In this episode Han and Emily discuss the question, ‘Did you ever have a moment where you wanted to give up and how did you overcome this?’. They key takeaways are; Recovery is not linear. Thoughts are just thoughts. Comparison has no place in your recovery. Actions are king. Attention and action on EDBS breeds more EDBS.

In this episode, Han and Emily discuss their post recovery relationship with the scale and how everyday action have allowed weight related data to seem unimportant and uninteresting. The blog post snippet Han reads from is is called ‘How to rewire your brain to believe that your weight doesn’t matter’ https://tabithafarrar.com/2019/08/how-to-rewire-your-brain-to-believe-that-your-weight-doesnt-matter/. The short book mentioned by Emily is called ‘Fear of Weight gain: What it is. Why you have it. How to rewire it’ and is linked here https://www.amazon.com/dp/B08W24YPBX/?_encoding=UTF8&pd_rd_w=cLoAg&content-id=amzn1.sym.96475a1c-51a8-4966-9a0c-5da1c85f1d7d&pf_rd_p=96475a1c-51a8-4966-9a0c-5da1c85f1d7d&pf_rd_r=44XZSTKAR3FY6BF5TPN4&pd_rd_wg=DMAfT&pd_rd_r=87593156-4ea1-4dc7-aa0d-291e42464000&ref_=bd_tags_dp_rec . Both are really valuable resources that we would both thoroughly recommend.

In this episode Han and Emily discuss the question: Is it normal to feel exhausted in recovery? Will I ever have my energy & the desire to move or exercise back again?’ In the chat, Han and Emily cover how energy levels can be fully restored, and relationships with movement can be fully healed with time and patience. This may involve temporarily shelving active hobbies.

In this episode, Han and Emily discuss the question: “I restored my weight on a low intake, can I still increase my intake and honour extreme hunger?”. The main takeaways from this episode are: 1) permission to eat is not based on weight, & 2) the alternative ‘solution’ offered by the ED is out of the question.

In this solo episode, Emily speaks through her weekend, and notes how different it would have been had she not been Recover-ED.

In this episode, Han describes how for her, eating often goes beyond hunger and fullness cues in order to support her. She also discusses how she knew that a more flexible approach to eating was possible for her.

In this 2 part mini series, Han speaks through Ellyn Slatter’s definition of ‘normal eating’ and describes how many aspects of it fit in with her own eating - recoverED.

In this episode, Emily and Han talk through what ‘normal’ eating actually is in a very general sense. Flexibility, simplicity and ease are the key pillars. In future episodes, Han and Em plan to offer some closer details into their RecoverED versions of normal eating, and what that might look like day to day.

In this episode, Emily and Han discuss digestion in recovery. If you are interested in knowing more about this topic, Han and Emily recommend the podcast ‘Tummy Troubles in Eating Disorder Recovery’ by Tabitha Farrar and Dr. Jennifer Gaudiani.

In this episode, Han is joined by Ro (@Rorecovering) to discuss pursuing recovery without therapy. Ro speaks about her experience of leaving therapy when she was 19, and feeling an immediate acceleration of progress. Though therapy is a vital tool for some, it may not be a route that all find to be the solution to healing. As always, from the experiences shared, please take what helps and leave what doesn’t.