The Eating Disorder Therapist

What REALLY helped in Eating Disorder Recovery, with Food Freedom Psychologist, Anna Schmidt

Today, I’m talking to Anna Schmidt who is a Food Freedom and Body Image Psychologist.

Anna has been on her own eating disorder recovery journey. She started dieting as a teenager, initially just wanting to lose a few kilos and going on a very restrictive and low calorie diet. Little did she know at the time that this would be the beginning of a 15 year struggle with weight, food and confidence. Anna never believed that she would be able to eat normally and to accept her body.

Fast forward to today, Anna has recovered from bulimia, binge eating and emotional eating and has found peace with food and her body. She became a psychologist and a nutritionist to better understand why and how we can end up in this disordered eating nightmare and how to get out of it.

Anna uses her personal experience and training to guide people through a life changing healing process providing her clients with evidence-based resources to use along the way. Anna is mindful that every healing journey is unique, and no one size approach fits all solutions.

In the episode today, you'll hear about Anna’s healing journey and what really helped her to recover from bulimia, binge eating and emotional eating. I hope that you find it helpful.

To find out more about Anna: -

Website: https://healthymindclub.eu/

Instagram: @healthy.mindclub 

 

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/online-courses.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

A Deep Dive into the Reality of Highs and Lows in Eating Disorder Recovery (Anorexia, Orthorexia and Exercise Addiction) with Julia Trehane

Today I’m talking with Julia Trehane (a returning guest to the podcast) who is an anorexia, orthorexia and compulsive exercise recovery coach. Julia has overcome 40 years gripped by eating disorders and is now passionate about instilling hope for change in others. Julia Trehane is a podcast host, eating disorder coach, food freedom advocate and anti-diet culture campaigner. 

Julia uses her wealth of scientific understanding, applied with a huge amount of love to help people all around the world to break free from eating disorders and love themselves once more.

Having survived 40 years of anorexia, orthorexia and exercise addiction, Julia has a deep understanding of how it feels to be gripped by food prison, how the mind processes information in an eating disorder and how to re-wire our thoughts to break free and return to freedom for ever. 

If you’re feeling lost, stuck and hopeless, living in the depths of an eating disorder, this is definitely an episode for you. Julia shares about her long and arduous battle with eating disorders, talking candidly about the reality of recovery. She explains the challenges of eating more and the body changes accompanying this. She talks about how she navigated this challenging process, not only managing food and body image but the tumultuous journey of engaging with emotions, finding identity and the impact on her closest relationships. You will be encouraged, supported and inspired by what is possible. I hope that you enjoy the episode.

 

To find out more about Julia: -

Website:             https://juliatrehane.com/

Email:                  julia@juliatrehane.com

Instagram:          https://www.instagram.com/juliatrehane/

                             @juliatrehane

Facebook:          https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100090553513117

YouTube:           https://youtube.com/@juliatrehane

Podcast:             https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/julia-trehane

 

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/online-courses.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

 

Feeling in Two Minds About Recovery? 7 Ways to Shift Motivation by Working through Ambivalence

It's understandable that you might be in two minds about eating disorder recovery. Part of you will be desperate for change. Another part of you might be terrified of letting go of the ed. Ultimately, an eating disorder is a coping strategy for deeper issues. It might feel as though it's all about food, when in fact, it may be offering safety, numbing of feelings, identity and purpose. 

In this episode, I explore how to work through ambivalence and improve motivation for change. I hope that you find it helpful.

 

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/online-courses.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

 

What Helped Me to Heal from Binge Eating and Compulsive Overeating with Ronni Robinson

Today I’m talking to Ronni Robinson, eating disorder recovery coach, author, free-lance writer and public speaker. Ronni has 16 years recovered from 30 years of binge eating and compulsive eating, starting at the tender age of 9 years old. Ronni also experienced an 8-year abusive relationship whilst struggling with an eating disorder. She has written a book about the entire journey called, Out of the Pantry: A Disordered Eating Journey, which came out in 2020. The book's purpose is to help support her own recovery going forward, and to act as a helping hand to reach, as she calls it, back into the "fire" and to help pull others out.

Ronni was on the podcast back in February 2023, telling her story and the journey she has been on to being a recovery coach today. Do go back and listen to this episode if you’d like to. There’s lots of personal sharing about her journey and it’s an inspiring story about what’s possible in recovery. The link for that episode is in the show notes.

Today, we’re going to dive into what really helped Ronni in recovery. Ronni is going to talk about her process in recovering from binge eating and compulsive eating. She is going to share skills and strategies that will give you a deep insight into what is involved in healing a relationship with food and yourself. I hope that you enjoy the conversation.

