IFS and Embodying Change: Navigating Disordered Eating and Body Image with Marcella Cox

On today's episode I chat with one of the Altogther Us authors, Marcella Cox.

Marcella Cox, LMFT, Certified IFS Therapist and Approved Clinical Consultant, Somatic IFS Therapist, Certified Body Trust Provider, Certified Eating Disorder Specialist - Supervisor specializes in treating disordered eating, body shame, and trauma.

Marcella contributed the chapter on IFS and Disordered Eating in Altogether Us: Integrating the IFS Model with Key Modalities, Communities, and Trends (2023). She offers professional supervision and consultation, as well as workshops and retreats to support those healing from disordered eating and body shame.

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We talk about: (approximate time stamps for navigation)

• Window intro and Tammy's Big Birthday (00:55)
• Messages about "Good bodies" and New Years (07:00)
• Weight Bias and stigma, Diet culture, body image (11:00)
• "Health" and body focus (16:45)
• Family Burdens and how to have more CHOICE over how our parts protect us (23:00)
• Restored embodiment, biological responses to restriction, gratitude for body (26:00)
• Intuitive eating AND befriending and unburdening parts (35:00)
• Body comments are harmful (39:20)
• All of the closing things (43:00)

Marcella says, "What if you did not make your body a problem to be fixed."

Here is all the things you need to know!

• Kindful Body - www.kindfulbody.com
• IFS Telehealth Collective - www.ifstherapyonline.com
• Tri-State Eating Disorder Conference, Evansville, IN, April 12-13, 2024 - https://tri-state-eating-disorder.ce-go.com/tristate-eating-disorder-conference-2024
• Somatic IFS Retreat in Red Mountain Resort, Utah, May 15-19, 2024 - https://www.kindfulbody.com/somatic-ifs-retreat
• Retreat in Malta, March 2025 - https://www.souliology.com/
• IFS for Eating and Body Issues Google Group - is a group for practitioners (therapists, RDs, MDs, coaches, etc.) who help clients heal from food, eating and body issues using IFS Therapy. This listserv is a community to connect, collaborate, and share resources/referrals.

To join is a 2 part process:

1) Fill out the following form: https://forms.gle/jitVEGLDyoBbk16E8

2) After completing the form, request to join the group: https://groups.google.com/g/ifs-for-eating-and-body-issues

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Tammy is grateful for Jack Reardon who created music for the podcast. Jack is a graduate of Derek Scott’s IFS Stepping Stones Program. You can follow Jack at bonzemusic on Instagram.