Maureen Kritzer-Lange, MSW, LCSW

12/18/2025

❤️ EP 110 The Love Clarity Method: The 4 Lies of Love | In Conversation with Sanya Bari
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FULL EPISODE! iHeartRADIO
https://shorturl.at/G7vN1

In this powerful episode of My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder, I sit down with Sanya Bari—psychologist, spiritual psychology expert, and creator of The Love Clarity Method—for a conversation that could change the way you understand love forever.
Sanya shares her remarkable journey from childhood insight to profound heartbreak, betrayal, and a near-death moment that ultimately awakened her life's purpose: helping people love without losing themselves.

Together, they unpack the four "Love Lies" that quietly sabotage relationships—Guilt, Role-Playing, Over-Responsibility, and Transaction—and explore how to reclaim your voice, your boundaries, and your sense of self-worth.

If you've ever felt "not enough," stayed too long in a painful relationship, or struggled to understand why love hurts, this episode gives you the clarity you've been searching for.

12/17/2025

“I didn’t believe the diagnosis.”

12/16/2025

As an eating disorder therapist with over 25 years in practice, I want to be very clear about something conversations like this often miss.
https://www.eonline.com/news/1426096/kelly-osbourne-on-critics-body-shaming-comments

When Kelly Osbourne speaks about being body-shamed, the real story isn’t celebrity culture — it’s how public commentary trains the nervous system of millions of people watching.

Body-shaming doesn’t just hurt feelings.
It activates shame pathways, reinforces self-surveillance, and teaches people — especially young women — that their bodies are public property open for critique. Over time, this kind of exposure doesn’t create resilience; it creates disconnection from the body and a relentless inner critic.

I see this every day in my practice.
Not because someone wanted an eating disorder — but because they learned, over years, that their worth was conditional.

What’s especially dangerous is when people confuse “concern,” “honesty,” or “commentary” with care. There is nothing therapeutic about evaluating someone else’s body. There is nothing helpful about praise or criticism that centers appearance over humanity.

The takeaway isn’t to protect celebrities.
It’s to recognize how normalized body commentary becomes internalized — quietly, cumulatively, and often long before someone seeks help.

If you’re a parent, a partner, a coach, or a friend:
your words matter more than you think.
Silence can be safer than commentary.
Curiosity is healthier than judgment.

Body image is not a trend.
It is a mental health issue.

— Maureen Kritzer-Lange MSW LCSW
Psychoanalyst | Eating Disorder Specialist
Host of My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder
E! News Variety The Hollywood Reporter

Kelly Osbourne, whose dad Ozzy Osbourne died in July, slammed critics on social media over recent comments about her appearance: "What do expect from me?"

12/10/2025

⚠️ Parents Fight For Daughter's Life: Heartbreaking True Story

There are moments in this work that change you — permanently.
This podcast episode is one of them.

🎧 Listen to this episode.
It might be the episode that wakes up the world — one listener at a time.
https://shorturl.at/GDoJA

When Morgan and Mary shared the story of Linda and Jack, parents who did everything humanly possible to save their daughter from an eating disorder, the air in the room shifted. Their fight, their heartbreak, and the system that failed them is something every parent, provider, and policymaker needs to hear.

And then there is Morgan — her courage, her 200-page personal journal, and the unfiltered truth of what it feels like inside the mind of someone battling an eating disorder. That journal didn’t just move Mary… it propelled her into action. It’s the reason Before the Clock Stops Ticking exists. It’s the seed of a global documentary with the power to change how this illness is understood and how lives are saved.

This episode is not background listening.
It is essential.
It is eye-opening.
It is urgent.

If you have a child, a friend, a patient, a team, or a community — this conversation will change the way you see eating disorders forever. And honestly, that is the point.

My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder
Hosted by Maureen Kritzer-Lange
Featuring Morgan DiPrimo & Mary Miller
Creators of Before the Clock Stops Ticking
Psychology Today Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey Morgan Taylor

12/09/2025

https://www.cnn.com/2025/12/06/us/wicked-movie-body-image-cec
As an eating disorder therapist who has spent more than 25 years treating the pain behind the mirror, I’m not surprised by the conversations happening around Wicked and its impact on body image.
But I am deeply concerned.

The CNN article highlights something I see every single day in my practice:
Girls — younger and younger — absorbing the message that their worth is tied to how “small,” “perfect,” or “camera-ready” they appear. When a major film triggers comparisons, insecurity, or shame in young woman, it isn’t the film alone we should be looking at… it’s the culture that taught them to see themselves this way in the first place.

Eating disorders don’t emerge from one moment.
They grow from thousands of tiny messages:
✨ “Shrink.”
✨ “Fix this.”
✨ “Be like her.”
✨ “Your body is the problem.”

This is why conversations like this matter.
This is why prevention matters.
And this is why we must stop normalizing the belief that beauty and value are earned through self-erasure.

If your child expressed discomfort after seeing Wicked — or any film — don’t dismiss it.
Ask. Listen. Stay curious.
“What did you feel when you saw that?” is a powerful starting point.

Body image is not a vanity issue.
It is a mental health issue.
And the earlier we intervene, the more lives we protect.

— Maureen Kritzer-Lange, MSW,LCSW
Psychoanalyst, Eating Disorder Specialist
Host of My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder

“Wicked: For Good” has found itself at the center of a national conversation about weight loss, eating disorders and the endless pursuit of thinness.

12/05/2025

💔 “Maybe my body just took it too far…”
Those were the words Morgan DiPrimo told herself at 17 — after losing her period, losing weight, and being diagnosed with anorexia nervosa.

📣 Please share this clip — someone might recognize themselves in Morgan’s words.

