Real Health Radio is the podcast for you if you want freedom from an eating disorder. I’m your host Chris Sandel, nutritionist, coach and eating disorder expert. And despite what the eating disorder may be telling you, you CAN reach a place of full recovery.
The podcast alternates between solo shows and guest interviews with leading experts. We cover topics including eating disorder recovery, exercise compulsion, ACT, polyvagal theory, body image and self-worth, trauma, anxiety, grief, habit formation and goal setting. As well as sharing interviews with clients who have gone from the depths of an eating disorder to reaching the freedom of full recovery.
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Real Health Radio is the podcast for you if you want freedom from an eating disorder. I’m your host Chris Sandel, nutritionist, coach and eating disorder expert. And despite what the eating disorder may be telling you, you CAN reach a place of full recovery.
The podcast alternates between solo shows and guest interviews with leading experts. We cover topics including eating disorder recovery, exercise compulsion, ACT, polyvagal theory, body image and self-worth, trauma, anxiety, grief, habit formation and goal setting. As well as sharing interviews with clients who have gone from the depths of an eating disorder to reaching the freedom of full recovery.
Oedema or fluid retention is part of the recovery process. But despite this, it is uncomfortable and can lead to lots of fears. In this episode, I look at what oedema is, why it occurs, what helps and what doesn't and when it is useful to seek medical support.
This week it's a solo episode and I'm talking about what's the healthiest way to recover. I explain why we need to rethink our ideas about health, why understanding context is so important and the reason the fear of "I need to do recovery in the healthiest possible way" arises.
Digestive issues are common with an eating disorder, but can get worse in the beginning when starting to recover. In this episode I Iook at why digestive issues occur, what to expect in recovery and ways to manage this.
Our mind constantly plays tricks on us; sometimes this support us, but often, it's to our detriment. In this episode I look at 10 things that are essential to know about how your mind works.
I'm sharing a solo episode this week and I'm covering six crucial areas in recovery. If you are trying to recover, these are ideas you want to be aware of.
Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) make up 15-30% of the population but there is a huge overlap between being an HSP and having an eating disorder. In this episode I look at the HSP traits, the reasons for the high overlap with eating disorders, the power of knowing your an HSP, common HSP recovery mistakes and some practical ideas for HSPs in recovery.
This week I'm chatting with body image and eating disorder expert, Deb Schachter. We cover topics from Deb's book Body Image Inside Out, including what is body image, the three elements that are essential to body image work, Bad Body Image Moments (BBIM's), the negative body image rotary, shapeshifting, body image jealousy and much more.
It's easy with an eating disorders to get stuck in futuristic fear (what will happen to my body?) or past loops (memories of things that happened). The antidote to this is coming back into the present moment (as uncomfortable as that may be) and in this episode I share different practices to help with this.
This week on the show I'm interviewing a past client called Sam. We worked together for just under a year and it’s incredible the changes that occurred over this time.
The concept of going "all in" for recovery has gained more mainstream popularity over the past few years. In this episode, I look at what this means, how it can be helpful in recovery, what the limitations are with this option (because I do think it, at times, it's oversold in what it can deliver), and what's most important in recovery, whether or not you're going "all in."
I'm chatting with Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Justin Sunseri on the podcast this week. This is a deep dive into all things polyvagal: looking at what it is and all the component ideas, how to build safety anchors, getting unstuck from being in a defensive state and dealing with trauma.
Motivation is something that isn't very dependable in recovery (and life in general). One day it's there, the next it's gone. In this episode I look at how to deal with low motivation at different points in recovery, as well as some ideas of things to rely on instead of motivation.
This week Aaron Flores returns to the podcast. We discuss anxiety, Aaron’s appearance on the Ten Percent Happier podcast, binge eating disorder and some of the misconceptions with it, feeling comfortable in your body, self-compassion, grief, anxiety and much more.
Have you heard about the concept of weight overshoot in recovery? In this episode I talk about what it is, where the idea can from and problems that can arise from expecting the overshoot weight to drop off.
This week on the podcast I'm chatting with Vinny Welsby about research they've done on healthcare and how being fat impacts this experience. We look at the outcome of this research including fat bias, the impact of this bias, people's stories of their experiences and how healthcare could be improved and become weight inclusive.
Eating disorders can follow some rather similar patterns, and one of these is the restrict, binge, purge cycle. As part of this episode I look at each of the elements of the cycle and the most important place to put your focus if you want to break out of this cycle.
Today I'm speaking with Jenna Doak, the Co-Founder and Head Trainer at Body Positive Fitness. We talk about Jenna's journey as a personal trainer and her own relationship with exercise. We also cover common topics of discussion with clients: abstaining from exercise when it’s needed, finding joy in movement after a compulsive and compensatory relationship with it, finding joy in movement for the first time in your adult life, psychological flexibility with exercise and lots more.
Today on the show I'm chatting with Johanna Kandel. She is the founder and CEO of the National Alliance for Eating Disorders and the author of Life Beyond Your Eating Disorder. We talk about Johanna’s eating disorder, her recovery, and how she founded The Alliance and how it has grown and changed over the last 21 years. Then we cover many topics from her book and some of the wonderful exercises and analogies she shares in it.
This week on the show I'm chatting with Dr. Charlotte Markey, a world-leading expert in body image research. We talk about what body image means, common struggles with body image, the differences between boys/means and girls/women with body image, the impact of social media, and much more.
Real Health Radio is the podcast for you if you want freedom from an eating disorder. I’m your host Chris Sandel, nutritionist, coach and eating disorder expert. And despite what the eating disorder may be telling you, you CAN reach a place of full recovery.
The podcast alternates between solo shows and guest interviews with leading experts. We cover topics including eating disorder recovery, exercise compulsion, ACT, polyvagal theory, body image and self-worth, trauma, anxiety, grief, habit formation and goal setting. As well as sharing interviews with clients who have gone from the depths of an eating disorder to reaching the freedom of full recovery.
