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Bodywhys Podcast

Bodywhys - The Eating Disorders Association of Ireland

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S3 · E3
September 9 · 35 min
Mini-series: Self-harm and eating disorders. Episode 1: The link between self-harm and eating disorders
In the first of this 4 part series on self-harm and eating disorders, Jenny and Harriet introduce the topic and begin thinking through how the New Maudsley Carer Skills can help carers to support their loved one when they are self-harming. Notes: Jenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/ Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/
S4 · E3
March 10 · 45 min
NMCS S3E2: The value of Maudsley carer skills with Veronica Kamerling
Jenny and Harriet are joined by another special guest in this episode - Veronica Kamerling, a mother, carer, and someone who’s spent over 23 years supporting families affected by eating disorders and mental illness. Veronica supported both her daughters when they developed an eating disorder. She founded Eating Disorders & Carers, a space for families who, like hers, were doing their best in the dark of mental health recovery. Veronica talks to Harriet and Jenny about the value of the Maudsley carer skills for supporting your loved one with an eating disorder. Notes: Veronica's website: Eating Disorders & Carers Jenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/ Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/
S4 · E1
January 27 · 44 min
NMCS S3E1: Supporting carers with Prof. Janet Treasure OBE
Welcome back to the New Maudsley Carer Skills podcast - we are kicking off our third season with a very special guest - Prof. Janet Treasure OBE. Janet joins Harriet and Jenny to talk about supporting carers. Notes Jenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/ Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/
S3 · E19
Dec 3, 2025 · 36 min
NMCS S2E20: The teenage brain and eating disorders
In this episode, Jenny and Harriet discuss the topic of the teenage brain and eating disorders, one of the topical sessions that Jenny runs regularly. We'll be thinking through the biology of the brain and how understanding it can help us better understand a teen's eating disorder, and most importantly how understanding the teen brain can help us support a teen with an eating disorder better. Notes Jenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/ Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/
S3 · E19
Oct 17, 2025 · 49 min
NMCS S2E19: A conversation about eating disorder recovery with Hannah Hickinbotham
In this episode Jenny and Harriet are joined by Hannah Hickinbotham. Hannah was diagnosed with Atypical Anorexia aged 14, and she talks about the twists and turns of her recovery journey, finding a therapy that worked and how she has dealt with a more recent ADHD diagnosis as well. Notes Jenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/ Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/ Hannah's podcast - The Full of Beans Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/5RcJRo9tyIP4RzeZr2kSNO
S3 · E18
Sep 24, 2025 · 34 min
NMCS S2E18: Perfectionism and eating disorders
In this episode, Jenny and Harriet discuss the role of perfectionism in eating disorders, and how the New Maudsley Carer Skills can be used by carers to support their loved one to identify perfectionism and move away from the tyranny of perfectionism. Notes Jenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/ Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/
S3 · E17
Sep 10, 2025 · 44 min
NMCS S2E17: Compulsive exercise and eating disorders
In this episode, Jenny and Harriet talk about the role of exercise and compulsive exercise in eating disorders. How do we know if a person is exercising to an extreme and how can we support a person as they change their relationship with exercise. Notes Jenny's website: https://newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk/ Jenny is running a session for those supporting a person with an eating disorder titled 'Compulsive exercise and eating disorders and return to healthy sport' on: Monday, October 13th, 2025 from 1.30pm to 4pm. Email: jenny@newmaudsleycarers-kent.co.uk to register your interest Bodywhys website: https://www.bodywhys.ie/ Resources mentioned in the podcast: CET : Compulsive exercise test REDS : relative energy deficit in sports SEES : safe exercise at every stage LEAP (CBT programme from Loughborough university) LEAP (finding areas of agreement – LEAP institute) Nottingham University – guidance for sports professionals, PE teachers, Personal Trainers, gym staff and others. Peace pathway – autism and compulsive exercise The Exercise Clinic : Specialist Eating Disorder & Compulsive Exercise Treatment
S1 · E59
Aug 20, 2025 · 29 min
Episode 59: How bodies matter and intrude in recovery
In this episode, Barry speaks with clinical psychologist, Dr Agnes Ringer, about paradoxes in eating disorder recovery. We explore the role of workshops, the analytical questions, ambivalence, mechanical eating and agency. Notes Troublesome Bodies: How Bodies Come to Matter and Intrude in Eating Disorder Recovery | Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry Anorexia as Parody: Postmodern Feminism and the Paradoxes of Anorexia
S1 · E58
Jul 22, 2025 · 28 min
Episode 58: Tending the roots: Trauma and women’s experiences
In this episode, Barry speaks with Bridgette Becker about her MA thesis. They talk about the role of historical trauma in women's experiences of eating disorders and the role of the patriarchy. Notes Tending the Roots: Implications for Historical Trauma and Its Manifestations in Women's Eating Disorders - ProQuest
