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Why do so Many Highly Sensitive People Develop Eating Disorders?

I interviewed some amazing experts on food addiction: Dr. Vera Tarman, author of Food Junkies, as well as Clarissa Kennedy and Molly Painshab of Sweet Sobriety.

I recently had the pleasure of being interviewed by Dr. Vera Tarman and Clarissa Kennedy on the Food Junkies Podcast. I am a huge fan of Dr. Tarman’s work and I also interviewed her on my podcast which will be coming out soon. As well, I will be interviewing food addiction coaches, Clarissa Kennedy and Molly Painschab in the near future about their combined endeavour called Sweet Sobriety so be sure to watch for that as well.

In this interview, we spoke at length about the intersection between the highly sensitive personality and eating disorders. Here is a detailed list of topics covered:

My personal journey to recovery from eating disorders to food addiction

What is a Highly Sensitive Person?

The connection between HSPs & Food Addiction

How to take care of your HSP-specific needs

The difference between men & women when it comes to food addiction

How I differentiate between food addiction & eating disorders

The intergenerational transmission of disordered eating

How I help clients with emotional eating

My thoughts on volume eating

The obstacles I find working with clients

The pushback I receive from colleagues about my perspective

If you enjoy listening to this, please pass it on to others so that they may benefit as well!

Watch:

Listen:

https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/food-junkies-podcast/id1547705773

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Need more?

Contact me to set up a free 15-minute phone consultation to explore doing counselling sessions to heal your relationship with food and body image.

Check out my body image/eating disorder series on my YouTube Channel and podcast: Compassionate Conversations

To receive my FREE 6-part audio program, Making Peace With Food and Our Bodies click here: https://www.estherkane.com/#newsletter

To read a whole lot of articles I’ve written on women, eating disorders and body image, click on this page: https://www.estherkane.com/category/e…

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Victoria Counselling for Adults
Based in Victoria, BC, Esther offers in-person, video, and telephone counselling for adults throughout British Columbia, with particular expertise in highly sensitive people, anxiety and depression, emotional eating, and menopause.
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