Skinny Doesn’t Equal Happiness

It’s a story eating disorders love to tell: that thinness guarantees happiness. That smaller equals better. That once your body changes, everything will fall into place. In this episode, we break that illusion.

We talk about how meaning gets placed onto bodies, and look at tools to help build distance and start rewiring automatic thoughts. From TikTok trends to ‘bad photos’, we explore how these beliefs are formed, what keeps them going – and how to challenge them in the moment.

We also reflect on what happiness actually feels like in recovery, and what’s changed for us now that freedom isn’t hinged on how we look.

Topics covered:
• When size takes on meaning  
• The media’s role in promoting body ideals
• Awareness, autopilot, and rewiring beliefs
• Body image “then vs now”
• ED highs and real happiness – what’s the difference?
• Social media and SkinnyTok

• Completing the picture
• The “tick box” ED life (and what it costs you)
• Motivation vs commitment: choosing action
• Using the “glass dome” to protect your peace

Connect with us:

Meg
Instagram: @megsy_recovery
YouTube: Megsy Recovery
TikTok: megsy recovery

Safia
Instagram: @safia_edrecoverycoach
Email: [email protected]
Beyond Body Coaching: www.beyondbodyimage.com/

Em (copywriter & editor)
Instagram: @em_schone

[DISCLAIMER]

Please keep in mind we’re not medical professionals, and the podcast content reflects our own experiences and opinions, as well as that of our guests, so it shouldn’t be taken as medical advice. If you’re struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating, please reach out to a medical professional to discuss your own situation and get professional help with your own unique recovery.

Managing Triggers: The Glass Dome

What protects your recovery when it feels like the outside world is full of triggers? In this episode, we use the analogy of “the glass dome”: a metaphorical boundary that shields you from toxic messaging, triggers, and external noise – and helps you stay true to your own health legacy.

We look at how to strengthen your “glass dome” and how to stay inside it, even when conflicting beliefs try to break through. Whether you’re feeling destabilised by diet talk or struggling with comments, it’s a useful tool to keep on hand – and not just in recovery. We’ll also talk about how this analogy can serve you into your recovered life, be that parenthood, the comparison trap, or something else entirely. 

Topics covered:

• What the “glass dome” metaphor means in recovery
• Why mental protection matters 
• What strengthens the dome (and what doesn’t)
• Defining your personal non-negotiables 
• How to handle triggering comments 
• Differentiating between temporary and long-term discomfort
• Prompts to help define your own “glass dome”

Connect with us:

Meg
Instagram: @megsy_recovery
YouTube: Megsy Recovery
TikTok: megsy recovery

Safia
Instagram: @safia_edrecoverycoach
Email: [email protected]
Beyond Body Coaching: www.beyondbodyimage.com/

Em (copywriter & editor)
Instagram: @em_schone

Please keep in mind we’re not medical professionals, and the podcast content reflects our own experiences and opinions, as well as that of our guests, so it shouldn’t be taken as medical advice. If you’re struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating, please reach out to a medical professional to discuss your own situation and get professional help with your own unique recovery.

Taking Action: Setting Recovery Goals

To mark the start of our new virtual workshop, Recovery in Action, we’re talking about goal setting: a crucial part of making the changes needed to break out of the ED cycle. From common “traps” to repetition, accountability to releasing targets, there’s so much to consider – which often means setting (and sticking to) goals feels overwhelming.  

With this in mind, here’s a practical guide to creating goals that are both realistic and meaningful – even if you don’t have a big support team around you.

Using the SAFETY GOALS framework, we outline a tool to help you plan, complete, and reflect on your goals in a way that builds momentum, not shame. You’ll also hear how to handle the tricky feelings that can come after doing a challenge, whether it feels harder – or easier – than expected.

Topics covered:

• The SAFETY GOALS method: what it means and how to use it
• What to do when things don’t go to plan 
• Why repetition matters: making goals stick for good
• Common “traps” and removing barriers 
• Anticipating ED sabotage and planning ahead
• Tracking progress, learning from lapses, and accountability
• Sitting with the feelings after a challenge 
• What goal can you set yourself today?
• Insight into our virtual workshop

Connect with us:

Meg
Instagram: @megsy_recovery
YouTube: Megsy Recovery
TikTok: megsy recovery

Safia
Instagram: @safia_edrecoverycoach
Email: [email protected]
Beyond Body Coaching: www.beyondbodyimage.com/

Em (copywriter & editor)
Instagram: @em_schone

[DISCLAIMER]

Please keep in mind we’re not medical professionals, and the podcast content reflects our own experiences and opinions, as well as that of our guests, so it shouldn’t be taken as medical advice. If you’re struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating, please reach out to a medical professional to discuss your own situation and get professional help with your own unique recovery.

Talia Cecchele: Nutrition in Recovery - Myth Busting

We absolutely loved this fun myth busting episode with eating disorder specialist dietician Talia Cecchele. She explains common misconceptions from a place of so much knowledge and experience, yet her warmth makes you feel you are having a chat with a friend. Talia is the founder of TCN (Talia Cecchele Nutrition) and works part-time in London's leading private mental health hospital on a specialist eating disorders unit. We are so excited to share this episode with you!

