Today I'm chatting to Anne, The Eating Disorder Nutritionist, all about how we view food and helpful ways of eating in recovery.

Anne is a registered nutritional therapist who exclusively works with disordered eaters whether they have received a formal diagnosis or not. She focuses her work more on restriction, so her clients tend to suffer from anorexia, orthorexia and bulimia mostly. She is currently doing a diploma in cognitive behavioural therapy and this is reflected in her practice which blends nutrition with CBT. She mostly works online from her home in Devon.

Anne's website is https://www.theeatingdisordernutritionist.co.uk

Her Instagram is @theeatingdisordernutritionist

Digging into my own personal journey, I look at all the things I have gained in recovery.

In todays episode I am chatting to a lovely guest called Jane about the difficulty in accessing appropriate support for eating disorder recovery. 

This episode is in answer to a question from the lovely Claire about how to deal with the immense guilt when you eat in anorexia recovery.

Victoria and Karla join me for this episode, where we discuss the fears we had of losing the eating disorder identities and how to discover who we were without the ED.

Many of you know already that my podcasts are pretty unedited and this episode has guest appearances from my 2 dogs!

Victoria Kleinsman is a Food Freedom & Body Love Coach who has beaten anorexia - bulimia - binge eating disorder and abuse. Using her unique gift of activating people to remember how powerful and self-loving they naturally are, Victoria helps people from all around the world to make peace with food, become besties with their bodies & come back home to self-love & intuition eating.

Website: https://www.victoriakleinsman.com/

Karla is a proud Mexican, mom of 3 beautiful kids, spouse and daughter. She used to be a rebellious girl, with a little tint of loneliness and sadness deep in her soul. She never felt totally part of anything or that she belonged, until her body could give her a place in the world.

At the age of 15, after a surgery, her anorexia, bulimia, orthorexia, OCD or ED was triggered. It has been part of her life for the last 25 years. Like many, she has tried different treatments and had very few results. Until she found coaching and our now mutual friend, Victoria.

Karla is now an eating disorder recovery coach helping other women who are in the grasps of an eating disorder.

You can reach Karla here:

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In this episode, HARRIET and I discuss the effects diet culture can have on Recovery and coping strategies to deal with this.

We also chat about why comparing ourselves, and what we eat to others can be very damaging.

Harriet is an experienced BACP accredited counsellor who specialises in supporting people with eating disorders and body image issues. She has worked in an Adult Eating Disorder NHS Service and privately since 2003. She is host of the eating disorder podcast - The Eating Disorder Therapist and trainer in eating disorders and body image. She offers individual therapy, online courses, training and Breakthrough Days. She offers a psychological approach to helping someone understand their eating disorder as a coping strategy, and then to empower them with skills and tools for change. Harriet is passionate about the therapy relationship and instilling hope that recovery is possible. She is also an expert through experience having made a full recovery from bulimia nervosa.

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Bite Size Eating Disorder Therapy Membership

https://www.patreon.com/theeatingdisordertherapist

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

Online Event - Inspiring Prevention of Eating Disorders and Body Image Issues

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/inspiring-prevention-of-eating-disorders-and-body-image-issues-tickets-601388086957

Website

www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk

Instagram

@theeatingdisordertherapist_

I decided to do this episode, because I realised that I was holding back from doing something due to fear, and when I realised this, it reminded me that I’d literally spent most of my life living afraid so I’ve decided to do this episode on what that meant for me 

Hope you enjoy it.

A disabled recovering people pleaser, lifetime traveler, and podcaster - Tina O. Hoang strives to ensure women have the space to choose themselves and share their courageous stories. Whether it is changing how you are perceived within a family dynamic, leaving a comfortable 9-5, or advocating for yourself when a stranger is being rude. She believes women of color are allowed to take the first step and don't need permission. After someone told her that her passivity was unattractive, she took it and decided to become assertive and courageous as she can ever be! With a background in career counseling, Tina also understands the hardship of career changes and the components of how it can involve family and friends. She knows that even if when we are scared of making that first step, we need to say "F*ck it" and do it anyways. To make that choice despite the paralyzing and roaring feeling growing within them. She also loves to travel, read, and be present with nature. Her favorite national park so far is Glacier National Park. 
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tinaohoang/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100091289967922&sk=about
Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/2LZ7zMXRFUHW9Hqy2nVefe?si=1325bc0e0ec04abb

In this episode, I talk about the lies we tell ourselves and other people to protect our ED.

Today I am talking to Matt Davis

about the role exercise can play in an eating disorder and how at time the fitness/wellness industry can actually promote disordered eating and distorted body image. 

Matt is a Nutritionist specialising in disordered eating and body image. Matt is the founder of The Flourishing Athlete, where he aims to help athletes and fitness enthusiasts develop a positive relationship with food, body and self so they can flourish in life and sport.

Instagram link:

https://www.instagram.com/theflourishingathlete/