On the road to recovery, it’s one of the most tricky hurdles to articulate and overcome – helping family and friends appreciate that your mind is far from well, even if your body has improved.

In this episode, Debbie, Sara and Abi discuss how to deal with the reactions of others when your body is somewhat more restored.

Should you speak out about your angst? How do you help loved ones to help you?

This is the perfect episode to listen to as you prepare for meeting more friends and family over the Christmas season.

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For our latest episode, Debbie gets into conversation with our systemic eating disorder family therapist, Dr Sara Betteridge.

Sara’s experience is in the ‘open dialogue’ approach to therapy, and she’s had huge success working with families affected by an eating disorder.

She discusses why the approach is so effective, and who it benefits.

After you’ve listened, if you’re interested in an appointment with her, do get in touch via our website at https://wednesdayschild.co.uk/

Whether you’re meeting over a table of turkey this season, or catching up for a socially distanced walk or via zoom, it’s inevitable the festivities cause more interactions with those we know and love.

So how do we prepare ourselves for the potentially clumsy comments about our shape, our food intake, our recovery, and our ‘level of poorliness’?

In this latest episode, Sarah and Debbie discuss the impact eating disorders have on others witnessing our journey, and how we can all learn to manage expectations and communications far better this festive season.

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We’re heading towards those family gatherings and the prospect of seasonal eating, so how ready are you to challenge the demon voice of your eating disorder?

Are you already stressing about how that Christmas buffet will play out, or planning your excuse to avoid the turkey and the trimmings?

Stop right there.

Listen to this latest episode from Sarah and Debbie, as they discuss the tips and tactics which will help you feel the fear and challenge the very things which scare you most.

Let this be a Christmas dinner to remember for all the right reasons.

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Remember the story of Ebeneezer Scrooge and of the ghosts of Christmas Past, Present, and Future?

This episode, Sarah and Debbie consider what those fictitious ghosts might have had to show you or ask you, in order to get you to flick the switch on your eating disorder and create a happier freedom-focused Christmas this year.

Are you prepared to spend more festive holidays being ruled by your illness? Or are you ready for change?

Take a listen and get set to recharge your recovery in time for Santa’s visit.

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Tick-tock, tick-tock. That’s the sound of the Christmas Countdown we hear calling.

Are you becoming more stressed by the thought of the festive season looming?

Is your eating disorder demanding that you refuse seasonal invitations, make your usual excuses and avoid stepping out of your comfort zone?

Do you have a habit of over-thinking the pending ‘foodie occasions’, and, worse still, trying to compensate for your behaviour in advance?

Sarah and Debbie delve into this in their latest episode, discussing how to ‘look ahead without dread’.

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What are you prepared to change to get the life you really long for?

Recovery from an eating disorder doesn’t come without a whole lot of effort, so no matter how much you talk the talk – you’ve sure as heck got to walk the walk too.

In this episode, Debbie and Sarah talk about recovery motivation and the critical requirement that you continue to ‘change one thing’ in order to keep stepping forward.

Your feedback with your own experiences of finding motivation are encouraged, so do drop us a line and let us know what worked for you.

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You’ve dabbled, you’ve tried, you’ve come ‘nearly but not quite’, and perhaps you’ve decided ‘well at least I’m 80% there’.

Does that sound like you?

If you have, you’re know that it’s often the worst state of being – with so many of your friends and family convinced you’re better…while you know otherwise.

Quasi recovery is the place in which we can all convince ourselves we’ve come far enough, or that we’re now capable of being a ‘functioning’ human again, but it’s certainly not the place to press pause.

In this episode, Sarah, Abi and Debbie discuss why it’s a dangerous middle-ground zone, and why you have to push on through to achieve full restoration in mind and body.

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Does or did your eating disorder involve regimes and behaviours which left you wholly ashamed or petrified you’d be ‘found out’?

Have you sat on the floor of the kitchen, eating in desperation and distress at 3am? Have you driven yourself and others to distraction by the need to make even the simplest meal into a ceremonial event which requires the perfect location, crockery, temperature and food presentation?

This episode sees Sarah and Debbie delve into the world of behaviours, in an attempt to remove some of the stigma and shame which surrounds the way we act in the thick of our illness.

It’s time we lifted the lid and recognised that others battle the very thoughts and behaviours too.

We’ll be following up this episode in the future, so always welcome your messages about your own experiences and anecdotes.

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Arrrrgggggh. What’s going on with my metabolism?

Oh no. I’m gaining weight far quicker than I expected.

What’s this thing called overshoot?

In this episode, Sarah and Debbie lift the lid on these tricky issues and help you understand why it’s ‘absolutely normal’ that your metabolism gets super confused in recovery

They discuss the threat of sticking in ‘quasi recovery’ by refusing to ever reach overshoot, and the need to fully respond to hunger in order to allow the body to settle and stabilise to its rightful weight.

You’ll hear comment too, about stepping away from ‘meal plan slavery’, and about staying accountable to yourself as a priority for full restored happiness.

This episode mentions the famous Minnesota Starvation Experiment, which you may find worthy of reading about, in helping you understand how the participants absolutely had to enter overshoot, in order to recovery fully from their extreme starvation.

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