Topics covered:

• Whether a ‘maintenance plan’ is ever needed.

• Is there such a thing as a ‘recovery food’?

• Is it possible to keep gaining weight and never ever stop?

• How much influence BMI has on how much we should weigh.

• Does being at a ‘healthy weight’ mean you don’t need to introduce new foods or break food rules?

• Why thinner doesn’t equal healthier.

• Fear of admitting you like certain foods.

• Whether binge eating is linked to willpower.

• What extreme hunger is and how to overcome it. 

• Why dietary restriction causes digestive issues and whether it can be fixed. 

• Intuitive eating. 

• How to cope with seeing calorie amounts on menus. 

Find Talia here:

Instagram: @tcnutrition 

Website: https://www.taliacecchele.com

You can find us on social media:

Meg:

Instagram: @megsy_recovery

YouTube: Megsy Recovery

TikTok: megsy recovery

Safia: 

Email: [email protected] 

Instagram: @safia_edrecoverycoach

Member of the Beyond Body Coaching team: https://www.beyondbodycoach.com

Please keep in mind we’re not medical professionals, and the podcast content reflects our own experiences and opinions, as well as that of our guests, so it shouldn’t be taken as medical advice. If you’re struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating please reach out to a medical professional to discuss your own situation and get professional help with your own unique recovery.

In this episode we were lucky enough to speak to the legend who is Dr G, from the renowned Gaudiani Clinic and author of the incredible book ’Sick Enough’. 

Eating Disorder Rules and Conditions

In this episode of Rewired, we dive into the idea of “perfect conditions” in recovery (and why they’re anything but perfect).

We unpack the hidden rules and rituals that often creep in around food, time, and environment, sharing how these conditions kept us stuck. From clock-watching and cutlery to temperature and texture, we reflect on the emotional cost of needing things to be just right – and what helped us finally let go.

Most importantly, we talk about what life looks like now: imperfect, spontaneous, and connected.

Topics covered:

• Why eating disorders are not about hating food
• The problem with “perfect” 
• Rituals, rules, and relationships
• What happens when things go wrong? 
• Rigidity and its consequences 
• What helped us: weight restoration and rule-breaking
• Letting go of control and choosing flexibility over fear
• What eating looks like now 

• Challenging your own conditions 

Connect with us:

Meg
Instagram: @megsy_recovery
YouTube: Megsy Recovery
TikTok: megsy recovery

Safia
Instagram: @safia_edrecoverycoach
Email: [email protected]
Beyond Body Coaching: www.beyondbodyimage.com/

Em (copywriter & editor)
Instagram: @em_schone

[DISCLAIMER]

Please keep in mind we’re not medical professionals, and the podcast content reflects our own experiences and opinions, as well as that of our guests, so it shouldn’t be taken as medical advice. If you’re struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating, please reach out to a medical professional to discuss your own situation and get professional help with your own unique recovery.

Conditions, permission and surrender

In this episode of Rewired, we explore one of the most important parts of recovery: giving yourself permission.

From food and movement to the idea of what recovery “should” look like, we reflect on what it means to truly surrender, and why surrendering – to others, to weight restoration and to unconditional eating – is essential.

We explore the discomfort of letting go, and the freedom that comes from allowing your body and mind to find their own way – even when others don’t understand. We also unpack the idea of invalidity and feeling like a “fraud” (and why that’s just not the case!).  

Topics covered:

·      Surrendering to the process: letting your body decide

·      Minimising ED opportunities and outsourcing support 

·      Common triggers and conditions around food  

·      Once it’s in, it’s in: the importance of consistency 

·      Time-hopping and not acting on the “moment”  

·      Allowing yourself to eat all foods

·      Meal plans, cravings, and navigating structure 

·      Loosening the grip on movement and hidden rules  

·      Permission around your weight

·      Why surrender isn’t failure  

Connect with us:

Meg
Instagram: @megsy_recovery  

YouTube: Megsy Recovery  

TikTok: megsy recovery  

Safia

Instagram: @safia_edrecoverycoach  

Email: [email protected]  

Beyond Body Coaching: www.beyondbodyimage.com/  

Em (copywriter & editor)

Instagram: @em_schone  

[DISCLAIMER]

Please keep in mind we’re not medical professionals, and the podcast content reflects our own experiences and opinions, as well as that of our guests, so it shouldn’t be taken as medical advice. If you’re struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating, please reach out to a medical professional to discuss your own situation and get professional help with your own unique recovery.

In this special episode, we chat with the superstar CBT-E therapist Carine El Khazen who supported us both on our recovery journey. The insight and incredibly helpful recovery tools she shares makes this episode an absolute must listen. Carine is a clinical psychologist at the American Centre for Psychiatry and Neurology in Dubai. She has also co-authored the first and only CBT-E guide for parents of adolescents receiving CBT-E treatment. The book is entitled: “Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Young People, a parent’s guide”. She is also the Vice-President and head representative for the UAE of the non-profit association MEEDA (the Middle East Eating Disorders Association).

