The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast
The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast

The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast

Robyn Goldberg

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Since 2007 Nutrition Therapist Robyn Goldberg has been on the front lines of helping people heal their relationships with food, movement, medical conditions and their bodies. The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast creates an expansive support and resource system for people struggling with eating disorders. Bringing to the table her experience as an IAEDP certified eating disorder registered dietitian/supervisor and certified intuitive eating counselor, Robyn Goldberg thoughtfully interviews a variety of guests who provide their wisdom to help patients, clinicians and their families move closer towards recovery. The Eating Disorder Trap Podcast blends the compassionate care offerings from Goldberg's Beverly Hills-based personal practice with concepts from her new book "The Eating Disorder Trap: A Guide for Clinicians and Loved Ones". It offers a safe space for people to hear topics that occur in the field of eating disorders. It aims clarify information pertaining to diet culture, medical conditions with eating disorders as well as weight stigma. Learn more and get full show notes at: http://www.theeatingdisordertrap.com

Recent Episodes

#210: Weight Cycling with Evelyn Tribole
APR 20, 2026
#210: Weight Cycling with Evelyn Tribole
Evelyn Tribole, MS, RDN is the author of 10 books, including co-author of the best-selling Intuitive Eating, a mind-body self-care eating framework, which has given rise to over 200 studies to date. Her newest book is Intuitive Eating for Every Day: 365 Inspirations and Practices. As an international speaker, Evelyn enjoys training health professionals on how to help their clients cultivate a healthy relationship with food, mind, and body through the process of Intuitive Eating. To date there are over 2,600 Certified Intuitive Eating Counselors in 60 countries. The media often seeks Evelyn for her expertise, including New York Times, CNN, NBC's Today Show, MSNBC, Fox News, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Atlantic, Vogue, Ten Percent Happier, and People magazine. Evelyn was the nutrition expert for Good Morning America, and a national spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics for six years. We discuss topics including: Studies that show what health problems we increase our risk for developing The problem with disrupting insulin Decreasing lean body mass and regaining fat Problems with GLP medications and their impact on weight cycling The state of your body when weight cycling SHOW NOTES: www.instagram.com/evelyntribole www.evelyntribole.com www.intuitiveeating.org Falkenhain, K., Redman, L. M., Chen, W., Martin, C. K., Ravussin, E., & Shen, W. (2025). Effect of caloric restriction on organ size and its contribution to metabolic adaptation: an ancillary analysis of CALERIE 2. Scientific reports, 15(1), 30374. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41598-024-83762-0 Gaesser & Angadi (2021). Ob*sity treatment: Weight loss versus increasing fitness and physical activity for reducing health risks. iScience 24 102995. Open Access Li, W., & Chen, W. (2023). Weight cycling based on altered immune microenvironment as a result of metaflammation. Nutrition & metabolism, 20(1), 13. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12986-023-00731-6 Zamboni, M., Giani, A., Fantin, F., Rossi, A. P., Mazzali, G., & Zoico, E. (2025). Weight cycling and its effects on muscle mass, sarcopenia and sarcopenic obesity. Reviews in endocrine & metabolic disorders, 10.1007/s11154-025-09963-8. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s11154-025-09963-8 ___________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected] You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE "Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder". Your Recovery Resource, Robyn's new online course for navigating your loved one's eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn's book "The Eating Disorder Trap", please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website. "The Eating Disorder Trap" is also available for purchase on Amazon.
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#209: Preparing Teens for College Dreams with Shellee Howard
APR 6, 2026
#209: Preparing Teens for College Dreams with Shellee Howard
Shellee Howard is the Founder and CEO of College Ready and CR Tutoring and Test Strategies. She is a college graduate and is a Certified Independent College Strategist. She is a best-selling author, a member of HECA (ethics organization), and a member of SOFA (Society of Financial Awareness). Shellee is a mother of 4 young adults. Her oldest son graduated from Harvard in 2016 debt free and graduated from UC San Diego Medical school in 2021. He will be completing his Orthopedic Surgeon Residency at UCLA. Her oldest daughter attended the University of Alabama and CBU and graduated debt free with her BSN in 2020 and received her RN in 2021. Her youngest son is attending SFSU majoring in Film Production. Her youngest daughter is a Senior and will be looking to attend college as a business major internationally. Shellee has traveled around the world helping students create their "Stand out Strategy". She knows what it takes to compete in the Top tier schools as well as find the best-fit college for all students. Shellee believes that no two students are the same and each student must have their own strategy and plan to be successful. Each student has a gift/talent and a passion that will set him or her apart from their competition. Getting to know your student one on one is the key to success. This can be done in person or via Zoom. College Ready has clients all over the USA and each one is important. Her focus is to find the best academic, financial and social fit college for each student to thrive at and graduate debt free! We discuss topics including: How to get your child into college without debt Focus on your child's gifts, talents and core values Scholarships to attend a university for free What happens when students are focused on technology Understanding the college is a business and they need your student as much as a student needs them SHOW NOTES: www.collegereadyplan.info = 30 min complementary discovery call www.collegereadyplan.com = website with free resources www.EmpowerEducation.world = free international passion with purpose project View Shellee's Best Selling Books on Amazon ____________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected] You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE "Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder". Your Recovery Resource, Robyn's new online course for navigating your loved one's eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn's book "The Eating Disorder Trap", please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website. "The Eating Disorder Trap" is also available for purchase on Amazon.
