36. Harm Reduction in Eating Disorders with Gloria Lucas

In this episode, Gloria and Mimi talk about…

‣ the origins of harm reduction and how this framework translates to eating disorder care

‣ Address common pushback to harm reduction such as the idea that it is enabling the eating disorder or giving up on recovery

‣ Discuss how purity culture, white saviorism, and colonialism play a role in resistance to harm reduction and current treatment approaches . .

We will also cover…

‣ Why Gloria’s new motto is “i don’t care”

‣ Caring for yourself while doing work that serves others

‣ Eating disorder treatment in the BIPOC community 

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Notes:

‣ 13:31: For me, the narrative of “recovered” largely exists around individuals who recover into thin bodies and hold privileges of access to high quality treatment, believability surrounding diagnosis and family validation, etc. I also believe the term 'recovered' doesn’t create space for how eating disorders can help people cope with marginalized identities and access care due to proximity of body size to privilege. . .

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You can find Gloria at: IG: @nalgonapositivitypride Website: nalgonapositivitypride.com

And Mimi at: IG: @the.lovelybecoming Website: www.mimi-cole.com