The Eating Disorder Therapist

A deep dive into purging, by self-induced vomiting

This is a disordered eating behaviour that’s not talked about enough. There’s often so much shame and secrecy around it. In this episode, I talk about causes of self-induced vomiting; fears about not doing it and how to stop 🛑 for good; drawing on my recovery experience and helping many others to do the same.

Emotional Eating - 3 feelings that trigger this

Emotional eating can be something that we are all vulnerable to doing.

In this podcast, I share some of my own triggers for emotional eating including a split from a toxic boyfriend in the past.

Hope you enjoy. :)

 

 

Staying calm through the Corona storm, when you struggle with food and body image

I share my 5 tips to help you through this tricky period. I talk about managing anxiety, food, exercise, relationships and being stuck at home.

The 3 main barriers in changing disordered eating and how to overcome them.

It is incredibly normal to feel in two minds about change, in disordered eating recovery. This is because the dieting or emotional eating or obsessive exercising has become a coping strategy. Here, I talk about the 3 main barriers to change and how to overcome them, so you can find freedom with food! 🍏🍕

3 tips to STOP binge eating today

When you’re stuck in a cycle of binge eating, you might feel that there’s no way out. It can be incredibly destructive, both physically and mentally. Here I share my top 3 tips to help you stop binge eating, based on my personal experience of overcoming this and helping many clients to do the same.

Your relationship with your mother; your relationship with food

Your relationship with your mother can have a profound impact on your relationship with food; your body, and your relationship with yourself. This is not an episode to criticise mothers. I’m a mother of three and I know that I don’t get it right many times. I talk here about 3 ways this relationship may have impacted your own eating. Hope you enjoy!

5 myths versus reality in eating disorder recovery

You might have preconceived ideas about what eating disorder recovery looks like. Here I share 5 common myths looking at why recovery isn’t a quick fix; the role of meal plans; when others don’t support you; identity and more.

3 tips for safely introducing forbidden foods

When you’re recovering from disordered eating or serial dieting, it can be absolutely terrifying to re-introduce forbidden foods back into your eating plan. Here I share my top tips on doing this successfully and managing the inevitable anxiety associated with this.

3 tips to massively improve body image

Poor body image is a huge problem and detrimentally impacts self-esteem, mood and wellbeing. Here I share my 3 secret tips to begin your journey towards greater body acceptance.

5 secrets from the eating disorder therapy room

Sharing 5 secrets from the eating disorder therapy room, giving an insight into the psychology of eating disorders. Exploring triggers, vulnerabilities, self-esteem, emotions and body image. Hope you enjoy!