Rewired

Food Paralysis Choosing what to eat can feel impossible when every option comes with dozens of competing rules, questions and "what ifs." In this episode of Rewired, we explore the experience of food paralysis, and why something as simple as picking a yoghurt, ordering from a menu or deciding on a snack can become completely overwhelming with an ED. We share our own experiences of gettin...

Comparison   It's not overstating to say that comparison affects almost every part of life with an eating disorder. It can creep in when you're with other people, eating, scrolling social media, looking back at old photos… even just walking into a room. And on the flip-side, comparison can make recovery feel harder, maybe pulling focus away from your own progress.  Today’s episode is all a...

10 Recovery Game-changers: Meg Following on from last week's episode, today Meg shares ten recovery game-changers of her own. Things like letting go of control, allowing herself to feel frustrated, learning not to engage with every eating disorder thought – and, crucially, accepting that different bodies are on different paths.  We also share more about our upcoming Rewired Workshop: Taking Ac...

Heatwaves and ED Recovery Hot weather can throw up challenges that people don't always expect in recovery. Appetite might feel different, for one. Plus being more tired and irritable, or blaming your body for feeling uncomfortable (when actually, you're just too hot) against a backdrop of triggering media messages… All of these factors can make summer especially tough when you’re in eating...

10 Recovery Game-changers: Safia In this personal episode, Safia shares ten of the biggest game-changers from her own recovery. Some were practical, like getting rid of scales or buying clothes that fit her changing body. Others were mindset shifts: being more honest with the people around her, outing hidden rules, and staying focused on her own recovery to limit comparison.  We also discuss why c...

Rigidity & Routine One of the things we see time and time again – both in ourselves and in the people we work with – is just how overwhelmingly rigid routines take over life when you’re struggling with an ED. With this in mind, this week, we’re exploring the many ways rigidity can show up in an eating disorder: safe foods, strict timings, movement routines, rituals, certainty-seeking, and the...

Orthorexia with Florence Gillet For many people, orthorexia begins with a genuine wish to feel better, improve health, manage symptoms, or solve a problem. But when food rules become rigid and anxiety around eating grows, it can become difficult to see where self-care ends and obsession begins. This week, we’re joined by Florence Gillet, Certified Eating Psychology Coach and founder of Beyond Body...

Pregnancy & ED Recovery Eating disorders aside, pregnancy can bring up all sorts of feelings and challenges for people. However, in this episode, we talk about why this stage of life can feel particularly complex when your relationship with food, weight, and body has been difficult in the past. Drawing on our own experiences, we unpack some of the things that did, or can, feel hard: body chang...

Rewired in Action Community: May Testimonials Each month, we’ll be sharing episodes featuring voices from the Rewired in Action Community — giving members the chance to talk about what’s been helpful, and what recovery can look like alongside the Community. We discuss the impact of shared experience and realising you’re not the only one thinking or struggling in a certain way. Whether you’re layin...

Extreme Hunger with Amalie Lee Extreme hunger can be one of the most frightening, confusing, and misunderstood parts of ED recovery. As coaches, we hear so many clients say they’re scared they’ve suddenly lost control — especially in a culture that constantly pathologises hunger and appetite. To help challenge this, we’re joined by fellow recovery coach, podcast host, and founder of Let’s Recover,...

Rewired in Action Community: Testimonials This episode’s a little bit different. We’re sharing more about our Rewired in Action Community — alongside three wonderful members, who tell us about their experience of being part of it. We’ll discuss what’s actually been helpful: having a space where you’re not the only one thinking or struggling in a certain way, hearing other people’s questions and re...

Why can’t I just recover? Anyone who has struggled with an ED knows that wanting recovery and actually doing it can feel miles apart. You might know you need to gain weight and want things to change — yet still find yourself stuck in the same loop when it comes to food. We reflect on how this back-and-forth cropped up in our own experiences: things like food paralysis, or reacting in completely di...

“Unnecessary" Calories In both of our EDs, “unnecessary calories” was one of those rules that sometimes didn’t even feel like a rule. It was more like a fact, or something so ‘obvious’, it wasn’t even worth questioning. Leaving out the oil, the dressings, the sauces and syrups and liquid calories (basically, the bits that make food actually taste good!) was a default setting. So, in this epis...

