Health

Skills and coping strategies only go so far when the trauma underneath hasn’t been addressed. In this conversation, licensed clinical social worker Jennifer explains how trauma shows up in our relationship with food and our bodies, what ketamine-assisted therapy and EMDR actually involve, and how trauma-informed yoga and a simple five-minute body scan can help rebuild trust with yourself.

What if your struggles with food and your body aren’t really about food or your body? Trauma and eating disorder therapist Jennifer Lancaster joins Katy to explore how trauma, chronic dieting, and the nervous system keep you stuck, even when you know all the “right” recovery skills. Learn why emotions surface when you stop using food to cope, how EMDR and ketamine-assisted therapy can help, and where to start feeling safer in your body today.

You don’t have to love your body to treat it with kindness and respect. Learn what body respect looks like on the days when you don’t like your weight or body image, and how to respond without falling back into diet culture.