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Naomi Charalambakis Wilkerson
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Picture Blurrfect Podcast

A podcast that explores all things related to negative self-image, body insecurities, and mental health. The host, Naomi Charalambakis Wilkerson, PhD, discusses how we can find freedom again in a world full of triggers and unattainable standards of beauty. As a neuroscientist working in policy, she explores both her personal journey with anorexia nervosa as well as the science and policy implications of mental health disorders.

  1. 11/12/2023

    Hope for the Holidays (& Our First Mailbag!)

    Naomi closes out Season 3 by reflecting on the interviews and experiences over the last year and for the first time, shares some questions she's gotten from you--the audience! How does one prepare for the holidays when in recovery? How do you approach someone you fear is struggling with an eating disorder? *Note: Picture Blurrfect will be taking a hiatus until June-July 2024 as Naomi welcomes her new baby girl into the world and learns how to be a mama! Please don't hesitate to reac...

    36 min

  2. 30/10/2023

    Can AI and Chatbots Help Eating Disorder Treatment?: Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft, PhD

    Dr. Ellen Fitzsimmons-Craft of Washington University School of Medicine in St. Louis joins the podcast to share her vision for how technology and Artificial Intelligence (AI) can be used to improve accessibility of eating disorder treatments. Naomi and Dr. Fitzsimmons-Craft discuss her work with Tessa, a rule-based chatbot that the National Eating Disorders Association recently used (and took down) to prevent eating disorders and help folks with body image concerns. While technology is not ye...

    60 min

  3. 16/10/2023

    Overcoming Food Guilt

    Yours truly takes the microphone to share her thoughts on how to overcoming "feeling guilty" after eating certain foods or meals while in eating disorder recovery. Just because you FEEL guilty doesn't necessarily mean there is something you SHOULD feel guilty about. Book Naomi Mentions:1. The Weight of Beautiful by Jackie GoldschneiderNote: Please do not read until you feel strong and comfortable in your recovery

    28 min

  4. 18/09/2023

    The Association Between Adolescent Weight Perception and Disordered Eating: Sam Hahn, PhD, MPH, RD

    Dr. Sam Hahn of Central Michigan University joins the podcast to discuss one of her recent papers that examines how weight perception--how one personally views themselves in terms of overweight, normal weight, underweight--and its potential changes throughout adolescence could predict disordered eating patterns in young adulthood. The episode also touches on Dr. Hahn's interest in investigating how other self-monitoring behaviors (self-weighing, electronic tracking devices, etc.) influences e...

    50 min

  5. 28/08/2023

    How the Prefrontal Cortex is Involved in Food-Related Decision Making: Rachel Ross, MD, PhD

    Time to geek out a little bit this week because who doesn't love to talk about the brain!? Naomi sits down with Dr. Rachel Ross of Albert Einstein College of Medicine to chat about her latest publication in Physiology & Behavior that examines how a specific receptor in the prefrontal cortex--the very front part of our brain--influences food-related decision making. Dr. Ross shares the implications of her findings in the mouse model and how it could shape future research directions in stud...

    1h 4m

  6. 07/08/2023

    Eating, Activity, & the Impact of Weight-Related Problems: Dianne Neumark-Sztainer, PhD, MPH

    Naomi sits down with Dr. Dianne Neumark-Sztainer of the University of Minnesota to chat about how she became interested in weight-related problems among young people, and how this work culminated into her now thriving research lab, "Project EAT" (Eating and Activity over Time). Topics that emerge from the discussion include: yoga and mindfulness and its connection to eating disorder/disordered eating recovery, the role of family meals in the development of weight-related problems, and her boo...

    52 min

  7. 03/07/2023

    Why Do We Overlook Disabilities in Eating Disorder Research?: Ruth Knight, PhD

    Naomi sits down with Dr. Ruth Knight of York St. John University to explore why we often forget to talk about disability when it comes to eating disorder/disordered eating research. As we strive to be more inclusive and representative in our research, are we making the effort to ask individuals with lived experience what they are going through and adjust research instruments/methodologies accordingly? Additionally, Dr. Knight shares her new paper in Journal of Eating Disorders that seeks to u...

    53 min

  8. 19/06/2023

    A Rant About Our Healthcare System

    Naomi lets it rip about her views on the healthcare workforce and their treatment of eating disorders/mental conditions after her recent experience at the doctor. The lack of insurance coverage for mental conditions (and especially eating disorders) and the nonstop news about Ozempic/Wegovy were also thrown in the rant for good measure. If you have faced discriminstration at the doctor given your mental condition, or have been denied coverage for your eating disorder treatment, I want to...

    43 min
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About

A podcast that explores all things related to negative self-image, body insecurities, and mental health. The host, Naomi Charalambakis Wilkerson, PhD, discusses how we can find freedom again in a world full of triggers and unattainable standards of beauty. As a neuroscientist working in policy, she explores both her personal journey with anorexia nervosa as well as the science and policy implications of mental health disorders.

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  • Creator
    Naomi Charalambakis Wilkerson
  • Years Active
    2021 - 2023
  • Episodes
    53
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © 2023 Picture Blurrfect
  • Show Website
    Picture Blurrfect

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