Her Best Self with Lindsey Nichol | Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast — Less Food Noise. More Life.

Hey GF! Can you believe Turkey Day is right around the corner? I know right....me either. Time surely does fly! This past weekend our family enjoyed a harvest fest, spending time with friends & family, & prepping for the holiday week ahead. As I sat to reflect & record the podcast, it hit me that the anxiety that I used to get days leading up to Thanksgiving was non-existent, & I k...

Happy Thursday sister friend! Are you tired of the never ending cycle of disordered eating? Are you sick of some days eating, other days restricting...tired of the shame, the guilt? Just tired of being tired?  You want to be happy, to live FREE. You want to get rid of the patterns of unhealthy coping when life gets hard.  You want to love who you are in your body...confident, empowered...happy! In...

You have a choice today sister, do you want to stay trapped in the cycle of disordered eating, or do you want to become transformed into who you were made to be? If there is a gap from where you are now to where and who you want to be in the future, today's podcast episode is FOR YOU! You are not your body. You are not your things. You are not your problems. You are not your past. You are not your...

Do you live with guilt or shame from unhealthy patterns or disordered behaviors with food? Do you try to control your food intake only to end up frustrated and like you have failed at life? I hate what this cycle does to so many of us women. In Episode 91 of the podcast, I get vulnerable and share the good stuff! I talk about my faith & how I struggled to believe God even cared about me at my...

Happy Monday sister! I'm dropping in today girl to remind you that you are worthy of all the things & so very enough. The weekends can have a mind of their own & then we are thrown right back into the week full of mixed feelings, emotions & running on fumes. This time of year where there is hustle & busyness, it's so important to pause & to be present. There is so much power in...

Hey sis - HEYY! I wanted to come at you first thing this morning! Because, today on the podcast I am talking all about MEAL PLANNING! & no, not the fad diet, restrictive type of meal plans you may be thinking of... simply speaking, meal planning is deciding your meals in advance. & if you have been in decades of disordered eating, you may not even know where to start when it comes to eatin...

Happy Monday! How is your fall going sis? I am in baseball mom mode over here. Yep, we have spent nearly every weekend at tournaments, carting the kids around from one game to the next. I never thought I'd actually feel proud wearing bright orange, as it's not really "my color"....(lol, Go Canes!), but it sure has been fun spectating, screaming & living life in the present moment.  This past w...

Hey Sis HEYYY! Today I'm talking all about NON NEGOTIABLES! I bet you didn't know I stuck to 4 non negotiables in my personal recovery journey from disordered eating. Without those vows to myself....I'm not sure I would even be here today to share my experience of food freedom with you. You see, non negotiables help you stay balanced & grounded. They allow you to prioritize you & what's im...

Have you been sidetracked lately? Do you find yourself thinking about all the things, wishing life was easier? Dreaming of the day you can escape your own mind from the obsessive thoughts & behaviors you have around food? Distraction can be a way to stuff what you are feeling, so that you don't actually have to sit with what you are feeling. Yet, distraction can also help you in the process of...

Happy Thursday friend! How is your week going? If you have been thinking about getting additional support to heal your relationship with food and your body, yet you just haven't taken the leap....yet....this episode is for you! In Episode 85, I share with you all the details on when you may need additional support, & the BEST traits to look for in a recovery coach to provide you with the exact...

It's a brand new week! & goodness do I love a clean slate & a fresh start :) In Episode 84, I share with you 6 different eating disorder treatment options & additional resources if you have been wondering if you need something MORE to help boost your recovery journey. There are many different forms of treatment if you are navigating healing from disordered eating. & the most import...

Happy Thursday friend, I am so excited to share with you today's episode on the Her Best Self Podcast. My biggest challenge in my struggle to find worthiness outside of what the scale made me feel was the fact that I was terrified to get better. I was scared to death to gain weight. I wanted to escape the control that food had over my life. I wanted to stop counting calories and caring about what...

Happy Monday, I'm so very excited to announce that the Her Best Self Podcast turns ONE tomorrow, 10/10, & we are celebrating! We are giving away a recovery package with all the self-care things that I truly LOVE & helped me along my personal journey to freedom. Plus, we will also be giving away Amazon gift cards too! All you need to do is hop on over to iTunes & rate & review the s...

