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Boots, Balls & BrasStill Coming Home?! England's Euro Rollercoaster! | Sweden Reaction & Italy Quarter-Final Preview!WE’RE BACK FOR ANOTHER EPISODE OF BOOTS, BALLS & BRAS, powered by Pepsi Max – proud partner of the UEFA Women’s EUROs! Fara Williams, just back from the game, and Anita Asante dive into the Lionesses' dramatic journey through the Euros!In this episode, we break down the chaos and look ahead:🏴 England v Sweden - The Reaction:First Half Failings: What went wrong tactically and mentally? Why do England keep starting slowly in big games?Sweden's Strengths: How did they expose England's right flank? Are teams starting to figure out Sari...
2025-07-1844 min
Laugh It Up FuzzballLaugh It Up Fuzzballs (Ep. 446) - Firehose news from my hot lipsThis level of the podcast includes:George Lucas & Star Wars: Underworld BD-X droids videoRebels voice actors launch rewatch podcastFinal Andor trailerThe Fantastic Four: First Steps Trailer - July 25Wednesday S2 teaser - Aug 6/Sept 3AI images of buff Star Wars charactersCreature Commandos S1 on YouTubePeacemaker S2 trailer - Aug 21Superman official trailer - July 11Ryan Kiera Armstrong cast in Buffy rebootBad Lip Reading - Bedtime StoriesPercy...
2025-06-0258 min
Talks To-GoA Talk To-Go with Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo & Kiera Russo | Episode 73Welcome back to another episode of Talks To-Go! Jill and George talk with our next special guest father/daughter duo, Christopher "Mad Dog" Russo and Kiera Russo. Christopher spent nearly 20 years as one-half of the wildly popular Mike and the Mad Dog before joining Sirius XM to headline his all-sports talk channel Mad Dog Sports Radio. Chris hosts High Heat on MLB network and frequently appears on ESPN's First Take. He was inducted into the Radio Hall of Fame in 2022. Kiera is a bookseller, entrepreneur, and writer. A graduate of the University of Notre Dame , she writes short stories...
2024-10-021h 07
Cold Coffee, Hot Mess PodcastThe Best Sips From 2023Christmas is a wrap. So pour yourself a fresh cuppa (or a well-earned vino!) and pop your feet up. We've got the best bits of the Cold Coffee, Hot Mess podcast all served up with a collection of our chats with Kiera Rumble, Sally Branson, Ricky Russo, Demi Bryant, Leigh Campbell, and Kasey Edwards.
Get ready for the final departure to Hack Hack city for 2023 and we'll see you on the flip side in January 2024!
2023-12-261h 03
Bibliotecando#28: Sebos podem ser mais legais do que você imaginaVocê tem o costume de ir em sebos? Neste episódio do Bibliotecando, você vai encontrar:
A importância dos sebos
Preservação da memória
Consumismo x Meio Ambiente
Manutenção financeira dos sebos
Sebo como experiência
Livros citados no episódio:
“A Cidade e As Serras”, Eça de Queirós: https://amzn.to/46gxIqj
“Fazendo Meu Filme”, Paula Pimenta: https://amzn.to/47skDuI
“A Seleção”, Kiera Cass: https://amzn.to/47vfHWb
“Fallen”, Lauren Kate: https://amzn.to/3MFe2oU
“Bling Ring”, Nancy Jo Sales: https://amzn.to/3uigIm7
“Crepúsculo”, Stephenie Meyer: https://amzn...
2023-11-1542 min
Law&Crime Sidebar‘Hell On Wheels’: The Ohio Teen Who Killed Her Boyfriend and Friend in a Deadly 100mph CrashOhio teen Mackenzie Shirilla was convicted of murdering her boyfriend and friend in a deadly high-speed crash in 2022. Prosecutors said she was on a “mission of death” when she turned into “hell on wheels,” slamming the gas pedal to the floor and reaching speeds of nearly 100 mph before crashing into a brick wall, killing 20-year-old Dominic Russo and his 19-year-old friend Davion Flanagan. Shirilla was handed two prison sentences of 15 years to life behind bars. The Law&Crime Network’s Angenette Levy breaks down the full story.PLEASE SUPPORT THE SHOW:Save 10% on your entire POM Pepper...
