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Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Wednesday Jan 31, 2024
Although eating disorder recovery requires behaviour change and a focus on food, it also requires psychological and mindset work. If this part of recovery is not addressed, you are at risk of being stuck in a quasi-recovered place or simply thinking that 'recovery doesn't work for me'.
This is part five on all things psychology and mindset in eating disorder recovery. Many people with eating disorders consciously or unconsciously find that a focus on food and body can bring a sense of safety and control, when life has felt overwhelming and out of control. In this episode, I explore how this plays out and how you can begin to let go of control and surrender, not only with food but in relationships and wider life. I hope that you find it helpful.
Harriet Frew's current offers: -
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html
20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Saturday Jan 27, 2024
Today I’m talking to Cindy Spratt, who's a holistic & functional nutritionist that specialises in eating disorder recovery. Cindy speaks about an all-encompassing approach that teaches fundamentals of nutrition, listening to the body, learning how to respect and love the body, and rebuilding a loving and joyful relationship with food, so that people can thrive long term and feel good about food and in their body.
Cindy has been on her own healing journey. As a young girl she loved being in the kitchen and creating and connecting through food. Her first job was at a local tea house, aged 11, and with a local catering company soon after.
Throughout her teenage years, however, Cindy’s relationship with food morphed into something different. She spent almost a decade as a competitive gymnast, where weight and body image were of heightened focus. When the time came to step away from gymnastics, the drastic drop in exercise, along with puberty and the complex mental/emotional challenges of adolescence, her once loving, and rather normal relationship with food, was replaced by something deeply dysfunctional.
From Cindy’s teens well into her twenties, her food journey became her biggest struggle. She found herself in the throes of bingeing and purging, starving, dieting, over-exercising, and popping pills. She describes the shame and guilt that engulfed her during those years as devastating, and the loneliness, unbearable.
In her mid-twenties, Cindy came to the realisation that her health was suffering, that there was more to her than an eating disorder, and more to this life than struggle. Determined to find a way to bring back her love of food and turn her life’s journey into something positive, she aligned herself to a new path and began to look to the health world for guidance.
And then…Cindy’s life was turned upside down
At 32, as a young wife and mother, and well on her way to being fully recovered from the eating disorder, doctors found a cancerous tumor in her colon. She endured a life altering colon resection and was advised to endure several rounds of chemo.
Opting out of chemo, Cindy set out to up her health game. She went back to school, turned to exercise for therapy, and opened up her spirit to life’s teachings.
What she found was a calling: to help others find their own positive food journey and to be the help she didn’t have when she was younger.
Since then, Cindy has spent years in school becoming a nutritional enthusiast, a kitchen muse, and a food and body advocate, receiving certifications in Holistic Nutrition, Functional Nutrition, Culinary Nutrition, Eating Psychology, and Eating Disorder Recovery Coaching. Her kitchen is now a joyful and creative space, once again. She has learned how to listen to her body, reuniting it with athleticism, dance, and the wondrous outdoors.
Cindy’s life story with food has taught her endless lessons: to embrace every moment with gratitude and compassion, to listen to life’s teachings, and that believing in oneself is half the battle. She hopes to pass this along to others.
In the episode today, Cindy explores her healing journey with food, and the ups and downs along this tumultuous path. She talks about getting started in recovery with nutrition and also shares some of her best tips for addressing psychology and a bigger picture of recovery. It's an inspiring episode and I hope that you enjoy it.
To find out more about Cindy: -
Website: - https://www.cindyspratt.com/
Instagram: - @cindysprattnutrition
This week's sponsor:-
Conquering Bulimia https://www.conqueringbulimia.com/
Harriet Frew's current offers: -
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html
20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Wednesday Jan 24, 2024
Motivation for eating disorder recovery will wax and wane. This is normal. Particularly, as we are heading towards the end of January, your initial hopes for change may have lost their initial enthusiasm and vigour.
This is an episode to inspire motivation again, talking through 7 ways to stay motivated and within the recovery lane. I hope that you find it helpful.
This week's sponsor:-
Conquering Bulimia https://www.conqueringbulimia.com/
Harriet Frew's current offers: -
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html
20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Saturday Jan 20, 2024
Today I’m talking to Lisa Unger - an emotional and eating disorder specialist and a level 2, EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) practitioner.
Lisa has been on her own healing journey and spent years trapped in a cycle of bingeing and restrictive dieting, leading to self-loathing and unhappiness. She found a path to recovery by combining various techniques with her innate strength and resilience. Today, Lisa embraces all foods without restriction and is no longer ashamed of her body.
Using her skills in nutrition and psychology, Lisa now dedicates herself to empowering emotional eaters and those battling eating disorders to make long term changes to the way they think about food and themselves. With her support Lisa gives them the freedom to regain control of their lives.
Lisa has found EFT (Emotional Freedom Technique) to be a transformative tool for many of her clients in reducing anxiety and enhancing their overall well-being during their recovery journey. It is a technique that can be used in social settings as well which so many of her clients have found to be invaluable.
In the episode today, Lisa talks about her own healing journey and does a deep dive into EFT. What is it? How can we learn it? How can it help? Then, she explores the integration of EFT, as a strategy for managing anxiety and promoting healing in eating disorder recovery. Lisa brings some real practical examples of how to use EFT, showing how it can be such a valuable healing skill to add to your toolbox. I hope that you enjoy the conversation.
