The Eating Disorder Therapist

The Importance of Relationships, Friendship, Connection and Co-Regulation in Eating Disorder Recovery

If you have an eating disorder, food may have become your number one 'friend' and turn-to.  It might feel as if it is the one thing that you can rely on. It feels soothing and something that is yours to control (or at least it feels like this to begin with).

In this episode, I explore the importance of relationships and connection in eating disorder recovery, sharing examples from my own life and offering tips on how to reach out to others, if you are feeling alone right now. I hope that you find it helpful.

 

This week's sponsors:

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

Amber Romaniuk:-

Website: https://amberapproved.ca/

Podcast: https://amberapproved.ca/podcast

 

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 Parent's Experience of Supporting her Daughter with Anorexia Nervosa, with Linda Åkerlund

Today I’m talking to Linda Åkerlund, all the way from Sweden. Linda is the mother of two girls, who today are 18 and 21 years old. 

In January 2021, Linda’s youngest daughter was diagnosed with anorexia nervosa. Her recovery journey then lasted for about 2 1/2 years, although she had been ill for about a year before her diagnosis (from aged 13). I think that this is not unusual that eating disorders can often be hidden and it can take time for loved ones to become aware.

Linda’s daughter’s treatment model was family-based treatment, which thankfully proved to be an effective approach in this situation. But as a parent with no medical knowledge, understandably, Linda found this situation to be a significant struggle and very overwhelming. 

Thankfully, Linda’s daughter has made a full recovery, and her mission is to inspire others through this recovery journey and to particularly underline and talk about the importance of taking care of yourself as a parent, when your child is very unwell. In the episode today, Linda shares about her experience as a mother supporting her daughter, offering encouragement and support to others in this situation.

I hope that you find it helpful.

 

To get in touch with Linda, please email: kerlundesign@gmail.com

 

This week's sponsor:

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

 

Mirror Exposure Therapy in Eating Disorder Recovery

All about mirror exposure therapy. What is it? How can you use it? What are the benefits? Is it right for you? I hope that you enjoy the episode.

 

This week's sponsors:

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

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

 

 

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: An Experience as a Black Woman, Prioritising Mental Health and Body Acceptance, with Jayde Barber

Today I am talking to Jayde Barber. Jayde is the creator and host of the Students of Mind Podcast, a mental health advocate, peer supporter, and entrepreneur in the Los Angeles Area.

Since a young age, Jayde has been diagnosed and living with several mental illnesses including anxiety, depression, and anorexia. Although she is not a licensed mental health professional, Jayde’s experience as a patient, family member, and friend of individuals with mental illness has driven her to share her experiences and insights. Through The Students of Mind podcast and across social media, Jayde shares her mental health and recovery journey. 

The Students of Mind Podcast was created in March of 2020. On the show, Jayde covers various mental health related topics through interviews with mental health experts and healers, as well as survivors--people like herself who live everyday with mental illness. Students of Mind aims to normalise talking openly about mental health, remove the many barriers that exist to receiving mental health education and resources, reduce the stigma and taboo’s that exist around mental health and mental illness, and express that everyone has mental health that needs to be tended to, just as we tend to our physical health.

In today’s episode, Jayde talks about her experience of eating disorder recovery as a Black woman, delving into her journey through the different treatment levels in her eating disorder healing. Jayde is passionate about us all prioritising mental health as much, if not more than our physical health and she explains how she personally does this herself with deep awareness and self-care practices. Jade also dives into how she works on developing a more positive body image, and the strategies she utilises to manage this. Jayde is an incredibly inspiring individual and there’s lots packed into this episode. I hope that you enjoy it.

 

To find out more about Jayde: -

Website: https://www.studentsofmind.com/

Instagram: @jaydembarber, @studentsofmind

 

This week's sponsor - Amber Romaniuk:-

Website: https://amberapproved.ca/

Podcast: https://amberapproved.ca/podcast

 

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

 

What is Body Neutrality? How Can You Embrace It?

Trying to be body positive can often feel like an unattainable and unrealistic goal. However, body neutrality can offer a path towards body acceptance and greater peace. In this episode, I explore the difference between body positivity and body neutrality; I look at what body neutrality means and how to become more body neutral in your daily life.

I hope that you enjoy the episode.

 

This week's sponsor - Amber Romaniuk:-

Go to https://amberapproved.ca/online-programs to sign up.

