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Forever Unfolding: Kara Richardson Whitely

Category: Sports & Recreation
Duration: 00:45:30
Publish Date: 2019-10-23 04:30:20
Description:

Kara Richardson Whitely is the author of Gorge, a memoir about her climb up Mount Kilimanjaro and her lifelong experience with binge eating disorder, the most common (but least talked about) eating disorder. Kara's proud to be part of a growing community of plus-size adventurers, while simultaneously acknowledging that her relationship with food and her body is forever unfolding.

Featured in this episode: Kara Richardson Whitely

Hosted by Gale Straub

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In this episode, you'll hear:

  • How's Kara's definition of a "hiker girl" has changed over time
  • What binge eating disorder is, how it's not talked about enough, and why it needs to be talked about more
  • Why, when Kara wrote about her third hike up Mount Kilimanjaro in her memoir Gorge, she decided to include her relationship with food
  • How hiking gives Kara space to think, and how it's basically the opposite of bingeing
  • About the first of Kara's Moving Mountains Retreat series 
  • Why Kara is proud to be part of a growing community of plus size hikers

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Music is by Swelling, Josh Woodward, Lee Rosevere, Kai Engel, and Monplaisir using a creative commons attributions license.

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