To find out more about Lisa: -
Website: https://lisaunger.co.uk/
Instagram: @_lisaunger
EFT handout: https://mailchi.mp/lisaunger/eft-instructions-eating
This week's sponsor:-
Conquering Bulimia https://www.conqueringbulimia.com/
Harriet Frew's current offers: -
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html
20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
Wednesday Jan 17, 2024
Although eating disorder recovery requires behaviour change and a focus on food, it also requires psychological and mindset work. If this part of recovery is not addressed, you are at risk of being stuck in a quasi-recovered place or simply thinking that 'recovery doesn't work for me'. This is part four on all things psychology and mindset in eating disorder recovery. Many people with eating disorders do not feel good enough. In this episode, I explore 20 ways to build solid self-esteem. I hope that you find it helpful.
This week’s sponsor:-
Tracy Brown and associates www.tracybrownrd.com/get-started
Harriet Frew's current offers: -
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html
20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Sunday Jan 14, 2024
Today I’m talking to Dr. David Wiss who became a Registered Dietitian Nutritionist (RDN) in 2013 and founded Nutrition in Recovery, a group practice of RDNs specializing in treating eating disorders as well as substance use. He earned his Ph.D. in Public Health with a minor in Health Psychology from UCLA by investigating links between adverse childhood experiences and mental health outcomes among socially disadvantaged men. Dr. Wiss's newest venture is his app called Wise Mind Nutrition. Wise Mind Nutrition delivers educational content using nutrition and lifestyle medicine to improve mental health outcomes.
In the episode today, Dr. Wiss explores how adverse life experiences can impact your eating. He dives into his own approaches in treating clients with eating disorders and disordered eating, very much supporting each client as an individual and appreciating a nuanced approach. Dr. Wiss talks ‘all foods fit’ versus the abstinence model, noting how each model is imperfect but brings valuable thinking and tools. He reflects on how it is important to consider an individual’s needs, taking into consideration their personality type, genetics, addiction history and other mental health when addressing nutrition. Dr. Wiss then talks about his app – Wise Mind Nutrition. This is an app that can be used by people in eating disorder recovery but also the wider population. He emphasises relationship with food and getting away from tracking metrics that can be unhelpful, whilst empowering individuals to explore their own food relationship, rather than take on any fixed advice. This is an episode packed full of goodness and inspiration. I hope that you enjoy it.
To find out more about Dr. David Wiss and the Wise Mind Nutrition App:
Instagram: @drdavidwiss @wisemindnutrition
Website: www.wisemindnutrition.com
This week's sponsor:-
Conquering Bulimia https://www.conqueringbulimia.com/
Harriet Frew's current offers: -
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html
20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Wednesday Jan 10, 2024
Although eating disorder recovery requires behaviour change and a focus on food, it also requires psychological and mindset work. If this part of recovery is not addressed, you are at risk of being stuck in a quasi-recovered place or simply thinking that 'recovery doesn't work for me'. This is part three on all things psychology and mindset in eating disorder recovery. I talk about dealing with your thoughts in a healthy way, exploring mindfulness, Socratic questioning and dealing with core beliefs. I hope that you find it helpful.
This week's sponsor:-
Conquering Bulimia https://www.conqueringbulimia.com/
Harriet Frew's current offers: -
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html
20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN
Saturday Jan 06, 2024
Saturday Jan 06, 2024
In this episode, I share my journey from deep pain to finding purpose, from the depths of bulimia, to leading an aligned and peaceful life today.
This is also a celebration of one million downloads of The Eating Disorder Therapist Podcast! Thank you everyone who listens and for all your support. And thank you to all my amazing guests! I hope that you enjoy the episode and take some inspiration for your own recovery road.
This week's sponsor:-
Conquering Bulimia https://www.conqueringbulimia.com/
Harriet Frew's current offers: -
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html
20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
Wednesday Jan 03, 2024
In this episode, I share my 7 tips to support you in making eating disorder recovery goals in 2024. Of course, you don't have to set goals just because it's the New Year, as recovery is an ongoing process and you can absolutely be inspired for change at any point. But for those of you who are seeking to prioritise change around eating and body image in 2024, this one is for you. I hope that you enjoy it!
Saturday Dec 30, 2023
Saturday Dec 30, 2023
Although eating disorder recovery requires behaviour change and a focus on food, it also requires psychological and mindset work. If this part of recovery is not addressed, you are at risk of being stuck in a quasi-recovered place or simply thinking that 'recovery doesn't work for me'. This is part two of what was going to be a two-part series (but may become three or four!) on all things psychology and mindset in eating disorder recovery. I talk about early life, emotional coping, emotional intelligence and learning to process emotions in a healthy way. I hope that you find it helpful.
This week’s sponsor:-
Tracy Brown and associates www.tracybrownrd.com/get-started
Harriet Frew's current offers: -
Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew - 50% off with code FREEDOMISPOSSIBLE
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html
Eating Disorders Training for Professionals
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html
20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN
Body Image Training for Professionals
https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html
20% off course until 31st January 2024 with code LOVETOLEARN