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#208: Can Exercise Be Unhealthy? with Cristina Castagnini
MAR 30, 2026
#208: Can Exercise Be Unhealthy? with Cristina Castagnini
Cristina Castagnini, Ph.D., CEDS, is a licensed psychologist and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist with over two decades of experience. Through her private practice, Freedom to Wellness Counseling, and as host of the Behind The Bite podcast, she helps adults overcome the deep, often overlooked struggles with food, body image, and self-worth. She holds a doctorate in Psychology from the University of Southern California and a Master's degree in Clinical Psychology from Pepperdine University. Blending clinical expertise with her own lived experience in recovery, Dr. Castagnini offers a compassionate and insightful approach that resonates with those ready to break free from diet culture and reclaim their lives. Her work has been featured in USA Today, Yahoo! Business, LA Weekly, and The NYC Journal. We discuss topics including: The problems with "praising" our bodies When you exercise excessively problems can and will develop Important questions such as "what do I hope to achieve"? Does not exercising affect your mood? How much time do you exercise? Does it take away from your life? SHOW NOTES: www.behindthebitepodcast.com www.freedomtowellness.com instagram.com/Behind_the_bite_podcast ___________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected] You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE "Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder". Your Recovery Resource, Robyn's new online course for navigating your loved one's eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn's book "The Eating Disorder Trap", please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website. "The Eating Disorder Trap" is also available for purchase on Amazon.
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#207: Black Women have eating disorders, too with Shanetta McDonald
MAR 16, 2026
#207: Black Women have eating disorders, too with Shanetta McDonald
Shanetta McDonald is a somatic life coach, writer and mother who has been coaching women in recovery from eating disorders for over a decade. Drawing from 13 years of recovery and training in somatic practices, she helps women reconnect with their bodies, reclaim their stories and create lives rooted in clarity. She is the host of the podcast Your Body Knows and has appeared in Allure, InStyle, Essence and Refinery29. We discuss topics including: Shanetta's Story of trauma and eating disorders Her mission to help black skin and brown skin women People, Places and Things- examples of tools that one can use Learning about IFS and her curiosity that helped her with her recovery The importance of setting an intention Stigma with self help amongst black and brown skin women SHOW NOTES: www.shanettamcdonald.com (podcast) Your Body Knows www.therapyforblackgirls.com instagram.com/iamshanettamcdonald ___________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected] You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE "Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder". Your Recovery Resource, Robyn's new online course for navigating your loved one's eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn's book "The Eating Disorder Trap", please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website. "The Eating Disorder Trap" is also available for purchase on Amazon.
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#206: What weight suppression is doing to your hormone levels with Dr. Pamela Keel
MAR 2, 2026
#206: What weight suppression is doing to your hormone levels with Dr. Pamela Keel
Dr. Pamela Keel is Distinguished Research Professor in the Department of Psychology, Florida State University and the 2025-2026 Robert O. Lawton Distinguished Professor at Florida State University – the highest honor FSU faculty can award. She directs the Eating Behaviors Research Clinic, co-directs the NIMH-funded Integrated Clinical Neuroscience Training Program, and leads efforts to enhance faculty recruitment and mentorship at Florida State University and has attracted over $55 million in external funding to FSU since joining their faculty in 2008. Her NIH-funded research examines the nosology, biology, epidemiology, and longitudinal course of eating disorders, and she has over 250 peer-reviewed journal articles and authored four books. Dr. Keel identified Purging Disorder as a new disorder of eating by revealing its clinically significant impact on the lives of those with the condition and demonstrating distinct postprandial gut peptide responses linked to purging in the absence of binge eating. Her groundbreaking work contributed to Purging Disorder's inclusion in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders, Fifth Edition. Dr. Keel was honored with the AED Leadership Award in Research for the global impact of her work identifying Purging Disorder as a life-threatening illness affecting 1 in 50 women worldwide person does not. We discuss topics including: Understanding the long-term outcome for bulimia nervosa (one person gets better and one person does not) Discussing what is weight suppression? Hormones including Leptin and Glucagon Peptide 1 (GLP-1) What happens when GLP-1 is released? What does lower leptin levels mean? SHOW NOTES: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/test-of-a-biobehavioral-model-linking-weight-suppression-to-bingeeating-severity-via-leptin-and-glucagonlike-peptide-1-in-bulimia-nervosa-and-related-syndromes-in-women/C00119BEADF52EE75A53F7D675E9648A https://eatingbehaviorskee.wixsite.com/mysite https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/psychological-medicine/article/test-of-a-biobehavioral-model-linking-weight-suppression-to-bingeeating-severity-via-leptin-and-glucagonlike-peptide-1-in-bulimia-nervosa-and-related-syndromes-in-women/C00119BEADF52EE75A53F7D675E9648A ___________________________________ If you have any questions regarding the topics discussed on this podcast, please reach out to Robyn directly via email: [email protected] You can also connect with Robyn on social media by following her on Facebook, Instagram, Twitter, and LinkedIn. If you enjoyed this podcast, please leave a review on iTunes and subscribe. Visit Robyn's private practice website where you can subscribe to her free monthly insight newsletter, and receive your FREE GUIDE "Maximizing Your Time with Those Struggling with an Eating Disorder". Your Recovery Resource, Robyn's new online course for navigating your loved one's eating disorder, is available now! For more information on Robyn's book "The Eating Disorder Trap", please visit the Official "The Eating Disorder Trap" Website. "The Eating Disorder Trap" is also available for purchase on Amazon.
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22 MIN