2023-08-2213 min
Heavier Than I LookLady Diana SpencerLady Diana Spencer was one of the first public figures to be outspoken about their experiences with an eating disorder, and her bravery then is deserving of a lot of thanks now. Today's episode will explore two representations of Diana’s experience within the royal family, both that touch specifically on her bulimia. Listen to my thoughts on the portrayal of Diana in both Netflix's "The Crown" and Pablo Larrain's "Spencer". Both of the representations I will discuss include spoilers and might be triggering for some. With this in mind, please exercise caution when seeing both the episodes of "The Cro...
2021-12-2923 minHeavier Than I LookRoxanne Gay‘s ”Hunger” ReviewRoxanne Gay's memoir is a story of a body. Yet what “body” means carries so much more depth, so therefore it is a story about the several thousand things other than the body that contribute to the formation of the body. In this review, I discuss Gay's desire to live beyond her body, the gendered politics in taking up space, and how the weight of trauma is a permanent mark, impossible to lose. Bibliography (show notes):https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/14/books/review/hunger-a-memoir-of-my-body-roxane-gay.htmlhttps://www.newyorker.com/books/page-turner/roxane-gays-complicated-hungerhttps...
2021-12-2428 min
Peace MealEpisode 66: A Compilation of Advice for Those Doubting RecoveryEpisode description:
In this special holiday episode, we have compiled some powerful insights on recovery from several of our 2021 guests who have experienced it themselves. Throughout the year, we asked our podcast guests with a personal eating disorder story this question: “What would you tell someone listening who believes recovery isn’t possible for them?” This episode features some of the answers we received in response.
Many of our guests share how they once thought that recovery wasn’t possible for them as well, but every little step they made toward healing was so important. While acknowledging how challenging recovery can be, the...
2021-12-2200 minHeavier Than I LookSet Point Theory & BMISetpoint theory describes a theory of weight maintenance in which one’s weight is genetically predetermined in a preferred range, explaining that your body will do what it must in order to maintain this range. Diets fail because our bodies and our weights are genetically pre-determined, unable to be commodified by the harmful BMI metric, which ignores several crucial details in calculating a person's relative health. This episode dives deep into both of these concepts and their standing in the medical field, uncovering significant chasms of misleading information. Bibliography (show notes): Chris...
2021-12-1713 minHeavier Than I LookThe Transexperience of Eating DisordersTransgender individuals are four times more likely than their cisgender female counterparts to self-report an ED diagnosis, two times as likely to report ED symptomology, and have significantly higher rates of attempted or successful suicide. Thus, EDs in the trans community are horrifically rampant and especially dangerous. A transgender individual may develop an ED to create gendered features and conform to a masculine or feminine societal ideal. All of us who have suffered from or witnessed an ED in any capacity know how tied up to body image it is. Considering that transgender people live in a b...
2021-12-1014 minHeavier Than I LookSeeing Yourself AgainIn the brutal lens of an ED, seeing yourself in a mirror or in pictures can be incredibly triggering. This is one of the pitfalls of self-objectification during the eating disorder, where we are ruled by parts of ourselves and how they measure up to a thin ideal. This lens at which we view ourselves does not automatically change the day we decide we want to get help. At any point during recovery (most especially physical recovery), seeing our bodies transform for health can be challenging. This episode focuses on how we confront our image again, prioritizing recovery, self-respect...
