In episode 266 of The Just Checking In Podcast we checked back in with two of our favourite guests, Danny Bowman and George Mycock.
Danny and George both work in the mental health space around eating disorders, specifically Body Dysmorphic Disorder (BDD).
Danny has come on twice, in JCIP #70 and JCIP #209 respectively. He is currently in the final stages of completing a PHD at the University of Liverpool.
He also previously stood as the Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Liverpool Garston in the 2024 General Election, is the Head of Communications at The Conservative Mental Health Group and a Fellow at The Royal Society of Arts.
George is the Founder of MyoMinds, a platform which aims to bring awareness of a form of BDD called Muscle Dysmorphia (MD), demystify mental health for exercisers and athletes and to create an understanding future for the exercising community.
He is also currently studying for a PHD at the University of Worcester, study muscularity oriented psychosocial issues in men.
We wanted to get them both back on to have a different type of episode and one which we hope can be a blueprint for how to address an ED, treat it and recover from it.
We also sprinkle in some ideas about how we can improve the conversation and the system to support those living with EDs.
We will navigate this episode through three stages of an eating disorder: what it is and what it looks like, the treatment path and the recovery stage.
There are not enough positive recovery stories out there and Danny and George are shining lights in how one can navigate these stages and help others at the end of it.
As always, #itsokaytovent
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