188 A Google Search Gave Her an Eating Disorder

About this episode

In this episode, Lauren Ganim shares her journey from an innocent Google search to battling an eating disorder, discussing the impact of diet culture and the importance of understanding one's relationship with food and body image.

What’s up you Beautiful Beasts! Welcome back to the show! In this episode, Lauren Ganim and I dig into how one innocent Google search about becoming a faster runner turned into years of battling food, body image, and herself. We talk about how diet culture sneaks in through sports, social media, wellness advice, family messaging, and all those “you’re doing it wrong” internet rules that make people question their own bodies. Lauren breaks down why restriction is often the real driver behind bingeing, why more discipline is not always the answer, and why information alone does not heal the deeper patterns underneath food struggles. We also explore the idea that healing is not about loving only the shiny, easy parts of yourself. It is about getting curious about the parts you’ve judged, ignored, or tried to get rid of, because those parts usually have something important to say. If you’ve ever felt overwhelmed by conflicting health advice or wondered why your body feels like something to fight instead of something to listen to, this conversation is for you. As always, I hope something lands with you today. I hope something you hear tugs at your heart strings and/or I hope you…

People in this episode

Host: Kaitie Entrikin

Guest: Lauren Ganim

Topics covered

• eating disorders
• diet culture
• body image
• mental health
• healing
• food struggles

Keywords

• eating disorder
• diet culture
• body image
• food struggles
• healing
• mental health
• restriction
• bingeing

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