Unrestrict-ED

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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In this episode, Han and Emily discuss regulating techniques in recovery. The key takeaways from this episode are:

• The goal isn't to be regulated all the time
• Safety comes through lifestyle change
• Starvation is chronically stressful for the body
• The value of predictability and consistency 
• Recovery aligned nature time
• Slowing down 
• Safe connection
• Breathing exercises
• Grounding techniques 
• Nourishment

In this episode, Emily & Han discuss how to push forward with recovery irrespective of level of physical healing. The key take aways are:

• Fully renourished is something your body decides, not your judgement.
• Reach out for support
• Ask yourself: what would I say to somebody else in this position?
• Eating ‘the things’ does not mean full permission to eat. 
• Acknowledge where you are now. Only entertain plans about going forward.
• Don’t allow fear to complicate this. Come back to the fundamental commitments that stand true through the entirety of recovery. These commitments are not weight dependent.

In this episode, Han and Emily discuss how to navigate seeing people around you restrict their food intake. The key takeaways are:

1. Focus on your own path and your own sphere of influence 
2. Recognise what emotions are arising: comparison, jealousy, frustration, fear
3. Set boundaries that protect and promote your recovery
4. Nurture other relationships with people who have a  joyful relationship with food.
5. Notice how restriction looks from the outside
6. Remember that recovery often means going against what the culture (and sometimes friends) — normalise.
7. Be the change you want to see in the world
8. Lean back to your ‘Why’s’