The Diet Culture We Grew Up In And How to Finally Let It Go
Over 50 & Flourishing with Dominique Sachse
Dear Media
4.8 • 864 Ratings
🗓️ 16 March 2026
⏱️ 66 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of Over 50 and Flourishing, I sit down with Erin Washington for a conversation about diet culture, perfectionism, and identity.
Erin Washington is a former Division I soccer player whose identity was rooted in athletics from the age of four. After her college career ended abruptly, she spent twenty years battling body image struggles and hiding a painful secret before ultimately committing to healing and sharing her story in her book From Pain to Purpose.
We talk about the pressure to achieve, the connection between being the “good girl” or oldest daughter and perfectionism, and how so many high-performing women quietly tied their worth to their bodies. We also explore listening to your hunger cues after years of restriction, the role of stress and cortisol in midlife, modeling confidence for our daughters, navigating divorce after finding purpose later in life, and why growth can sometimes change a marriage.
If you or anyone you know is struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating, you’re not alone. Visit findedhelp.com or call ANAD’s free helpline at 888-375-7767 for more information.
For more on Erin, follow her on:
- Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/iamerinwashington/?hl=en
- Read her book, From Pain to Purpose: https://a.co/d/0dkYKYcD
- Listen to her podcast, thERINpy: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/therinpy-with-erin-washington/id1530232466
- Blue Butterflies Foundation: https://thebluebutterflies.org/
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Keep in Touch:
- Website: https://dominiquesachse.tv/
- Book: https://dominiquesachse.tv/book/
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- YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@dominiquesachsetv
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| 0:00.0 | The following podcast is a Dear Media production. |
| 0:15.7 | Today's guest is somebody's story who will truly stay with you. |
| 0:19.5 | Her name is Erin Washington. |
| 0:21.3 | I bet you've heard of her. She is a single mom of two, a top 1% podcast host, author and nonprofit founder, |
| 0:28.1 | who transformed decades of struggling with body image and self-worth into a life purpose and a |
| 0:34.5 | life of actual healing. After battling anorexia, bulimia, and incredible self-doubt for over 20 |
| 0:41.8 | years, Erin didn't just heal. She created a movement. Through her podcast, which is very creatively |
| 0:48.0 | called Theron P to her book, from Pain to Purpose and her Blue Butterfly Foundation for Teen |
| 0:53.6 | Girls, she's helping women and |
| 0:55.7 | young girls finally see their real value and it has nothing to do with body size. This conversation |
| 1:02.1 | is about resilience. It's about raising confident children, finding your purpose, and learning |
| 1:07.4 | to love yourself at every stage of your life. |
| 1:17.7 | Welcome, Erin, to today's episode. |
| 1:20.1 | As we were just joking before the recording, |
| 1:24.0 | you are under 50 and flourishing and proud of it, as you should be. |
| 1:25.3 | I didn't want to be a cheater. |
| 1:27.1 | I want to put all my cards on the table. |
| 1:28.3 | I am 44 and flourishing. Well, I think that's wonderful. You know, if you can get a head start, I'm all about |
| 1:33.1 | that, right? First of all, I'm so glad you're here. I'm so, so glad you're here to have this |
| 1:39.0 | conversation. You've been incredibly open, honest, vulnerable about your journey. And I think that when anybody |
| 1:47.8 | feels that kind of calling, it's a calling not to just say, look at me and what I went through, |
| 1:53.7 | but it's a calling to be able to say to others, you're not alone, you haven't gone through |
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