Eating While Crying

Content note: This podcast discusses eating disorders, recovery, and mental health. We don't share numbers or get graphic about behaviors, but some topics may be sensitive for listeners in early recovery. Summer means less structure, and the eating disorder knows it. Ashley and Shea talk transitions, the gap between protective routine and rigid control, why intuitive eating is off the table wh...

Content note: This podcast discusses eating disorders, recovery, and mental health. We don't share numbers or get graphic about behaviors, but some topics may be sensitive for listeners in early recovery. This week Ashley and Shea get real about what it actually feels like to be mid-slip — not in retrospect, but in the thick of it, while recording a podcast about recovery. Plus: the grief of g...

Content note: This podcast discusses eating disorders, recovery, and mental health. We don't share numbers or get graphic about behaviors, but some topics may be sensitive for listeners in early recovery. This week Ashley and Shea get candid about what it actually looks and feels like to be mid-slip. They talk about the difference between a lapse and a relapse — not the clinical definitions, b...

Content note: This podcast discusses eating disorders, identity, and recovery. We don't share numbers or get graphic about behaviors, but some topics may be sensitive for listeners in early recovery. This week Ashley and Shea dig into one of the most disorienting parts of recovery: figuring out who you are when your eating disorder has been running the show. They talk about how the ED quietly...

Content note: This podcast discusses eating disorders, identity, and recovery. We don't share numbers or get graphic about behaviors, but some topics may be sensitive for listeners in early recovery. This week Ashley and Shea dig into one of the most disorienting parts of recovery: figuring out who you are without your eating disorder. They talk about how the ED can become your whole identity...

Content note: This podcast discusses eating disorders, treatment, and recovery. We don't share numbers or get graphic about behaviors, but some topics may be sensitive for listeners in early recovery. This week Ashley and Shea dig into "the noise" — the relentless internal voice that eating disorders use to stay in control. They talk about what the noise actually sounds like, how it...

Content note: This podcast discusses eating disorders, recovery, body image, and medical weight stigma. We don't share numbers or get graphic about behaviors, but some topics may be sensitive for listeners in early recovery. This week Ashley and Shea dig into what recovery actually looks like a year out from treatment — not the polished version, but the real one. They talk about grieving your...

Content note: This podcast discusses eating disorders, treatment, and recovery. We don't share numbers or get graphic about behaviors, but some topics may be sensitive for listeners in early recovery. This week Ashley and Shea dig into their experiences with eating disorder treatment: the first time, the subsequent times, and everything in between. They talk about what it actually feels like t...

In our very first episode, we answer the question: why are we doing this? What started as a joke (“let’s talk about recovery and record it”) turned into something more real in a world shaped by skinnytok, the shrinking of Hollywood, and the ever-tightening grip of diet culture. We talk about what brought us to eating disorder treatment, what life in recovery actually looks like, and introduce our...