According to the National Association for Anorexia Nervosa and Associated Disorders, approximately 30 million Americans live with an eating disorder. If you or someone you know belong to this statistic, then this episode for you.

Sarah Gottfried joins us to talk about her journey of overcoming an eating disorder. What started of as wanting the perfect physical image and innocent simple dieting, spiraled into a path of rigidity, confinement, and malnourishment. In this episode, she shares the steps she took and the kind of support system that helped her overcome her eating disorder.

If you’re struggling with something similar, you’ll feel empowered and inspired to overcome disordered eating after listening to this episode.

If you know someone struggling, be sure to tune in also. This episode will teach you what and what not to say to someone with an eating disorder.

We discuss:
•How wanting the perfect image brought Sarah to the path of an eating disorder
•Unconventional ways to recovery
•How important it is to clean out your social media when you are recovering
•Finding a support system to help you
•What and what not to say to someone struggling with an eating disorder
•Things you can do to help a loved one with disordered eating
•Sarah’s process of writing Full: A Memoir of Overcoming an Eating Disorder

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