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[Recover Strong] SMASHING stigmas and finding the "you" outside of your eating disorder with Cara Lisette

Love & Learn

Jessica Flint

Education, Self-improvement

4.8 • 580 Ratings

🗓️ 4 March 2024

⏱️ 40 minutes

🔗️ Recording | iTunes | RSS

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Summary

Who are you without an eating disorder?

Today's guest is fellow recovery warrior, mental health nurse, and best-selling author Cara Lisette. Over the years she’s candidly and vulnerably shared her journey of recovering from an eating disorder and bipolar disorder through social media and her blog Cara’s Corner.

Cara is passionate about recovery, and breaking down the stigmas around eating disorders and all mental health struggles, while emphasizing the importance of finding who you are outside of your diagnosis, and knowing that these struggles don’t define you.

Let's dive in as Cara joins host Andrea Wells to dig deeper into these topics, and discuss her work and her recovery journey, as she shares valuable insights to help set you on a stronger path in healing.


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Transcript

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0:00.0

Welcome to Recover Strong, a show that will transform your recovery from an eating disorder by helping you go from theory to practice to mastery.

0:08.4

I'm Jessica Flint, founder of Recovery Warriors, and you are listening to our podcast channel created specifically for you in all the stages and phases of recovery.

0:18.0

I want to celebrate you for carving out this special time to learn new skills,

0:22.7

tools, and get inspiration you need to recover strong. Let's get started.

0:28.5

Good morning, warriors. Time to start your day. Keep your head up marching on, don't another stand in your way.

0:44.8

Hello, Warrior. I'm your host, Andrea Wells. And just like you, I understand what it's like to live with an eating disorder and be held back by body-image struggles.

0:55.2

The recovery journey is ongoing, and we're all in it together as we learn to embrace

0:59.9

new behaviors and new thoughts day by day. Join me as I connect with eating disorder experts

1:05.7

and thought leaders to give you the tools, resources, and strategies you need to recover strong.

1:15.4

Today I'm joined by eating disorder survivor and advocate Kara Lissette.

1:20.0

Over the year, she has candidly and vulnerably shared her journey of recovering from an

1:23.9

eating disorder and bipolar disorder through social media and her blog,

1:28.0

Kara's Corner. And she's turned these struggles into purpose to become a mental health nurse,

1:33.1

therapist, and author of several mental health books, including the bestseller, the ED Recovery

1:39.0

Journal, and the upcoming, your guide to eating disorder recovery, how to get started and keep going from

1:45.0

someone who has been there. Kara is passionate about recovery and breaking down the stigma

1:49.9

around eating disorders and all mental health struggles while emphasizing the importance of

1:54.8

finding who you are outside of your diagnosis and knowing that these struggles do not define

1:59.5

you. I'm so excited for you to listen in as

2:02.1

Kara and I dive deeper into these topics and discuss her work and her recovery journey as she

2:07.0

shares some valuable insights to help set you on a stronger path in your healing. So welcome,

2:11.6

Kara. It's so nice to have you here. Thank you for having me. I love your pink hair.

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