Liv Label Free | Neurodivergent Eating Disorder Recovery

Go on a walk with me as I record another spontaneous voice memo! In this episode, I share my evolving relationship with the podcast format, explaining how I’m craving more live, soul-to-soul connections rather than speaking into the void. I discuss feeling claustrophobic as I try to externally match my internal vastness through words, and how authentic connections through 1-1 Coaching, the Autisti...

In today's episode, I’m pulling back the curtain on my everyday experience being AuDHD (Autistic and ADHD). I share how trapped I feel in this body, how overwhelmed I am by my own mind, and how masking & giftedness play a role in it all. Discovery resources for you: 🎙️ Free audiotraining: https://www.livlabelfree.com/free-audiotraining ✨ Existential Autistic Membership: https://www.livla...

In this first installment of Dopamine Diaries, Livia Sara unravels the overlooked connection between autism, ADHD, and anorexia. You’ll learn how dopamine differences create a neurodivergent vulnerability for engaging in anorexia behaviors, including restriction, compulsive exercise, ADHD hyperfocus, and constantly thinking about food! Further resources: 📚 Neurodiversity-Affirming Books...

Welcome to this Liv Label Free meditation! I’m Livia Sara, an autistic eating disorder recovery coach that’s here to help you turn your MESS into your MESSage. Today, I’m delighted to guide you through this meditation designed for autistic people struggling with eating disorders. It’s a connection that’s hugely misunderstood, which is beyond unfortunate because of how common autism and eating diso...

Do you ever have a conversation with someone where you talk about SO much that you have no idea what you talked about afterwards? Well that’s literally the experience I had with Rosie in today’s podcast episode! Rosie contacted me around this time last year after she had completed my free audiotraining “3 Steps to Recovery From an Eating Disorder as an Autistic Person.” She’d already gotten so man...

In this episode, Livia Sara unpacks the following 3 myths about autism and eating disorders: It’s harder for an autistic person to recover from an eating disorder You can’t diagnose someone with autism if they have an active eating disorder Autistic people can’t eat intuitively You’ll also hear a preview of two chapters from Livia’s newest book How to Get Out of Quasi Recovery, which you can buy h...

Livia answers a listener question about how to get rid of headaches, tinnitus, and dizziness in anorexia recovery. Want more? Find my books, courses, and coaching programs at livlabelfree.com Episode transcript: Hello my friends, well today is another Q&A episode and today’s question comes from jellyfish1093 on YouTube and they asked if I could do an episode on physical and mental symptoms no...

Livia and Mike chat about the fear of not knowing who you are, redefining success, and how to create a meaningful life in the void of infinite possibilities. ✨ Existential Autistic Membership: https://www.livlabelfree.com/membership 💗 1-1 Coaching: https://www.livlabelfree.com/coaching 🎙️ Free Audiotraining: https://www.livlabelfree.com/free-audiotraining  

Have you always asked   why ? Have you always been so relentlessly curious that it overwhelms your own mind? Have you always asked existential questions only to become mentally paralyzed by the fact that they will never have answers? I feel you. In fact, I was recently explaining to my psychiatrist that my brain feels like a room filled with bouncing balls. You know what he replied? “Wow, it...

In this spontaneous “walk with me” voicememo, I share my experience with existential nausea and how painful it feels to be confronted with consciousness. Let’s connect! 🌐 WEBSITE:  https://livlabelfree.com/ 📚 BOOKS:  https://livlabelfreebooks.com 🍩  INSTAGRAM:  https://www.instagram.com/livlabelfree/

I know you’re tired – tired of going back and forth between the ED and “trying recovery again.” Tired of believing it’s possible for you to achieve freedom, only to be submerged back into belief that you’ll just have to “manage” an eating disorder forever. Tired of having your entire life REVOLVE around rigid eating schedules and strict exercise routines. There’s no sugarcoating it:   being “...

🎉 The Autistically ED-Free Academy is OPEN!  Save your seat: https://www.livlabelfree.com/group For most neurodivergent people, the fear of weight gain isn’t about body image or the infamous “wanting to be thin so I can look like the models on the magazines!” In today’s episode, Livia Sara chats with Harriet Parsons and Jenny Langley about the real reasons autistic people fear weight gain be...

🎉 The Autistically ED-Free Academy is OPEN! Secure your spot:  https://www.livlabelfree.com/group Do you feel behind in life due to your eating disorder?  That’s how I felt for many years. While my peers were progressing through school, getting jobs, and forming relationships, my whole life was on pause. In today’s episode, I explain why ED recovery actually gives you a jumpstart on a m...

