The Eating Disorder Therapist

In this episode, I explore different areas I explore with my clients in eating disorder therapy, to achieve healing. I hope that you find it helpful.   Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html Online Breaking Free from Bulimia ...

In this episode, I explore quotes that have inspired me in eating disorder recovery. I hope that you find it helpful. Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html Online Breaking Free from Bulimia  https://www.theeatingdisorderther...

In this episode, I explore how your relationship with food can mirror your spiritual growth and development. I hope that you find it interesting!   Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html Online Breaking Free from Bulimia  htt...

In this episode, I explore how to move from quasi recovery into a full and flourishing recovered place. I hope that you find it helpful.   Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html Online Breaking Free from Bulimia  https://www....

In this episode, I explore experiences of my clients using ChatGPT in eating disorder therapy.  I discuss the positives and negatives of engaging with the bot. I hope that you find it helpful.   Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-cour...

Valuable insights can be understood through James Clear’s work, which talks about three levels of behaviour change. This can be applied to eating disorder recovery. James is the author of the best-selling book, Atomic Habits which has sold more than 20 million copies worldwide. If you haven’t read it, I’d highly recommend that you do. He describes three levels of change: - 1. Outcomes 2. Processes...

In this episode, I dive into 3 radical mindset shifts needed, when healing your body image. I hope that you find it helpful. Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html Online Breaking Free from Bulimia  https://www.theeatingdisor...

In this episode, I explore the food and feelings diary, as a tool in eating disorder recovery. I hope that you find it helpful.   Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html Online Breaking Free from Bulimia  https://www.theeating...

This podcast explores when your relationship with the weighing scales has taken an unhealthy turn. I hope that you find it helpful.   Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html Online Breaking Free from Bulimia  https://www.theea...

Who doesn’t want to lose weight in 2025? Go onto your local high street in the UK and ask the first twenty people meandering your way, this potent question and I can guarantee that 95% will say a resounding yes. This will probably be true for people of all weights, shapes and body sizes. Because losing weight and pursuing thinness hold incredible social value in society. And there is a ton of stig...

In this episode, I explore extreme hunger and going 'all-in' versus incremental steps, in eating disorder recovery. I talk about getting stuck in quasi recovery. How to manage extreme hunger and dealing with emotional triggers too. I hope that you find it helpful. Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive E...

Inspiring recovery affirmations which you can listen to as you go about your day. I hope you find these supportive and uplifting. If you'd like more of these, do drop me an email: harriet.frew@gmail.com   Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/o...

In this episode, I talk about GLP-1 meds and their early impact in the eating disorder world. I hope that you find it helpful.     Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html Online Breaking Free from Bulimia  https://www.theeatin...

In this episode, I talk about working in eating disorders, when you have your own eating disorder history. I hope that you find it helpful.   Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/online-courses.html Online Breaking Free from Bulimia  https://w...

If you have an eating disorder, you may experience food rituals around eating. In this episode, I explore eight common ones, particularly seen by anyone who restricts intake. I hope that you find it helpful.   Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingdisordertherapist.co...

It can be a very lonely experience suffering from an eating disorder. In this episode, I explore common themes that I experience daily inside the therapy room. It will help you feel less alone. I hope that you find it helpful.   Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingd...

‘I can’t possibly be hungry; I’ve only just eaten,’ is a phrase I have heard many a time in the therapy room. When you’ve overridden your body’s signals unwittingly to well-meaning diet and wellness plans, it’s no surprise that trusting hunger can feel like a dubious phenomenon. Feeling hungry may even feel downright wrong and shameful. You associate hunger with greediness and impulsiveness. You f...

You might assume that eating disorders are mostly a young person’s predicament, tangled up with puberty, exams stressors and the turbulent transitions of entering adulthood. And yes, young people are extremely vulnerable to struggling with food and body image concerns, but eating disorders impact people of all ages, and this shows up in the therapy room with clients from 16 to 70 years old (I work...

On the eating disorder recovery road, your motivation for change will ebb and flow. Sadly, it is not a beautifully linear journey with marked destination posts and defined milestones. Wouldn’t it be wonderful if it was! Prochaska and DeClemente’s Cycle of Change offers a model for explaining the precarious change road with its inevitable ambivalence and turbulence. The model is not only for eating...

Healing your inner child can be a valuable step in your recovery journey. But what exactly does this mean? Inner child work is a process of recognising, understanding, validating and healing emotional wounds that you experienced in your childhood and that continue to unconsciously impact your adult life. If you are experiencing challenges in your adult relationships or with regulating your emotion...

Your mindset can make or break your healing journey. With 60,000 plus thoughts per day swirling through your mind and many being repetitive, you can see the power of your thoughts to potentially affect your mood and behaviour. Repetitive thoughts can become entrenched beliefs, which create habits, which ultimately shape your life. As Lao Tzu aptly said: - ‘Watch your thoughts, they become your wor...

As a recovered bulimic, I am deeply fascinated by the psychology of this eating disorder. The interest goes way beyond the surface symptoms and food focus. Although I stopped binge eating and purging over twenty years ago, it has been an ongoing healing journey to work on the deeper psychology which plays out in relationships, self-worth and emotional regulation. As eating disorder recovery is a h...

How do you know if you have a healthy relationship with food and your body? This is an acutely challenging question to answer, as the culture normalises extreme eating practices and body image preoccupation as the norm. Maybe you feel that you don’t have a full-blown eating disorder or you’re not thin enough to properly struggle with food? I would argue that is your eating is causing you distress,...

This is a bonus episode where Dr. Marianne Miller is guesting to talk all about ARFID. I hope that you find it helpful.   Dr Marianne's ARFID course: https://www.drmariannemiller.com/arfid $100 off with code HARRIET   Harriet's Substack:  https://substack.com/@theeatingdisordertherapist   Harriet Frew's current offers: - Online 10 Steps to Intuitive Eating Course  https://www.theeatingdisorderther...

Intermittent fasting (IF) is wellness cool again. Its benefits are celebrated widely on many a credible health podcast and it consistently trends on social media, described as an elixir to youth and offering benefits such as improved memory, blood sugar control, cardiovascular health, fat loss and autophagy. What’s not to love? IF involves eating during specific time windows and there are various...