About this episode
Welcome to Episode 449 of the Sexology Podcast! Today, I’m excited to be joined by Jackie Goldschneider who speaks to me about eating disorders, body image, recovery, and how all of this intersects with sexuality and pleasure. In this conversation, Jackie shares the raw, unglamorized realities of living with anorexia for two decades, much of it while in the public eye. We explore her “inherited food trauma,” the cultural pressure of the 90s, and how secrecy, rules, and constant tracking kept her illness alive. Jackie opens up about the pivotal moment at 45 when health scares and a second rock bottom pushed her to choose recovery, tell her husband, and assemble a true treatment team to address the mental, physical, and emotional layers of healing. Jackie Goldschneider is an author, activist, speaker and a longtime cast member of The Real Housewives of New Jersey. Before joining the show, Jackie was an attorney and freelance journalist, and has contributed extensively to publications including Good Housekeeping, HuffPost and Scary Mommy, and wrote a weekly parenting column for New Jersey's The Record newspaper for several years. Her debut memoir, The Weight of Beautiful, was published by Simon and Schuster in September 2023. Since then, Jackie has been a nationally recognized advocate for eating disorder recovery. In this episode, you will hear: · Inherited Food Trauma And Early Body Shame · Fifteen Years Of Anorexia Hidden In Plain Sight · Strategic Eating To Outsmart Cameras And Castmates · Recovery As A Lifelong, Nonlinear Commitment · Malnutrition’s Toll On Hormones, Estrogen, And Libido · Therapy, Dietitian, And MD: A Three-Person Care Team · Boundaries Around Body And Food Comments Are Essential · Reclaiming Pleasure, Playfulness, And Nakedness In Sex · Breaking Secrecy By Confiding In A Loved One Book an Appointment with Dr. Moali Spice Up Your Social Media Feed AND Your Sex Life: Follow Us on Instagram Podcast Produced by Vaudeo Productions Advertising Inquiries: https://redcircle.com/brands Privacy & Opt-Out: https://redcircle.com/privacy