As a therapist, I love supporting clients to explore their story and to make sense of their eating disorder. It's not always an easy job, as eating disorders are complicated and there is no one cause. It can feel as if they are all about food, however, they are a complex interplay of genetics, environment, family life, stressors and triggers. In supporting a client with change, it can be a valuable process to piece together the different parts of the jigsaw to begin to make sense of all the different parts. Through this process, someone can begin to understand why they have developed an eating disorder; possible triggers and the perpetuating factors that keep them stuck in destructive cycles.
In this episode, I talk about three ways that eating disorders help people cope (albeit short-term). Of course, longer term, they bring about many more problems. If you are struggling with an eating disorder, I hope this will help you question and explore your own psychology to begin to make better sense of what's going on. If you're a carer, it will offer you an insight into why your loved one may be doing what they're doing, which can provide a starting point for better understanding and compassion.
I hope that you enjoy the episode.
Eating Disorder Recovery, Disney Princesses and How We Diet Like We Date, with Toni Marinucci
Dealing with the Root of Eating Disorder Recovery, Healing the Gut and Self-Soothing, with Mindy Gorman-Plutzer
Trauma, Health at Every Size and Supporting Black Women with Eating Disorders, with Dr. Carolyn Coker-Ross
Can a Self-Help Book Heal Disordered Eating?
Healing, Recovery Tools and Finding your True Voice, with Emmy Brunner
Bulimia Recovery, Breaking Habits and Healing with Jacqueline Davis
16 Ways to Actually Love Yourself (When you Have No Idea Where to Begin)
Intuition, Empathy, Psychic Ability and Healing with Katie Beecher
It's LIVE! The Eating Disorder Therapist Book Club
Entering Treatment in your 40’s, Atypical Anorexia Nervosa and Taekwondo, with Melanie Gibson
Supporting Adolescents and Children with Eating Disorders and Post-Baby Body Image, with Dr. Chloe Bedford
It's Never Too Late to Recover from an Eating Disorder, with Caroline Drummond-Smith
Eating Disorder Recovery and the Incredible Work of The Alliance for Eating Disorders Awareness
How to Feel Good Enough and Heal Yourself with Marisa Peer
Eating Disorder Recovery with Angela Rawlinson
It's Not About Food, it's About Feelings
When You’ve Overcome Symptoms but Eating Disorder Thoughts Linger, with Rachelle Heinemann
Healing, Intuition and Barriers to Intuitive Eating with Ariana Rodriguez (Embody Health London)
Eating Disorders in Men and New Book 'Starvation' with Molly Fennig
When you Don't Feel 'Enough' and 3 Tips to Change This
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