Rejuvenaging with Dr. Ron Kaiser

https://shows.acast.com/rejuvenaging-with-dr-ron-kaiser/episodes/the-damaging-duo-eating-disorders-ocd-with-kate-huffman

Show notes from the episode:

The world we’re living in has taught us all that part of our value is based on what our body looks like. 

This unfortunate and untrue teaching has caused more people to suffer from a wide array of disordered eating. Eating disorders aren’t as simple as looking unhealthily thin; they can consume people of all body types and genders. Recognizing that eating disorders go beyond food and are a component of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, anxiety, depression, and other mental health issues is a key step in understanding them. 

In today’s episode, I am joined by Kate Huffman, an award-winning actor, writer, and certified body image coach. Kate helps people to reclaim the time, energy, and money wasted on the endless war with their bodies so they can live freely and confidently. Her life changed when she told her story of 20 years of secret eating disorders, OCD, and chronic body pain in her award-winning show, I Am Too Fat For This Show. 

Tune in to Episode 62 of Rejuvenaging to better understand eating disorders from someone who is currently in recovery and how you can spread body positivity. 

Some Questions I Ask 

  • Do you still act and write? (3:46)

  • What do you think caused your eating disorders? (11:03)

  • Does the OCD go away when you’re recovered from an eating disorder? (15:25)

  • What was your medication for? (20:33)

  • Did part of you ever think you were harming your body? (21:39)

  • Any particular advice you have for older listeners? (29:04)

  • How has chronic pain impacted you? (31:27)

  • What does working with you look like? (35:51)



In This Episode You Will Learn 

  • About Kate’s show - I Am Too Fat For This Show (4:52)

  • The journey of Kate’s eating disorder recovery (7:17)

  • How OCD and eating disorders correlate (14:23)

  • How meditation has impacted Kate’s life (17:32)

  • Why the number on the scale doesn’t measure health (22:08)

  • Kate’s recommendations for fostering more body positivity (25:20)

  • The great comparison of body positivity with trees (27:34)

  • Kate’s surprising diagnosis of Lyme Disease (33:40)


Kate Huffman