Welcome back to The Eating Disorder Diaries! In this second episode of February, Amy continues her journey of establishing a journaling habit in recovery. If you missed the first episode, start there for context.

In this episode:

• Journaling for Recovery: Amy discusses how journaling supports emotional regulation, self-awareness, and cognitive reframing in eating disorder recovery.
• Weekly Journal Prompts: This week’s theme is challenging negative thoughts, with five prompts to help reframe your inner dialogue.
• Special Guest: Rachelle Heinemann, an eating disorder expert, podcaster, keynote speaker, and therapist, shares insights on setting goals with grace and the importance of journaling as a tool in recovery.

Weekly Journal Prompts for challenging negative ED thoughts:

1. Write down a negative thought you've had today related to food, body image, or self-worth. Now, rewrite it as if you're speaking to a friend who's struggling with the same thought. How would you offer support, compassion, and a different perspective to them?
2. Reflect on a time when you made a choice in recovery that contradicted a negative thought about yourself or your body. What was the situation, and how did you feel afterward? What does this experience teach you about your strength and resilience?
3. Identify a negative belief or judgment you often hold about your body. Now, list three qualities about yourself that are not related to appearance—what makes you a valuable, unique person that goes beyond physical traits? How can you remind yourself of these qualities when negative thoughts arise?
4. Think of someone who believes in you or offers positive feedback regarding your recovery journey. Write a letter to yourself from their perspective, focusing on your progress, strengths, and growth. What would they say to counteract the negative thoughts you often experience?
5. Choose one negative thought or fear you have about food or body image. Dig deeper into where this thought may have originated. Is it from external pressures, past experiences, or internalized messages? How can you challenge the validity of that origin, and what new belief could you replace it with moving forward?

Follow Along: Join the conversation on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries.
Connect with Rachelle: Find her at www.rachelleheinemann.com and listen to her podcast Understanding Disordered Eating wherever you get your podcasts.

In memory of Amy's dad, she's re-releasing an episode that captures the testament of a parent's love for their child and how a parent can support their child who is suffering from an eating disorder. 

We love you, Chris Goeckel. Forever never ends.

Contact:

Instagram: @theeatingdisorderdiaries

Email: [email protected]

Welcome back to The Eating Disorder Diaries! In this episode, Amy reflects on her January goal of creating a vision board and shares how it’s already influencing her recovery journey. Join her as she sets the tone for February with a new goal in eating disorder recovery: establishing a journaling practice.

In this episode:

• January Recap: Amy shares her journey creating a vision board, its impact on her mental health, and how it’s helping her stay focused on her goals.
• February Goal: Amy sets a new challenge to establish a journaling practice and how it can aid in recovery and self-reflection.
• Special Guest: Eating Disorder Therapist Gabby Morreale shares her own eating disorder recovery story and explains how trauma often intersects with eating disorders. She speaks on the tools she uses in therapy, like EMDR and DBT, and the significance of setting small goals on the path to recovery.

Weekly Journal Prompts:

• Monday: What are the qualities I value most in myself that are not related to my body? 
• Tuesday: How do I feel when I separate my self-worth from how I look?
• Wednesday: How can I practice affirming my worth in non-physical ways each day?
• Thursday: What beliefs or messages have I received about my worth being tied to appearance, and how can I challenge those beliefs?
• Friday: What would it look like for me to live a life where my worth is based on who I am, not how I look?

Follow Along: Join the conversation on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries and share your journaling journey with Amy. 

Connect with Gabby on Instagram @gabrielleLPC and @recoveredandrestored and learn more at recoveredandrestoredtherapy.com.

Welcome back to The Eating Disorder Diaries! This episode focuses on building a vision board to kick off a year of setting goals to drive success in your recovery journey. Join your host Amy Goeckel as she shares her journey from 2024, including her wedding, navigating grief, career changes, and setting the tone for the new year. 

In This Episode:

• Life Updates: 2024 was crazy - Amy talks marriage, love, loss, and growth.
• January Goal: Why creating a vision board is transformative for recovery and mental wellness, with insights into the science behind visualization.
• Special Guest: Merrit Elizabeth, a recovery coach, shares how vision boards can empower recovery and how to create one.

Key Takeaways:

1. Why Vision Boards Work: Learn about the neuroscience of visualization, including the Reticular Activating System and how it enhances focus and motivation.
2. Practical Steps: Tips for designing a vision board tailored to your goals in recovery, mental health, and life.
3. Building Momentum: Questions to reflect on as you pursue this month’s goal and how to stay accountable throughout the year.

Follow Along:
Join the journey on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries for updates, inspiration, and to share your progress. Follow Merrit on Instagram @merritelizabeth

Next Steps:

• Build your vision board and share it with Amy on Instagram!
• Reflect on this month’s goal: What have you learned, and how will you incorporate it into your life moving forward?