2021-12-0324 minHeavier Than I LookVanity Sizing & Clothing As TriggerVanity sizing is a phenomenon that explains size labels being labeled as smaller than their actual, true size. This is thought to preserve the dignity of smaller numbers, in which most customers feel more confident, given our society’s overwhelming dependence on self-value defined numerically. Understandably, situations of ill-sizing can affect one's emotional well-being and self-esteem, especially if it is during a fragile state of attempted recovery. And especially if you might exist in a larger body, inflation sizing reflects the ideology that smaller bodies (and numbers for defining those bodies) are more desirable. Bibliography (sho...
2021-11-2624 minHeavier Than I LookOur Beliefs, from Prison to Freedom (ft. Megan Rogers)A Thanksgiving special from HTIL! Wishing you the most pain-free, trigger-free, peaceful holiday. Enjoy this bonus episode where Megan and I have a conversation about letting go of beliefs that begin eating disorders in the first place; and what this means within a society that clashes with our own new values. We become what we believe, which makes the recovery of our souls and perceptions of equal importance in ED recovery.
2021-11-2552 minHeavier Than I LookADHD & Designing Your Recovery - Megan‘s Story (part two)We are joined again by the brilliant and incredibly insightful Megan Rogers, who continues to chart her way through eating disorder recovery amidst an ADHD diagnosis. Megan explains how the executive dysfunction and fluctuating female hormones (often premenstrual dysphoric disorder in women with ADHD) make recovery uniquely challenging. She has turned away from relying on willpower and instead towards designing a life in favor of recovery. By choosing a lifestyle that makes recovery easier, instead of relying on willpower, she has the mental energy to live freely again.
2021-11-2052 minHeavier Than I LookMegan‘s Story (Part One)Megan Rogers, a senior at the University of Notre Dame studying marketing and anthropology, charts her journey through an eating disorder and ADHD diagnosis. She speaks of early memories of using food as self-medication to manage dopamine dysregulation. The need for stimulation and hyper fixation that characterizes Megan's ADHD manifested into many beautiful outcomes, but also into several eating disorders, including orthorexia and bulimia. Her ultimate belief is that ADHD is a superpower if it can be channeled in the right way. We will continue this discussion in next week's episode...
2021-10-3142 minHeavier Than I LookExercise IntentionalityStudy upon study proves that moderate, frequent exercise has many physical and health benefits. However, it is important to examine the ways in which diet and fitness culture are entangled and thus how exercise may be a toxic force in our lives. Why do you exercise: to confront your body in the brutal light of self-objectification and dehumanization in a ceiling to floor, wall to wall mirror? A discussion that is begun in today's episode...Bibliography (show notes):“7 Great Reasons Why Exercise Matters.” Mayo Clinic, Mayo Foundation for Medical Education and Research, 11 May 2019, www.mayoclinic.org...
2021-10-1822 minHeavier Than I LookHunger & Fullness CuesLearn how to honor hunger cues and fullness during a potentially triggering and re-traumatizing mealtime. Note that this episode may be particularly triggering as it discusses in-depth behaviors during meal-time that may distract from/inhabit or aid communication with your body. If you feel that discussion of this topic may be harmful, please do not listen. Bibliography (show notes):Mcgurk, Jennifer. “All about Hunger and Fullness in Ed Recovery.” Eat With Knowledge, 12 May 2021, eatwithknowledge.com/hunger-and-satiety-part-1/.Shelton, Haylee. “Dealing with Extreme Hunger in Eating Disorder Recovery.” Hope・Full Nutrition, Hope・Full Nutrition, 26 Aug. 2021, www.hopefullnu...
