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Maureen Kritzer-Lange, MSW, LCSW

www.DontTrustTheMirror.com
Eating Disorders, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD
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Maureen Kritzer-Lange has had over twenty five years in private practice treating patients in a caring way with both compassion and empathy. Her specialties and expertise include eating disorders (relationship with food, obesity, anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating), anxiety, depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), trauma, self-esteem, coping skills, relationship and family Issues.

10/02/2025

"It Is Never Too Late to Be a Work in Progress"
FULL EPISODE ( on iHeartRadio ) https://shorturl.at/FEcAl
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Betsy grew up believing that being “strong” meant staying positive, powering through, and never talking about emotions. After her parents’ divorce, her mother carried on as if nothing had happened — and Betsy learned to do the same.

From a young age, her thoughts and emotions weren’t asked about, and she came to believe they weren’t valued. Instead, she became the girl who made everyone else happy, especially her mom, while quietly carrying the weight of her own pain.

That silence shaped her for decades. Anxiety followed her, though it wasn’t diagnosed until her 40s. And her eating disorder became the culmination of years of coping and survival. She wasn’t clinically diagnosed with anorexia until midlife.

But here’s the truth: Betsy’s story is proof that it’s never too late to heal, to rewrite the rules you were raised with, and to be a work in progress.

Betsy Epstein Brenner

09/18/2025

EP 103 The Truth About Why You’re Struggling With Weight Loss (It’s NOT Your Fault!) 🚨 In Conversation with Dr. Pamela Buchanan

What if I told you your cravings were engineered? That chips, soda, and even your “healthy” snacks are designed by scientists to hijack your brain and keep you hooked—just like ci******es?

FULL EPISODE: https://shorturl.at/oKFdt

In this explosive new episode of My Secret Life With an Eating Disorder, Dr. Pamela Buchanan reveals:
🔥 How food companies profit off addiction (and why obesity is no accident)
🔥 Why GLP-1 drugs like Ozempic aren’t a silver bullet (but can be a tool)
🔥 The hidden struggles Black women face with food, health, and self-image
🔥 Why self-care is NOT selfish—it’s survival
🔥 And how compassion, not shame, is the real path to health

This is the conversation the food industry doesn’t want you to hear. 🍟🍩🥤

www.drbstrong.com

09/12/2025

From Podcast to Page… Why the Book Had to Happen ✨
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When a story is powerful enough to save lives, it can’t stay locked in one format. That’s why we took My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder from podcast to book—because the written word allows us to go deeper, uncover more truths, and create a legacy that lives on every shelf.
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This book isn’t just a memoir. It’s a mirror of survival, of hitting bottom and rising higher than you ever thought possible. For over 25 years, Maureen Kritzer-Lange has walked beside others in their darkest battles, turning her own pain into a lifeline for thousands.
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The book becomes more than a story—it’s a talking point for the world, a way to get her voice amplified on stages, in media, and in hearts that need to hear: you are not alone, and recovery is possible.
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Sometimes the bravest thing you can do is put a bow on your past, stand in your truth, and say: This is my life. This is my work. This is my gift.
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🔥 Get ready. The book is coming—and it will change the way we talk about eating disorders, healing, and self-worth.
Psychology Today

09/09/2025

Center For PSYCHOTHERAPY & PSYCHOANALYSIS of New Jersey

Maureen Kritzer-Lange, MSW, LCSW Sunday, October 5, 2025
10:00am-2:00pm EST

Live Interactive via Zoom
Zoom Invite Will Be Sent to Registrants on October 4
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4 CEs for Counselors, Psychologists and Social Workers
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Dynamic, Interactive Event - Including PowerPoint, Videos and Breakout Groups
Co-Sponsored with NJSCSW (New Jersey Society for Clinical Social Work)
CEs accepted by many states - check with your local boards.
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Workshop Description
TO JOIN: https://shorturl.at/PJKsy
Eating disorders are serious and complicated to assess, diagnose and treat. Therapists and mental health professionals need training to identify the signs and symptoms of eating disorders. In this course, you'll learn how to understand the range of issues that present as an eating disorders, how to identify and treat them, well as the warning signs. You'll gain an understanding of the spectrum from how disordered eating to serious eating disorders can be treated with a team approach. This course will discuss how diet culture strongly influences treatment and how your own relationship with food and personal body image impacts diagnosis and treatment.

Maureen Kritzer-Lange MSW, LCSW is dedicated to transforming women's lives. As a psychoanalyst with 25 years of private practice experience, her mission focuses on empowering women to realize their full potential.