Welcome back to Season 2 of The Eating Disorder Diaries. Host Amy Goeckel is back to set 10 transformational monthly goals with you in 2025, helping you reset and move forward in your recovery journey. She'll be reflecting on her monthly goal progress alongside with you, helping keep you accountable and excited about uncovering your untapped potential in eating disorder recovery.

Follow along on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries

If you want someone to talk to or are interesting in collaborating, email Amy at [email protected]

This episode is in memory of my dad, Chris Goeckel. He was taken from us unexpectedly at 64 years old, right before my wedding.

I don't know where I would be in this grief journey without the tools I have acquired in my eating disorder recovery, so in this episode I discuss what's helped me and what I've learned about grief these past few months.

I also give a tribute to my dad. My wonderful and larger than life dad who loved his family with every fiber of his being. While he will be deeply missed, we will always carry him with us and his parenting, legacy, and love lives on through his family.

We love you forever dad, and forever never ends.

Follow the podcast on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries

The Season Finale of Season 1 of The Eating Disorder Diaries is upon us. Sit down with Amy in Entry 22 and hear clips from her favorite entries: Ones she learned from, ones she loved, and hear about themes she picked up along the way. 

Entries referenced in today's episode:

• Entry 3 with Amy's parents
• Entry 4 with Amy's therapist, Cindy White
• Entry 6 with Lydia and Sabrina of The Eating Disorder Foundation
• Entry 7 with Chris Castellani
• Entry 13 with Merrit Elizabeth and Sarah Lee
• Entry 15 with Registered Dietitian, Caroline Thomason
• Entry 16 with Lucy Sayah of Project BLACKBIRD
• Entry 18 with holistic nutritionist and cancer survivor, Cindy Spratt
• Entry 19 with holisitic nutritionist, Angela Magill
• Entry 21 with the CEO of BALANCE, Melainie Rogers

If you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at [email protected].

Thank you to Conquering Bulimia for sponsoring today's episode. Sign up for Sarah Lee and Merrit Elizabeth's Conquering Bulimia course at www.conqueringbulimia.com

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In Entry 21, meet Melainie Rogers: the founder and CEO of BALANCE Eating Disorder Treatment Center, Melainie Rogers Nutrition LLC, and Redefining Wellness LLC. Melainie is here to talk about her own personal journey with eating disorder recovery and how that led her to dedicate her life to supporting others and helping them achieve long term recovery. Amy and Melainie dive into her company BALANCE and how this eating disorder treatment center distinguishes itself by focusing on smaller treatment groups, implementing Inuitive Eating and Health at Every Size approaches, and really focus on the individual and their unique treatment.  Their team is passionate about helping you find ways to recover on your terms and using the most cutting edge techniques and research to help you get there.

Links from today's episode:

• Discover more about BALANCE at https://balancedtx.com/ and on Instagram @balancedtx
• Find Melainie online at https://www.melainierogers.com/ and on Instagram @melainie_rogers_nutrition
• Melainie's recommendation is the book Peace of Mind: Becoming Fully Present by Thich Nhat Hanh

If you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at [email protected].

Thank you to Conquering Bulimia for sponsoring today's episode. Sign up for Sarah Lee and Merrit Elizabeth's Conquering Bulimia course at www.conqueringbulimia.com

Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163

Join Amy for a solo episode in Entry 20 to talk about ways to combat binge eating during the holiday season. Amy walks you through a day in the life of her recovery - starting with sharing a meditation and journal sesh together and spending the day together fighting any thoughts that come up. She shares tools and tricks that help her fight any negative thoughts that pop into her head, and also shares some of her favorite Thanksgiving recipes. Happy holidays everyone!

Links from today's episode:

• Guided Meditation for Overthinking ~ You Are Not Your Thoughts (Great Meditation)
• Do some MadFit pajama workouts with me here.
• Watch Jason's short film Lenny here and follow him on Instagram @birthmarkproductions.

If you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at [email protected].

Thank you to Conquering Bulimia for sponsoring today's episode. Sign up for Sarah Lee and Merrit Elizabeth's Conquering Bulimia course at www.conqueringbulimia.com

Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163

In Entry 19, Holistic Nutrionist Angela Magill joins Amy for a journal sesh to talk about her 18 year battle with bulimia and her life in recovery. She offers 1-1 nutrition & lifestyle support, guidance to help alleviate stress, depression, and anxiety, and knowledge and empowerment to help you go from feeling overwhelmed and hopeless to feeling in control, confident, and energetic. Angela emphasizes that eating disorders aren't about food and that food can be used as a major tool and catalyst in eating disorder recovery. She shares her experience with supplements, studying as a nutrionist, and her break down to break through moment to help her get to a point of recovery.  

Links from today's episode:

• Follow Angela on Instagram @nutrition_with_angela
• Angela's website: https://www.nutritionwithangela.com

Articles referenced in the episode:

• Hopkins Medicine
• ANAD.org

If you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at [email protected].

Thank you to Conquering Bulimia for sponsoring today's episode. Sign up for Sarah Lee and Merrit Elizabeth's Conquering Bulimia course at www.conqueringbulimia.com

Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163