The Eating Disorder Therapist

Today I’m talking to Maythal Eshaghian, all the way from Los Angeles, California. Maythal is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and specialises in the treatment of Obsessive Compulsive Disorder and other related anxiety disorders. In this episode, Maythal gives a valuable insight into OCD – causes, treatment and recovery. It’s a fantastic introduction to understanding this area of mental hea...

Today, I’m talking about thoughts. You might assume that your thoughts are facts, as they often do feel true. With 60,000 thoughts per day and many being repetitive, no wonder they hold so much power over us. I’m talking about two unhelpful thought patterns that are very common in disordered eating – ‘all or nothing thinking’ and ‘constant comparisons,’ and how to deal with these in a constructive...

When a part of you is wanting to recover but another part of you is absolutely terrified. You might find it so hard to envisage a different you – a recovered you – a you that doesn’t ‘do’ eating disorder behaviours or spend hours of the day preoccupied with food and weight. It can be scary, when we think about change. Old insecurities can flood in; confidence can feel shaky and there is a gnawing...

Eating disorders are coping strategies. In this episode, I talk about the psychology and shine a light on 5 common barriers for change in recovery. Hope you enjoy.

Today, I’m talking to Rose White – a Health and Nutrition Coach specialising in Intuitive Eating and joint founder of the anti-diet Reframe Club. Rose shares her very personal story of recovering from an eating disorder, discussing triggers and defining moments that helped on this difficult journey. Rose has so much passion and wisdom to share about creating a holistic relationship with health and...

Today, I’m talking to Anne Richardson, Registered Nutritional Therapy Practitioner. Anne supports people in recovery from disordered eating and helps them to learn to eat again. Anne grew up in France in a culture, where thinness was a normality. She talks about her own recovery from anorexia nervosa in her teens; her thoughts on French women and slenderness; eating disorders in men; wellness cult...

Today, I’m talking to Josie Buck – The Mindful Cook.  Josie is a food and eating psychology coach, providing online courses and residential retreats, teaching people to harness the power of nourishing nutrition and emotional wellbeing.  However, it hasn’t always been this way. For many years, Josie was stuck in a pattern of constant dieting, negative body image and low self-esteem.  A life-changin...

’Feeling fat.’ What’s it really all about? Today I talk about 7 triggers for feeling fat and how to deal with them. Hope you enjoy.

Today I share my 7 secrets in overcoming binge eating, talking about the first time I ever binged; my top emotional triggers and why relapse is an important part of the journey. It’s involved embracing croissants and crisps to dealing with overwhelm and learning to say ‘no’! It’s certainly been a bumpy road, but one that’s been worth every step, to enjoy the food freedom I have today. Hope you enj...

I have three children – one girl and two boys. I have done my utmost to be a good role-model by living my truth with intuitive eating and modelling good self-esteem and body acceptance. However, to a 14 year old girl (my lovely daughter) – of course, Mum’s opinions or behaviours are not her prime concern right now. Her friends are dieting and she's bonding with them in doing this. She is finding h...

Emotions: do you find them overwhelming and unmanageable at times? Do you actively avoid trying to feel anything full-stop? In this episode, I talk about why you might be struggling; how disordered eating can be a coping strategy (unconsciously) and how to start coping in healthier ways. Hope you enjoy.

So you’ve probably heard about self-compassion? Maybe, you’re actively trying to practice it: to offer yourself kindness and understanding, when you’re having a difficult day or when things go wrong. Or, you might be quite sceptical of the whole thing? If you’re unsure if self-compassion could benefit you or you want to learn how to do it better, then this episode is for you. Hope you enjoy.

Today I'm talking to Carolina Mountford: - Mental Health Advocate, eating disorder survivor, blogger, writer and speaker.  Carolina talks to schools, church groups and other organisations about mental health, eating disorders, body image, trauma and depression. In this episode, Carolina openly shares her journey in struggling with an eating disorder for 15 years and how she eventually overcame thi...

What to do, when you’re working hard on healing your relationship with food but you constantly feel GUILTY, for doing this. I share my 3 tips to embrace recovery and deal with those pesky disordered eating thoughts.

Today I'm talking to Eugenia Nikiforow an Eating Psychology Coach and speaker.   Eugenia is the founder of Mindfoodness - Eating Psychology Clinic and supports people to feel "normal" around food again by combining Nutrition, Psychology and Neuroscience. She is based in New Zealand and is working with clients all over the world.    Eugenia openly shares her own journey in finding peace with food a...

Is Intuitive Eating possible, when you’ve had an eating disorder? If so, where do you even start with this? Today I talk about how to begin to eat intuitively. I draw on my own and client experiences: from how to enjoyably eat croissants again without bingeing to managing the Food Police in your head. Hope you enjoy. Let me know your thoughts in the comments. 😊

Today I interview Victoria Stockwell - Researcher, Ex Body Builder and Personal Trainer. Victoria has suffered from disordered eating behaviours from the age of 11. Victoria shares openly about her journey in working to overcome disordered eating, looking at possible triggers, the ups and downs of this road and finally getting help. Victoria also talks about her ventures as a competitor, into the...

Today I interview Anti-Diet Dietitian, Jo Malocca. Originally from Ireland, Jo is now based in Suffolk, working as a dietitian for the NHS and privately. Jo is absolutely passionate about promoting an anti-diet message and supporting her clients to develop a healthy relationship with food and their bodies. I talk to Jo about a whole range of topics including her last supper meal; body image; binge...

Today I interview my first guest - Jayne Hartley, who is a personal trainer, mum of 3 and owner of Fierce Fitness, in Clavering, near Saffron Walden. Jayne started dancing from the age of 5 – later training as a professional dancer; she’s also a fully qualified nurse and is now a personal trainer. Today, Jayne is in a great place with eating and body image, but it hasn’t always been this way. Jayn...

EXERCISE 🤸‍♀️🏋️🏊‍♀️🚴. What does it mean to you? Do you exercise for joy, pleasure and the love of movement? Or has it become a compulsion or an obsessive thing that you feel you have to do? Today I talk about how to develop a healthy relationship with activity. I also share my own relationship to exercise, after recovering from an eating disorder.

This is a disordered eating behaviour that’s not talked about enough. There’s often so much shame and secrecy around it. In this episode, I talk about causes of self-induced vomiting; fears about not doing it and how to stop 🛑 for good; drawing on my recovery experience and helping many others to do the same.

Emotional eating can be something that we are all vulnerable to doing. In this podcast, I share some of my own triggers for emotional eating including a split from a toxic boyfriend in the past. Hope you enjoy. :)    

I share my 5 tips to help you through this tricky period. I talk about managing anxiety, food, exercise, relationships and being stuck at home.

It is incredibly normal to feel in two minds about change, in disordered eating recovery. This is because the dieting or emotional eating or obsessive exercising has become a coping strategy. Here, I talk about the 3 main barriers to change and how to overcome them, so you can find freedom with food! 🍏🍕

When you’re stuck in a cycle of binge eating, you might feel that there’s no way out. It can be incredibly destructive, both physically and mentally. Here I share my top 3 tips to help you stop binge eating, based on my personal experience of overcoming this and helping many clients to do the same.