S1 · E57
Jul 1, 2025 · 20 min
Episode 57: The experiences and support needs of mothers with eating disorders
In this episode, Barry talks to Dr Laura Chapman, Senior Research Associate, University of Bristol, about the experiences and support needs of mothers with eating disorders. We explore previous research, and key themes, such as parenting as a double-edged sword and potential clinical implications of Laura's work. Laura also talks about her personal connection to eating disorders. Notes “I think it is woven through me, and sadly that means it is woven through our family life”: the experiences and support needs of mothers with eating disorders | Journal of Eating Disorders
S3 · E16
Jun 23, 2025 · 48 min
NMCS: S2E16: Body dysmorphic disorder and body image distortion
In this episode, Jenny and Harriet discuss body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), and body image distortion in eating disorder recovery. Although these are not the same thing, the terms are often interchanged. Jenny and Harriet talk about both, and how they may intersect when an eating disorder is in the picture. Notes Jenny's website Bodywhys.ie International OCD Foundation | Eating Disorders are Not the Same as Body Dysmorphic Disorder (And Why It Matters)
S1 · E50
Jun 10, 2025 · 20 min
Episode 56: Male musical theatre performers' experiences of body image
In this episode, Barry talks to Dr Elisa Lewis, London South Bank University. We explore hegemonic masculinity and its relationship to body image, appearance investment, male gender norms and key themes from Elisa's research. Notes “Awful Skinny Boys” – Male Musical Theatre Performers’ Experiences of Body Image: A Reflexive Thematic Analysis - Maria E. Carr, Elisa G. Lewis, 2025
S3 · E15
Jun 3, 2025 · 39 min
NMCS S2E15: Nasogastric (NG) feeding: Tolerating the distress
In this episode, Jenny and Harriet talk through the difficult topic of NG feeding and how the Maudsley skills can be used to help tolerate the distress that goes with this. Notes Bodywhys website Jenny's website
S1 · E55
May 16, 2025 · 35 min
Episode 55: Thomistic virtue ethics and a "good" appetite
In this episode, Barry talks to Catholic moral theologian, Dr Megan Heeder, University of Scranton. We explore moral judgements about food, temperance, prudence, connatural knowledge and the work of the late Beth Haile. Notes Aquinas's Unity Thesis and Grace: Ingredients for Developing A Good Appetite in a Contemporary AgeThe Beauty of a Good Appetite in a Social Media Age
S1 · E54
May 2, 2025 · 22 min
Episode 54: “I want to hold an umbrella over you because I have been in the rain”
In this episode, Barry speaks with Jinxu Li, Texas A&M University, about why people share their experiences of eating disorders on social media. Jinxu's episode focuses on research participants from China. We also discuss self-determination theory. Notes “I Want to Hold an Umbrella Over You Because I Have Been in the Rain”: Exploring Patient Influencers’ Motivations to Share Eating Disorders Experiences from a Self-Determination Theory Perspective: Health Communication
S3 · E14
Apr 16, 2025 · 46 min
NMCS S2E14: In conversation with Livia Sara, part 2
In this episode, Jenny and Harriet are joined again by Livia Sara. This time they talk about the fear of weight gain for autistic people in eating disorder recovery. Notes Here are the links to Livia's podcasts mentioned in the episode. Part One Fear of Weight Gain in Autism and Anorexia[Part 1] Part Two Autism, Anorexia, and Fear of Gaining Weight[Part 2] Part Three Accepting Weight Gain in Anorexia Recovery (Asan Autistic Person)
S3 · E13
Apr 8, 2025 · 38 min
NMCS S2 E13: ARFID: Fear of aversive consequences (Mini-series Part 5)
In this episode, Jenny and Harriet talk through the third subtype of ARFID - fear of aversive consequences. Using real life examples, Jenny discusses the menu of Maudsley skills that can help carers supporting a person with this type of ARFID. Notes Bodywhys website Jenny's website
S1 · E53
Mar 27, 2025 · 27 min
Episode 53: Social media detox strategies, body image and well-being
In this episode, Barry speaks with Dr Veya Seekis, Griffith University, about social media detox strategies, body image and well-being. We explore some of the appearance-related content people may encounter when they spend time on social media. Notes To detox or not to detox? The impact of different approaches to social media detox strategies on body image and wellbeing - ScienceDirect Growing skincare use by children is dangerous, say dermatologists
S1 · E52
Mar 20, 2025 · 26 min
Episode 52: The role of agency: The life project account of eating disorders
In this episode, Barry speaks with Cato Benschop, Utrecht University, about the life project account of eating disorders. We explore what this alternative framework offers for understanding people's experiences. Notes The life project account of eating disorders: agency in the pursuit of dietary goals Cato's website
S1 · E51
Mar 4, 2025 · 21 min
Episode 51: Pre-treatment intervention: Keeping Safe
In this episode, Barry talks to Dr Madeleine Tatham, Norfolk Community Eating Disorders Service, about the impact of a podcast-based pre-treatment psychoeducation intervention. Dr Tatham also describes working with adults affected by eating disorders. Notes Enhancing assessment for eating disorders: the impact of a podcast-based pre-treatment psychoeducation intervention Keeping Safe Programme | CPFT NHS Trust

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