💫 Join the Existential Autistic Membership:  https://www.livlabelfree.com/membership 🌈 Autistically ED-Free Academy:  https://www.livlabelfree.com/group The connection between neurodivergence, eating disorders, and LGTBQ+ is undeniable – yet it isn’t talked about enough. As someone who’s incredibly passionate about inviting curiosity and compassion to underserved topics, I’m very excit...

📚 How to Get Out of Quasi Recovery :  https://livlabelfreebooks.com 🌈  Existential Autistic Membership:  https://www.livlabelfree.com/membership I’m simplifying the shownotes! 😊 In today’s episode, Kenyan is back to chat with me about how we handle being in bodies – specifically female bodies.

🌈 JOIN THE MEMBERSHIP! https://www.livlabelfree.com/membership 📚  AUTISM & ED RECOVERY BOOKS:  https://livlabelfreebooks.com ✨ 1-1 COACHING W/ LIVIA:  https://www.livlabelfree.com/1-on-1-coaching Are you afraid of growing up and being healthy in a female body? Livia and Kenyan both resonate with feeling like a girl but CRINGE when they’re called a “woman.” This episode explor...

How to Get Out of Quasi Recovery: https://livlabelfree.com/quasirecoverybook The Discovery Workbook: https://livlabelfree.com/discoveryworkbook Bundle & save on all my books: https://livlabelfreebooks.com/ Franz Kafka once wrote “I think we ought to read only the kind of books that wound or stab us. If the book we’re reading doesn’t wake us up with a blow to the head, what are we reading for?...

How to Get Out of Quasi Recovery:  https://livlabelfree.com/quasirecoverybook The Discovery Workbook:  https://livlabelfree.com/discoveryworkbook Bundle & save on all my books:  https://livlabelfreebooks.com/ Are you constantly second-guessing yourself in eating disorder recovery? With the amount of contradictory messaging in our society – from both diet cult...

How to Get Out of Quasi Recovery:  https://livlabelfree.com/quasirecoverybook The Discovery Workbook:  https://livlabelfree.com/discoveryworkbook Bundle & save on all my books:  https://livlabelfreebooks.com/ If you ’ re overwhelmed by all the contradictory messages in the ED recovery space, this episode is for you. I explain why you feel stuck in the “recovery trap” a...

How to Get Out of Quasi Recovery: https://livlabelfree.com/quasirecoverybook The Discovery Workbook: https://livlabelfree.com/discoveryworkbook Bundle & save on all my books: https://livlabelfreebooks.com/ Are you stuck in quasi recovery? I know how it feels to be trapped in that frustrating middle ground between your eating disorder and true freedom. You’re “recovered” to an extent, but...

Quasi recovery is worse than having an eating disorder. In today's episode, Livia and Victoria chat about their experiences with quasi recovery, why the map is a trap, and how to begin trusting your inner wisdom. If you enjoy this episode and want to dive deeper into the topics discussed, you will LOVE Livia's new book How to Get Out of Quasi Recovery! 👉  Grab your copy:  https://livlab...

Do you feel like you’re never good enough? Livia Sara and Wouter Kleinsman both know what it’s like to chase illusory fulfillment through external identities. In this confrontational conversation, Livia and Wouter discuss how labels imprison us, why conformity is a trap, and how the story you tell yourself is the story that narrates your life. Episode highlights:   Why breaking free from the...

Have you ever felt that your "gifts" were more of a burden than a blessing? In this Autistically ED-Free Membership call recording, Livia and the community explore the concept of "existential claustrophobia" – that suffocating feeling of being confined within a finite physical form while having an infinitely expansive inner being. Members share their raw experiences of how giftedness, existen...

What if ED behaviors in autistic people were not problems to be fixed, but rather, powerful adaptations to feel safe? More specifically, what if eating disorders themselves are a form of autistic masking? In this episode, Livia Sara explains how eating disorders can manifest through three distinct types of masks, why neurodiversity-affirming approaches form the foundation of freedom, and how to di...

Do you or a loved one ever feel like you were born on the wrong planet? Livia Sara and Dr. Marianne Miller both know what it’s like to experience life as a neurodivergent alien. The existential loneliness that comes with this sense of alienation can be so unbearable that the eating disorder becomes an escape – a way to create a sense of meaning and purpose when you feel lost. In today’s episode, L...