Can women have it all? with Rania Masri El Khatib

In this episode, MEEDA's VP Carine El Khazen receives Rania Masri El Khatib, a senior retail executive with over 20 years of experience and the mother of 2 girls.Rania talks about her journey from the shop floor to being one of the most influental retail executives in the Middle East region, and her choice to take a sabbatical in order to regroup and decide what comes next.  Rania is a firm believer in mentoring and empowering women to be leaders across our industry and beyond.Together, Carine and Rania wonder if women can really have it all - career, looks, relationship, family - without losing their minds and identity in the process.They evoke the overvaluation of appearance in our society (12:30) and how the health and wellness industry tends to encourage eating disorder behaviours (18:45). They exchange some tips about parenting young kids in a positive body image atmosphere (21:10), but also when is emotional eating really about emotions or simply a sign of hunger that's left unaddressed (27:00). They also cover social media influences and what can women do to address the common societal pressure they experience on a daily basis.Find Rania Masri El Khatib via her website. Please reach out with your questions, suggestions and feedback via [email protected] your free 15 mins assessment, please visit www.meeda.me/contactswww.meeda.me

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A podcast raising awareness of eating disorders in the Middle East, produced by the Middle East Eating Disorders Association, a not-for-profit aiming to support prevention and awareness of Eating Disorders, as well as professional training, research and support to patients across the whole Middle East area.Alongside guests and listeners’ questions, the podcast aims to cover a wide diversity of aspects regarding eating disorders’ diagnosis, treatment, recovery, as well as support to patients of all sizes, ages, genders, abilities and ethnicities. Because eating disorders don’t discriminate. And because they are among the deadliest mental health conditions.