Maureen holds a BS in Communications and Human Development from Syracuse University's Newhouse School of Public Communications and The School of Human Development. She furthered her education at New York University, earning a Master's degree in Social Work. She is a certified Psychoanalyst through the Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey (CPPNJ), where she also contributes as a teaching faculty member. Additionally, she holds a Certificate in Eating Disorders, Compulsions, and Addictions from the William Alanson White Institute in New York.

Beyond her private practice, Maureen has served as the President of the Eating Disorders Association of New Jersey.

Maureen is the author of a forthcoming book focusing on women struggling with eating disorders and has contributed articles to the Huffington Post. She has also created and presented an assessment and treatment course on eating disorders, which she has delivered at prestigious venues such as Jewish Center for Family Services in Chicago, Rutgers University Continuing Education School of Social Work.

In 2021, she founded the "Don't Trust the Mirror" movement, providing a supportive forum for women to promote healthy body image and self-esteem. She hosts the podcast "My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder," available on iHeartRadio, Spotify, and other platforms. Maureen also created a YouTube channel to offer resources and support to women globally. All her work can be accessed at www.Donttrustthemirror.com. Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey

09/05/2025

"From Fancy to Fundamentals: Ditching Diet Culture to Find Real Nourishment"
❤️ DON'T DIET - DIETITIAN!
LISTEN HERE! EP 102 https://shorturl.at/OlEn1

🎧 THIS ONE'S A GAME-CHANGER!
🚨 Calling all women tired of diet culture, moms who want better for their daughters, and anyone struggling with food anxiety or body image... THIS is the episode you didn't know you needed.

Meet Lauren Dorman, MS RD CDE The "Don't Diet Dietitian" — and trust us, you'll never look at food the same way again. In this candid and power-packed episode, Lauren and Maureen rip the mask off toxic food rules, calorie counting myths, and the everyday habits that destroy our self-worth.

She's helping third graders rethink their relationship with food — and teaching moms how not to pass on their insecurities.

She left a 20-year career to revolutionize how schools talk about nutrition and mental health.

❤️ And she's here to give YOU a blueprint to break free from the guilt, the shame, and the lies we've been fed for decades.

Lauren Zarom Dorman

08/29/2025

🌟 100 Episodes of Truth, Healing & Hope 🌟
iHeartRADIO Full episode: https://shorturl.at/9uw9c

💬 In this episode, we talk about how sharing my story through both podcast and book has become more than storytelling—it’s a movement. A movement that:
✨ Offers families and loved ones strategies to understand and support.
✨ Opens conversations about eating disorders, anxiety, body dysmorphia, and mental health.
✨ Shows how wellness means caring for ourselves physically, emotionally, spiritually, and nutritionally.

Because eating disorders are never just about food—they connect to deeper struggles like OCD, anxiety, self-image, and trauma. By speaking out, we shine light on all these hidden battles.

💡 Our story offers hope and strategies. It’s about creating new pathways for healing, empowering women to find their voice, and showing that recovery happens step by step, conversation by conversation.

👉 Watch our 100th Episode Video Podcast now. Share it with someone who needs to know: you are not alone, and there is hope.

Trust yourself. Don’t trust the mirror.

David Kogut Psychology Today

08/27/2025

🌟 **100 Episodes. One Voice. A Movement.** 🌟

When I first started *My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder*, I never imagined we’d reach this milestone—**100 episodes**. What began with journals hidden in shame has grown into a platform of hope, strategies, and healing.
iHeartRADIO Full episode: https://shorturl.at/9uw9c
This **special video podcast** brings together:
🎙 **Maureen Kritzer-Lange** – Psychoanalyst, Author & Host
🎨 **David Alan Kogut** – Creative Director & Branding Coach
🎤 **Barry Dougherty** – Writer, Humorist & Moderator

Together, we reflect on:
💔 Why I finally came forward to share my story publicly.
✨ How “Don’t Trust the Mirror” became more than a podcast—it became a brand of empowerment.
🚀 The behind-the-scenes passion, persistence, and partnership that carried us to Episode 100.
🌱 Why recovery, like building this show, happens *a step at a time*.

This isn’t just about eating disorders. It’s about resilience, mental health, and rewriting the story the mirror tries to tell us.

💡 Our story offers hope and strategies—not just for those struggling with eating disorders, but for families, loved ones, and anyone facing hidden battles.

👉 Watch our **100th Episode Video Podcast** now. Celebrate with us, learn with us, and most importantly—remember:
**Trust yourself. Don’t trust the mirror.**

@ Kogut

08/26/2025

💭 What does it really mean to tell your story?
iHeartRADIO Full episode: https://shorturl.at/9uw9c

For me, it meant peeling back decades of silence. It meant admitting that even while I was hospitalized, my own family didn’t know the truth—that I was fighting an eating disorder in secret. Shame kept me quiet. Fear kept me hidden.

