In this episode, Catherine and Francis welcome Rebecca Eyre, CEO of ProjectHEAL, a nonprofit organization focused on equitable treatment access for eating disorders. Rebecca brings a deep understanding and insight into the world of eating disorder treatment, having navigated the field as a clinician, advocate, nonprofit leadership positions, and through lived experience. Anchoring Rebecca’s passion for this work is her belief in the universal potential for full recovery from eating disorders. Her lived experience includes close relationships with loved ones struggling with eating disorders - some of whom recovered and some of whom did not - and seeing firsthand what makes the difference: personal willingness and (more importantly) access to care. She is also personally committed to fighting for radical body acceptance and fighting against the insidious cultural norms of diet mentality and fatphobia. Rebecca identifies as a queer woman and is committed to bring an intersectional lens to her leadership of Project HEAL. Rebecca has been working as a clinician with eating disorders and trauma since 2011, both in a treatment setting and in private practice. As a therapist, she developed a firsthand knowledge of the complexities - and too often, the injustices - of insurance coverage for eating disorders. She knows that deeper systemic change is required before healing is truly accessible to all. She brings this awareness, knowledge, and insight to the space today, and we are so grateful to have had the opportunity to learn from Rebecca.

Listen-in to Part 2 of the conversation with Rebecca on Wednesday.

For more information about ProjectHEAL, visit www.theprojectheal.org.