Body Matters Podcast

On this week’s episode I am excited to be introducing you to our next special guest. 19-year-old Molly  a young entrepreneur from Melbourne who currently runs her own Acai business, Be Bowld. Molly was a high school student during the Covid- 19 lockdown where, like many kids found herself drawing more towards the world of social media and Tik Tok. In this powerful episode Molly opens up about how lockdown, the pressures of social media and peer expectations shaped her own perception of herself and her body. All the while, contributing to Mollys silent battle with Anorexia Nervosa that end...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to this week’s guest, Manager of Butterfly Body Bright at the Butterfly Foundation and Honorary Research Fellow in the School of Psychology and Public Health at La Trobe University, Dr Stephanie Damiano. Stephanie is an early childhood body image expert and current manager of the Butterfly Foundations primary school body image program. This program has been implemented as a way to fostering a healthy attitude for children around food, body and physical activity helping to develop a positive body image for children. 

Stephanie has d...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to this week’s guest, Senior lecturer, Researcher and Occupational Therapist, Dr Elysa Roberts. Elysa has a PhD in Occupational Therapy from Nova Southern University and a Master of Science from Florida International University in the USA. Elysa has held many leadership roles such as being an assistant Professor at Nova Southeastern University, Florida and an Assistant Director & Assistant at Barry University, Florida. Elysa was also the Graduate program Director at Rocky Mountain University of Health Professions, Utah for the Post- Professional Doctor of Occupational Therapy (OTD...

On this week’s episode, I am super excited to be introducing you to this week’s special guest Founding Director of the registered charity, the international Consortium for Research in Eating Disorders also known as (CoRe-ED) as well as Professor and Senior Clinical Psychologist at Monash University, Professor Gemma Sharp. She established in 2018 and has the Body Image and Eating Disorders Research Program and is an NHMRC Emerging Leadership 2 Investigator Fellow. She also leads her own private psychology practice and is a nationally credentialed eating disorder clinician. Gemma currently serves on the National Eating Disorders Collaboration (NEDC) Right Care...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to this week’s guest, Dietitian, Hypnotherapist, Founder of Oh Well Co and Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor, Nadia Maxwell. Nadia is an Accredited- Practicing Dietitian (APD) and Certified Intuitive Eating Counsellor who obtained her Master of Dietetics at Deakin University, in Melbourne. Nadia Founded Nadia Maxwell Nutrition which provides support for an array of concerns with a special interest in women health such as in PCOS, hypothalamic amenorrhoea, endometriosis, hormonal health, reproductive health and menopause. Nadia also is passionate about supporting people with eating disorders, body imag...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to introduce you to this week’s guest, counsellor from the Butterfly Foundation, Petria Nagel. Tria was trained at Headspace a well known youth organisation in her undergraduate degree in counselling before she obtained a  graduate role as a  helpline counsellor at the Butterfly Foundation. Tria now works at the butterfly foundation where she has been for nearly two years as a helpline counsellor. She is also currently completing a Masters degree in Counselling at the University of New England.

For anyone that hasn’t heard of the Butterfly...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to introduce you to this week’s guest, counsellor from the Butterfly Foundation, Petria Nagel. Tria was trained at Headspace a well known youth organisation in her undergraduate degree before she obtained a  graduate role as a  helpline counsellor at the Butterfly Foundation. Tria now works at the butterfly foundation where she has been for nearly two years and is currently completing a Masters degree in Counselling at the University of New England. 

For anyone that hasn’t heard of the Butterfly Foundation it is Australia’s national leading eatin...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to TEDx speaker, author, Executive Director, owner and Founder of Wasatch Family Therapy, Dr Julie Hanks. Dr. Hanks holds a Master of Social Work from the University of Utah and a PhD from the University of Louisiana at Monroe. She was an Assistant Professor of Social Work and Adjunct Lecturer at Utah Valley University in the Behavioural Science Department. She was also an Adjunct Lecturer at the University of Southern California in the Virtual Academic Center Master of Social Work Program in the greater Los Angeles ar...

