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In this episode, I share why I decided to deactivate Instagram and what happened when I stepped away from the screen. I chat about the hidden pressure of performative posting, finding internal validation in recovery, and how shifting my focus to Substack has brought intentionality back to my life. Key Takeaways Presence vs. Performance: Breaking the habit of turning real-life moments into content....

In this episode of Renewed The Podcast , I sit down with holistic period recovery practitioner, Portia ( @wellwithportia ). Portia shares her journey from being an active, sports-loving teen and fitness trainer to navigating an anorexia diagnosis, years without a period, and eventual diagnosis of Hypothalamic Amenorrhea (HA). Key Topics we Cover: Portia's Health Journey: Growing up in sports,...

TW: I always talk about eating disorder recovery on this podcast and I also am currently sharing more about m journey with running. If that's not a helpful mix of topics for you right now, please take care of yourself and feel free to give this episode a skip. 🫶 In this episode, I give you all a little life update before diving into a thoughtful discussion on a listener-requested topic: knowi...

While all of my episodes discuss things in relation to eating disorders, this one in particular has an additional TW for diet pills & dieting. If this isn't something you're up for listening to right now, please take care of yourself! Episode Overview In this episode of Renewed The Podcast , I sit down with mid-size fashion creator and stylist Laura. We dive into unlearning harmful fas...

TW: while this podcast always discussed eating disorder recovery, this episode in particular has personal refelctions on where I'm at currently and some challenges I'm navigating on the dietetics side. If this doesn't seem like something that would benefit you right now, please skip this episode and take care of you. 💜 In this solo episode, I dive into the nuances of navigating the ea...

What happens when you stop shrinking yourself to fit the room? This week I'm joined by Isabel Negrete (@isabelnegretev), a beauty and skincare creator who moved from Mexico to Sydney and built her platform by refusing to tone down her culture, her heritage, or her whole personality. We get into the messy, beautiful reality of building something online: comparison, the algorithm, and the "...

Exercise is one of the trickiest parts of eating disorder recovery, and this week I'm getting into all of it. In this episode I chat about: The Intersection of Movement & Recovery: Why exercise is such a complex topic and why I think it's so important to discuss and be open about in recovery. The "Quiet" Compulsions: Shedding light on the subtle, internal rules around movemen...

This week I'm joined by my beautiful friend Tayla, a dietitian working in the eating disorder space whose own lived experience informs her practice. If you've ever needed permission to take a rest day, or wondered whether your story is "too much" to share, this episode is for you. What We Cover in This Episode: Tayla's path into dietetics: How a positive experience with a spo...

What if slowing down isn't giving up? This week I'm joined by my friend Jardan, who spent over 15 years in the fitness industry before realising she'd outgrown the identity she built there. Now she's pivoting into the creator space and building a life around slow, intentional living instead of the constant grind. We get into the messy middle of it all: unlearning the belief that re...

Getting back on the dating apps mid recovery is its own kind of chaos, and this episode goes there. After leaving residential treatment, moving to the Sunshine Coast, and slowly easing back into life, I found myself back on the apps. Some dates were sweet (shoutout to the guy who brought me a Diet Coke). Some were a hard no right off the bat. In this episode I discuss: Telling a date about my eati...

In early 2025, this podcast tried to come out of me, but instead my eating disorder took over and I found myself questioning if I was even going to make it through the year. Fast forward to 2026 and I'm back, living across the street from the beach, 6 months out of residential treatment and ready to talk about all of it. This is the first episode of r enewed the podcast with Jenn: what the sho...