The Empowerment of Judaism in Eating Disorder Recovery with Belinda Rich

In this week's episode, Han is joined by Belinda Rich. Belinda is a counsellor and psychotherapist, who is completing her master's research on Judaism and eating disorders. Belinda has struggled with eating disorders intermittently for over 30 years, including her most recent struggles with atypical anorexia and ARFID. Belinda joins us today to share her research and personal experience of the interplay between Judaism, eating disorders, and how to navigate Hannukah.

This week, we discuss:

• What is Hannukah, and what it means to Belinda to be Jewish?
• The perception and misconceptions of eating disorders within the Jewish community.
• Religious/cultural factors within the Jewish community that may influence someone’s relationship with their body/food?
• The impact Hannukah may have on someone who has an eating d ...