On this week’s episode I am excited to be introducing you to our next special guest CEO of Eating Disorders Victoria (EDV), Belinda Caldwell. Belinda has extensive experience in both eating disorders and in the broader health sectors such as in health policy and program management. She has completed a Masters in Public Health and has been a renowned CEO at the Australian Practice Nurses Association where she had been a CEO for seven years. However, it was after Belinda had been personally deeply influenced by her daughter’s diagnosis with Anorexia Nervosa that she professionally began to purs...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to Founder and Medical Director of the Guadiani clinic, Dr Jennifer L. Guadiani. Jennifer L.Guadiani, MD, CEDS-C, FAED, is Board certified in internal medicine after completing her undergraduate degree at Harvard medical school at Boston University School of Medicine, and her internal medicine residency and chief residency at Yale. 

Dr Guadiani served as the Medical Director at the ACUTE Centre for Eating Disorders prior to founding the Gaudiani Clinic in 2016. The Gaudiani Clinic offers specialised, trauma- informed outpatient medical care to individuals seeking sup...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to this week’s guest all the way from Massachusetts in U.S , Psychotherapist & Gestalt therapist CindyBlank- Edelman. Cindy has been a licenced mental health professional working for over 20 years after she obtained her Masters Degree in Clinical Mental Health Counselling from Lesley College in 1999. Since then, Cindy has completed 5 years of postgraduate training in Gestalt Therapy at the Gestalt Institute of New England. From the early 2000s, Cindy has worked as a counsellor in a women’s domestic violence program, and has nearly 10 years’ experience at Fenway Healt...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be bringing back one of our previous guests! One of Body Matters very own therapists and Psychologist at PsySolutions, Perri Carlson-Hawke. For anyone who hasn’t met her yet, Perri is a Clinical Psychologist and Board Approved Supervisor living in the beautiful countryside of Orange. Perri is originally from Queensland but moved to Orange when she completed her Honours in Psychology at Charles Sturt University. She then went on to study Coaching Psychology at the University of Sydney before obtaining her Masters of Clinical Psychology. She has been working in t...

On this week’s episode I am pleased to be introducing you to this week’s guest all the way from the United States, Psychotherapist and author Dr Sharon Martin. Dr Martin's clinical experience and training goes back to her training as a Licensed Clinical Social Worker in California where she completed her Master of Social Work at Boston College and Doctorate of Social Work at Simmons University. Dr Martin also went on to complete a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology at Clark University in Worcester. Dr Martins has now been practicing for 25 years supporting people through family conflict, code...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to this weeks guest Dr Toni Pikoos a clinical psychologist, researcher, Co- founder of ReadyMind and public speaker. Toni has a PhD in the intersection of cosmetic procedures, body dysmorphic disorder (BDD), mental health and patient satisfaction. Toni is a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at Swinburne University and a practicing clinical psychologist in Melbourne, specialising in BDD and psychological evaluations for patients undergoing cosmetic surgery and non-surgical procedures. Toni is a proud recipient of the Iain Wallace research Medal for Most Outstanding Doctoral Student, awarded for her PhD...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to this week’s guest, one of Body Matters very own therapists and Psychologist at PsySolutions, Perri Carlson-Hawke. Perri is a Clinical Psychologist and Board Approved Supervisor living in the beautiful countryside of Orange. Perri is originally from Queensland but moved to Orange when she completed her Honours in Psychology at Charles Sturt University. She then went on to study Coaching Psychology at the University of Sydney before obtaining her Masters of Clinical Psychology. She has been working in the field of psychology for over 10 years gain...

