Just Eat Normally: Eating Disorder Recovery

Ep 43: Isolation, restricting and bingeing, Kylie Johnston's eating disorder and recovery story


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Kylie Johnston is a Psychology student at UBC Okanagan in Canada. She recognised that she had developed an eating disorder in September 2020 and is currently well into her recovery journey. Kylie is a passionate mental health advocate and reached out to me to share her story of recovery to help and inspire others. 


In this episode we discuss:

  • Factors that led to the development of an eating disorder, including becoming vegetarian, life changes, the Covid-19 pandemic and isolation 
  • Changes in thinking style and unhelpful thought patterns that are common during an eating disorder
  • The impact of the eating disorder
  • Food rules, compensation mechanisms and exercise addiction
  • Kylie's turning point and how her family helped in find the motivation to recover
  • The aftermath of an eating disorder
  • Benefits that Kylie experience from working with a dietician and therapist during recovery
  • Similarities in our stories; I share some of my experience of an eating disorder

  • Apologies for my baby brain, this episode was recorded back in May 2022 when I had a 2 month old! Despite that, I think that we cover a lot of very important points and concepts in this episode.


    Recovery resources.

    Episode 3 - What's it like to see an eating disorder dietician? with Talia Cecchele

    Episode 13 - Exercise, weight-loss, metabolism and rest with Faye Townsend

    Episode 23 - Flow with Chlo on how to get your period back 



    Connect with Rachel.

    Dr. Rachel Evans is a psychologist, hypnotherapist and eating disorder survivor. She brings together academic knowledge and theories, therapeutic skills and personal experience for a unique perspective on eating disorder recovery. Rachel helps ambitious women to stop restricting, bingeing and purging. and to feel comfortable in their body.

    https://eatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/

    https://www.instagram.com/rachel.evans.phd/

    https://www.facebook.com/rachel.evans.phd


    Connect with Kylie.

    If you would like to connect with Kylie than please contact me and I can put you in touch. 

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