Ever wondered why some dreams stick around while others vanish like morning mist? Jennifer shares that dreams we remember are like neon signs from our unconscious, emphasizing an underlying conflict. It turns out, that the more significant the conflict, the greater the unconscious's push to deliver the message through vivid dreams.

Emotions not expressed through words don’t just go away… they are communicated in other ways — sometimes through eating disorders. I discuss with Tom Wooldridge what psychoanalysis is, how it relates to your relationship with food and recovery, and how psychoanalysis can help YOU in your own life. Find more information on disorder eating, eating disorder treatment, and deep work therapy in NYC and Brooklyn on my website.

Dr. Danielle Novack is a pioneer in the world of psychoanalysis and eating disorders. She’s the one who writes the papers I use for myself. She has a profound way of understanding one’s relationship with food and is sharing some of that with us here.

If you’re into unconscious processes, this is your episode. Danielle talks about the topic of dissociation, how it happens, why it happens, and how it comes out throughout our lives. We break down how we see the mind-body disconnect in various ED symptoms. And most importantly, we identify how in the world a person can work through it.

A bit more about her: Dr. Danielle Novack is a clinical psychologist in private practice in Manhattan. She has over 20 years of experience working with eating disorders and concerns related to food, weight and body image. She has written scholarly articles and chapters on the psychoanalytic treatment of eating disorders, and she serves as a clinical supervisor for psychology doctoral students. Dr. Novack is currently completing her psychoanalytic training at the NYU Postdoctoral Program in Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis.

In this episode we have the honor of hanging out with one of New York City's best therapists, named by New York Magazine, Jennifer Glass. Jennifer graduated from NYU with a master's in social work, completed her post grad training in psychodynamic psychotherapy at Training Institute for Mental health, and has a private practice in NYC.

In this conversation, we dive right into how to use curiosity to develop resilience, and how this then provides us with intentional choice. Goodbye harmful comparisons! 

Meredith Glidden, a licensed creative arts therapist and psychoanalyst, walks us through the meaning and impact of a psychoanalysis and the definitions of the important terminologies in relation to the psychotherapy.