Merry Christmas!

This time of year can feel truly magical for many, yet incredibly challenging for others. After several Christmases shaped and, at times, overshadowed by my eating disorder, Mum and I reflect on what this season has meant to us in the past, and why this year feels so different.

In this episode, we share an honest update on my recovery, now more than a year on, and discuss how I am approaching Christmas differently this time. We also offer insight and reassurance for anyone who may find this period difficult to navigate.

Thank you to every single listener who has supported us episode after episode, and helped our podcast reach so many people. We are endlessly grateful.

We wish you all a very Merry Christmas and a safe, healthy, and flourishing New Year.

See you in 2026! ❤️

Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but share our lived, researched and specialist informed experience of an eating disorder and mental health trauma to contribute to the wider understanding in how to best support and improve mental health care services.   

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What is body positivity and how does it look for men?

In this episode we discuss the concept of body positivity, how it is conveyed and whether it is an ideal that is advocated for in the male sphere.

Thank you to our amazing listeners for joining in our candid discussions and supporting all aspects of positive life change we hope to encourage.

Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but share our lived, researched and specialist informed experience of an eating disorder and mental health trauma to contribute to the wider understanding in how to best support and improve mental health care services.   

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This week have the honour of having on our podcast George Mycock, the founder of Myominds, an organisation aimed at raising awareness and understanding of mental health issues within the exercising community.  

In this episode, George discusses his current PhD research into muscularity orientated issues, body dysmorphia and disordered eating in men in his aim to vitally inform and improve existing intervention and treatment services supporting these psychopathological conditions in men.

Disclaimer:  This episode contains discussion around body dysmorphia, anorexia and suicidal ideation.

Links to George's published study and guidance documents: Read here

George Mycock PhD guidance: Outreach Resources for Men

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On this episode, we speak to the incredible ED advocate and campaigner, Hannah Hickinbotham of the Full of Beans podcast, about male representation within ED discussion and the considerations that need to be in place to enable men to reach out and seek help for distorted behaviour around food and exercise.  

Thank you to our amazing listeners for joining in our candid discussions and supporting all aspects of positive life change we hope to encourage.

Content Warning: This episode includes discussion around suicide ideation, inpatient treatment and medical trauma; listen with caution.

Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but share our lived, researched and specialist informed experience of an eating disorder and mental health trauma to contribute to the wider understanding in how to best support and improve mental health care services.   

In today’s episode, we discuss acknowledging the external forces which impact addictive response.

Looking at the theories of addiction by the writers and philosophers Fyodor Doestoevsky and George Bataille, we explore how to better equip ourselves to challenge potentially addictive behaviour by acknowledging the false and dangerous sense of control it appears to give us over our dissatisfaction of how we are socio-culturally placed in the world.

Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but share our lived, researched and specialist informed experience of an eating disorder and mental health trauma to contribute to the wider understanding in how to best support and improve mental health care services.   

Thank you to our amazing listeners for joining in our candid discussions and supporting all aspects of positive life change we hope to encourage.

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In today’s episode we are honoured to speak to the amazingly brave and insightful ED recovery, and body neutrality advocate, Alex Sublette.  Through our discussion, and her inspiring, ‘be_well_with_Alex’ Instagram page, Alex courageously maps her recovery journey in her determination to support others as they navigate their recovery journey. 

Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but share our lived, researched and specialist informed experience of an eating disorder and mental health trauma in our aim to contribute to the wider understanding in how to best support and improve mental health care services.   

Thank you to our amazing listeners for joining in our candid discussions and supporting all aspects of positive life change we hope to encourage.

Empathy is a choice, a vulnerable choice because to connect with someone in emotional pain you have to let go of your ego and attempt to put yourself in the place of your loved one, significant other or friend who is struggling.  Rarely, if ever, does an empathetic response begin with ‘at least’.

So how do we support those we love who our struggling?  

In today’s episode, we discuss how emotional support means acknowledging the perspective of our loved one’s trauma, staying out of judgement, recognising their emotions and responding accordingly.

Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but share our lived, researched and specialist informed experience of an eating disorder and mental health trauma to contribute to the wider understanding in how to best support and improve mental health care services.   

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As our listeners know by now, we are all about celebrating life wins, especially as a clapback to mental health adversity, and how magnificent life can look on the other side of overcoming trauma and mental health challenges.    

In today’s episode we speak to our inspiring guest, Great British Bake-off’s, Amos Lilley, who bravely shares his experience of appearing on the show, as well as how he whips (pun intended!) his mental health challenges into shape.

Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but share our lived, researched and specialist informed experience of an eating disorder and mental health trauma in our aim to contribute to the wider understanding in how to best support and improve mental health care services.   

Thank you to our amazing listeners for joining in our candid discussions and supporting our aim to encourage all aspects of positive life change.

In today’s episode, we speak to our inspiring friend and mental health advocate, Yasmin Langdon.  Yasmin shares her brave battle on how she overcame the cycle of trauma she experienced from bullying and how she has replaced it with the life success she now embraces.

Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but share our lived, researched and specialist informed experience of an eating disorder and mental health trauma in our aim to contribute to the wider understanding in how to best support and improve mental health care services.   

Thank you to our amazing listeners for joining in our candid discussions and supporting our aim to encourage all aspects of positive life change.

Today’s episode looks at bureaucracy and how, as attested to by the philosopher Hannah Arendt, some ‘bad actors’ can be seen to manipulate society by inundating it with technical administration so as to cover up institutional inaction.

Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but share our lived experience of an eating disorder, and the research and specialist advice we have gathered over a decade, to contribute to the wider understanding in how to best support and improve mental health care services.   

Thank you to our amazing listeners for joining in our candid discussions, and supporting our aim to encourage all aspects of positive life change.