and SIBO Understanding gastroparesis SHOW NOTES: ___________________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on , , , and . If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your . , Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the . “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on . /episode/index/show/theeatingdisordertrap/id/26980935

#141: Menopause Bootcamp with Suzanne Gilberg-Lenz, M.D. 08/14/2023

#140: Wise Mind Nutrition with David Wiss 07/31/2023

#139: When Your Gut is Not Being Fed... with Beth Rosen 07/17/2023

#139: When Your Gut is Not Being Fed... with Beth Rosen 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 Gastrointestinal Diseases (DIGID) subgroup of Dietitians in Medical Nutrition Therapy dietetics practice group of the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics. Beth has designed techniques and programs to empower chronic dieters, disordered eaters, and those in eating disorder recovery to mend their relationship with food and their bodies. She has also written for major online and print media publications, such as Practical Gastroenterology, Huffington Post, VeryWell Fit, and FabUPlus Magazine. We Discuss Topics Including: Understanding the functioning of the gut when you have an eating disorder Restriction and purging can cause GI problems The importance of diverse microbiome Treating disordered eating first then GI issues secondarily Small Intestine Bacteria Overgrowth (SIBO) is secondary to other things SHOW NOTES: ____________________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on , , , and . If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your . , Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the . “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on . /episode/index/show/theeatingdisordertrap/id/26980872

#138: Eating Disorders in Midlife with Karen Samuels 07/03/2023

#137: Body Love Cards with Lauralee Roark 06/19/2023

#136: Understanding "normal" eating with Karen Koenig 06/05/2023

#135: Opening the Door with Meredith O'Brien 05/22/2023

#134: Binge Urges and Restriction with Libby Supan 05/08/2023

#133: Intuitive Eating for Life with Jenna Hollenstein 04/24/2023

#132: Anxiety and Loss with Mollie Birney 04/10/2023

#131: Atypical Anorexia Nervosa with Erin Harrop 03/27/2023

#130: Trauma, PTSD and Eating Disorders with Hayley Miller 03/13/2023

#130: Trauma, PTSD and Eating Disorders with Hayley Miller Hayley is a Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor and Registered Dietitian . She is originally from Pennsylvania so she obtained her Bachelor's Degree in Nutrition and Dietetics from Marywood University and her Master's degree in Clinical and Counseling Psychology from Chestnut Hill College. She is trained in Phase 1 of Brainspotting as well as Cognitive Processing Therapy for people with PTSD. She is also a Certified Eating Disorder Registered Dietitian and Supervisor. She has a special interest in working with people with eating disorders and trauma. She works from a Health At Every Size framework which means she does not treat people differently based on size and believes people are healthy at every size. She rejects diet culture mentalities and helps people to nourish their bodies without shame or guilt. She loves working with people on improving their relationships with food and their bodies. She combines cognitive behavioral approaches with somatic approaches to help those achieve their goals while also noticing what the body is trying to tell them. She connects with you on goals you would like to achieve while also noting any barriers that may come up.Hayley feels called to this work because of her belief that everyone can recover from an eating disorder with a little help and support from providers. Hayley is the owner of Hayley Miller Counseling serving LA and NYC. We discuss topics including: What is brainspotting? What is cognitive processing therapy and how is it different from cognitive behavioral therapy? Understanding the big “T” trauma Grounding Techniques SHOW NOTES: (interview) ____________________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on , , , and . If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your . , Robyn’s new online course for navigating your loved one’s eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn’s book “The Eating Disorder Trap”, please visit the . “The Eating Disorder Trap” is also available for purchase on . /episode/index/show/theeatingdisordertrap/id/24139572

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