If you’re newer to recovery, being told to stop exercising can feel like the last straw. Exercise is healthy. It’s your me-time. It helps you cope. So why does exercise in eating disorder recovery have to go? đź”— Get the free Recovery Guide Why Context Changes Everything Exercising can absolutely be healthy — for a…
You started recovery motivated. Maybe you were deep in the eating disorder, watching what it was doing to your health, your relationships, your life — and something in you finally said I can’t live like this anymore. That initial burst of motivation is real, and it’s usually enough to get you moving. But if you’ve…
Maybe you’ve been in recovery for a while now. You’ve started eating more, skipped some of the old behaviors, challenged a few fear foods. Months have passed, maybe even years, and you still feel like something isn’t right. Extreme hunger won’t settle. The eating disorder thoughts are still loud. You’ve put in so much effort…
Eating more in recovery is one of the hardest things you’ll ever do. Not just emotionally — though the guilt, fear, and anxiety are very real — but physically too. Your body is changing, your digestion is acting up, and somewhere in the back of your mind, a voice keeps telling you that you’re doing…
Recently, I was scrolling through some of my older YouTube videos to reshare them on Instagram stories, and I noticed a comment under one of them that really stuck with me: “Why does nobody talk about recovering from an eating disorder in a larger body?” So I thought – let’s talk about it. Acknowledging Where…
What happens when you’ve spent nearly your entire life stuck in dieting and food struggles? In this incredibly honest and inspiring conversation, Sandra shares her journey of developing disordered eating at a very young age, falling into the endless cycle of extreme dieting, anorexia, orthorexia, and finally — finding her way to true full recovery.…
When I first started recovery from my eating disorder (bulimia + orthorexia), I genuinely wanted to get better. I read the books. I watched the videos. I followed every “how to heal” tip I could find on the internet. But… I also fell into so many recovery traps that just ended up prolonging getting better.…
Do you feel like you could just eat, eat, eat, and never seem to get full in your recovery? Do you feel like you have lost all control with food and are now just bingeing? Do you fear that letting go of restriction has now resulted in you having a binge eating disorder? This is…
Last week I posted part 1 of the Q&A about being in quarantine while also recovering from an eating disorder. If you haven’t seen that video yet, then click HERE. And now is time for the second part of the Q&A where I will answer all your questions about recovery in general. Here are some…
“Am I developing Binge Eating Disorder?” This is something many people wonder when they start their recovery from a restrictive eating disorder and begin to experience extreme hunger. Why binge eating disorder and extreme hunger seem to have the exact same symptoms? But actually, they DON’T have the exact same symptoms! There is one KEY factor…
