Butterfly: Let's Talk
Butterfly: Let's Talk
This is Let's Talk Body Image and Eating Disorders from the Butterfly Foundation, your national voice for all people affected, now hosted by Dr Beth Shelton, a counselling psychologist with 30 years supporting people with lived experience and their loved ones, while also shaping services, training clinicians, and bringing her signature wisdom and warmth to many national leadership roles.Social links:
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It's not about the body: the hidden story behind your body image
Meet our new host, Beth Shelton, a counselling psychologist with thirty years of experience working with people affected by eating disorders, including their loved ones. In addition to her own practice, Beth has shaped services, trained clinicians, and held national leadership roles across the sect…
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Problematic relationship with your body and food? Here's what to do.
In this episode Yvie is joined by Natalie Spicer, Butterfly's Head of Clinical Services, to talk through taking the all-important first steps toward recovery from an eating disorder. If you or a loved one are struggling with eating, exercise, or body image and don't know where to begin — this one'…
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The medicine and the message: Unpacking the chatter around GLP-1s
On this week’s episode of Let's Talk In this episode, we're talking about GLP-1 medications, the drugs originally developed for diabetes that are now used more widely for weight loss. We've all seen how these medications have been changing bodies, but they're also raising some questions: What abou…
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Why it's time to stop blaming our bodies: How weight stigma harms us
In this episode of Let’s Talk we’re diving into the mind-blowing world of weight stigma with two very authentic and vocal fat activists. You may also laugh out loud and decide you want these women as your new best friends. Demi Lynch is a researcher and journalist from Kaleidoscope News. April He…
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Preparing your teen for life after the social media ban
On this week’s episode of Let's Talk we're diving into a topic that will impact young people and any adults who love, work with, or educate them: We're talking about the incoming social media age restrictions, otherwise known as "the social media ban". There's been a lot of discussion and even con…
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When recovery isn’t linear: Hope for your longstanding eating disorder
In this episode of Let’s Talk we are diving into the realities of living with, and managing, a longstanding eating disorder. So many of us live in that space between acute illness and full recovery, we wanted to know what that means for our lives. Yvie is joined by Mallary Tenore Tarpley, author …
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Can't Sleep? It may be impacting your mental health
This episode of Let’s Talk dives into one of the most important parts of mental health and wellbeing: sleep. Yvie is joined by Dr Sumedha Verma, a sleep psychologist dedicated to helping people understand and improve their sleep in holistic, person-centred ways. Sleep problems affect around two-t…
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Discover how art therapy can support recovery from an eating disorder
This episode of Let’s Talk explores how art therapy can be a powerful recovery tool for people with eating disorders. Yvie speaks with clinician Serena Hill about the healing potential of this approach, including how creative expression can provide a safe space to explore emotions and support menta…
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Matildas star Katrina Gorry shares her tips on being kind to your body
In this heartfelt episode of Let's Talk, Yvie Jones is joined by Matildas star and Butterfly Foundation ambassador Katrina Gorry, who opens up about her personal journey with developing an eating disorder, and how she learned to treat her body with compassion, care and respect, even when it felt ha…
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How disability can impact one's body image - and what you can do
In this episode of Let's Talk, Yvie Jones explores an often-overlooked topic: the experience of body image in people living with disabilities. To help us understand, Yvie is joined by Juliette McAleer, a writer, researcher and disability advocate from regional Queensland. Juliette shares how she …
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