062. Understanding Eating Disorders With Project HEAL CEO Rebecca Eyre
Body Truth with Katelyn Parsons
English - May 04, 2021 13:00 - 1 hour - 103 MBNutrition Health & Fitness Homepage Download Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
In this episode we sit down with....Rebecca Eyre
Rebecca Eyre (she/her) is the CEO of Project HEAL, a national nonprofit whose mission is to break down barriers to eating disorder treatment for the 24,000,000+ people that the current system is failing. Rebecca is an eating disorder therapist by training and has made it her life's mission to create equitable resources and opportunities for people to heal their relationships with food & body and find freedom. She's queer, lives in Brooklyn, and spends her free time cooking, reminiscing about pre-pandemic karaoke, and watching crime shows.
A snippet of what we talk about:
● Rebecca’s raw and honest experiences of growing up with her mother having an eating disorder
● Her awareness of her thin privilege throughout her life
● Rebecca’s professional journey to begin working with eating disorders
● Diet culture and fatphobia in our society
● Her expert perspective and intuitive understanding of eating disorders
● Project HEAL and her role as CEO in this amazing organization
Connect with our guest...
● IG: @projectheal
● Project HEAL’s 13th Birthday Fundraiser
Resources we mention in this episode…
Join the Modern Girl community: