Eating Disorders: Disrupting Diet Culture

Her first binge felt like a trance. Normally uninterested in her family’s boring snack drawer, Dr. Regina Lazarovich had been restricting her food and her body took over while she ate everything in sight. Then Regina’s shame set in. Although she was desperate and sought help for her eating disorder during her twenties, she white-knuckled her way through more restriction and binging for a decade.Regina's turning point and the beginning of her true healing and eating disorder recovery was stumbling onto the book Intuitive Eating. This book changed her life and helped her understand that her relationship with food was not sustainable. She found a new lens on society--that we live in a "diet culture." It clicked that it is not our fault we want to control our food and bodies, but that bodies are not supposed to be controlled. This learned philosophy ultimately shaped Regina’s path to becoming a clinical psychologist specializing in OCD, eating disorders—and, in particular, binge eating disorder, as well as the critical role of Intuitive Eating as a pathway to healing.I learned so much from Regina and I am fascinated by her counter-culture views that would make the world a better place for our bodies and minds. She even helped me take a look at my own past with disordered eating from a warm, compassionate perspective.Enjoy Regina’s heartfelt approach to recovery and encouragement for everyone to find peace with food.Resources:Dr. Regina Lazarovich The Binge-Restrict Cycle ExplainedFind Food Freedom by Divesting From Diet CultureIntuitive Eating, 4th EditionAnti-Diet: Reclaim Your Time, Money, Well-Being, and Happiness Through Intuitive Eating by Christy HarrisonSupport the showHelp Bipolar She Today! Buy Me A Coffee is a platform for podcasters to receive support, even if just a micro-donation. It's finally time to grow! Let's amplify voices of mental illness in all their raw details.Bipolar She is dedicated to real conversations for women living with mental illness. Hosted by Janine Noel, the majority of episodes give voice to a woman who has lived-life experience with mental illness--or who has experienced the illness of someone close to them. Along the way, I interview experts in the field that address additional mental health concerns.Frankly, coping with a mental health condition can be exhausting. Here's a place where you can land and find an episode that resonates with you. Some topics we've covered: being a bipolar mom or having a bipolar mom. Anxiety, agoraphobia, chronic depression, ECT, borderline personality disorder, ADHD, a psychiatrist that breaks your trust. A therapist who goes above and beyond to help you. The impact of trauma on your brain. Bipolar She couldn't have thrived without guitarist, JD Cullum's original music.Editor Brandon Moran makes everyone's voice sound both crisper and smarter.Sponsored by Amy Vincze's Emotional Freedom Technique App: Soar With Tapping....