2021-10-1024 minHeavier Than I LookED AllyshipThe last episode of season two teaches how to communicate to someone with an ED without harming or triggering them. Bibliography (show notes):“How to Be and Ally: To a Friend with an Eating Disorder.” LOVE SQUAD, LOVE SQUAD, 24 Feb. 2020, www.lovesquad.com/blog/2020/2/how-to-be-and-ally-to-a-friend-with-an-eating-disorder.Lundy, Kursteen. “5 Ways To Be An Ally To Someone With An Eating Disorder.” Society19, 26 Mar. 2019, www.society19.com/ways-to-be-an-ally-to-someone-with-an-eating-disorder/.Margherita Mascolo, MD. “Getting Involved as a Recovery Ally.” Alsana®, Alsana®, 7 July 2020, www.alsana.com/getting-involved-recovery-ally/.Prentice, Emily. “How I Practice Allyship in the Eating Disorder Communit...
2021-05-1414 minHeavier Than I LookAnorexic Literature & Thinness As AestheticAnorexia collapses two extremes: martyrdom and survival, self-expression and silence, life and death. It says that the answer to being seen is to disappear. Today's episode discusses the contradictory nature of anorexia, in addition to the dominant cultural discourse and literature that craft false narratives of the illness. Bibliography (show notes):Bellafante, Ginia. “Disappearing to Be Seen.” The New York Times, The New York Times, 19 Sept. 2008, www.nytimes.com/2008/09/21/books/review/Bellafante-t.html.Chu, Paige. “Illness as Aesthetic.” The Varsity, 3 Sept. 2018, thevarsity.ca/2018/09/03/illness-as-aesthetic/.Gregory, Alice. “Anorexia, the Impossible Subject.” The New Yorker, w...
2021-05-0721 minHeavier Than I LookBody Acceptance in RecoveryRecovery usually means weight and bodily change. This is a reality hard to face, which is why today's episode focuses on how to celebrate physical changes in recovery. I discuss the difference between the movements of body positivity and body neutrality, in addition to the HAES model of recovery, BMI as bs, and set point theory. Bibliography (show notes):Bacon, L. (2010). Health at Every Size: The Surprising Truth About Your Weight. Texas: BenBella Books, Inc.“Body Positivity vs Body Neutrality.” The Female Lead Society, 3 Aug. 2020, www.thefemaleleadsociety.com/body-positivity-vs-body-neutrality.“Health a...
2021-04-3027 minHeavier Than I LookBody Dysmorphic DisorderBody dysmorphic disorder (BDD) is a chronic mental health condition that is characterized by intrusive worries about perceived defects or flaws. It occurs in about 2.5 percent of males and 2.2 percent of females. It is listed in the DSM-5 under the heading "Obsessive-Compulsive and Related Disorders”. It is not classified as symptomatic of an eating disorder, despite these disorders’ shared core feature of disturbed body image. Researchers have estimated that as many as 12% of people with body dysmorphic disorder also have anorexia or bulimia. Learn more about the intersection between BDD and EDs in today’s episode! Bibl...
2021-04-2321 minHeavier Than I LookFertility and Eating DisordersDoes having an eating disorder complicate fertility for young women? Is infertility a problem after recovery from an eating disorder? What about EDs during pregnancy? These are all questions answered in today's episode. Also featured is a letter our host Kiera wrote to her body exploring the future that she might face. Bibliography (show notes):"Anorexia Took Away My Ability to Have Children, and i Don't Know If i Will Get It Back". 14 Nov. 2019, www.cosmopolitan.com/uk/body/health/a29624622/anorexia-infertility-eating-disorder-side-effects/.Boyles, Salynn. Eating Disorders Affect Fertility, Pregnancy. 5 Aug. 2011, www.webmd...
2021-04-1614 minHeavier Than I LookThe Language of Healing: StorytellingHTIL is a space of healing, recovery, and storytelling. These words appear together on purpose, becoming nearly synonymous. As our trauma-informed care models continue to develop, studies demonstrate that self-expression in art is powerful in recovery.Learn more about the indigenous origins of storytelling and how to become an active agent in your own healing in today's episode! Bibliography (show notes):Brown, Jennifer. “Perspective Switch: Healing Trauma through Healthy Storytelling.” Medium, Medium, 20 Feb. 2019, medium.com/@jenniferbrown_97699/perspective-switch-healing-trauma-through-healthy-storytelling-dbd3c670343d.Dionne, Renda, et al. Storytelling As A Healing Modality, www.cibhs.org/sites/main...
