Episode 160: Molly Carmel
Molly Carmel, LCSW, is a leading addiction and eating disorder therapist and founder of Beacon by MC - which offers individual and group solutions to help people break free from their destructive relationships with food and dieting. Known for her irreverent, “straight talk, no chaser” attitude, she’s also the author of the innovative book Breaking Up with Sugar: A Plan to Divorce the Diets, Drop the Pounds, and Live Your Best Life and the host of the podcast, What You're Craving.
Molly is fiercely devoted to helping people break free of their destructive relationship with food, dieting, and negative body image to create the big, beautiful lives they deserve. After battling an eating disorder for over 20 years and finding no solution in available treatment, she began to trailblaze her professional path, obsessed with helping people find real and sustainable healing. She’s never looked back.
Molly has extensive training in Substance Use and Eating Disorders and is intensively in Dialectical Behavioral Therapy. Recognizing that it’s not all about the food and the limitations of a "brain-only" approach in treating complex issues like addiction and eating disorders, she is also a trained Shaman, Reiki healer, a certified Tibetan bowl singing practitioner, certified in BREATHE breathwork, a dedicated devotee of daily meditation, and a certified intenSati instructor.
Molly graduated with a Bachelor’s in Social Work from Cornell University and a master’s in Social work from Columbia University. Her work has been featured on The Today Show, The Dr. Oz Show, Dateline NBC, Anderson Cooper 360, and Extreme Makeover, as well as in People Magazine, the Los Angeles Times, and the New York Times. She's been a guest on The Skinny Confidential Him & Her Podcast, Keeping it Real with Jillian Michaels, and Ever Forward Radio with Chase Chewning.
Molly’s Fired Up 2024 Online Retreat is happening on Sunday, Jan 21, 2024, from 11-5 EST - it’s an amazing opportunity to find your inner spark and get into a space of POWER for the new year. Learn more at https://mollycarmel.com/fired-up/ - and use the code MOLLY10 to get 10% off!
Links and Social Media Handles:
Website: mollycarmel.com
IG: @mollycarmel
YouTube: Molly Carmel
Tiktok: @realmollycarmel
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mollycarmel.buws
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