I did some stat-checking this morning.
In the United States alone, 10 million females and 1 million males are currently struggling with eating disorders — anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder.
In fact, if you’re reading this email you have a 4-in-10 chance of either having personally experienced an eating disorder or you know someone who has.
That’s a lot of people. Way too many people. But unfortunately it’s a reality.
Emily Rosen, Director or The Institute for The Psychology of Eating, was one of those people. She dieted, starved, binged, purged, exercised well past midnight, gained and lost hundreds of pounds.
Because she felt like she had to. Because she was starving for connection.
On today’s episode of The Sessions, Emily opens up and shares the intimate details of her turbulent relationship with food and how she was able to heal this relationship by helping others.
Click the PLAY button above to listen to Session #005 with Emily Rosen.
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Enjoy today’s session. See you next week with maybe the most revealing interview Marie Forleo has ever done.
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Agreed. Fantastic survey of the underlying roots for what seems like an epidemic in this country.
Absolutely wonderful episode. I’ve never commented before, but I have to tell you that I was moved to tears — first by Emily’s story and her bravery in sharing, and again by the inspiring and encouraging “takeaways” at the end. I think everyone can find themselves somewhere in this story. My struggles may be different; but I’ll get well enough to share my own story and help others one day, and it’s people like you who light that fire that I know will only grow as I continue to heal. Thank you so much, Emily and Sean! Keep up the great work!
Phenomenal… Emily’s brave sharing of her journey and your takeaway truly inspired me… Much to rumble with here about how to use my story and journey in my life ahead. Truly terrific Sean and huge hat off to you Emily… With much gratitude, Judy Landis Setting
Thank you for this great episode and thank you to Emily for sharing her story. In many ways, my story is very similar to Emily’s. I am a 26 year old bulimic man. I think people often forget that boys and men suffer from eating disorders as well, and often there is no difference in the way they manifest. For the past 10 years, I have been the raging bulimic that Emily describes. I binge and purge for hours on end everyday, have alienated everyone I have ever been close to, and am horrified at the nightmare of a life I wake up to everyday. I have tried so so hard for the past several years, trying numerous treatment facilities and every therapeutic modality I can. I’ve gotten to the “root” and done more therapy than any one person should haha. I want so badly to be well and to have a good life and as much as I hate the life-sucking binge-purge cycle, I cannot seem to outrun or beat it outside the walls of a treatment facility. I’m desperate and my health is really starting to fail. It’s hard to have hope when day after day is failure.
Still, I appreciate the glimmer of home that this interview brings. Thank you so much.
*hope
@Josh: I’m sad to read of the trap you are stuck in. I can empathize some, but not nearly at the level of hell you must deal with. No relief. Day after day.
I had the thought that maybe you can find some bits of relief by exploring other peripheral areas, not just the direct bulimia rehab track. You probably do already, but some thoughts would be maybe you have “hot spots” in your brain that just don’t let it “settle down” no matter what you do. Some brain scans, bio-feedback, etc maybe could help. Or getting your microbiome (gut) critters all rebalanced. Or genetic testing to see if something is way goofed up at that level. Or “spiritual” type stuff. Or Ayurveda cycles. Or growing your own food so you appreciate it more and don’t binge/purge so much. All things I try to add to my regiment regularly. For example, some upcoming summits with all kinds of info are these:
1) http://microbiomemedicinesummit.com/
2) http://www.psychologyofthefuturesummit.com/
3) http://www.spiritualtechnologiessummit.com
4) https://www.23andme.com
5) http://www.amplifield.com/
6) http://www.homegrownfoodsummit.com/
7) and definitely check out Emily and Marc David’s website. They have some of the best info around on the emotional aspect of diet.
And no I’m not online promoting for any of the above links, or getting commissions, or anything like that…I just hope something helps you, man. And that this life becomes something worth living for. Be strong my brother. And sometimes, just give up for a few hours. That works too.
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@Sean Croxton: Excellent topic, guest, interview, etc. Well done, sir. I do wish the “takeaways” were directed only to this episode though. Bigger encompassing takeaways could be their own episodes instead, maybe one after every 20-30 interviews. Commonalities, differences, etc. Meta.
@Emily Rosen: Perfecto. You helped me in multiple ways, just from this interview. Much respect to you, your work, accomplishments, honesty, and passion. Thank you.
Such an important topic to talk honesty, frankly, and dig deep.
I love that the people you are interviewing realise how deep you dig and how much homework you do for the show.