On this week’s episode I am happy to be introducing you to our next special guest, Lead Group Facilitator and Moderator at Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA), Sallie Egglestone. EDFA is a Non- for-Profit Organisation centred around the support for families, parents, siblings, partners, grandparents and friends who care for someone experiencing an eating disorder. Supporting those caring for people of all ages providing free carer support including free support groups. The groups include General Support Groups for any diagnose, Diagnosis specific groups such as for carers of ARFID, Severe and Enduring eating disorders (SEED), Bulimia, and Binge Ea...

On this week's episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guests! Rebecca Cuskelly, a Clinical Psychologist, Co- Director & Founder of The Practice & Senior Dietitian from The Practice, Suchitra Kurana. Rebecca and Suchitra both have a passion for working with people with eating disorders and body image concerns. 

A little bit more about Rebecca.. She is a board approved supervisor with a special interest in supporting people with anxiety, depression, Binge Eating Disorder, body image disturbance, obesity management and eating disorders. Rebecca began her career working in mental health services in rural N...

On this week’s episode I am pleased to be introducing you to our next special guest who will be sharing his story and battle with an eating disorder, Alec. Alec White- Cheshire grew up in the United Kingdom and was raised by loving parents who only wanted the best for him. However, as a young child Alec began to show traits for ADHD, OCD and perfectionism. This is where Alec began placing a lot of pressure on himself as a young child to perform academically, in sports and clubs. Finding himself turning to food as a way to co...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest Principal Dietitian and Director of the Simply Health Group, Kate Stoker. Kate founded Simply Nutrition Dietitians within the Simply health Group in 2011 and has now expanded the clinic from the Sunshine coast all around Queensland. The Simply Health Group not only includes Simple Nutrition Dietitian's but also Simply Engage Occupational Therapy to provide occupational therapist support services. 

Kate has an array of experience working in both public and private settings such as in medical settings, nursing homes, in public hea...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest Clinical Psychologist, Director of Bronwyn Lee Clinical Psychology and Senior Project Manager Bronwyn Lee. Bronwyn has worked in both public and private settings for over 10 years, working as a Senior Psychologist Clinician in organisations such as Headspace. In addition to her current role, she also works as a Senior Project Manager and Supervisor at the InsideOut Institute for Eating Disorders at the University of Sydney (USYD). 

Bronwyn’s clinic is based in the beautiful Eastern Suburbs of Sydney in Wooll...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest Registered Psychologist Marina Mosa. Marina obtained her psychology qualifications through Murdoch University and has worked as a Family Law Counsellor, a Family and Domestic Violence Counsellor, a Children’s Counsellor, a Relationship and Family Counsellor, and an Eating Disorder Clinician. Marina has worked for several years in non- for-profit organisations such as the Australian Red Cross working working with the impacts of trauma, domestic violence, and homelessness. She is also skilled in working with culturally and linguistically diverse clients providing therapy flue...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest Director, Clinical Psychologist and Advanced Accredited Schema Therapist, Natasha Jivan. Tash is the Director of Collective Health Co, alongside Director Danielle Welch & Director Nicola Moine on the beautiful Sunshine Coast. Tash has also been a Registered Nurse, a Clinical Nurse and an Eating Disorder Coordinator for Queensland Health. Working in both inpatient and outpatient settings before working in private practice where she has now been working for the past 10 years. Tash has been working in the eating disorder space for most of...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest, Psychotherapist, Bariatric Specialist, Eating Disorder Clinician & Director of The Australian Centre for Eating Behaviours (ACFEB), Kyla Holley. Currently, Kyla works as part of two multidisciplinary surgical bariatric clinical teams in addition to working in private practice. Kyla also hosts her own podcast and is the author of ‘Change your Relationship with Food’. After training with the National Centre for Eating Disorders (UK) Kyla Founded the ACFEB in Australia and has developed a number of training courses in eating disorders for health profes...

