Recovering with Danie | Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast

Whether you’re recovered or not, you most likely will experience bad body image days some days. And that’s okay. It doesn’t mean that you have to go back to your eating disorder. So how can you deal with it instead? How do you make them more bearable and maybe even reduce their frequency? In this week’s episode I give you 12 tips on how to combat these days! Do you feel like you need more help rec...

This week’s episode is on life after recovery: how can you ensure a life of food freedom once you’ve had the bulk of your recovery? What can or should recovery “aftercare” look like, and what is the maintenance phase like? All that, a lovely voicenote, and updates on my website, in this week’s episode! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle w...

Oura rings give insight into health stats such as heartrate and sleep quality. They are popular among many health-influencers, but are they any good for recovery? All that and more, such as ways to spice up your recovery, is discussed in this week’s episode! Tune in to give yourself a boost! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexi...

When you’re starting to recover, you may find yourself barely craving nutritious foods. How come suddenly your body seems opposed to ‘healthy food’? And why is ‘healthy food’ perhaps not so.. ‘healthy’? In this week’s episode I discuss what ‘healthy recovery’ may look like, and what my stance on recovering healthfully is! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Wh...

Recovery can be tough and you may wish to get it over with quickly. Or you may have even heard that recovery should be smooth and quick. But how long should it take? Why does this differ so much from one person to the next, and long should you take? All that and more in this week’s episode! Tune in! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with...

Many people with eating disorders feel an intense need to be productive. But why is that? And is being productive actually useful, or should you work towards being able to take things a bit slower? All that and more in this week’s episode - so tune in! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnose...

When you’re recovering from an eating disorder, you may find yourself wishing you could ‘just eat’ like you did before you ever developed an eating disorder. However, often times we’ll find ourselves eating very differently from the way we used to, and we may not find ourselves eating “normally” at all. In this week’s episode, we discuss what “eating normally” constitutes, and a hopeful message ab...

Food is often used as a reward in the form of a treat. But have you ever wondered why food feels rewarding? And how food can feel both rewarding and like a curse when you have an eating disorder? How you can use the rewarding qualities of food to your advantage? All that and more is discussed in this week’s episode! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether...

This weeks episode is all about budgeting calories and macros, and how the quest for a perfectly balanced diet can actually be _unhealthy_. Why may budgeting your calories and “if it fits your macros” actually be unhealthy? All that and more in this week’s episode! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other...

Why do some people with eating disorders feel the need to control other people’s food? If you struggle with an eating disorder, you may find yourself constantly offering other people food, trying to get them to eat more, etc. While this may seem innocent, it can actually hamper your recovery. In today’s episode, I explain the spectrum of this behavior and we discuss reasons you may be doing this,...

This week I’m answering some of your burning questions again! Is it true that you “break” your metabolism when you develop an eating disorder? How do you deal with that during recovery? And what about feeling invalid? Is your eating disorder valid? All that and more in this week’s episode! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia,...

Welcome back! I initially planned to record part 2 of the Q&A with my mum, but plans have changed and so this week we'll discuss 'asking for permission' in recovery. It can be nice to have someone tell you that you are allowed to eat or recover, but how helpful is it actually? Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia,...

For this week's episode, my mum is sharing her side of the story. Those of you who know me probably know that my mum is my best friend and my rock. So what was it like for her when I got sick, and how did she support me? Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm...

Is my DVK Recovery Method like going 'all-in'? What do I think of all-in? In this weeks episode we talk about the nitty-gritty's of going all-in, the advantages, the disadvantages, and how you can make the most out of your recovery. Do you want to know what I recommend to my clients all the time? Then be sure to tune in! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whe...

A bit of a shorter episode this week, for a very exciting reason: I adopted a chihuahua! Anyhow, this week's episode is all about what to do when you do not have an appetite. Your appetite may be absent during recovery for all sorts of reasons, but it doesn't mean you shouldn't eat. How do you know whether you should eat, and how can you make sure you get in enough food when you have no appetite?...

Lola is 19 years old, from the UK and one of my badass clients who I’ve been working with for almost a year. She found me through this podcast and decided to take a leap of faith and emailed me a year ago and now she’s on the pod! Oh how time flies. She has done the Recovery Bootcamp program, a couple rounds of the Booster intensive, followed by the mini support and now we’re doing the membership...

This week's episode is all about binging on your safe foods during your eating disorder and recovery. Why do we do that, should you avoid it (and if so, how?), and is there any harm in binging/feasting on non-safe foods during your recovery? All that and more in this week's episode - tune in and get inspired to kick your eating disorder out of your life. Do you feel like you need more help recover...

Lately, everyone and their mom seems to be obsessed with building muscle. And when you're in recovery, you may feel like building muscle is a nice way out of the system: gaining weight while not gaining any fat... But how does building muscle when you're underweight actually work? In this week's episode we also talk about the difference(s) between atypical anorexia and anorexia, and (spoiler alert...

Recovery is hard work and it may leave you wishing you could just recover overnight. Unfortunately, that’s not how it happens… So how long does recovery actually take? Are there things you can do to speed up the process or avoid getting stuck? All that and more in this week’s episode - tune in! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anor...

What’s the relationship between diet- and wellness culture and eating disorders? Why is it important to break up with both if you’ve had an eating disorder, while someone without an eating disorder can live happily alongside it? And once you know why it’s necessary, how do you actually go about it? In today’s episode I’ll discuss all that and more, giving personal examples to illustrate what life...

How much better is "good enough"? A lot of people with an eating disorder will settle for 'just good enough' when recovering, while not obtaining full food freedom. In this week's episode, we discuss why that may be, why you don't have to settle, and how to get past that point. Tune in to get motivated! If you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disor...

You're bound to get triggered when you're recovering from your eating disorder. And it may feel scary, or tempt you to go back to your eating disorder ways, but you don't have to. Do you wanna know why getting triggered isn't always a bad thing, how to cope with triggers, and how to navigate them? Tune in to this week's episode! As I discuss in this episode, I'll be offerin...

Welcome back! In this week's episode I'll discuss a couple more of your questions and explain why weight restoration does not have to mean recovery. Do you still have to break disordered rules and piss of your ED even when you're at a "healthy" weight? Is your weight "healthy" even if you're still engaging in disordered eating? All that and more in this week&#39...

In this weeks episode, I go over some of your questions touching upon various topics related to recovery. Is going in-patient something to strive for? Is it the holy grail? Is feasting really necessary in recovery? All that and more in this weeks pod! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed...

After a little break, I'm back with another Q&A episode for you! Just as one of my listeners mentioned in her voicenote which you will hear in this episode, many people seem to struggle with the idea or feeling of 'being stuck'. Something I most definitely experienced back when I had an eating disorder as well. So in today's episode, I answer all of your questions about feeling...