Whether you’re And on the train, in the car, at work or cleaning the house podcasts are an excellent way to learn access and consume new information.
Given that 75% of people with an eating disorder don’t seek professional help, podcasts are an excellent way to be introduced to self-care and practical strategies for taking care of your well-being.
Just scan the 225 most popular mental health podcasts on Apple Podcasts and you’ll find shows covering autism, grief, narcissism, complex trauma, codependency, and binge eating.
And with over 2 million different podcasts available (April 2021) and more than 48 million individual episodes, it’s fair to say that we’re spoilt for choice.
Given their popularity, we’ve put together a list of our 10 favourite podcasts that cover eating disorders.
It is important to note, that a podcast should never take the place of proper diagnosis and treatment. We encourage all readers with an eating disorder to first seek help.
Table of Contents
1. ED Matters
ED Matters is excellent for covering wide-ranging topics related to eating disorders, including lived experiences, perspectives from health professionals, and familial impacts.
Each episode features a top expert in the field, bringing together new and unique insights into the field of eating disorders.
Its core aim is to have healthy conversations about eating disorders by providing evidence-based education that can be useful for those trying to recover, family and friends of affected individuals, clinicians, or anyone eager to learn more.
The short nature of these episodes (~20 mins) makes it highly suitable if you’re wanting to get a quick fix of educational material.
2. Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast – Janean Anderson
Hosted by psychologist Dr Janean Anderson, this podcast introduces listeners to highly pertinent topics related to eating disorders, including the psyche of those affected, what recovery looks like, and how eating disorders are continuously affected by cultural and social norms.
It presents a great mix of educational and practical information along with personal stories to provide listeners with a sense of connection and understanding. Described as having a warm and empathetic tone, the Eating Disorder Recovery podcast is especially useful for helping those on their quest for recovery.
3. Recovery Warrior Podcast
Dedicated towards the recovery journey, Recovery Warrior excels in its ability to feature distinguished professionals and patients who have had a long-standing history of eating disorders.
This podcast provides a sense of hope for those who, at times, feel disheartened by the recovery process.
By discussing success stories from the perspective of the patient, Recovery Warrior may be enough to give you bursts of motivation to continue on your journey towards a healthy life.
4. Food Psych
Taking a slightly different perspective, Food Psych, hosted by dietitian Christy Harrison, places a strong emphasis on fostering intuitive eating and positive body image, while at the same time challenges assumptions made by diet culture.
If you’re looking for ways to keep in touch with the inner workings of your work, show greater compassion towards yourself, and honour your biological signals, then Food Psych is worth a listen.
5. Brain Over Binge
Borne out of the popular self-help book, Brain Over Binge provides highly educative material around why some people resort to uncontrollable binge eating.
Hosted by Kathryn Hansen, this podcast provides a unique blend of personal and professional experience with eating disorders, providing practical, step-by-step resources for listeners struggling with binge eating.
6. Breaking Up With Binge Eating
From the creates of the coaching program ‘Breaking Up With Binge Eating’, this podcasts presents short, easy-to-digest, and practical episodes that draws from latest advancements in binge eating disorder treatment.
It’s a great podcast to help you better understand the principles and techniques that underpin widely used binge eating treatments, including Acceptance and Commitment Therapy, Cognitive Behavioural Therapy, and Supportive Counselling.
7. Butterfly: Let’s Talk
I’m a huge fan of the Butterfly Foundation, and I was very pleased to see that they’ve developed their own podcast.
If you’re wanting evidence-based content taken from the latest science, then this podcast is you. Its focus on eating disorder prevention and early intervention is particularly relevant for listeners who might be showing early warning signs of an eating disorder and who want some easy-to-implement self-help steps.
8. Behind the Binge
Hosted by Registered Dietitian Marissa Kai Miluk, this podcast provides nuanced discussions around recovery from eating disorders.
Its focus on educating listeners on how to challenge diet culture, coupled with in-depth discussion around how to implement a pattern of intuitive eating, makes it highly suitable for listeners for whom yo-yo dieting is at the core of binge eating.
Behind the Binge has a great balance between sharing practical tips to overcome binge eating and presenting personal recovery stories from guest speakers, while also keeping a casual and relatable tone.
9. The Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast – Tabitha Farrar
This podcast might be especially useful for those who are dealing with anorexia nervosa.
From someone who personally suffered with anorexia nervosa for 10 years, Tabitha Farrar clearly demonstrates a passion for helping others through their recovery from this deadly illness.
