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124: Interview with Laura Hearn - Seven Health: Eating Disorder Recovery and Anti Diet Nutritionist

Episode 124: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Laura Hearn.


Jul 19.2018


Jul 19.2018

Laura is the founder of the globally recognised online platform, ‘Jiggsy’ which uses it’s unique creative tool ‘The Jiggsaw’ to connect people affected by an eating disorder and mental ill health. Alongside this, Laura shares her experience of recovery from anorexia and how she learnt to heal from the inside, after spending 7 months in an inpatient treatment centre in the US. She delivers bespoke workshops to companies, schools and organisations, developing confidence and identity from within. Laura is also TV News producer for the BBC, and speaks regularly about her own experience of working within a fast-paced and challenging environment. She uses her extensive knowledge within broadcasting, to remove the stigma of mental illness in the workplace, and to encourage leaders to realise the financial and moral benefits of putting wellbeing at the heart of everything they do.

Here’s what we talk about in this podcast episode:

00:03:30

A brief overview of who Laura is and what she does

00:07:00

The history of Laura’s eating disorder + history with food

00:15:00

Who intervened and how she got into treatment

00:18:30

At what point Laura recognised she had a problem

00:20:45

Eating disorders as a coping mechanism

00:25:00

How Laura told her boss about her eating disorder

00:28:45

Talking about eating disorders and mental health in the workplace

00:31:45

Laura’s work with confidence + identity

00:38:00

What is Jiggsy’s Place and what is the jiggsaw?

00:43:00

Could her friends + family have said anything during her ED that would have helped?

00:50:45

What’s on the horizon for Laura


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One response to “124: Interview with Laura Hearn”

  1. Pamela Durkin says:

    Marvelous podcast Chris. I really enjoyed this podcast and love that Laura was so real and honest. We need more people speaking out and sharing their stories and advocating for better treatment for EDs. Not everyone can afford 7 months in Monte Nido though, let alone even 1 month. WE need publicly funded treatment centers to adopt the sort of polices and practices witnessed at Monte Nido. Perhaps then we can slowly begin to see better treatment outcomes.

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