 

To find out more about Ronni: -

Website: https://www.ronnirobinson.com/

Instagram: @recoverwithronni

 

Books that Ronni recommends: -

‘Breaking Free from Compulsive Overeating,’ by Geneen Roth

‘Eating in the Light of the Moon,’ by Anita Johnson

‘Goodbye Ed, Hello Me,’ by Jenni Schaefer

‘Intuitive Eating, A Revolutionary Program that Works,’ by Evelyn Tribole and Elysa Resch

Overeaters Anonymous Third Edition

‘Wasted: A Memoir of Anorexia and Bulimia,’ by Marya Hornbacher

 

Previous podcast episode with Ronni: -https://harrietfrew.podbean.com/e/eating-disorder-recovery-building-self-worth-and-finding-your-voice-with-ronni-robinson/

 

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/online-courses.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

 

Trauma Informed Nutritional Care and Creative Approaches in Eating Disorder Recovery, with Annyck Besso

Today I’m talking to Annyck Besso who is a Registered Dietitian who specialises in treating individuals with eating disorders and offering guidance to athletes when it comes to sports nutrition and Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport. Annyck is based in Quebec, Canada.

Annyck applies therapeutic modalities and principles of Health at Every Size® and Intuitive Eating to her nutrition recommendations to assist clients in developing more effective relationships with food and their bodies. Annyck identifies what clients value to explore how present behaviours interfere with achieving their goals.

Because of her love of sport, Annyck also has an interest in sports nutrition. She specialises in the treatment of Relative Energy Deficiency in Sport, micronutrient deficiencies in sport, and fuelling to optimise recovery and performance.

Annyck is bilingual French and English. 

In today’s episode Annyck talks about her journey into working in eating disorders and sports nutrition. She explores what it means to provide trauma-informed nutritional care to people with eating disorders.  She discusses motivation for change and understanding the deeper meaning of an eating disorder as a coping strategy. Annyck explains how she uses creative approaches in supporting her clients including cooking and going out to restaurants. She talks about grounding techniques to calm the nervous system and how she works to provide individual and person-centred care in her practice. Annyck is an inspiring human who clearly is passionate about what she does. So much value in this episode. I hope that you enjoy it.

 

To find out more about Annyck:

Website: https://soomanutrition.com/

Instagram: @s.O.O.m.a

 

This week's sponsors: -

Dr. Marianne-Land: An Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-marianne-land-an-eating-disorder-recovery-podcast/id1699867862?i=1000651158162

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Km8nFEjQOoV7zXzifJcAQ?si=2828ae031c0449d0

 

When I "visited" Dr. Marianne-Land! :)

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-marianne-land-an-eating-disorder-recovery-podcast/id1699867862?i=1000641810714

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PAFcm6A7olJuODdJQKD6x?si=b8586794d4534af8

 

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 – 20% off with code FREEDOM at checkout

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

Body Image Training for Professionals

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

 

 

A Deep Dive into Body Dysmorphic Disorder

This episode is a deep dive into body dysmorphic disorder (BDD). I discuss what it is, when it develops and possible causes. I talk about common body preoccupations and behaviours associated with BDD. I explore plastic surgery and how this can become addictive. I also talk about possible treatment and the relationship between BDD and eating disorders.

 

This week's sponsors: -

Conquering Bulimia https://www.conqueringbulimia.com/

 

Dr. Marianne-Land: An Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-marianne-land-an-eating-disorder-recovery-podcast/id1699867862?i=1000651158162

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Km8nFEjQOoV7zXzifJcAQ?si=2828ae031c0449d0

 

When I "visited" Dr. Marianne-Land! :)

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-marianne-land-an-eating-disorder-recovery-podcast/id1699867862?i=1000641810714

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PAFcm6A7olJuODdJQKD6x?si=b8586794d4534af8

 

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 – 20% off with code FREEDOM at checkout

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

Body Image Training for Professionals

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

 

A quick message from Harriet Frew

Hello lovely listeners. I am returning to releasing one episode per week for the time being. There is nothing sinister happening! I am just wanting to free up time for other projects outside podcasting. I will be releasing one episode (a mixture of guest and solo ones) on Saturdays in the UK. Thank you very much for your support.

 

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 – 20% off with code FREEDOM at checkout

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

Body Image Training for Professionals

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

Eating Disorder Recovery and Unmet Childhood Needs, with Victoria Kleinsman and Harriet Frew

Today I’m talking to Victoria Kleinsman – a Brit living her best life in the Netherlands.

Victoria is a food freedom & body love coach, inspirational speaker, podcast host, and writer. She is certified in psychology, spirituality and the science of nutrition and is also inspired greatly in her work, by her own personal experience and walking a tumultuous recovery journey herself.

Victoria has overcome anorexia, binge eating disorder, bulimia and an abusive relationship. She struggled for over 20 years with poor body image and disordered eating.

But today, Victoria eats whatever she wants, when she wants, in any amount that she wants. She makes food choices from a place of nourishment and pleasure. She is healthy, confident and knows her worth. Her self-love is overflowing from within and she has, as she describes, ‘oodles to give others’.

