TuTu Thin: A Podcast for Dancers | Be a healthy dancer/athlete in mind, body and spirit.

By: Dawn Smith-Theodore MA MFT CEDS
  • Summary

  • The TuTu Thin Podcast will explore the complex relationship between dancers, athletes, their body and eating disorders, explaining how eating disorders can too easily develop in this driven, perfectionistic yet vulnerable population. TuTu Thin also explores the relationship between the dancer/athlete and the drive for perfection. How can the dancer/athlete develop healthy eating patterns in a world where there is expectation to have a strong, yet thin body. How can the dance teacher, choreographers, coaches and parents identify who may be struggling with an eating disorder? Coaches and dance teachers can promote healthy body image, but what is their responsibility if a dancer/athlete is exhibiting signs of having an eating disorder? Both prevention and treatment of eating disorders for the dancer/athlete are examined as well as how to return them back to their passion for dance or their sport. There will also be interviews with dancers, athletes, and those who work with them to promote wellness in mind, body and spirit.
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  • In Search of Compassion and Spirituality…… Dr Terry Eagan and Beata Lundeen, CSD
    Feb 21 2025

    Terry V. Eagan, M.D. is a prominent Beverly Hills psychiatrist, founder and CEO of Eagan Medical Group, LLC., a thriving mental health practice treating over 2000 patients annually. His private patients have included leaders in industry, politics, and performers from television, music and film, many of whom have been at the extremes of celebrity. Dr. Eagan is an expert in the complexities of mental health and addiction treatment and he specializes in effective treatment regimens for all types of emotional distress that often can arise from being in positions of responsibility and public attention.

    Dr. Eagan is a highly respected and sought after consultant who has served as Medical Director for several addiction and eating disorder treatment centers throughout Los Angeles including Monte Nido Residential Treatment Center, Carousel Transitional Living and the Eating Disorder Center of California. His range of specialties includes primary psychiatric conditions, eating disorders, substance-abuse disorders, impulse control disorders, trauma & abuse, human sexuality and spiritual therapy. Dr. Eagan's treatment approach incorporates pharmacologic interventions with evidence-based cognitive behavioral therapies, adjunctive modalities and traditional spiritual practices.

    Dr. Eagan is certified by the American Board of Psychiatry & Neurology and Medical Board of California as a physician and surgeon License #G067163, and he is a Diplomate of the National Board of Medical Examiners. He served as chief resident in
    psychiatry at the University of Southern California (USC) School of Medicine from 1990-1992 and he also helps shape healthcare policy in The United States as a consultant to the Physician's Advisory Board of the National Republican Congressional Committee, serving as Honorary Chairman for the State of California.

    Dr. Eagan is an internationally respected physician, lecturer and consultant. An expert in Professional Ethics and Compassion Fatigue, Dr. Eagan has guided training programs for individual practitioners, multinational corporations, public school systems, community health centers, law enforcement agencies, hospitals, and universities. He has been involved in numerous psychopharmacology studies for eight international pharmaceutical companies and he lectures on psychopharmacology to physicians across the United States.

    Dr. Eagan has been featured in dozens of publications, including Variety, Forbes, New York Magazine, and has appeared as a mental health consultant on several radio and television programs, including the Today Show.



    Beata: has had a career in nursing, business development, training, executive leadership, mentoring and spiritual direction. Her experience speaks to her roles as a change agent and a connector of people both nationally and internationally. She is able to honor an individual’s strengths and uniqueness leaving a lasting impression through the lens of kindness, openness, service compassion, and radical hospitality.

    Beata received a certificate in the Art of Spiritual Direction and serves as a spiritual companion to both individuals and and treatment centers. She is a retreat leader and the co founder of Prayer for Compassion, and agency which offers group training and facilitation, guided retreats for private one on one experiences and organizations.

