Ep. 13: Lily's story and eating disorders, menstruation, and how to get help

Lily Thrope is a licensed clinical social worker and certified intuitive eating counselor with a private practice in Manhattan. She specializes in eating disorders, body image, and women's health—and she came to this work because she lived it. She got her period at 10, spent two decades battling an eating disorder that no doctor caught, and it wasn't until a friend finally named it that she began recovery. Throughout college and her early twenties, she lost her period for months at a time, saw multiple doctors, and not one of them asked the question that mattered: Are you eating enough? Now she runs a practice treating women in larger bodies, hosts free Recovery Supper Club dinners in NYC, and is passionate about one thing: the dangerous intersection of eating disorders and women's health.Key Components:Starting her period at 10 changed everything — it was the moment her body became something to shrink instead of something to live in.How doctors never asked the one question that mattered, and instead went through years of tests and theories while the real answer went unspoken.Why doctors hand out weight loss prescriptions like they're candy, and what that actually does to women with PCOS, endometriosis, and eating disorder histories.From rock bottom to building a practice where women in larger bodies actually get support: Her journey from restricting her way through college to helping others recover."Not one doctor that I saw said, 'are you eating enough? What's your relationship with food like?' No one thought to ask those questions and I slid under the radar and was never noticed until this friend in grad school who noticed it."Check out thropetherapy.comConnect with Lily on Instagram @thropetherapynyc  👉 Click here to join the movement at downthereaware.org🩲 Subscribe, like, and share to show us you care!🤘 Podcast produced by Binge-Worthy StudioFor informational and entertainment purposes only — not medical advice. We're here to get loud, not to play doctor.