Happy Thursday friend! Today, I'm coming at you hot with a question to get you in action! Are your secrets keeping you sick? ~ On a mission to lose 10 pounds, I found myself chained to a never ending cycle of disordered eating. I wore shame of never feeling good enough & used my control over food & my body as my personal secret weapon. I lived the lie of believing that a smaller me was a b...

I hope you had a fantastic weekend sis! Between baseball & fall festivities it was FUN, fast & exhausting all in one. Sprinkle that with pumpkin spice & everything nice..... y'all we had a "winning" weekend! I was also able to spend some time reflecting on my life, my journey, how far I've come from where I once was. I was able to reflect on the true freedom I currently have......freed...

Hey Sis- First things first today, I am so honored to have you in the Her Best Self circle & I can't wait to bring you a brand new podcast episode, where I talk about THE question to ask yourself if you aren't really sure what to do next or if you are even wondering if you have an unhealthy relationship with food. As I prepped for this one, I came across an incredible quote from J. Walters: "Y...

Sis, do I have a special treat for you today!  In Episode 78 of the Her Best Self Podcast, I'm bringing on my 1st guest! & a very inspiring & special one indeed!  Ms. Juliana Page is a 5x author, podcaster of Gods Vibes & Founder of Courage Co., where she helps women move from self-sabotage to self-mastery.  In today's show, we talk about her recovery from an eating disorder & how...

Hey Girl! How is your week treating you? Gosh, I just can't believe we are basically in fall y'all! Anyways, enough about the weather....today I am talking about "weight gain"! Yep, I said it.....the most terrifying thing of all the things when you are in recovery from disordered eating. Do you find yourself terrified to gain weight? You know that in order to get "stronger" or "healthier" you will...

Happy Monday friend, Did you know that mantras can work magic in your life, especially if you are navigating freedom from food controlling your every day? I leverage mantras in my own personal recovery journey with anorexia.  A study in Brain & Behavior , shows that repeating a single word or phrase to yourself actually quiets the brain & simple repetition activates the part of the brain t...

Hey Girl, If you are struggling with disordered eating or you are looking to find support for someone who is? If you answered yes...today's episode is FOR YOU! In Episode 75, I share 7 ways to help someone who doesn't want help, & I give you insight into my own freedom journey + hope along the way! In my experience, t's so very important to show love, kindness & provide an "open door" if y...

Hey Girl, Do you lack focus, constantly obsessing about what to eat next or when you can eat it? Are you hyper reactive, always upset about every little thing, taking it out on the people you love most? Does life just feel "hard"? Yep, the simple things feel exhausting, right? Sis, this is survival mode! & the truth is, you weren't meant to live in a constant state of fight, flight or freeze....

Hey their sister ~ Do you struggle with daily anxiety? Are you constantly anxious when it comes to what you can eat next or when you can eat it, & you find yourself in borderline panic mode if you are forced out of your workout routine or daily food rituals? Maybe, the mere idea of living life without nagging food thoughts seems entirely impossible to you? So impossible, that you have basicall...

It's September 4th! How did we get here?! Gosh the year is just flying, isn't it? Lately, I've been asked by women battling an unhealthy relationship with food & their body if recovery was worth it. Am I truly happy now? And I've seen so many women make the mistake of believing the lies. The lies that they will be miserable once they gain weight or that once they commit to putting their health...

Hey Girl Hey! Happy Thursday! When you are chained & programmed to food thoughts controlling your every day, you measure your success by lack. You allow yourself less, you run on less, you wish to weigh less, you thrive on consuming less. Disordered eating becomes a game & you measure success on personal satisfaction & achievement on whether you do it "right" or eat "right", always fee...

Happy Monday Sis! Are you a "control freak" when it comes to food & your body? Maybe you try to control all the things.....yet, you forever feel out of control, like you are one day or event away from a complete mental &/or physical breakdown? Eating disorders are about so much more than controlling food intake & how many steps you get on the daily to control the way you look. Eating d...