    Beata’s foundational personal journey and professional experience guides others in the art of deep listening, storytelling, sharing of faith stories, spiritual growth, contemplative and intentional spiritual practices and personal discernment of life transitions

    Now Beata and Dr Eagan

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    51 mins
  • Lauren Gaul Shares her Transition from Radio City Rockette to Associate Professor of The Sands College of Performing Arts at Pace University
    Feb 7 2025

    Lauren Gaul has a multifaceted professional career performing as a Radio City Rockette for over 10 years appearing in the national touring company and on the great stage at Radio City Music Hall. She was also a Rockette swing for three years and worked under the direction of; Linda Haberman, Julie Branam, Dennis Callahan, Becky Downing, and Eileen Grace. As a Rockette she appeared in numerous media tours, events, and parades and on stages such as Radio City Music Hall, the Grand Ol’ Opry, the Wang (Boston), and the Fox (Detroit). She choreographed the Drama League Nominated production of Tennessee Williams's The Mutilated starring Mink Stole and Penny Arcade (off Broadway). Her choreography has been presented at Jacob's Pillow Inside Out, Jazz Dance World Congress Emerging Artist Event, Broadway Dance Center, SUNY Purchase, Pace University, Jazz at Lincoln Center and many more. She assistant choreographed shows off Broadway, for regional theater (MSMT), for awards shows (Elan Awards), industrials (Footlocker, Izod, Sesame Street etc.), and cruise lines (Princess, Celebrity), and assistant choreographed for Broadway Bares for three years under the direction of Jerry Mitchell and Denis Jones.

    She graduated cum laude with a degree in dance performance from Oklahoma City University under the tutelage of Director Jo Rowan and returned to school to get her MFA in dance performance and teaching from the Conservatory of Dance at SUNY Purchase College. While at Purchase she was a Graduate Teaching Assistant for Kazuko Hirabayshi and Roz Newman. For her graduate research she reconstructed a Ruth Currier piece under the direction of Ann Vachon and Alan Danielson of the Limon foundation. In her graduate concerts she worked with many repetiteurs, such as Jim May (Sokolow Foundation), Regina Larkin (Joyce Tristler foundation), The Nagrin Foundation and performed pieces choreographed by Max Stone, Cherice Barton, Daniel Nagrin, Pedro Ruiz, Mark Morris, Joyce Trisler, and Anna Sokolow.

    Lauren is an Associate Professor of dance and the Associate Executive Director of Sands College of Performing Arts at Pace University where she co-wrote and co-founded the BFA Commercial Dance program in 2012. She served for five years as Co-Director of the BFA program and directed the Dance Out Loud concert as well as the Senior Showcase. She recently stepped in as Interim Program Head of the BFA Commercial Dance program where she teaches courses in Jazz Pedagogy, Jazz Technique I and III, Ballet Pedagogy, Dance History, Senior Seminar, Senior Project, Freshman Seminar UNV 101 and more. Her other teaching credits include: Broadway Dance Center, New Dance Group, Dance Masters of America, Perry Mansfield, The Rockette Experience, Oklahoma City University, MacComb College, SUNY Purchase School of the Arts and Conservatory of Dance, NYCDA SDI, The Arts Council of Pennsylvania, and numerous other schools, studios, conventions, and intensives nationwide. Lauren is an ABT® certified teacher from Primary to level 5 and was an Artist in Residence and Director of Dance at the New York School for the Deaf where she created and taught a dance program for students from kindergarten to high school. Lauren Gaul currently lives in Bergen County, New Jersey with her husband, and two daughters, she is an avid watercolor painter and crocheter and loves summers on the Connecticut coast line.


    Thank you for listening to The TuTu thin Podcast

    Please contact us through
    www.dawntheodore.com
    www.tututhin.com
    IG @tutu_thin
    Facebook @tututhin
    Twitter @tututhin

    Thank you to Matt Miller @ Smacky Media Group


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    49 mins
  • Maggie Felmann talks about her work as an Animal Activist Rescuing Animals in the LA Fires and her work as a Recovery Coach..... When you Recover, Anything is Possible
    Jan 25 2025

    When you recover, you can do almost anything… ✨

    Join us as we welcome Maggie Felmann to the TuTu Thin Podcast! Maggie, an Eating Disorder Coach and passionate animal advocate, shares her incredible journey—from battling an unforgiving eating disorder to rescuing animals during the LA fires and helping others heal.

    Growing up as a young artist in West LA, Maggie faced the pressures of perfection firsthand. After years of struggle, she made a promise to herself: to guide others toward recovery. Now, with training from the Carolyn Costin Institute and a deep well of personal experience, she helps her clients reclaim their voices, their lives, and their future.

    Recovery is possible. Healing is real. And Maggie is living proof.

    Thank you for listening to The TuTu thin Podcast

    Please contact us through
    www.dawntheodore.com
    www.tututhin.com
    IG @tutu_thin
    Facebook @tututhin
    Twitter @tututhin

    Thank you to Matt Miller @ Smacky Media Group


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    37 mins

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