2021-04-1020 minHeavier Than I LookGastrointestinal Complications After An Eating DisorderThe commonality of gastrointestinal complications in those who have recovered from or suffer with eating disorders is astounding. Most studies demonstrate upwards of 95 percent of those with a documented eating disorder (ED) fit the criteria for a functional gut disorder (FGD) and upwards of 50 percent for Irritable Bowel Syndrome (IBS). In this episode, we discuss how digestive issues differ in types of EDs and how the trauma caused by an ED may predisposed one to develop a FGD. I also discuss my recent diagnosis of IBS and how healing has become infinitely more complicated with concomitant disorders. ...
2021-04-0129 minHeavier Than I LookMales & Eating DisordersEating disorders are largely characterized as feminine, and thus males or omitted from research, diagnosis, and treatment. Yet, studies have demonstrated that one in three of those struggling with EDs identify as male. To learn more about the nuances and challenges that accompany the experience of being a male with an eating disorder, listen to epsidoe eighteen.
2021-03-2621 minHeavier Than I LookA Karen Carpenter Case AnalysisKaren Carpenter, one-half of one of the biggest American musical acts of all time, sensitized the public to the seriousness of an eating disorder. Today’s episode discusses her tragic life and death, in conversation with Todd Haynes’ film entitled “Superstar: The Karen Carpenter Story”. Our cultural response to her suffering and eventual death is heightened because of her perceived untouchability and her very existence as a spectacle who is exploited by the media. Carpenter’s life was in and of itself its own screen at which to view anorexia; an object to gawk at, trivialize, and dehumanize.
2021-03-1620 minHeavier Than I LookEating Disorders in Mid-lifeThe danger of the reductive eating disorder image is never more apparent when discussing EDs in midlife and beyond. Because an aging body is increasingly more inflexible when facing physical damage, the risks associated with an ED are heightened. Dangers include disruption of heart function, diminishing cognitive ability, and osteoporosis (among others). All risks may be precluded or worsened by disordered eating and often overshadow the incidence of EDs, making detection and diagnosis more difficult. Bibliography (show notes):“Causes of Middle-Aged Women Eating Disorders.” Eating Disorder Hope, 30 June 2017, www.eatingdisorderhope.com/treatment-for-eating-disorders/special-issues/older...
2021-03-1218 minHeavier Than I LookRace-Based Stereotypes in ED Treatment and DiagnosisEating disorders can reach anyone, yes. But eating disorder treatment does not. Cultural messaging, such as that motivated by media and film, perpetuate an ED stereotype: you must be a white, young, thin, affluent female to be deserving of an eating disorder. Racial and ethnic minority groups such as Hispanic/Latinx Americans, African Americans, Native Americans, and Asian Americans essentially become a blind spot in Eating Disorder research, diagnosis, and recovery. Let’s collectively work to deconstruct our own internalized beauty and thin ideals by examining our implicit biases of certain genders, ages, races, religions, ethnicities, sexual orientations, body sh...
2021-02-2620 minHeavier Than I Look"To The Bone" (Noxon 2017) Case StudyToday's discussion focuses on Marti Noxon's To The Bone (2017) which tells the harrowing story of twenty-year-old Ellen (played by Lily Collins) who struggles with anorexia amidst a challenging family dynamic that aggravates her feelings of helplessness and lack of control. As one of the more recent cultural portrayals of EDs, I discuss how this film is problematic by employing film critic Laura Mulvey's understanding of fetishistic scopophilia. Bibliography (show notes):Anorexia Nervosa. 28 Feb. 2018, www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/learn/by-eating-disorder/anorexia. Bahr, Lindsey. “'To the Bone' Walks Fine Line of Depicting Eating Disorders.” AP NEWS, Associated Press, 12 July 201...
