Episode 132: Welcome back to Real Health Radio. Today’s guest interview is with Tabitha Farrar. Tabitha grew up in Wiltshire, England, in an idyllic (yet rainy) village. Despite being a robust and confident teenager, she developed an eating disorder at age 17 and this devastating illness took pole position in her life until, at 25, she finally started my recovery journey. She successfully recovered from Anorexia Nervosa and the complicated matrix of obsessions and habitual eating disorder behaviors that came with it. She’s now an eating disorder recovery coach and author of Love Fat, an educational memoire on eating disorder recovery and insight, and Rehabilitate, Rewire, Recover! — a recovery guide for adults.

Here’s what we talk about in this podcast episode:

4:00: A bit about Tabitha’s background

5:30: How she developed an eating disorder, even as a confident teenager

8:30: How her body reacted when she suddenly started dieting

11:30: How her disorder progressed over the next 10 years

22:30: Was she pushed into recovery or come to it on her own?

25:15: The resource she found most helpful in her recovery

29:15: How she fell into being a recovery coach

32:30: How her book differs from many in the recovery space

35:30: How she uses the Migration Theory in her coaching practice

38:45: What is “nutritional rehabilitation”?

40:30: What part does neural rewiring play?

43:30: Nutrition deficit

46:00: Mental symptoms of malnutrition

53:15: Is difficulty spending money on yourself a related symptom?

55:15: Different ways restriction can manifest itself

57:30: How to rewire your brain

1:03:15: Tabitha’s advice for people in recovery who are parents

Here’s how you can connect with Tabitha Farrar:

Website

Facebook

Twitter

YouTube

Links mentioned during the show:

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