Extra Session
Extra Session
Podcast Description
Dr. Danielle Shelov is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the field of eating disorders for 20 years. She and her long-time patient (& newly minted psychologist) Dr. Rose Miller discuss eating disorders, body image, psychotherapy, and the social forces that impact everyone living in a diet-obsessed culture. This is not a therapy session, but it's not NOT a therapy session, either. It's an extra session.
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Content Themes
Explores a range of topics related to eating disorders, psychotherapy, and societal influences on body image, including episodes that discuss the impact of diet culture, weight stigma, and emerging treatments like GLP-1 medications. Specific themes include personal experiences with food noise, the cultural obsession with thinness, and critiques of media portrayals affecting body image.
Dr. Danielle Shelov is a clinical psychologist who has worked in the field of eating disorders for 20 years. She and her long-time patient (& newly minted psychologist) Dr. Rose Miller discuss eating disorders, body image, psychotherapy, and relationships. This is not a therapy session, but it’s not NOT a therapy session, either. It’s an extra session.
Danielle and Rose discuss Serena Williams' recent partnership with the tele-health company Ro to promote GLP-1s, and the complicated implications and feelings that arose from that news.
They discuss one of the key mechanisms of GLP-1s — allowing people to finally let go of their white-knuckle grip on the pursuit of thinness and dieting– and how this push towards acceptance also seems to work in the pursuit of partnership and love.
On the topic of love and connection, Rose talks about Taylor Swift's recent engagement to Travis Kelce and reflects on her interest in Gaylor theories which focus on close reading of Taylor Swift's lyrics by a community of online swifties who connect over queer themes in her music.
Rose and Danielle discuss community and connection are the cornerstones of happiness, and imagine what life would be like if there was a GLP-1 for finding love, friendship, or community.
Relevant Links:
Good Morning I Love You: Mindfulness and Self-Compassion Practices to Rewire your Brain for Calm, Clarity, and Joy by Shana Shapiro, Ph.D.
The Magic Pill: The Extraordinary Benefits and Disturbing Risks of the New Weight Loss Drugs by Johann Hari
Dr. Danielle Shelov: Website, TikTok, Instagram,LinkedIn
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