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595: Overcoming Eating Disorders with Ruth Micallef

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Lucas Rockwood

Love, Detox, Food, Yogabody, Pranayama, Vegan, Selfimprovement, Self-improvement, Relationships, Meditation, Breathing, Education, Emotions, Mental, Vegetarian, Inspiring, Leader, Balance, Motivating, Weightloss, Flexibility, Habits, Health, Motivation, Yoga, Nutrition

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🗓️ 22 November 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Mental health challenges are often suffered in silence, behind closed doors. That is perhaps most true of eating disorders which affect people of all ages and backgrounds and range from anorexia and bulimia to orthorexia and body dysmorphia. The default advice to “get help” is not wrong, but simply booking a session with a local therapist is unlikely to unravel the complexity that usually defines mental health challenges that manifest in disordered eating. On this week's show, you´ll meet a professional counselor and mental health educator focused on helping people find a path forward.

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ABOUT OUR GUEST

Ruth Micallef is a counselor who focuses on eating disorders. She uses Schema therapy, positive psychology, and compassion-focused therapy (CFT) as part of her work.

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0:00.0

Mental health challenges are often suffered in silence, late at night, behind closed doors.

0:07.6

This is perhaps most true with eating disorders.

0:10.6

They affect people of all ages, all backgrounds. There's the obvious things that come to mind like anorexia and bulimia, but other conditions less talked about, but very prevalent, especially right now, orthorexia, an obsession with healthy eating,

0:24.0

body dysmorphia, which affects so many people

0:26.7

at some point in their life.

0:28.8

The default advice that you'll hear is to get help,

0:30.7

and that's not wrong.

0:32.2

But simply booking a session with a therapist

0:34.4

that's unlikely to be the solution to a really complex mental health challenge

0:39.3

which is what eating disorders often are on this week's podcast you'll meet a

0:43.6

counselor and a mental health educator whose work is focused on a path forward

0:47.0

from eating disorders. If you're new here it's the Lucas Rockwood show I'm a

0:50.9

yoga teacher and trainer I'm a serial entrepreneur the father of three kids but first. I'm a yoga teacher and trainer. I'm a serial entrepreneur. I'm the father of three kids but firstly I'm a student.

0:55.2

I use this podcast as a way to connect with medical doctors, mental health professionals,

1:00.9

yoga teachers, nutritional coaches everyone in between.

1:04.0

And I bring their work on the podcast

1:05.7

so we can learn from them and hopefully

1:07.5

live more inspired lives.

1:09.5

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