Maureen Kritzer-Lange, MSW, LCSW

01/22/2026

EP 112 RE-BROADCAST of All Alone | Maureen Kritizer-Lange MSW, LCSW

FULL EPISODE on iHEARTradio
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Have you ever felt completely alone—??
even while surrounded by people?
Maybe you were in a crowded room… a packed restaurant… a busy street…
laughing, smiling, engaged in conversation—
yet inside, something felt hollow.
That quiet, sinking loneliness.
The kind no one else can see.

Maybe you looked put together. Graceful. Positive.
But inside, you felt sad, disconnected, and trapped.
If that resonates, this re-broadcast episode is for you.

Please join the Don’t Trust the Mirror Movement at
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Maureen Kritzer-Lange’s life mission is to help women become all that they are meant to be—
by strengthening self-esteem, finding their voice, and breaking free from shame, guilt, and self-doubt.
“I change women’s lives by empowering them to trust themselves, not the mirror.”
Center for Psychotherapy and Psychoanalysis of New Jersey Psychology Today

I'm Maureen Kritzer-Lange a Psychoanalyst specializing in Eating Disorders (The Queen of Self Esteem & creator of the “Don't Trust the Mirror” Movement). This is my personal story of my struggles with an eating disorder. I thought it would take my life. I had nobody to talk to so I began journal...

01/08/2026

✨ Episode 111 (Rebroadcast): The Pursuit of Thinness ✨

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We’re taking a step back in time to one of my most powerful and listened to early episodes. As we gear up for the release of my upcoming book later this year, My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder, we’re revisiting “TThe Pursuit of Thinness.” This conversation isn’t just a look back; it’s a reminder of why we started this journey—to shine a light on the silent battles so many face with eating disorders.

My personal journal entries and podcast reflections have evolved into a book that we hope will raise awareness and inspire action across the country. Let’s bring these crucial conversations to the forefront again. Tune in, reflect, and let’s keep this dialogue going.

I'm Maureen Kritzer-Lange a Psychoanalyst specializing in Eating Disorders (The Queen of Self Esteem & creator of the “Don't Trust the Mirror” Movement). This is my personal story of my struggles with an eating disorder. I thought it would take my life. I had nobody to talk to so I began journal...

01/07/2026

What’s the Connection Between Trusting the Mirror… and Trusting Others?

In this powerful and deeply reflective episode, Sanya Bari sits down with me for a conversation that cuts straight to the core of self-trust, relationships, and emotional awareness.

Together, we explore a simple but profound question: How do we know who—and what—to trust? And more importantly, what does our own reflection have to do with it?

I share insight on listening to your gut and your heart, and paying close attention to how interactions make you feel. Do you walk away from certain conversations doubting yourself, questioning your worth, or feeling “off”? Or do you leave feeling seen, lifted up, connected, and grounded?

This episode reminds us that trust isn’t just about others—it’s about how well we trust ourselves, our instincts, and our emotional signals. The way someone makes you feel may be one of the clearest indicators of whether they deserve a place in your life.

If you’ve ever struggled with self-doubt, relationship dynamics, or learning to honor your inner voice, this is a conversation you won’t want to miss.

🎧 Listen in. https://shorturl.at/nS9lY
🪞 Trust the mirror.
💬 And notice how connection really feels.
Sanya Bari

01/02/2026

What if the voice tearing you apart… was never meant to lead you?
🎧 If this hits even a little… the full conversation will hit deeper.
Listen to the full episode. Your inner voice has been waiting.
https://shorturl.at/nS9lY
I ask this all the time:
👉 Would you speak to your child the way you’re speaking to yourself right now?
👉 Would you say that to a friend who was hurting?
And then comes the real question—the one that stops people cold:
What do you actually need?
What do you truly want?
Not what you should do.
Not what you’ve been told to do.
Not what feels “acceptable.”
That word—should—keeps so many people trapped, disconnected from their own inner voice… the one they’ve been afraid to listen to, let alone express.
In this episode, we talk about:
• Why “should” is such a dangerous word
• How self-talk shapes emotional survival
• And how to reconnect with the voice inside you that already knows the answer.

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
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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.
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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

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