This episode has already been released on Victoria’s Body Love Binge Podcast back in February 2024 – as it was a joint episode that we decided to share on both our podcasts. In this episode, we talk about our own healing journeys and how we have navigated through these. We talk about why people don’t feel good enough and the roots of this in experiences and trauma. We talk about suppressed feelings and how eating disorder behaviours help us cope and keep us trapped. We share the contrast and complexities on the healing road from our different journeys, and how we both are living happier and more fulfilled lives today.

This is a truly inspiring and uplifting conversation to provide hope for what is possible in recovery. I hope that you enjoy it.

To find out more about Victoria: -

Free access to the first modules of my paid Body Love Binge Program: https://victoriakleinsman.com/free-access-to-first-few-modules/

Website: https://www.victoriakleinsman.com/ 

Email: info@victoriakleinsman.com

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/victoriakleinsman 

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victoriakleinsmanofficial/ 

Podcast: https://anchor.fm/victoria-kleinsman “The Body Love Binge” on almost all podcast platforms.

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/VictoriaKleinsman 

 

This week's sponsors: -

Conquering Bulimia https://www.conqueringbulimia.com/

 

Dr. Marianne-Land: An Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-marianne-land-an-eating-disorder-recovery-podcast/id1699867862?i=1000651158162

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0Km8nFEjQOoV7zXzifJcAQ?si=2828ae031c0449d0

 

When I "visited" Dr. Marianne-Land! :)

Apple: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/dr-marianne-land-an-eating-disorder-recovery-podcast/id1699867862?i=1000641810714

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/episode/4PAFcm6A7olJuODdJQKD6x?si=b8586794d4534af8

 

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 – 20% off with code FREEDOM at checkout

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

Body Image Training for Professionals

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

 

When you Don't Feel Good Enough and How to Change This, in Eating Disorder Recovery

‘I’m boring’, ‘I’m not intelligent’, I’m unattractive. I’m too this or that……’; these are words heard frequently in the therapy room. And lying underneath these derogatory statements, is a fundamental belief of ‘I’m not good enough’. This inner feeling of unworthiness then permeates every area of life, through choice of relationships, work progress and social engagements. It’s like having a millstone around your neck, as you carry this heavy psychological baggage into every situation. Fundamentally, it causes lingering pain, which you then seek to avoid through eating or not eating, through alcohol, drugs, shopping or workaholism to name a few. The coping strategies bring temporary relief from the turmoil bubbling inside your head. 

In this episode, I talk about my own inner feelings of not feeling good enough, which were a root cause of my bulimia. I share tips on how to change this and boost your self-esteem sustainably. Learning to feel enough can be a life-changer in recovery. I hope that you enjoy this episode.

This week's sponsors:

Conquering Bulimia https://www.conqueringbulimia.com/

WeShape https://www.weshape.com/freedom

 

 

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 – 20% off with code FREEDOM at checkout

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

Body Image Training for Professionals

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

Healing your Wounded Inner Child in Eating Disorder Recovery, with Amber Romaniuk

Today I’m speaking to Amber Romaniuk who is a returning guest to the Eating Disorder Therapist Podcast. Amber is an Emotional Eating, Digestive and Hormone Expert who helps professional women achieve optimal health through mindful eating, self-care and overcoming self-sabotage with food.

Her podcast “The No Sugarcoating Podcast” has nearly 2 million downloads, over 450 episodes and is listened to, in over 88 countries. She was featured on TV Personality Whitney Port’s podcast and has also appeared on local TV 50 times in the last three years alone.

Amber overcame her own emotional eating, after gaining and losing more than 1000 lbs and spending over $50,000 on binge foods and spending 5 years balancing her hormones and digestion. Now she helps others achieve Body Freedom™ so they have the confidence and health to create amazing lives.

In this episode today, Amber talks about healing your wounded inner child. She shares very personally about her own journey and one of the early events that hugely impacted her relationship with food and body. Amber shares how inner child wounding shows up in relationship with food with eating disorder behaviours and negative body image. She then explores the steps that you can take to to heal your inner child through understanding your story, acknowledging and releasing feelings and then treating yourself with the love and kindness that you deserve.

Amber does a deep dive here and gives a multitude of tips and wisdom on how to find a more balanced place of harmony and healing, drawing on her own lived experience with great vulnerability and through many years of supporting her clients.

I hope that you enjoy the conversation.

To find out more about Amber: -

Website: https://amberapproved.ca/

Podcast: https://amberapproved.ca/podcast

Instagram: @amberromaniuk

 

This week's sponsors:

Conquering Bulimia https://www.conqueringbulimia.com/

WeShape https://www.weshape.com/freedom

 

 

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 – 20% off with code FREEDOM at checkout

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

Body Image Training for Professionals

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