This week I welcome Lara Reaves to the show. Lara is a certified Holistic Nutrition Practitioner, specializing in eating disorders, and recovered from her own battle with an eating disorder that nearly destroyed many of her dreams for her future. Since recovery, Lara has worked in residential clinical settings, adolescent mental health facilities, and is well-versed in communicating with a treatment team. She is the Chief Operations Officer and Coach for Rebecca's Eating Disorder Foundation, and a Recovery Coach for the Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center. Her mission became to increase awareness and educate the public about eating disorders and the journey of recovery.

TOPICS DISCUSSED:

• The ways in which the journey to recovery can be one of the greatest teachers and source of growth.

• Using behaviors in an effort to soothe the pain form the voices in your head.

• How eating disorder behaviors (falsely) “protect” loved ones from the severity of one’s pain.

• Recovery requires learning how to not negotiate one’s values.

• The idea that one can make space for courage through disallowing fear from paralyzing the process.

• How the courage and self-esteem gained from moving through fear outlive and outlast fear itself.

• Recovery allows one to be “a part” of life as opposed to being “apart” from it.

CONNECT WITH LARA REAVES:

• Visit Lara online to learn more about her services and story
• Learn about Lara’s Coaching and Recovery Philosophies
• Contact Lara to see if working together would be a good fit
• Subscribe to Lara’s personal blog and her blog written for Rebecca’s Eating Disorder Foundation
• Follow Lara on Facebook and Instagram
• Read more about Lara's journey from recovering to recovered
• Listen to “Lara Reaves for Eating Disorder Awareness Week” on the Oversharing podcast
• You can also find Lara on Rebecca’s Eating Disorder Foundation and at Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center

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ABOUT KARIN LEWIS:
Karin Lewis, MA, LMFT, CEDS has been recovered from Anorexia Nervosa for over 20 years and has been specializing in the prevention and treatment of eating disorders since 2005. To learn more about Karin and her center’s services, please visit Karin Lewis Eating Disorder Center. You can connect with Karin on social media by following her on Facebook and Instagram.

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