In this episode, Han and Emily discuss how to react to recognising that you aren't fully recovered yet. The key takeaway points are:

• Let yourself feel.
• Be in the Now, with compassion
• Reflect on what’s missing from your recovery 
• Reflect on what has helped you so far
• Viewing recovery as journey 
• Recovery doesn’t expire. But you can and must act now, in the moment.

In this episode, Emily and Han discuss how the RAVES model builds safety in the body first, flexibility second, and spontaneity last. 

The framework discussed in sequence is:

• Regularity
• Adequacy
• Variety
• Eating Socially
• Spontaneity

In this episode, Han and Emily discuss researching food. The key takeaways are:

• Obsession coming from a place of deficiency. It is a signal and symptom.
• Tune in to what, when and how much your obsession is guiding you towards.
• The illusion of control driven by ED.
• Don't pre-empt that periods of food abundance must be a bad thing
• Aim to expand your window of permission 

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In this episode, Han and Emily discuss keeping out of disordered ruts through recovery. The main takeaways from this conversation are:

• Energy deficiency exacerbates a propensity to fall into pattens
• Start your day boldly
• Make radical shifts
• Be reactive (e.g., weekly reflective check-in)
• Be proactive (e.g., set specific intentions)
• Equip your support system with clarity of intentions and permission to hold you accountable 
• Change your environment or use predictive power.
• Prioritise recovery

In this episode, Han and Emily discuss making recovery work when life is busy. 

The key takeaways are:

• Recovery prioritisation
• Ensure that ED version of recovery isn’t being fit in (e.g., rituals)
• Ensure energy density
• Challenge perfectionism 
• Set yourself up to win

• Scheduling in times to pause
• Eating on-the-go
• Relying on convenience options 
• Get off the ED conveyer belt of time filling behaviours 

In this episode, Emily and Han discuss rewiring perception towards food - away from calories and rules. The main takeaways from this episode are:

• Action change
• “Where your attention goes, your energy flows" 
• Checking your language 
• Ensure your (online) environment is recovery aligned 
• Be patient 

In this episode, Han and Emily discuss physical fatigue in recovery. The key take aways are:

1. Challenge the judgement 
2. Respect what’s happening 
3. Bring in self-compassion 
4. Tune into what is most restful for you
5. Continue to nourish consistently
6. Know that being passive is a bold action
7. Be proactive in seeking out areas to slow down (e.g., look for simplification of any life obligations)

In this episode, Emily and Han discuss compulsive movement being used as a distraction from hunger. The key takeaways are:

• The timeless importance of honesty 
• If in doubt, act
• Seeking confirmation of extreme hunger = hunger
• Fear of reduced permission
• Analysing your relationship with rest
• Adapt To Flee Famine perspective
• Unlearning patterns of avoidance 

In this episode, Han and Emily discuss actioning recovery-aligned eating in the absence of specific cravings. The key actionable points are:

• Ask yourself; is the absence of specific cravings actually a desire for everything?
• Just start, with adequacy at the foundation
• Childhood favourites
• Appealing sensory qualities
• ED disapproved and ED oppositional
• Anti-perfection
• Abundant and energy dense
• Past curiosities / cravings

In this episode, Emily and Han make a few announcements, as well as talking through some essential recovery support channels. The key resources mentioned here are:

• Tabitha Farrar’s ‘Neural Rewiring for Eating Disorder Recovery’ and ‘Fear of Weight Gain’ book

• Helly Barnes ‘Addicted To Energy Deficit’ book

• Chris @Sevenhealthcompany - Instagram

• Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani's work, in particular her ‘Medical Minutes’

• Emily (Spence’s) Quitting Quasi Journal 

• Becky Freestone’s - Youtube

Also great, but not mentioned 

• abbieattwoodwellness - Instagram
• 'Reclaiming Body Trust' - Dana Sturtevant, MS, RD and Hilary Kinavey
• 'More Than a Body' - Lexie Kite and Lindsay Kite
• Follow the Intuition - Youtube.

Emily’s Journal:

https://www.isr-recovery.com/quitting-quasi-journal.html

Han’s meditation series:

https://www.recover-ed.co.uk/category/all-products

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