Liv Label Free | Neurodivergent Eating Disorder Recovery

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Liv Label Free | Neurodivergent Eating Disorder Recovery episodes

July 22, 2024 Autistic Overthinking Meditation | Neurodiversity-Affirming Guided Practice
Welcome to this Liv Label Free Neurodiversity-Affirming Guided Meditation, designed especially for those experiencing overthinking and anxiety related to autism. This practice embraces and affirms your unique neurodivergent mind, providing a safe and supportive space to calm your thoughts and find inner peace.
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12 min
July 16, 2024Communication secrets for autistic people with eating disorders and demand avoidance (Q&A with my mom Part 2)
My mom is back for part 2 of our Q&A on autism and eating disorders! In today’s episode, we delve into the unique challenges faced by families when it comes to communication when dealing with autism and eating disorders. You’ll learn:
Tips to communicate with an autistic person struggling with food
How to build a safe and trusting environment in ED recovery
The guilt that accompanies going against treatment recommendations
How parents can encourage a sense of autonomy in their autistic child
Providing mealtime support during panic attacks
The importance of regulating your own nervous system as a parent or caregiver of an autistic child with an eating disorder
Shifting labels such as non-compliant, treatment-resistant, and manipulative to a last-ditch effort to claiming autonomy
How hardships can help us find our purpose in life
Trusting your parental instincts when professional treatment is causing harm
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👉🏻 Join Autistically ED-Free Group Coaching
🌈 Buy Rainbow Girl: A Memoir of Autism and Anorexia
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59 min
July 08, 2024Q&A with my mom! Answering your questions about autism, eating disorders, FBT, and more! (Part 1)
How do you best support an autistic child with an eating disorder? Is FBT helpful or harmful? Where can you get support as a parent? In today’s episode, Livia Sara and her mom Louise Alexandra answer listener questions about autism and eating disorders. You’ll learn:
Slow and painful realization that your child is developing an eating disorder
How an eating disorder is an attempted solution to existential crisis
Parental confusion around autism and eating disorders
Impact of diet culture on autistic children
Sibling experience of eating disorders
Harms of Family Based Therapy (FBT) aka Maudsley Method
Demand Avoidance in autism and eating disorders
How to rebuild trust and encourage honest communication
Coercion, legal incapacity, and trauma
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🌈 Buy Rainbow Girl: A Memoir of Autism and Anorexia
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58 min
July 01, 2024Procrastinating Mealtimes
Do you delay eating until your to-do list is in order? Perhaps, you believe eating is more "enjoyable" when you save most of your calories for the night. Or maybe you just can't get out of the restrict-binge cycle that's controlling your days! If you want to gain practical strategies for cultivating a peaceful relationship with food, this episode is for you. You'll learn:
Biology behind why autistic people with eating disorders delay mealtimes
How habits impact your eating routines
How the state of your nervous system impacts your ability to eat
Creating an Ideal Eating Schedule in autistic ED recovery
Practical tips to lessen eating-induced anxiety
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23 min
June 17, 2024Why Unrestricted Eating Is For Life (Part 2 of my chat w/ Victoria Kleinsman)
My dear friend Victoria Kleinsman is back! In part 2 of our chat on all things body image, bingeing, and creating the life you love, we discuss:
Fear of “letting yourself go” and losing control around food
Intuitive eating VS. intuition eating
How to find your happy weight without restricting
The importance of eating “junk food” in eating disorder recovery
No longer being able to restrict after anorexia
How to trust your body after trauma
Fear of becoming a sugar addict and developing diabetes in ED recovery
Needing recovery VS. wanting recovery
The experience of gaining weight while being recovered from an eating disorder
The importance of taking recovery advice with a grain of salt
What it’s like being married to an autistic person
How being autistic impacts ED recovery
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59 min
June 03, 2024Bingeing on Body Love w/ Victoria Kleinsman
What does it REALLY mean to love your body? Today, Livia chats with her bestie Victoria Kleinsman, a Food Freedom & Body Love Coach. After spending over 20 years battling eating disorders and being petrified of weight gain, Victoria empathizes with the challenges of anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. Now living in food freedom and self-love, she coaches women on their journey to complete recovery from eating disorders through her signature REAL Recovery Roadmap approach. Victoria is on a mission to lead millions back home to self-love and to a positive relationship with food and their bodies through coaching and her top-rated podcast, The Body Love Binge. We discuss:
The philosophy of Body Love
How childhood experiences can pave the way for an eating disorder
The timing of puberty and eating disorders
How anorexia causes you to feel superior
The invisible invalidating nature of traditional ED treatment
Importance of neural rewiring in weight restoration
The lingering damaging effects of compulsive overexercise
Faking a healthy sex drive during an eating disorder
The secretive isolation of bulimia
The biological reality of weight, body fat, and food freedom
Approaching health at every size from a holistic perspective
How hardships shape us into stronger humans
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🎙️ Listen to The Body Love Binge Podcast
🍰 Free taste test of the paid Body Love Binge Program
🫶 Free support group
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59 min
May 20, 2024I Moved to Boston! + More Life Updates
It’s time for another update episode! Today, Livia is joined by her co-host Mike to share what’s been going on behind the scenes of Liv Label Free. We discuss:
Why I left the Netherlands
My upcoming extreme hunger book
The Dutch translation of Rainbow Girl
Experiences visiting Los Angeles
Why neurodivergers are more likely to be followed by security guards
The fragile truth about letting go of the eating disorder identity
Chasing an ADHD diagnosis as adults
Different types of neurodivergent hyperfocus
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51 min
May 07, 2024From Picky Eating to Passionate Advocacy w/ George Muniz Gund
When it comes to understanding autism, picky eating, and the infinite array of neurodivergent traits, nothing is more powerful than stories of lived experience. In this episode, Livia Sara speaks with George Muniz Gund, a Brazilian American autistic and ADHD actor, neurodiversity acceptance and disability justice advocate, podcast host, and blogger.
Topics covered:
Autism and texture-based food aversions
Society's lack of patience for autistic food preferences
Realizing social differences at a young age
Struggles with traditional education as a neurodivergent person
How acting classes assisted with autistic unmasking
The journey of stepping into the role of an autism advocate
The benefit of listening to neurodivergent experiences
Challenging neuronormativity to embrace one’s own unique way
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51 min
April 02, 2024The Truth About Atypical Anorexia
What is atypical anorexia and how does it differ from anorexia nervosa? This episode of the podcast uncovers the TRUTH about this eating disorder and validates the experience of individuals struggling with atypical anorexia. You'll learn:
How atypical anorexia is diagnosed
The role of BMI in eating disorders
Atypical anorexia prevalence
An alternative view of eating disorders as a spectrum of adaptive eating behaviors
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😱 Learn The Shocking Truth About BMI
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14 min
March 19, 2024The Difference Between Anorexia and ARFID
What’s the difference between anorexia and ARFID? Unfortunately, there is incredible confusion when distinguishing between these two eating disorders. In today’s episode, you’ll learn:
What is anorexia?
What is ARFID?
Anorexia vs ARFID: key differences
Overlapping symptoms of anorexia and ARFID
Why eating disorders are adaptive behaviors
Why autistic people may develop anorexia and/or ARFID
How to support someone with anorexia and/or ARFID
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🌈 Buy Rainbow Girl: A Memoir of Autism and Anorexia
🎙️ Get FREE Audio Training on Autism and Eating Disorders
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📝 Check out the blog post of this episode
20 min

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