Empowering Teens: Overcoming Eating Disorders and Body Dysmorphia

In this powerful episode of the OtterPod, titled "Empowering Teens: Overcoming Eating Disorders and Body Dysmorphia" hosts Hiver, Rafe, and Elizabeth delve deep into the critical issues facing today's youth. They uncover the real impact of mental health challenges, eating disorders, and body dysmorphia on teenagers and young adults, discussing genetic predispositions and the ways even seemingly healthy individuals, like athletes, can be affected. Through heartfelt conversations and practical advice, the hosts share alarming statistics, personal experiences, and expert insights to highlight the importance of recognizing the signs and symptoms early. Tune in to this episode to empower yourself with the knowledge to support a friend or begin your own journey to healing, and remember that you are never alone in your struggles.

What is The Otterpod?

Welcome to season 2 of the OtterPod, the podcast where kids discuss real-world problems and what we can do to solve them.

In season 1, we covered some of the planet's biggest issues, such as human overconsumption, mental health, the wealth gap, intersectionality, and more.

In season 2 we're zooming in to cover issues that kids like us deal with every day. With a rotating group of hosts from the 7th/8th-grade class at GES, we have discussions ​about ​teen ​mental ​health, ​slut ​shaming ​and ​double ​standards, ​body dysmorphia, ​eating ​disorders, ​and ​more.

This podcast was created in collaboration with WTIP and Great Expectations Charter School in Grand Marais, Minnesota.