2021-02-1927 min
The Chat ConnectionAnorexia or Bulimia : How Do I Look?Weight gain or weight loss? When was the last time you had to be vulnerable? What about if you were still in the process of getting to recovery? Would you be brave enough to seek treatment if you had to jump hoops? Are you in denial? Join the conversation as Kiera shares how being constantly praised by others, being a perfectionist, and being the daughter of Chris ‘Mad Dog’ Russo added to the many pressures stacked against her. She discusses how she thought gaining control of her consumption of food would help the many uncertainties in her life fall into...
2021-01-2344 minPeace MealEpisode 43: Giving Voice to Eating Disorder Stories with Kiera RussoEpisode description:
Kiera Russo is a student at The University of Notre Dame, studying Film, Television, and Theatre. An eating disorder survivor, she hosts the podcast Heavier Than I Look, which aims to empower other survivors, educate listeners, and foster conversation surrounding eating disorders. By finding meaning in her own suffering, Kiera hopes to fight against the silence that eating disorders demand and to liberate others from the same demand.
In this episode of Peace Meal, Kiera shares with us her eating disorder and recovery story. She traces the beginning of her illness to the time following eighth grade. During...
2021-01-0446 min
The Emily ProgramEpisode 43: Giving Voice to Eating Disorder Stories with Kiera RussoEpisode description:
Kiera Russo is a student at The University of Notre Dame, studying Film, Television, and Theatre. An eating disorder survivor, she hosts the podcast Heavier Than I Look, which aims to empower other survivors, educate listeners, and foster conversation surrounding eating disorders. By finding meaning in her own suffering, Kiera hopes to fight against the silence that eating disorders demand and to liberate others from the same demand.
In this episode of Peace Meal, Kiera shares with us her eating disorder and recovery story. She traces the beginning of her illness...
2021-01-0446 minHeavier Than I LookAggie's Story & Eating Disorder AdvocacyAggie Laboe, a senior at the University of Notre Dame, details her own eating disorder and recovery. We discuss Aggie finding her voice during recovery including her work with The Body Positive, the research she's conducted, and how she is fighting to recognize eating disorders on Notre Dame's campus. Read her Observer article here:https://ndsmcobserver.com/2020/09/why-we-need-to-talk-about-eating-disorders/
2020-12-0554 minHeavier Than I LookSelf-worth as a Mindset with Joyce DiebelsJoyce Diebels, the host of the LifeToEnjoyce Podcast who is a joyful mindset coach, joins us to discuss her work helping women lead a happy and healthy life. We discuss making peace with food, our bodies, and internalizing self-worth.
2020-11-2957 minHeavier Than I LookIntuitive Eating with Elyse ReschElyse Resch, co-author of Intuitive Eating: An Anti-Diet Revolutionary Approach, joins us to discuss intuitive eating as a tool in eating disorder recovery!
2020-11-2251 minHeavier Than I LookSeason 1 Recap and Q&AThis episode recaps the last 10 episodes including topics such as types of eating disorders, risk factors, stages of trauma in EDs, trigger-to-disordered behavior response, EDs through a historical lens, our body-obsessed culture, ED depiction on screen, college campuses & quarantine leading to an arising, resurfacing, or worsening of EDs, modes of recovery, making peace with weight change, and evolutionary theories of EDs. This episode is concluded with a Q&A directed by questions from listeners.
2020-11-0857 minHeavier Than I LookEvolutionary Theories of Eating DisordersEating disorder treatment is largely ineffective. Our understanding of how to treat EDs is limited because the etiology is not well understood. This week's episode attempts to understand the "why" of EDs through an evolutionary lens. We discuss theories such as the intrasexual competition hypothesis, reductive suppression hypothesis, adapted to flee famine hypothesis, thrifty genotype hypothesis, dual intervention point model, and a psychoneuroimmunological approach. All theories explain EDs as a response to a threat and identifying this threat is critical to inform our treatment practices in recovery.
