You Are Sick Enough w/ Dr Jennifer Gaudiani

In this episode, I had the true joy of speaking with Dr Gennifer Gaudiani, or doctor G. For those who might not know, Dr G offers expert medical care for eating disorders and is deeply passionate about supporting adolescents and adults who have a complicated relationship with food and their body. Dr G founded the Gaudiani Clinic in 2016, which offers unique, expert outpatient eating disorder treatment for disordered eating of all shapes and sizes. On top of this groundbreaking work, Dr G is the renowed author of SICK ENOUGH, a guide to the medical complications of eating disorders, which provides patients, families and treatment providers with easy to understand information on medical issues involved in an eating disorder.

Dr G is a wealth of information and is truly revolutionising the treatment of eating disorders. 

In this episode:

• Dr G's personal experience with an eating disorder
• The medical complications involved in an eating disorder
• How the treatment system fails patients
• Anorexia is anorexia 
• What it means to biologically respond to a perceived famine
• Advocating for the treatment you deserve 
• The flaws in societal beauty standards
• How and why you are sick enough (regardless of how you eating disorder physically manifests)
• The misconceptions and stereotypes surrounding disordered eating
• Consensual treatment
• The irrelevance of the BMI scale 
• And so much more!

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Plug in and prepare to be IMPOWERED

Connect with Dr G:

Dr G: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gaudianimd?original_referer=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.gaudianiclinic.com

The Gaudiani Clinic: https://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=dr+gennifer+gaudiani&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8

Sick Enough: https://www.sickenough.com

Gaudiani Clinic Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gaudianiclinic/

Support Services:

• Lifeline Australia: Call 13 11 14

• Beyond Blue Support Service: Call 1300 22 4636

• The butterfly foundation: Call 1800 HOPE (1800 33 4673) https://butterfly.org.au

• Kids helpline: Call 1800 55 1800

• Eating disorders Victoria: 1300 550 236 https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au

• National Eating Disorders Collaboration: https://nedc.com.au

• Eating Disorders Queensland: https://eatingdisordersqueensland.org.au

• General Mental Health Support Services (Helplines/Hotlines): https://www.mentalhealthhelp.com.au/service-directory/helplines/

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