Do No Harm, Take No Sh*t with Hannah Chase, MS, LPC Recovery Bites

In this episode, I am joined by Hannah Chase, MS, LPC, and Be Body Positive Licensed Facilitator. Hannah is a clinician with over two decades of personal experience with eating disorders and mental health. Hannah has conquered several obstacles in her life from sexual assault, domestic violence, family loss, to surviving and recovering from an eating disorder. Recently licensed, Hannah works for a PHP/IOP program for eating disorders located in Wisconsin. Her motivation rests on her personal journey, the treatment soul sisters that she has gained, and by continuing to educate and help those suffering in memory of her treatment peers and friends that she has lost to mental health, addiction and suicide.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:
• Genuine connection as a catalyst for authenticity.
• Breaking down the messages we have received from the medical community, family, and the media.
• The harm of using Body Mass Index (BMI) as a tool for diagnosing eating disorders.
• The importance of being an educated consumer of social media.
• How eating disorders serve as a protective mechanism for underlying trauma.
• The long-term health consequences of an eating disorder, even after recovery.
• The paradigm of health insurance dictating treatment length based on anecdotal, antiquated, and harmful practices.
• Freeing oneself from the confines of comparison, people-pleasing, fears of rejection, and other underlying barriers to authenticity.