If you have an eating disorder, you may experience food rituals around eating. In this episode, I explore eight common ones, particularly seen by anyone who restricts intake.

I hope that you find it helpful.

Harriet's Substack: https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

Online Breaking Free from Bulimia

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/bulimia-nervosa-online-course.html

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

Body Image Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

Jun 4, 2025

Themes I'm Seeing Inside the Therapy Room: Part Two

Jun 4, 2025

9 min

It can be a very lonely experience suffering from an eating disorder. In this episode, I explore common themes that I experience daily inside the therapy room. It will help you feel less alone. I hope that you find it helpful.

Harriet's Substack: https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

Online Breaking Free from Bulimia

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/bulimia-nervosa-online-course.html

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

Body Image Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

May 31, 2025

But I Can’t Possibly Be Hungry, I’ve Just Eaten

May 31, 2025

13 min

‘I can’t possibly be hungry; I’ve only just eaten,’ is a phrase I have heard many a time in the therapy room.

When you’ve overridden your body’s signals unwittingly to well-meaning diet and wellness plans, it’s no surprise that trusting hunger can feel like a dubious phenomenon.

Feeling hungry may even feel downright wrong and shameful. You associate hunger with greediness and impulsiveness.

You forcefully push the feeling down again and again.

Unsurprisingly, you’re no longer attuned to your body’s signals.

It’s a jumbled knot. What is hunger? What is emotion? What is something else entirely? You don’t know.

This episode dives into hunger and helps you to reconnect with your body again. I hope that you find it helpful.

Harriet's Substack: https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

Online Breaking Free from Bulimia

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/bulimia-nervosa-online-course.html

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

Body Image Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

May 28, 2025

Eating Disorders in your 40's, 50's, 60's and Beyond

May 28, 2025

7 min

You might assume that eating disorders are mostly a young person’s predicament, tangled up with puberty, exams stressors and the turbulent transitions of entering adulthood.

And yes, young people are extremely vulnerable to struggling with food and body image concerns, but eating disorders impact people of all ages, and this shows up in the therapy room with clients from 16 to 70 years old (I work with adults mainly).

This podcast talks specifically about some of the triggers behind eating disorder development post 40 years and some of the unique challenges and perspectives seen by the more mature person. I hope that you find it helpful.

Harriet's Substack: https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

Online Breaking Free from Bulimia

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/bulimia-nervosa-online-course.html

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

Body Image Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

May 24, 2025

Feeling Stuck in Eating Disorder Recovery? 7 Ways to Boost Recovery Motivation

May 24, 2025

13 min

On the eating disorder recovery road, your motivation for change will ebb and flow.

Sadly, it is not a beautifully linear journey with marked destination posts and defined milestones. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if it was!

Prochaska and DeClemente’s Cycle of Change offers a model for explaining the precarious change road with its inevitable ambivalence and turbulence.

The model is not only for eating disorder recovery but can be applied to a myriad of transformation processes.

This episode dives into the Cycle of Change and also explores 7 ways to boost recovery motivation. I hope that you find it helpful.

Harriet's Substack: https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

Online Breaking Free from Bulimia

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/bulimia-nervosa-online-course.html

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

Body Image Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

May 21, 2025

Healing Your Inner Child in Eating Disorder Recovery

May 21, 2025

17 min

Healing your inner child can be a valuable step in your recovery journey.

But what exactly does this mean?

Inner child work is a process of recognising, understanding, validating and healing emotional wounds that you experienced in your childhood and that continue to unconsciously impact your adult life.

If you are experiencing challenges in your adult relationships or with regulating your emotions, then it’s highly likely that you have some inner child work to do. It’s true for most of us.

This episode dives into inner child healing. What is it? How to do it? The benefits of this work.

I hope that you find it helpful.

Harriet's Substack: https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

Online Breaking Free from Bulimia

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/bulimia-nervosa-online-course.html

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

Body Image Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html

May 17, 2025

Tools to Create a Wise Recovery Mindset in Eating Disorder Recovery

May 17, 2025

18 min

Your mindset can make or break your healing journey.

With 60,000 plus thoughts per day swirling through your mind and many being repetitive, you can see the power of your thoughts to potentially affect your mood and behaviour. Repetitive thoughts can become entrenched beliefs, which create habits, which ultimately shape your life.

As Lao Tzu aptly said: -

‘Watch your thoughts, they become your words; watch your words, they become your actions; watch your actions, they become your habits; watch your habits, they become your character; watch your character, it becomes your destiny’.

Your thoughts can be hugely impactful in your eating disorder recovery.

In this episode, I explore practical tips to support you on your journey. I hope that you find it helpful.

Harriet's Substack: https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

Online Breaking Free from Bulimia

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/bulimia-nervosa-online-course.html

Eating Disorders Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/eating-disorders-training-with-harriet-frew.html

Body Image Training for Professionals

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/body-image-training-with-harriet-frew.html