In this raw clip from my conversation with Morgan and Mary of Lotus Light Productions, Morgan shares the early signs she didn’t recognize, the shame she hid behind baggy clothes, and the disbelief that kept her from accepting the diagnosis that would change her life.
She wasn’t trying to get sick.
She thought she was “just dieting” — like everyone around her.
What followed was relapse, residential treatment, and the painful survivor’s guilt of receiving care while watching friends lose access because insurance dropped them. That injustice is one of the driving forces behind their upcoming global documentary, Before the Clock Stops Ticking — a film exposing the treatment gaps, the stigma, and the lives lost every 57 minutes to eating disorders.

This story matters.
Her voice matters.
And this documentary is urgently needed.

🎧 Listen to the full episode on My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder FULL EPISODE! iHeartRADIO https://shorturl.at/vcANa

💗 Trust yourself… don’t trust the mirror.

12/04/2025

⚠️ !!! Every 57 minutes, someone dies from eating-disorder complications — a statistic so devastating it should stop all of us in our tracks

EP 109 From Eating Disorders to Global Impact: The women behind "Before the Clock Stops Ticking” | In Conversation with Morgan DiPrimo & Mary Miller

FULL EPISODE! iHeartRADIO https://shorturl.at/vcANa

In this week’s episode of My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder, I sat down with two women turning that heartbreak into action: Morgan DiPrimo and Mary Miller, the powerhouse duo behind Before the Clock Stops Ticking, a global documentary exposing the truth about eating disorders and the systems that continue to fail those suffering.

Morgan, now 12 years in recovery, shares her deeply personal journey — the secrecy, the denial, the “rabbit hole” that shaped her inner world, and the survivor’s guilt that pushed her to create real change. Mary, with over 30 years of filmmaking experience, reveals what she discovered after more than 250 interviews: systemic barriers, medical misunderstandings, insurance roadblocks, stigma, and a global community desperate to be heard.

This film is not just another ED documentary.
It’s an investigation.
A call to action.
A blueprint for change.

And a lifeline for the millions silently struggling.

Their work is urgent, emotional, and long overdue — and it was an honor to bring their voices to this platform.

Listen, learn, and share. Lives depend on awareness.
Trust yourself. Don’t trust the mirror.

Morgan Taylor Psychology Today Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey

11/22/2025

❤️ EAT WITHOUT GUILT This Holiday Season!

This holiday, eat without guilt—and feel good doing it.
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11/20/2025

🐯 TAMING YOUR INNER CRITIC!

EP 108 Taming your Inner Critic: Pathway to Empowerment | In Conversation with Tosca DiMatteo
FULL EPISODE: https://shorturl.at/2tXqp
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"It's partially reinventing yourself, but yet it's also finding a different version of yourself and updating it in some ways too. And I think the way into that new narrative, which is also the antidote to the inner critic, which is to really acknowledge the truth. Because the inner critic tells us lies every single time and you can you can test that you know like is that true like no because the inner critic talks in absolutes and it predicts the future and it tells you what other people think those are all lies it's just made up stuff right so I think the way in is to really be honest with yourself about what is the truth here and What is the truth, right?"
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Tosca DiMatteo is a keynote speaker, career transformation coach, author and advisor. A former marketing exec for blue-chip companies including Unilever, Kimberly Clark and Absolut Vodka, she helps leaders shift inner narratives, unlock truth, and take bold, aligned action to get unstuck and create meaningful change in work, business and life.
Cheers to the climb - Tosca DiMatteo
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Drop a 💗 if you needed this reminder today.
Psychology Today Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey

11/13/2025

EP 107 Mirror Makeover - Step into your confidence with style and color | In Conversation with Katie Kabel
FULL EPISODE: https://shorturl.at/6ZMA0

When your life changes, your wardrobe can too. 🎯
On today’s My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder, Maureen sits down with image consultant & color analyst Katie Cabel to unpack how style and color can support mental health, self-esteem, and big life transitions.

Why this episode matters:
Color = energy; the right palette can lift mood and reduce decision fatigue
“All killers, no fillers” closet: fewer pieces, more joy
Reframe the mirror: Your body isn’t wrong—the clothes are
Practical starters: boundary outfit, comfort color, 60-second “get dressed” plan

Top takeaways
Wear what makes you feel good—on repeat.
Curate a small, intentional closet; ditch the “someday” pile.
Try color analysis to make shopping and mornings effortless.

Drop a 💗 if you needed this reminder today.

Psychology Today Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey

10/30/2025

THIS IS A GREAT ONE - Not to be MISSED!
Episode 106: 21 Days to Healing — in Conversation with Terri Jay - The Cowgirl Shaman.
FULL EPISODE: https://shorturl.at/wDwbO
Description:
What if healing didn’t take years of therapy… but 21 days of energy, truth, and radical self-awareness? 🦋

In this mind-bending conversation, I sits down with Terri Jay — the “Cowgirl Shaman” who communicates with energy, emotions, animals, and even those beyond the physical realm. Terri reveals how unhealed emotions show up as pain, illness, or self-sabotage — and how learning to trust your intuition can ignite real recovery.

You’ll never look at healing, self-esteem, or your body the same way again. Terri explains why emotional energy is magnetic, how forgiveness shifts vibration instantly, and the surprising reason why most people stay stuck in guilt and shame.

✨ If you’ve ever said “I feel broken,” this episode will change how you define healing — forever.

Psychology Today Terri Jay

10/17/2025

EP 104 Its Never too Late to be a Work in Progress | In Conversation with Betsey Brenner
FULL EPISODE ( on iHeartRadio ) https://shorturl.at/FEcAl

We explore the often-hidden early signs of eating disorders and the journey to recovery. Discover how silence and societal factors played a role, and learn how self-awareness can aid in the healing process. Our experience emphasizes the importance of understanding and seeking help.