Now, at the 100th Episode Video Podcast of My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder, with Creative Director David Alan Kogut and moderator Barry Dougherty, I’m finally answering the question: Why now? Why come out publicly with my story?

The answer is simple but not easy: because someone out there needs to know they are not alone.
Because books and conversations like this become lifelines.
Because silence only deepens the struggle, but truth can open the door to healing.

This isn’t just a book or a podcast. It’s a promise—one voice can become a bridge for many.

👉 Join us for this special milestone episode. And if you’re carrying secrets that feel too heavy, let this be your reminder: hope grows in the spaces where we dare to speak.

Trust yourself. Don’t trust the mirror.

David Kogut

08/25/2025

🎉 100th Episode Milestone! 🎉
iHeartRADIO Full episode: https://shorturl.at/9uw9c
Welcome to a very special video podcast of My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder with me, Maureen Kritzer-Lange, joined by my Creative Director & Branding Coach David Alan Kogut, and our brilliant moderator Barry Dougherty.

💔 Eating disorders aren’t just about food. They’re hidden battles of shame, secrecy, and survival. I was hospitalized—and still, my family didn’t know I had an eating disorder. Why? Because the shame was louder than my voice.

In this milestone conversation, we dive into:
✨ The hidden struggles of eating disorders
✨ How families and loved ones can better understand and support
✨ Why “just eat” or “just stop” misses the real struggle
✨ The evolution of this podcast from my journals to 100 episodes of healing and hope

This is more than a celebration. It’s a call for empathy, awareness, and action. 🙏

🎧 Watch this 100th Episode video podcast now—and share it with someone who needs to know they are not alone.

Trust yourself. Don’t trust the mirror.

David Kogut

08/22/2025

EP 101 “The Journey Behind the Mirror: 100 Episodes Breaking the Silence on Eating Disorders & Mental Health”
iHeartRADIO: https://shorturl.at/Nznk2

Does the reflection in the mirror reveal your true self—or does it amplify flaws and whisper doubts? For four years, My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder has tackled these questions head-on, transforming private pain into public healing. 💜

What began with my journals as a young girl struggling with an eating disorder has now grown into 100 episodes of stories, interviews, and real conversations about eating disorders, mental health, recovery, and resilience.

🎙 In this milestone episode, I step out from behind the mic and into the hot seat. Writer and comedian Barry Dougherty interviews me and my longtime producer/creative partner David Alan Kogut as we reflect on:
✨ The spark that started it all
✨ The hurdles, heartbreaks, and persistence that got us here
✨ How this podcast became a movement of hope and healing

This is not just a celebration—it’s proof that one voice, one step, one episode at a time can change lives.

💡 Join us for the laughter, the raw truths, and the vision for what comes next.

👉 Listen now to Episode 100: The Journey Behind the Mirror — because healing starts when we share our stories.

Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey Psychology Today

08/01/2025

🎙️ Episode 100 Sneak Peek: The Story Behind the Mirror

What happens when you take a secret that once lived in the dark… and turn it into a movement?

In this special preview episode of My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder, Maureen Kritzer-Lange – The Queen of Self-Esteem – opens up about the journey from hiding candy wrappers under her bed to becoming “a woman with a mic, a mission, and a message.”

🌟 This isn’t just a podcast milestone. It’s a life milestone.
🌟 From a makeshift booth under her basement stairs to touching thousands of lives worldwide.
🌟 From silence and shame… to healing and hope.

👉 Episode 100 is coming. And this is the must-listen story behind it.

🎧 Listen now and see why this podcast has become a lifeline for so many.
🔗 https://shorturl.at/WwsOi

✨ You’re not crazy. You’re not alone. And you are more than the mirror ever told you.

07/10/2025

🔥 Hot Girl Summer? Or Healing Girl Summer? 🌻

Summer is here – and so is the pressure to “fix” your body before you dare wear shorts or a swimsuit.

In this raw, unfiltered episode of My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder, psychoanalyst and Queen of Self-Esteem Maureen Kritzer-Lange asks:

👉 What if this summer isn’t about having a bikini body… but about having a free body?

🎧 Listen now if you’re tired of diet culture ruining your summer… and ready to choose healing, self-love, and hope instead.
👉 https://shorturl.at/f9I45

She shares her own deeply personal story of summers spent hiding in shame, bingeing and purging behind closed doors, and believing her worth depended on her reflection.

But now, she’s redefining summer – not as Hot Girl Summer, but as Healing Girl Summer.

💛 Learn how to:
• Reject the toxic “summer body” narrative
• Reclaim joy, freedom, and authentic confidence
• Build a season rooted in peace, not punishment

✨ Because you deserve more than just a “hot body.” You deserve a life that feels like summer on the inside.

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