On this week’s episode I am happy to be introducing you to our next special guest Yoga Therapist, Founder of Pippa Jackson Yoga and lived experience speaker, Pippa Jackson. Pippa struggled with food, body, her mental health, and self- acceptance from her young teenage years. At the height of her disordered eating was diagnosed with Bulimia Nervosa for the next 14- years. It was here that Pippa battled extremely dark times being trapped in the endless cycle of binging and purging only leaving the house for food. However, It was during this time that Pippa found something she ne...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest Principle Psychologist of Noble Psychology and Play therapist, Paula Noble. Paula is a registered psychologist and play therapist, with over 30 years’ experience working with children, adolescents, and parents. Paula’s early career started as a teacher in primary schools working in both Australia and Singapore. She then became a registered psychologist, working as a School Psychologist at Schools such as Cranbrook and Shore in Sydney, providing individual therapy, group intervention, educational assessments, as well as supporting school systems. Paula is also a memb...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be bringing back one of our very special guests from ‘Eat, Love, Live’, Jo Money. Josephine Money is the Founder and Director of ‘Eat Love Live’, an Accredited Practicing Dietitian, Nutritionist, a Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician (CEDC), and a co-Founder of Eat Love Live Education. Jo has been working within the eating disorder field for over 20 years working across a range of settings including in private practice, the community and in public health, working with individuals, groups and in program development. Where Jo has worked for the Eating Disorders Foundation...

On this week’s episode we will be speaking to our next lovely guest and lived experience speaker, Sophie Munn. Sophie grew up in a small town in South Australia Adelaide called Naracoorte, with a community of around 7,000 people. Growing up in this small tight nit community Sophie had nothing but appreciation for her upbringing. However, like many children, Sophie was exposed to diet culture, the scales and body comparisons. Finding herself beginning to focus on her weight from the young age of 10. From there, small habits with food and a fixation on numbers began to snowball into her te...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest Founder of Sweet Spot Health, Eating Disorder Clinician (CEDC) and Accredited Practicing Dietitian, Maddi Parsons. Sweet Spot Health is a team of Dietitians that use a non- diet approach to help support those with concerns around food, body image and movement. Helping people to break free from unhealthy eating patterns, negative self-talk and internalised diet culture. As someone who struggled with Binge Eating for 10 years Maddi has created a space dedicated to healing people’s relationships with food. Maddi’s Ethos at Swe...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest Co- founder of ‘Eat Love Live’, researcher and lecturer, Dr. Christie Bennett. Christie currently works at Monash University as a Senior Lecturer at the Department of Nutrition Dietetics and Food and is a Research Fellow of The Higher Education Academy at Monash University. Christie is also an Accredited Practising Dietitian and Credentialed Eating Disorder Clinician with an expertise in eating disorders, disordered eating and its intersection with women’s health including in fertility, pregnancy and PCOS. Since completing her PhD, Christie has worke...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest Founder of Uncovery and Recovery Coach, Olivia Soha. After, recovering from her own lived experience with an eating disorder, Olivia spent six months in the United States at BALANCE eating disorder treatment centre working as a liaison officer and recovery coach In New York. After returning to Australia, Olivia then opened Uncovery in 2018 and was selected as a Young Social Pioneer with the Foundations for Young Australians where she was awarded a seed funding grant to expand Uncovery in 2019. Olivia has al...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest Psychologist, Cathy Anderson. Cathy has worked for 20 years in the eating disorder space as a Senior Clinician, Senior Psychologist and Eating Disorder Coordinator predominantly having worked at the Illawarra Eating Disorders Service. Cathy has also been a guest Lecturer at Wollongong University and the University of Sydney and assisted in the development of content for postgraduate studies at the Nan Tien Institute. Most recently, Cathy was involved in the collaborative national project by the NEDC and ANZAED, providing supervision to psychologists inv...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest, previous group facilitator, Serena Dalton. Serena has run workshops and group facilitation for the company Tomorrow Woman which runs education programs for school students, teachers, for parents, in sports, and more. Serena has a background in studying theatre studies where after working for this organisation found a passion in working in the mental health space and is now completing a Masters in Counselling at University. The company Tomorrow Woman runs workshops across schools in NSW where Serena was lucky enough to be...

