129. The Deeper Meaning of Your Eating Disorder + What to Do About It with Karen Koenig MED, LCSW

Understanding Disordered Eating: Eating Disorder Recovery and Body Image Healing

Communication shapes our world.

The words we use don't just reflect our thoughts; they shape our experiences, both internally and in our relationships with others. We often ask: What's the deeper meaning behind someone's struggle with food? What could be going on beneath the surface? While these questions are important, we should also be thinking of how we can apply this understanding to create positive change.

In this episode, I am joined by Karen Koenig.

Karen R. Koenig, LCSW, M.Ed., is a psychotherapist and international, award-winning 8-book author. Her books and blogs for chronic dieters and emotional, binge, and over-eaters are full of humor and practical wisdom and have been called “therapy on the page.” With 35 years of experience in the field of eating psychology, she teaches people how to eat “normally” and create a joyous, healthy, meaningful life for themselves. Her media experience includes scores of TV, radio, print, and podcast interviews. She lives and practices in Sarasota, Florida and her website is http://www.karenrkoenig.com.

Tweetable Quotes

"There is often a connection to anxiety and depression, and we talk about them differently, but they're kind of the same neurotransmitters." - Karen Koenig

"I think stable sense of self and regulated emotional reactions are the places that I often go right to." - Karen Koenig

"Emotions are, to me, the richest experience that we'll have." - Rachelle Heinemann

"It's okay to just feel that, just name it and be with it." - Karen Koenig

"There's a great deal of pain in life, and sometimes the only pain we can avoid is the pain of trying to avoid pain." - Karen Koenig

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