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Eating disorders seemingly use logic to convince you of why you should or shouldn't do certain behaviours or why something is or isn't important. But in reality, eating disorder are actually illogical and this becomes obvious when we look at them more closely.

Binges while recovering are a common occurrence, despite the fear that they create. As part of this episode, I look at why binges occur in recovery, how to think differently about them and suggestions for what to do after a binge happens.

This week it's a solo episode and I'm talking about stopping to try to convince yourself.

This week it's a solo episode and I'm talking about what's the healthiest way to recover. I explain why we need to rethink our ideas about health, why understanding context is so important and the reason the fear of "I need to do recovery in the healthiest possible way" arises.

Digestive issues are common with an eating disorder, but can get worse in the beginning when starting to recover. In this episode I Iook at why digestive issues occur, what to expect in recovery and ways to manage this.

Our mind constantly plays tricks on us; sometimes this support us, but often, it's to our detriment. In this episode I look at 10 things that are essential to know about how your mind works.

I'm sharing a solo episode this week and I'm covering six crucial areas in recovery. If you are trying to recover, these are ideas you want to be aware of.

Highly Sensitive Persons (HSPs) make up 15-30% of the population but there is a huge overlap between being an HSP and having an eating disorder. In this episode I look at the HSP traits, the reasons for the high overlap with eating disorders, the power of knowing your an HSP, common HSP recovery mistakes and some practical ideas for HSPs in recovery.

This week I'm chatting with body image and eating disorder expert, Deb Schachter. We cover topics from Deb's book Body Image Inside Out, including what is body image, the three elements that are essential to body image work, Bad Body Image Moments (BBIM's), the negative body image rotary, shapeshifting, body image jealousy and much more.

It's easy with an eating disorders to get stuck in futuristic fear (what will happen to my body?) or past loops (memories of things that happened). The antidote to this is coming back into the present moment (as uncomfortable as that may be) and in this episode I share different practices to help with this.

This week on the show I'm interviewing a past client called Sam. We worked together for just under a year and it’s incredible the changes that occurred over this time.

I'm chatting with Licensed Marriage & Family Therapist Justin Sunseri on the podcast this week. This is a deep dive into all things polyvagal: looking at what it is and all the component ideas, how to build safety anchors, getting unstuck from being in a defensive state and dealing with trauma.

This week Aaron Flores returns to the podcast. We discuss anxiety, Aaron’s appearance on the Ten Percent Happier podcast, binge eating disorder and some of the misconceptions with it, feeling comfortable in your body, self-compassion, grief, anxiety and much more.