Topics covered:

-The CBT-E treatment protocol: the process and what makes it different from other forms of treatment.

-How to cope with gaining weight.

-What the body comparison selection and assessment bias is. 

-What to do when you lose motivation at the point of taking action. 

-How to cope with a fear of losing your identity as you recover.

-Advice for parents of children and young people suffering from an eating disorder.

-Advice for parents on how to support their children in building a healthy relationship with food and their bodies.

-How parents can support and educate their children on using social media.

-How parents strike the balance between empowering their adolescent to take control over their treatment along with the need to be firm at times to give them the push they need.

Find Carine here: 

Website: https://americancenteruae.com/clinicians/carine-el-khazen-hadati/

You can find us on social media:

Meg:

Instagram: @megsy_recovery

YouTube: Megsy Recovery

TikTok: megsy recovery

Safia: 

Email: [email protected] 

Instagram: @safia_edrecoverycoach

Member of the Beyond Body Coaching team: https://www.beyondbodycoach.com

Please keep in mind we’re not medical professionals, and the podcast content reflects our own experiences and opinions, as well as that of our guests, so it shouldn’t be taken as medical advice. If you’re struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating please reach out to a medical professional to discuss your own situation and get professional help with your own unique recovery.

In today’s episode of Rewired, we interview registered dietitian Sophie Corbett, founder of Mental Health Dietitians and specialist in eating disorder recovery. With a passion for debunking nutrition myths, challenging diet culture, and helping people build a positive relationship with food, Sophie shares her expertise on everything from fitness trackers to calorie counting.

Together, we explore the role of dieticians in recovery and unpack the science behind weight restoration, metabolism (can you break it?) and set point theory. We also discuss the impact of online misinformation, with Sophie offering practical tips for navigating food obsession and rigidity – and learning how to trust your body again.

Topics covered:

• The truth about “weight gain foods” 
• Reintroducing foods: why wanting them all the time is normal
• The fear of never-ending weight gain 
• Can you really “break” your metabolism? 
• Food restriction = life restriction: what matters in the long run
• Public health messaging and ED recovery 
• Calorie counting, fitness trackers, and micromanaging health
• Rewiring the brain and building new habits
• The link between restriction and non-food rigidity
• Spotting misinformation: influencers, podcasts, and wellness trends

Connect with us:

Sophie Corbett
Instagram: @cornonthecorb | @mentalhealthdietitians
Website: www.mentalhealthdietitians.com/our-team/team-sophie/
Body image event tickets: www.tickettailor.com/events/mentalhealthdietitians/1622665?

Meg

Instagram: @megsy_recovery
YouTube: Megsy Recovery
TikTok: megsy recovery

Safia
Instagram: @safia_edrecoverycoach
Email: [email protected]
Beyond Body Coaching: www.beyondbodyimage.com/

Em (copywriter & editor)
Instagram: @em_schone

[DISCLAIMER]

Please keep in mind we’re not medical professionals, and the podcast content reflects our own experiences and opinions, as well as that of our guests, so it shouldn’t be taken as medical advice. If you’re struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating, please reach out to a medical professional to discuss your own situation and get professional help with your own unique recovery.

In this episode of Rewired, we sit down with the wonderful Florence Gillet, founder of Beyond Body Image, co-host of The All In Podcast, and certified Mind Body Eating Coach. We unpack the realities of body image struggles, with Florence sharing her insights on breaking free from societal pressures, challenging harmful beauty standards – and learning to reconnect with your body on your own terms.

From the resurgence of the "thin ideal" to the rise of weight loss drugs, we explore how today’s shifting trends impact body image and self-worth (and what we can do to push back). Plus, Florence shares some practical tools for those bad body image days, and how to separate quality of life from the way our bodies look. 

Topics covered:

• The return of the "thin ideal" and rise of weight loss drugs 
• Body positivity vs. inclusivity: what’s the difference?
• Social media, AI filters and extreme beauty standards
• Wellness culture: staying mindful without becoming obsessive
• Tips for navigating bad body image days 
• Raising kids with a healthy body image in a digital world
• Who profits from body insecurities – and how to resist the trap
• Creating a diverse, positive social media space
• What to do when you feel you need to “fix” your body 
• Finding freedom – detaching self-worth from appearance




Connect with us:

Florence Gillet:
Instagram: @byond.bodyimage
Podcast: The All In Podcast

Meg:
Instagram: @megsy_recovery
YouTube: Megsy Recovery
TikTok: megsy recovery

Safia:
Email: [email protected]
Instagram: @safia_edrecoverycoach
Member of the Beyond Body Coaching team: Beyond Body Coaching

Em [copywriter & editor]:
@em_schone

Book recommendations:
More than a Body – Lexie and Lindsay Kite 

No Period, Now What? – Nicola J. Sykes, PhD

 

[DISCLAIMER]

Please keep in mind we’re not medical professionals, and the podcast content reflects our own experiences and opinions, as well as that of our guests, so it shouldn’t be taken as medical advice. If you’re struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating, please reach out to a medical professional to discuss your own situation and get professional help with your own unique recovery.