IBS, Eating Disorders, and the Athlete’s Nervous System: The MindBody Connection with Kamila

The Cure for Chronic Pain with Nicole Sachs, LCSW

Nicole Sachs, LCSW

Alternative Health, Spirituality, Religion & Spirituality, Health & Fitness

4.9 • 2.8K Ratings

🗓️ 6 March 2026

⏱️ 58 minutes

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Learn how to JournalSpeak ➡️ ⁠LEARN HOW:⁠ https://www.yourbreakawake.com/journalspeak⁠ In this episode, I welcome Kamila Tan back to the podcast for a conversation that grew out of a moment at the end of her first appearance. As we were wrapping up that episode, we briefly touched on the intersection between athletics and eating disorders. Kamila shared about her experience struggling with disordered eating while competing in beach volleyball, and I spoke about what I’ve observed in my daughter’s dance communities, where the pressure around body image and performance can be intense. It was clear there was a much bigger conversation waiting to happen, so I invited her back so we could explore this important topic more deeply. Together we talk about the often-overlooked connection between eating disorders, digestive issues like IBS, and mindbody/TMS symptoms. Kamila shares openly about her TMS recovery journey and the ways patterns around control, perfectionism, and safety can become entangled with both physical symptoms and our relationship with food. We explore how the nervous system responds to the pressures of athletic culture and high-performance environments, and what it can look like to begin unwinding those patterns on the path to healing. SO much here to dig into! Join us XOOX n. Want your questions answered directly by Nicole? 💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://tinyurl.com/y7wadt8d⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠1:1 COACHING WITH TRAINED COACHES SUPERVISED DIRECTLY BY NICOLE⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠PLEASE RATE AND REVIEW THE PODCAST HERE TO HELP OTHERS FIND IT!⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Producer: Lisa Eisenpresser ~~~~~ SUPPORT: 🟠 Struggling with chronic pain? Check out my Freedom From Chronic Pain course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/painfree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🟠 Anxiety controlling your life? Try my Freedom From an Anxious Life course GET THE FIRST LESSON FREE: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.yourbreakawake.com/anxietyfree⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 🧠 Learn more about the brain science and clinical experiences in my book MIND YOUR BODY: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.yourbreakawake.com/book ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 💛 Receive support, guidance, connection, and direct access to Nicole with MEMBERSHIP: https://www.yourbreakawake.com/membership⁠ ~~~~ THE CURE FOR CHRONIC PAIN JOIN THE CONVERSATION ON INSTAGRAM 👉 https://www.instagram.com/nicolesachslcsw⁠ SUBSCRIBE TO THE PODCAST ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 https://podfollow.com/the-cure-for-chronic-pain-with-nicole-sachs-lcsw⁠ LEARN ABOUT ANNUAL OMEGA RETREAT ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ 👉 https://www.yourbreakawake.com/work-with-nicole Podcast music by the beautiful and talented Danielle Furst: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠@musicfurst⁠ ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:32.1	Welcome to the Cure for Chronic Pain podcast with me, Nicole Sacks. You are here. Hello, hello, what's up?
0:46.0	This is Nicole, and you've reached my podcast, The Cure for Chronic Pain. Welcome to it. So glad to be here
0:52.3	with you guys today. Today's conversation is one I've been really looking
0:56.8	forward to because it grew organically out of a moment at the very end of a previous episode.
1:03.7	My guest today is Camilla Tan, who you may remember because she's been on the podcast before.
1:09.1	We were talking about her success story. We were talking about
1:12.5	the grief over the death of her brother and being diagnosed with functional neurological
1:18.3	disease and, you know, spoiler, she is totally well. But one thing that happened at the end of
1:24.6	the conversation is we briefly touched on something that
1:27.8	stopped us both in our tracks.
1:30.0	The intersection between athletics and eating disorders, which it doesn't take much creativity
1:35.3	to realize how obvious that intersection would be.
1:39.2	Camilla shared a bit about her experience at that point that she had struggled with an
1:43.1	eating disorder while competing in beach volleyball, in which she is a professional competitor. And we talked about some
1:50.3	the things I've observed myself in my daughter's dance communities and in other athletic groups
1:55.2	of my friends' kids, where the pressure around body image and performance can be so intense.
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