Boys, their bodies, and the body image gateway to the manosphere

We often talk about the “manosphere” as a place for extreme politics, or as a problem with social media influencers. Associate Professor Scott Griffiths studies a key aspect that gets missed. For many boys and young men, the way into toxic online content is their concerns about their own body and a…

Is exercise helping or harming your recovery from an eating disorder?

For decades, the standard response to exercise in eating disorder treatment was simple. Stop. There were reasons for that. Exercise can be a genuine medical risk when someone's body is already compromised. It can also reinforce an eating disorder, becoming rigid, compulsive, or a way to compensate…

The Wellness Trap: How 'healthy' content harms users at risk for eating disorders

Wellness culture promises optimum health. New research suggests it might be hiding a bigger risk: disordered eating.   Beth Shelton sits down with researcher Ruby Kagan to unpack why. We're used to thinking that visuals of thin bodies online drive the risk of eating disorders. Kagan's research po…

Dr Susan Simpson on schema therapy and her new self-help book for recovery.

Evidence-based treatment for eating disorders rightly focuses on restoring health and changing eating disorder behaviours. But what if those behaviours are also protecting something much deeper? What if lasting recovery starts not with asking "What's wrong with me?" but "What happened to me?" In …

Should a therapist reveal they’ve experienced an eating disorder?

Therapists are often encouraged to bring empathy and authenticity into the therapy room, but what happens when that understanding comes from their own experience of an eating disorder? Should they disclose it to clients, or keep it private? And what does that decision mean for both therapist and cl…

From looksmaxxing to protein mania: the viral pressures on male health & wellbeing

Men's body image is having a moment in the cultural conversation, but beyond the clickbait, what's actually going on? Where's the line between caring about your body and falling into something that can take over your life? In this episode, Beth sits down with two guests who've seen it firsthand. M…

Eating disorder and neurodivergence: What one carer learned that made all the difference

Neurodivergence,  ADHD, autism, dyslexia, sensory processing differences, is far more common in eating disorder presentations than most people realise. When it goes unrecognised, traditional treatment often fails. Families struggle under the weight of behaviours they don't understand. And the indiv…

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…

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'…

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…