 

Or direct click here: https://amber-romaniuk.mykajabi.com/understanding-emotional-eating-masterclass

 

Harriet Frew's current offers: -

Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course with Harriet Frew 

https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html

 

Breaking Free from Bulimia Online Course with Harriet Frew 

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

 

 

 

How Fashion can Support Identity, Creativity, Healing and Self-Love in Eating Disorder Recovery, with Anne Richardson

Anne Richardson returns to the podcast to talk about how fashion can help in eating disorder recovery. She explores how it can help rebuild lost identity; how what we wear has a profound impact on how we feel and how Anne's wardrobe has become a manifesto, as opposed to a way of hiding or conforming! I hope that you enjoy the episode.

 

To find out more about Anne: 

https://www.theeatingdisordernutritionist.co.uk/

 

Instagram: - @theeatingdisordernutritionist

 

Anne's previous episodes on this podcast can be accessed here: -

https://www.theeatingdisordernutritionist.co.uk/podcast/

 

This week's sponsor - Amber Romaniuk:-

Go to https://amberapproved.ca/online-programs to sign up.

 

Or direct click here: https://amber-romaniuk.mykajabi.com/understanding-emotional-eating-masterclass

 

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

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

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

 

 

Dealing with Comments About your Eating and People Dieting Around You, When You're in Eating Disorder Recovery

It can be hugely challenging to navigate eating disorder recovery, when people around you are constantly talking about their latest wellness diet or even making comments about your eating. In this episode, I explore how to navigate this tricky area. I hope that you find it helpful.

 

This week's sponsor:

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

 

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

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

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

 

Binge Eating, Emotions, Self-Care and Body Image with Dr. Marianne Miller

Today, I’m talking to Dr. Marianne Miller (all the way from San Diego) who has been in the mental health field for 27 years and has specialised in eating disorders for the last 12 years. Marianne was a full-time academic for 12 years and had a part-time eating disorder practice for much of that time (until she left the university) and went into private practice full-time in 2018.

Dr. Marianne loves working with eating disorders as a therapist and a coach. She takes a non-diet, feminist approach that helps people of all genders live empowered, authentic lives. She embraces the Health at Every Size model and is LGBTQIAA+ affirming. Dr. Marianne recently launched the Elite Binge Eating Recovery Method, an online binge eating program. It helps high-achieving professionals regain their mental and emotional energy by shifting their relationship with food to be fully present in their life.

In this episode today, Marianne talks about self-care and self-soothing and how binge eating can often be a way to regulate emotions and feel better.  Marianne then explores common patterns seen in therapy and tools to help regulate emotions and practice better self-care.  She dives into body image struggles, particularly when you are in a larger body and struggling with binge eating and how to seek out helpful support from professionals, as often people don’t understand binge eating and you might be encouraged to pursue weight loss. This can leave you feeling ashamed, isolated, and alone. Marianne is absolutely passionate about this area of work, and you are going to learn so much from her. I hope that you enjoy it!

To find out more about Marianne: -

Website: http://www.drmariannemiller.com/

Eating Disorder Blog: https://www.drmariannemiller.com/blog/

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

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

Membership program: https://www.drmariannemiller.com/binge-eating-101-class-1

 

This week's sponsor:

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

 

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

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

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

 

 

Dealing with Relapse in Eating Disorder Recovery

When you have a relapse in recovery, you can feel as though you are back to square one. A relapse is a normal part of the process of healing. In this episode, I explore how to manage and even embrace relapses (learning experiences!). I hope that you enjoy the episode.

 

This week's sponsor:

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

 

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

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

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

 

 

 

Body Image and Disordered Eating in Athletes, Fitness Enthusiasts and Sport, with Matt Davis

Today I’m talking to Matt Davis. Matt is a Nutritionist specialising in disordered eating, body image and self-compassion. He is the founder of The Flourishing Athlete; an Instagram platform aiming to help athletes and fitness enthusiasts develop a positive relationship with food, body, and self so they can flourish and live a meaningful life whilst engaging with sport and fitness in a healthy way. Having played elite level sport and worked as a personal trainer and nutritionist, Matt promotes a predominantly non-diet, body neutral approach towards sports nutrition, fitness, and performance. He believes that this education and support is needed in the sport and fitness space to reduce the prevalence of disordered eating, body image concerns and other risk factors for poor mental well-being in this population.

In the episode today, Matt talks about his own healing journey with food and body image, and how he has navigated this within the sport/fitness space. He explores the unique concerns that athletes and fitness enthusiasts face with disordered eating and poor body image. Matt talks about prevention and support, and we also go off a few interesting tangents along the way, including thoughts about perfectionism. I hope that you enjoy it!

 

To find about more about Matt and The Flourishing Athlete: -

Instagram: @theflourishingathlete

 

This week's sponsor:

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

 

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

 

Body Image Training for Professionals

 

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