The Hunger Trap Podcast Diana and Lisa

Lisa and Diana have an announcement about The Hunger Trap Podcast.

Vincenza opens up to Diana and Lisa about how her lifelong body struggles and disordered eating were influenced by her breast cancer diagnosis at age 36. (Note: The terms “obesity” and “overweight” appear in this episode.)

Equestrian Lisa Whalen, author of Stable Weight: A Memoir of Hunger, Horses, and Hope, chats with Diana and Lisa about how her spiritual connection with horses helped her seek balance in life and overcome an eating disorder.  

Michelle was a professional dancer in training with a secret: she suffered from an eating disorder that consumed her life and robbed her of her love of dance. Michelle opens up to Diana and Lisa about the prevalence of eating disorders in the dance world and how shifting from dance to yoga helped her heal and accept her body. 

Despite appearing in numerous theater productions and boasting the voice of an angel, Olivia was once fired from an acting job for gaining eight pounds. In this episode, Diana and Lisa chat with the actor about the intense pressures that performers face to conform to rigid body standards, as well as how she manages to not let these expectations or rejection shake her self worth. 

Lisa and Diana catch up with former podcast guest Dr. Jessica Mudry to talk about how a study abroad session in France, quasi-sibling competition over the “ideal” body, and French beach culture and food sparked a lifelong struggle with an eating disorder.