Bite by Bite is a raw, unfiltered podcast exploring the lived experience of eating disorder recovery and the road toward healing. Hosted by Kait, this podcast offers an inside look at what it’s really like to live with — and recover from — an eating disorder.
Beginning with her own recovery journey in 2015, Kait shares honest, heartfelt reflections on the realities of her illness, the often-overlooked challenges, and the deeply personal process of finding freedom from the eating disorder. Through candid storytelling and vulnerability, she works to break the stigma, challenge harmful narratives around food and body image, and remind listeners they are never alone in their recovery journey.
Whether you’re actively in recovery, supporting a loved one, or seeking to better understand the complexities of eating disorders and mental health, join Kait, and many different podcast guests, for real conversations that inspire hope, foster self-compassion, and offer a reminder that recovery is possible — one bite at a time. 🍒
Bite by Bite is a raw, unfiltered podcast exploring the lived experience of eating disorder recovery and the road toward healing. Hosted by Kait, this podcast offers an inside look at what it’s really like to live with — and recover from — an eating disorder.
Beginning with her own recovery journey in 2015, Kait shares honest, heartfelt reflections on the realities of her illness, the often-overlooked challenges, and the deeply personal process of finding freedom from the eating disorder. Through candid storytelling and vulnerability, she works to break the stigma, challenge harmful narratives around food and body image, and remind listeners they are never alone in their recovery journey.
Whether you’re actively in recovery, supporting a loved one, or seeking to better understand the complexities of eating disorders and mental health, join Kait, and many different podcast guests, for real conversations that inspire hope, foster self-compassion, and offer a reminder that recovery is possible — one bite at a time. 🍒
Welcome back to the Bite by Bite Podcast. 👋🏼
Applied Behavior Analysis and eating disorder recovery don’t usually show up in the same conversation—but in Kait’s recovery journey, that rule didn’t apply. By bridging her professional background with her personal healing, Kait used behavior principles in a completely new context—her own recovery—and ultimately found her way to full freedom from anorexia.
Tired of being stuck in the cycle of knowing what to do but not being able to follow through, Kait decided to try something different. She put on her BCBA hat and leaned into what she already knew: structure, reinforcement, and behavior change. The result? A self-written behavior contract that brought clarity, consistency, and just enough accountability to move her forward. In this episode, Kait gets real about the mental tug-of-war between her eating disorder self and her healthy self, the hesitation around using a clinical tool in such a personal space, and what actually happened when she shared her contract with two trusted friends.
This is a story about getting creative, getting honest, and building your own way out—bite by bite. 🍒
Episode topics:
Kait’s background that led her to the use of a behavior contract (1:47)
What is a behavior contract? (5:36)
How Kait created and used a behavior contract for herself (6:24)
How behavior contract provided structure for Kait (8:44)
Kait’s specific reinforcement (10:27)
Kait reflects on what using a behavior contract was like (12:09)
The importance of accountability (13:11)
How Kait’s recovery motivation shifted during accountability (14:40)
People will still love you through your shit (16:16)
Long term recovery versus recovery in this moment (21:15)
Kait realized that recovery is not cookie-cutter (22:59)
Kait highlights the episode’s biggest takeaways (24:09)
Kait announces something exciting đź‘€ (28:50)
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