Orthorexia is a new health dilema sweeping across the nation. As people begin to recognize this ‘obsession with health’ as actually unhealthy, change is being made. Today’s guest, Dani Breiner, has struggled with orthorexia in the past and now works to help other women fight through the obsessive habits and create a well balanced approach to health. After a toxic relationship left Dani with low self esteem, she found herself deep in disordered eating as she restricted, purged, and did anything possible to change her body. When she finally left the toxic relationship ruining her life, Dani found herself falling hard for a then stranger, now love of her life, named Thomas. The addition of Thomas into her life helped Dani leave the disordered eating but it wouldn’t be much longer before a new struggle arose. As Thomas was diagnosed with an extremely rare form of cancer, Dani’s life took a drastic turn as she became fully immersed in the world of cancer and treatments. Desperate to save Thomas, Dani fell back into disordered eating but in a new way, in a disguised way, as orthorexia. What seemed like a desire to ‘save Thomas’ was actually an obsessive relationship to health, clean eating, and fear foods that ruled Dani’s life. In today’s episode Dani shares how she fell into both types of disordered eating; the struggles she faced while recovering; and practical tips to conquer food fears, eat out again, and reclaim your relationship to health. In this we discuss what it was like to support a partner going through intensive chemo; the struggles they faced as a couple; how to remain hopeful; and why Cancer changed her entire viewpoint on life. We also delve into what it means to learn from your pain and how to not dwell on the past. It’s an emotionally raw episode with much inspiration! To connect with Dani find her at @danishealthyeats and I'm at @emilyfeikls