On this week’s episode we are super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest Host and Social Worker, Jessica Bakon. Jessica is a qualified Social Worker who holds an (Honours) degree from the University of New South Wales. As a new graduate, she worked across both private and public hospitals within the Northern Sydney Local Health District such as at Royal North Shore Hospital. This is where Jessica found passion in utlising evidence- based treatments with patients such as Narrative Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy. Jessica was also trained at Royal North Sh...

On this week’s episode we are super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest Host and Social Worker, Jessica Bakon. Jessica is a qualified Social Worker who holds an (Honours) degree from the University of New South Wales. As a new graduate, she worked across both private and public hospitals within the Northern Sydney Local Health District such as at Royal North Shore Hospital. This is where Jessica found passion in utlising evidence- based treatments with patients such as Narrative Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy and Solution Focused Therapy. Jessica was also trained at Royal North Sh...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to two lovely practitioners from ‘Eat Love Live’ in Melbourne, Director Josephine Money and Dr. Christie Bennett. Eat Love Live is a clinic that offers Dietetics and nutrition, physiotherapy, movement classes, music therapy, dance therapy and education from a range of different health professionals. Jo and Christie are both the co- Founders for Eat Love Live Education and have both really valued the role of lived experience in eating disorder treatment. Where ‘Eat Love Live’ has now developed a Framework called The Radical Centred Framework which utlises li...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest to Principal Psychologist of the Mental Care Clinic, Dr Daisy Gemayel. Daisy grew up in Lebanon and then travelled to the U.S where she attended Harvard University at Cambridge in Massachusetts. After studying in the U.S she then travelled to Australia to gain her PhD in Psychology from Charles Sturt University. Alongside her studies Daisy has had many years of experience working in private practice, research, community mental health and hospital settings. Where Daisy has conducted clinical screenings, psychological as...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be bringing one of our much loved guest, Director and Psychologist here at BodyMatters Australasia, Sarah McMahon. Sarah is a Registered Psychologist and the Director of BodyMatters Australasia clinic which is an eating disorder treatment clinic which has clinics all around Australia. BMA utilises the discipline of Psychologists, Dieticians, Paediatricians, Social workers, Psychotherapists, as well as multiple other stakeholders. Sarah Co- Founded BodyMatters with Lydia Turner in 2009 as a way to go beyond the biomedical model in the treatment of eating disorders. Sarah is also the Founder of the gr...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest Physiotherapist, Rebecca Gawler. Bec works at two clinics in Melbourne at ‘Eat Love Live’ and Balance North as Physiotherapist. Working as a Physiotherapist with her own lived experience of disordered eating, Bec began to notice the link between physiotherapy presentations and struggles with disordered eating.  Especially when working with a lot of athletes, those who overexercise or those who have sustained injuries as a result of a rapid increase in exercise. Not only that, but Bec sees people who have struggles with bo...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing our next special guests non- diet Dieticians Meg McClintock and Susan Williams. Meg and Susan have joined together as non- diet dietitian's to make a positive change in the area of media literacy, body image, health and nutrition. Meg and Susan have founded the organisation ‘Meg and Susan’ together where they provide courses, workshops, webinars, and skills challenges. Where they are seasoned presenters for universities, schools, TV, corporates, and podcasts. They also have an amazing website which offers freebies, a blog and a podcast called ‘Life’s Too Short...

On this week’s episode I am super excited to be introducing you to our next special guest Dietitian, Tayla Clegg. Tayla lives on the Sunshine Coast in Queensland and grew up in the world of athletics. This is where she personally went through her own lived experience with disordered eating. Having personally experienced the difficulties with disordered eating, Tayla then became motivated to be able to support other individuals within this space. Being able to support not only athletes but anyone looking to free themselves from disordered eating. Within her own practice Tayla promotes being able to break fr...