Building Resilience and Body Freedom with Dr. Marcella Raimondo

Elena Apalkova welcomes Dr. Marcella Raimondo to discuss her journey through anorexia and its broader impact. They explore overcoming harmful beliefs and cultural influences, highlighting the importance of emotional eating and identifying core needs. Dr. Raimondo shares insights on achieving body freedom and self-respect, advocating for societal changes in body image perception. The conversation highlights martial arts as a resilience-building tool and rebuilding a healthy self-relationship and body image. The episode concludes with closing remarks and information on where to find Dr. Marcella Raimondo. (0:00) Introduction and background with guest Marcela Raimondo (3:15) Turning point and broader impact of anorexia (8:55) Overcoming harmful beliefs and cultural influences (16:26) Emotional eating and establishing core needs (21:32) Achieving body freedom and self-respect (28:45) Advocating for societal changes in body image perception (31:26) Martial arts as a tool for building resilience (33:44) Rebuilding a healthy self-relationship and body image (36:54) Closing remarks and where to find Dr. Marcella Raimondo