Esther Kane, MSW, an eating disorders therapist, tells her Orthorexia story in the hopes that it will help others recognize and recover from Orthorexia.
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Episode Contents:
0:00 Compassionate Conversations Intro
0:24 Body Image Series Intro
2:44 Food-Obsessed Teen
5:00 The Roots of my Orthorexia
6:57 Vegetarianism as the Gateway to an Eating Disorder
8:37 Diet as Religion
11:11 How Orthorexia Took Over my Life
15:05 Healing From Orthorexia
The article I refer to in this episode: Orthorexia: What is it and Do I Have it?
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