A Look at Eating Disorders, Body Image and Diet Culture: An Interview with Rachelle Heinemann

The Mental Health and Wealth Show

Eating disorders are psychological conditions and affect all kinds of people but are commonly diagnosed in women. Find out how someone may get into this disordered state and its connection to money and mental health as I chat with Rachelle Heinemann. Rachelle is a licensed mental health counselor and trained as a psychoanalytic psychotherapist. She talks about diet culture, eating disorders, and the effects on mental health, and how to seek help and improve your relationship with food and money.

“We are so much deeper than what meets the eye and it's such a shame to keep focusing on what we look like.” - Rachelle Heinemann

Timestamps

2:22 - List of similarities between the way people are managing their food and money

3:59 - How people get into disordered eating

6:21 - Eating disorders and how it’s manifested

8:33 - What is diet culture, why it’s pervasive, and how it creates problems for people

13:13 - Common mental health and relationship issues associated with eating disorders

16:21 - The first steps to getting help if you’re suffering from an eating disorder

19:00 - When you need to seek help for eating disorders

20:12 - The different factors that cause eating disorders

22:15 - Empowering women to love their body and combat disordered eating

26:29 - What to do to eliminate the triggering effects from social media

27:50 - How to improve our relationship with food and money

Resources

• The Lola Retreat
• Study Finds TV Alters Fiji Girls' View of Body
• Melissa Burton
• National Eating Disorders Association
• Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness
• Open Path Collective

Connect with Rachelle

• Rachelle's website
• Instagram

Connect with Melanie

• mentalhealthandwealth.com
• melanielockert.com
• Instagram
• Contact: [email protected]

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