In this week's episode, Han is joined by Remie Colledge. Remie is a neurodivergent public speaker, trainer and writer, with lived experience of recovery from anorexia. Remie discovered she was autistic many years after her struggle with anorexia began, and she received an even later ADHD diagnosis. Understanding and processing her experiences through a neuroaffirmative lens became a turning point, and a therapeutic part of her recovery journey. Remie is passionate about the value of sharing lived experience in an intentional way, along with working together with others to create a more neuro-inclusive world to live, work and belong, a world that really supports neurodivergent wellbeing.

This week, we discuss:

• How undiagnosed neurodivergence shaped early eating difficulties
• Why ED behaviours can become coping strategies for sensory overload
• How autism & ADHD traits can get entangled with disordered eating
• Letting go of “perfect recovery” and embracing the grey areas
• What eating disorder burnout looks and feels like
• Reconnecting with joy, identity, and special interests in recovery
• Building a life that works with your neurodivergent brain, not against it

Timestamps:

• 04:00 – School transitions, sensory overload & early food struggles
• 12:00 – Control, masking, and the early roots of anorexia
• 17:00 – Autism, perfectionism & the “myth” of linear recovery
• 24:00 – Burnout: neurodivergent & ED-related
• 30:00 – ADHD, hyper-focus, and the illusion of “doing it all”
• 38:00 – Building a recovery that respects your neurotype
• 43:00 – Connection, identity & life beyond the ED

Trigger Warning: This episode discusses anorexia, recovery relapse, diagnostic experiences, and burnout. Please take care while listening.

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• Visit Remie's website

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