The Gift of Sensitivity with Dr Anita Johnston Have you ever been told you’re a sensitive person? Or even “too sensitive”? Sensitivity can be something people learn to hide or harden against, especially in the context of EDs (or if you’ve had a negative experience with conventional treatment in the past). This week’s topic is all about why that so often feels instinctive, and, crucially, why it do...

Q&A with Dr Jennifer Gaudiani This week, we’re joined by Dr Jennifer Gaudiani: eating disorder specialist physician, founder and Medical Director of the Gaudiani Clinic, and author of Sick Enough. Her work has been key in helping shift understanding around what eating disorders actually look like in the body — and we know from personal experience just how powerful an informed, evidence-based v...

Q and A with Carolyn Costin This week, we’re so excited to be joined by Carolyn Costin: founder of the first US residential ED treatment centre, Monte Nido, author, and President of the Carolyn Costin Institute (CCI). Carolyn played a direct role in training both of us as recovery coaches, and her work — particularly her books and 8 Keys to Recovery framework — continues to shape how we support wi...

Eating Behaviours PT. 3 Today, we share some of the food habits we had during our EDs: the behaviours that felt strange, secretive or embarrassing, even whilst sick. From tiny teaspoons of peanut butter to obsessing over textures, these behaviours brought up a lot of shame and self-consciousness. We explore why they develop, how surprisingly common they are, and how starvation physiology can drive...

Eating Behaviours PT.2 Today, we share some of the food habits we had during our EDs: the behaviours that felt strange, secretive or embarrassing, even whilst sick. From tiny teaspoons of peanut butter to obsessing over textures, these behaviours brought up a lot of shame and self-consciousness. We explore why they develop, how surprisingly common they are, and how starvation physiology can drive...

Eating Behaviours Today, we share some of the food habits we had during our EDs: the behaviours that felt strange, secretive or embarrassing, even whilst sick. From tiny teaspoons of peanut butter to obsessing over textures, these behaviours brought up a lot of shame and self-consciousness. We explore why they develop, how surprisingly common they are, and how starvation physiology can drive them....

Q&A with Chris Sandel In this episode, we’re joined by Chris Sandel, founder of Seven Health, to explore some of the most common sticking points in eating disorder recovery. As a recovery coach and nutritionist, Chris’s work blends science, psychology, and behaviour change in a way that challenges so much of the superficial wellness advice currently out there and, ultimately, tries to get to t...

Orthorexia and “Clean Eating” “Wellness”. “Clean eating”. “Being healthy”. When it comes to diet, these sorts of things come up time and time again, and are often linked with concepts of discipline or even self-care. But when food choices become driven by fear and moral rules rather than nourishment or enjoyment, something else may be going on… Today, we’re looking at orthorexia: an unhealthy obse...

Q&A with an ED Psychiatrist There’s often confusion about the role psychiatry plays in ED treatment, whether that’s around medication, how decisions are made, or just what ‘medical monitoring’ actually means. So, this week, we sit down with Dr Teizeem Dhanji, Consultant Child & Adolescent Psychiatrist and Eating Disorders Specialist at Sage Clinics, to answer some of the most common questi...

Should I Continue Restoring Weight? This episode is for anyone who’s reached a point in recovery where things might “look better” on the outside – maybe eating is more regular, maybe you’ve restored some weight – and is grappling with the question: do I really need to keep going…? We talk about why this stage can be so confusing, why early progress is often mistaken for being “done”, and how both...

Q&A with Our Clinical Psychologist So much of what we share in our work today — with clients and inside the Rewired in Action Community — comes from the time we spent working with our incredible psychologist, Carine el Khazen. Her support shaped how we learnt to tolerate change (and challenges) during recovery, and made sense of what was actually happening in the brain when an ED is in charge....

Tackling Common ED Lies Eating disorders are convincing — they have to be, by their very nature — so it’s no surprise that those endless cycles feel hard to break. They speak in certainty, urgency, and logic, often sounding exactly like your own thoughts. Over time, that voice can feel so familiar that it’s hard to tell where it ends and you begin. So, in this episode, we break down how eating dis...