2020-11-0153 minHeavier Than I LookRecovery & RelapseWhat does live worth living mean to you? Finding meaning and worthiness of life does not have an expiration date. It is instead a life-long quest that one begins when deciding to recover from an ED. Although recovery looks different for each eating disorder survivor, each generally undergoes 5 stages, multiple "modes" of recovery (including physical, relational, psychological, and behavioral), and must address co-occurring disorders if applicable. Recovery requires kinship and self-forgiveness, especially if one relapses into destructive behavior. These themes, in addition to how to make peace with weight change, are topics discussed in this episode.
2020-10-2554 minHeavier Than I LookEating Disorders During QuarantineFrom the rigid social confinement to food insecurity to weight-stigmatizing media messaging, 2020 has been a breeding ground for eating disorders. Specifically, eating disorders thrive in isolation. How might this truth be witnessed during quarantine? Find out in this episode, where we discuss the resurgence, worsening, or development of EDs during a global pandemic. Our host, Kiera, also shares her own struggles and triumphs during quarantine. This episode also features an insightful poem about body dysmorphia written by Ana Paula (@anapaula.aguilarv).
2020-10-1858 minHeavier Than I LookEating Disorders on College CampusesCollege campuses offer a whole host of newness, which in addition to increased stress/workloads, the freedom to eat constantly available food, and a growing sense of displacement from home may contribute to an eating disorder arising, resurfacing, or worsening for many young women and men. Further, toxic habits imposed by drinking culture, greek life, or athletic groups may reinforce distorted thoughts around food or body image, thus aggravating the entanglement of disordered eating and college culture. This is discussed in depth in today's episode, in addition to anecdotes from our host, Kiera Russo, who is a college student recovering f...
2020-10-111h 00Heavier Than I LookCulture as an Etiological Factor in Eating DisordersHow are eating disorders portrayed and understood today? This is a question we explore in today's episode, with a discussion on diet culture, body curriculum, and how our media has perpetuated a thin ideal and body-obsession. We also briefly discuss public figures who have shared their ED stories and how our media consumption can contribute to a dangerous, inauthentic conception of eating disorders.
2020-10-0442 minHeavier Than I LookHistory of Eating DisordersThis week’s episode will explore eating disorders through a historical lens. We will track when they emerged and how public discourse and understanding transformed as the trajectory of eating disorders shifted. Anorexia mirabilis, the Minnesota Starvation Experiment, and eating disorder emergence in the Diagnositic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorder (DSM) are all landmarks that we discuss.
2020-09-2745 minHeavier Than I LookTriggers & TraumaThis episode I discuss how trauma and eating disorders are intertwined in more ways than one. Trauma can exist as a risk factor for developing an eating disorder (ED), occurs during the suffering of one with an ED, and triggers (an indicator of trauma) traverse the junction between suffering and recovery. Although trauma presents itself in different ways with various eating disorders and with survivors, research surrounding this topic reveals interesting insights as to why comorbidity between EDs and trauma exists.
2020-09-2049 minHeavier Than I LookTypes of Eating Disorders & Risk FactorsEpisode #1 of Heavier Than I Look details the conception of the podcast in addition to a description of the different types of eating disorders and risk factors associated with each. This episode also features a poem written by Kiera Russo which details her experience with anorexia and which won "Best Poem" at New Canaan High School's 2019 Poetry Fest. If you are interested in sharing your own story, please direct message @heavierthanilook on Instagram.
2020-09-1624 minHeavier Than I LookRecovery Episode #1: Kiera RussoEpisode #2 of Heavier Than I Look shares the ongoing story of host Kiera Russo's own struggles with disordered eating and body dysmorphia. She chronicles six years of struggling with anorexia, binge eating disorder, and body dysmorphia.
2020-09-1658 min