Not only does it offer practical tips to help support listeners through the recovery process, but its empathetic tone will be sure to make listeners feel heard, at ease, and not so alone.
10. InsideOut Institute
As a fellow Australian, I thought it’d be fitting to include the InsideOut Institute podcast, Australia’s national institute for research and clinical excellence in eating disorders.
Its clear focus on evidence, as well as its ability to discuss pertinent topics with distinguished researchers and clinicians, makes this a highly relevant podcast for those wanting to fine-tune their knowledge on eating disorders. Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa & Binge Eating Disorder are all regularly discussed.
I’d also recommend this podcast for other professionals wanting to upskill their management of patients presenting with eating disorders.
What’s Your Favorite Eating Disorder Podcast?
Did I miss any of your favourite eating disorder podcasts in 2021?
If so, comment below telling me:
Your choice for the #1 eating disorder podcast or podcast episode you think we should check out
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Why you loved it.
The Binge Eating Dietitian Podcast by Jo
Thanks for the recommendation, Amanda!
Promoting myself here but we’re a brand new podcast!! Food therapy 🙂
Fantastic! Thanks for the heads up, Lauren. Will have to check it out.
I really enjoy the binge eating dietitian podcast! She’s super knowledgable and relatable (having recovered from b.e.d herself). She has over 50 episodes all related to b.e.d and her episodes are only about 15 mins long which I really like!
Thanks heaps for the recommendation Vanessa!!
I got so much out of out of End Eating Disorders with Millie Thomas. Looking forward to checking out these recommendations.
Thanks so much for the recommendation!! Haven’t come across this one, but I will be sure to check it out.
Harriet Frew The Esting Disorder Therapist.
She is knowledgeable, up to date, warm and friendly . Also works in the NHS. Really great podcasts
Thank you!! Yes, I’m well aware of Harriet – I will need to take the time to listen to her episodes. Thanks for the suggestion!
Hello Jake, I’m also promoting myself here but not for me, for others who need to hear my message. I have a podcast “Break free from binge eating with Victoria Kleinsman” Having suffered from anorexia, bulimia and binge eating disorder myself and became certified in this, I share my knowledge and help from experience as well as my research and training.
Thanks Victoria! Excellent to hear about your podcast. I’ll have to check it out asap!
I was going to nominate Victoria’s podcast!! She takes a completely unique and personal approach to helping folks in recovery get the courage to love their bodies. Highly recommend checking out her episodes!
End eating disorders podcast hosted by Millie Thomas is my personal favorite. She struggled with anorexia go 20 years and she is now an eating disorders couch .the main goal of this podcast is to saw to the listener that THERE IS HOPE . through the art of storytelling Millie and her guests share their unique personal stories on how they were finally able to combat their EDs and that they are leaving, breathing proof that RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE and If you have hope there is nothing that can stop you from recovering
Thanks for the heads up Asimina! Much appreciated. Hope others can see this and take a listen.
Hi Jake–I co-host a podcast, Eating Disorders: Navigating Recovery, with a licensed social worker. We both have lived experience (I dealt with restriction and compulsive exercise; Francis dealt with binge eating and restriction), and we interview people with lived experience who have found recovery as well as professionals within the field who can share their expertise and insights. We’ve started developing a really wonderful community of listeners and love having the opportunity to regularly engage in thoughtful and hopeful conversations.
Excellent – thanks for sharing Catherine. I hope others get to see this and join your growing community.
Cannot recommend Maintenance Phase highly enough! It’s not specifically focussed on targeted therapy, but has more of a supplementary (but hugely important) role in terms of breaking down diet culture indoctrination based on well critiqued science. The premise is to break down anti-fat bias by understanding it and looking at it through a critical lens and it does so impeccably. Sidebar/ it’s also very funny 🙂 It has been a life changer for everyone I know who listens!
Excellent – thanks for the recommendation! Always a plus when you get to have a laugh. Hope people get to see this!
I love maintenance phase! It’s helping so much with my recovery!
Underground Confidence Podcast. I’m fairly new too! Lately have started headlining the Feedspot digest.
I’m a psychotherapist, talking about the mental health & deeper emotional side of eating.
Thanks for all that you do ❤️
Fantastic Shelley – thanks for the recommendation!
Recovery Bites Podcast!
I love hearing recovery stories from professionals with lived experience and Karin is such an amazing host.
Take the Cake by Kate Noel is very helpful too. Her most recent episode (August 2023) was on the harsh realities of recovery and I found it extremely helpful.