Episodes: 93
Frequency: Monthly
Rating: 4.8/5.0
Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000
Gender skew: Female
Listener location: Australia
YouTube: 1.0k subscribers
Instagram: 45.0k followers
Publicly listed emails
camilla.becket@butterfly.org.au
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Beth Shelton - Host and interviewer covering eating disorders, body image, treatment, recovery, and related mental-health issues.
Ruby Kagan - How Wellness Framing, Clean-eating Videos, And Social-media Algorithms Can Disguise Food Restriction And Contribute To Eating-disorder Risk.
Susan Simpson - Schema Therapy, Emotional Needs Underlying Eating-disorder Behaviours, The Inner Critic, Recovery, And Using Self-help Resources Alongside Evidence-based Treatment.
Shane Jeffrey - Male Body Image, Supplement Culture, Extreme Exercise And Nutrition Behaviours, And Early Intervention For Boys And Young Men.
Mark Beretta - Male Body Image, Sports Culture, Exercise And Nutrition Pressures, Social-media Influence, And Supporting Young Men At Risk Of Harmful Behaviours.
Is exercise helping or harming your recovery from an eating disorder?
October 06, 2026
For decades, the standard response to exercise in eating disorder treatment was simple. Stop. There were reasons for that. Exercise can be a genuine medical risk when someone's body is already compromised. It can also reinforce an eating disorder, becoming rigid, compulsive, or a way to compensate for eating. So the safest option seemed to be no movement at all. But according to Associate Professor Bonnie Furzer, blanket bans were never evidence-based. They left people unsupported, and the be...
The Wellness Trap: How 'healthy' content harms users at risk for eating disorders
September 08, 2026
Wellness culture promises optimum health. New research suggests it might be hiding a bigger risk: disordered eating. Beth Shelton sits down with researcher Ruby Kagan to unpack why. We're used to thinking that visuals of thin bodies online drive the risk of eating disorders. Kagan's research points to something else. The bigger problem is wellness framing itself. Kagan studied "what I eat in a day" and clean eating videos on TikTok. She found that the more "healthy" and admirabl...
Dr Susan Simpson on schema therapy and her new self-help book for recovery.
August 04, 2026
Evidence-based treatment for eating disorders rightly focuses on restoring health and changing eating disorder behaviours. But what if those behaviours are also protecting something much deeper? What if lasting recovery starts not with asking "What's wrong with me?" but "What happened to me?" In this episode of Let's Talk, Beth talks with clinical psychologist and schema therapy expert Dr Susan Simpson about her new book Breaking Negative Eating Patterns and Remembering Your True Self, which ...
Mental Note · Medium booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners
Peace Meal · Low booking difficulty · 1,000 - 10,000 listeners
Butterfly: Let's Talk is hosted by Beth Shelton. Its publicly listed email is camilla.becket@butterfly.org.au. For guest bookings, the host or producer is usually the best person to reach. Podseeker helps you find direct host and producer contacts and pitch from your own inbox.
The publicly listed email for Butterfly: Let's Talk: camilla.becket@butterfly.org.au.
Podseeker estimates Butterfly: Let's Talk reaches 1,000 to 10,000 listeners per episode. Only the publisher has exact numbers.
Butterfly: Let's Talk typically books working professionals with real expertise. Typical guest background: Clinical or professional expertise in eating disorders, psychology, mental health, nutrition, body image, or related care; relevant research, authorship, advocacy, or lived experience can also be appropriate when paired with a substantive perspective. Common among recent guests: Clinical practice in eating-disorder or mental-health care; Published research or advanced academic work; Books or practical resources related to recovery and treatment. Recent guests include Ruby Kagan, Susan Simpson, and Shane Jeffrey.
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