35 episodes
IMPOWERED: ED & MH Recovery Imogen Barnes
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4.3 • 24 Ratings
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Hosted by Imogen Barnes, an inspired mental health advocate and founder of im_powering, this “power pod” celebrates authenticity, demolishes limiting belief systems, inspires growth and transforms pain into power. Every week, IMPOWERED, featuring spectacular interviewees, will deliver inspirational discussions that motivate, educate, empower healing, dismantle patriarchal standards and provoke change. Listen in to learn how to navigate emotions and experiences and identify how to integrate your values into your behaviours and goals.
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Christmas In Recovery w/ Sophie Smith
This special episode of IMPOWERED welcomes back the wonderful Sophie Smith to discuss navigating Christmas in recovery from an eating disorder. Tune in on how to cope with guilt after meals, body image, diet-culture chat around the dinner table, and challenging eating disorder behaviours during the festive season.
// Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED
Connect with Sophie!
Sophie's Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/sophie_beyondrecovery/
Coaching:
https://www.uncovery.com.au/contact
Sophie's Twitter:
https://twitter.com/sophieclare1103?lang=en
Connect with Imogen:
Podcast Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en
IM_POWERING:
https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en
Support Services:
• Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14
• Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636
• The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au
• Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800
• Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au
• National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au
• Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au
• General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/
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Understanding Eating Disorders, Human Biology, & Quasi Recovery w/ Dr Caz Baumber
This episode brings you the PHENOMENAL Caz Baumber, an eating disorder and mental health conqueror, advocate, coach, and Doctor residing in the UK. Caz is making monumental movements in eating disorder awareness and treatment spaces, in person and online. Her knowledge, lived experience, and passion is driving change from both patient and provider perspectives. In our discussion, we talk to topics including Caz’s personal recovery journey, quasi recovery, the role of social media on the healing process, the impact of disordered eating behaviours in the context of human biology, and practical tips to cope with weight changes. If you’d like to get in contact with Caz at all, or even enquire into her coaching availability, you’ll be able to find links to her whereabouts in the show notes below. What an incredible human she is.
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Connect with Caz
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/caz.ually/?hl=en
Coaching & More:
https://linktr.ee/caz.ually
Connect with Imogen:
Podcast Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en
IM_POWERING:
https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en
Support Services:
• Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14
• Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636
• The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au
• Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800
• Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au
• National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au
• Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au
• General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/
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Turning Pain Into Power w/ Cami Nelsen
In this empowering conversation, I chat to Cami Nelsen, an eating disorder survivor, advocate, and CEO of The Recovered Project.
We take a deep dive into the differences in seeking treatment and barriers associated with doing so between Australia and the USA. We chat about varying ways in which the treatment system fails people living with eating disorders, Cami’s personal journey to recovery, lessons learned on the road to healing, her role as an advocate, and SOOOO much more 3
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// Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED
Connect with Cami:
Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/camirecoversss/?hl=en
Spilling Lemonade Podcast:
https://spilling-lemonade.captivate.fm
Connect with me:
Podcast Instagram:
https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en
IM_POWERING:
https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en
Support Services:
• Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14
• Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636
• The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au
• Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800
• Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au
• National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au
• Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au
• General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/
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Bulimia Recovery: The Reality W/ Emily Samama
In this episode, Emily shares her experience with Bulimia and navigating a treatment world that reflects a complete misunderstanding as to the honest nature of her suffering. She details the ins and outs of her experience and offers the lesser spoken perspective of someone who’s eating disorder is not food or body centric. Emily is insightful, inspiring, and speaks words the world needs to hear.
// Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED
Connect with Emily:
https://www.instagram.com/emilysamama/?hl=en
Connect with me:
Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en
IM_POWERING: https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en
Support Services:
• Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14
• Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636
• The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au
• Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800
• Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au
• National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au
• Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au
• General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/
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What It's Actually Like To Live With An Eating Disorder
When you look back upon the time you spent living with an eating disorder, do you tend to see it through rose tainted glasses? You won’t for long.
In this weeks episode, I read aloud YOUR description of what it’s like to live with an Eating Disorder and reveal how truly miserable it is to sustain such an illness.
// Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED
Connect with me:
Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en
IM_POWERING: https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en
Support Services:
• Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14
• Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636
• The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au
• Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800
• Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au
• National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au
• Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au
• General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/
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Reframing Weight Gain, Intuitive Movement & Body Comments | Q&A Part 2
Questions about my eating disorder recovery: you asked, I answered.
In this episode:
A life ramble
My relationship with exercise and how I’ve embraced an intuitive relationship with movement
How to cope with body changes
Reframing weight gain
Reasons to embrace weight restoration
Giving yourself permission to eat alone
Dealing with people commenting on your body
This is a happy, filter free ramble that I hope finds your ears 3
// Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED
Connect with me:
Podcast Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/impowered_pod/?hl=en
IM_POWERING: https://www.instagram.com/im_powering/?hl=en
Support Services:
Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14
Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636
The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au
Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800
Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au
National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au
Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au
General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/
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Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/imogen-barnes/message
Customer Reviews
Very informative inspiring a pleasure to listen to
Thank you for sharing what’s been a difficult journey for you so you can help others. That is the true core of your being you are a special soul and the world appreciates you and all that you do!
Thank you
Love this podcast for a true real and raw look at mental health, specifically OCD and AN, but in the least triggering way ever. So refreshing and so needed. Thanks Imogen.
I feel so seen
This podcast is everything. It’s the least triggering, most empowering and informative show I’ve heard. I’m so grateful.