I was a guest speaker on season 6 of The Neurodivergent Woman Podcast

It was such an honour and joy to be a season 6 guest on The Neurodivergent Woman Podcast

I hope that this episode helps neurodivergent folk to have more understanding and compassion for themselves.

And that I've given this topic the respect and affirming care it deserves.

Thank you for listening!

Description from The Neurodivergent Woman Podcast show notes

We are thrilled to interview Margo White this week on working with eating disorders in the neurodivergent population. Margo is an Accredited Clinical Nutritionist, proudly neurodivergent AuDHDer, mother of two, and founder of Whole Body Nutrition. Margo helps Neurodivergent folk of all ages, genders, and backgrounds to cultivate an emotionally healthy relationship with food. A relationship that understands, and accepts that there are different ways of eating, and that validates all sensory feeding differences. Margo draws from a neuro-affirming, trauma informed, and lived experience lens.

In this episode we cover:

• Margo’s own path to discovering her neurodivergence and how this was integral to developing her current clinical focus.

• Why it is so important for a person’s neurodivergence to be taken into account when treating eating disorders.

• Can you ‘cure’ neurodivergence with a specific diet??? (spoiler alert: no).

• Some of the key challenges that neurodivergent folk can have with food and eating, what drives these challenges (including sensory processing differences, executive functioning, interoception, burnout and motivation, + more), and what are some strategies to ease these friction points.

• Avoidant Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) – what is this and how does Margo approach treatment of ARFID with her neurodivergent clients.

• Anorexia and Binge Eating Disorder in neurodivergent folk.

• Margo’s lived experience of an Eating Disorder.

• Margo’s advice on how parents of neurodivergent kids with atypical eating can best advocate for their kids’ needs, and how adults can advocate for their own needs.