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Christmas and Eating Disorder Recovery - Aarghh!!

Christmas* when you have an eating disorder and you are in recovery can be hard, as I spoke about in the last episode.
In this episode, I provide some tips on how you might make this Christmas better, despite the eating disorder and despite a brain screaming at you to restrict or to compensate for eating!
(**feel free to replace the word Christmas here with Thanksgiving, Hanukah, Diwali, Ramadan or any other big celebrations you are stressed about!**)
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Reflecting on Why Christmas with an Eating Disorder is so Hard

In this episode I begin to talk a bit about Christmas (although you can apply this to Thanksgiving or Hanukah or any other celebrations you are due to attend).  
Here I read a blog post I wrote when I was in recovery and about to experience my first Christmas as a recovering but not yet fully recovered person with an eating disorder!  The post was about all the reasons why Christmas can be so difficult to people with eating disorders, beyond food alone.
In the next episode I will provide some tips of how to cope with Christmas when you are in eating disorder recovery.
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Tips to Keep Eating in Eating Disorder Recovery Despite Low Appetite

This is the second part in a short series on low appetite in eating disorder recovery and how to manage it.
In this episode I cover 11 tips of how to keep yourself eating despite a low physical or perceived appetite in your recovery process so that you do actually get recovered!
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No Appetite in Eating Disorder Recovery... Do I Have to Eat?!?

In eating disorder recovery appetite can fluctuate, especially physically, throughout the process.
In this first episode in a series on hunger and appetite, I discuss why low appetite (physical and mental) might occur at different stages of eating disorder recovery and whether you have to keep eating despite it.
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Hack your Physiology to Overcome a Fear Response in Eating Disorder Recovery

Anyone recovering from an eating disorder will know all too well how powerful the fear response can be when attempting to take on a recovery positive 'challenge'...
In recovery it is crucial to be able to proceed with recovery action despite the fear and in this episode I provide a few small hacks to help overcome that all too powerful fear response in your eating disorder recovery.
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Eating Disorder Recovery Needs To Evolve

Eating disorder recovery will stagnate, stop or even begin to slide sneakily back if you are not on top of it and stay vigilant as to where you are and are not progressing.
This episode talks more about why you need to keep ensuring your recovery with the eating disorder keeps evolving.
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Stay Gung Ho in your Eating Disorder Recovery!

When in eating disorder recovery, many people start off determined and in attack mode but then it gets harder and tiring and things start to slide back.
This episode is about how to recognise when your initial gung ho / attack on recovery mode has depleted and the importance of bringing that gung ho attitude back and keeping it there into your full on recovery.
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Exercise & Movement in Eating Disorder Recovery - is it Compulsive?

When in eating disorder recovery, how do you tell whether the movement and exercise you are or want to engage in is still compulsive?
This is a dilemma that many people face when in recovery... how do I know if it is ok to move or exercise?  How do I know if I am 'recovered enough'?
Have a listen to find out more!
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Project Manage Your Eating Disorder Recovery

This is an episode for anyone with a business, strategic or systematic type of brain...
Eating disorder recovery is probably the most important thing you will do in your life and it is a full time project (or should be to be successful).  Therefore, treat it as such and apply the tools of project management to keep your recovery on top!!
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Supporting a Loved One in Eating Disorder Recovery

Eating disorder recovery is tough on the person going through it but it is also incredibly difficult for those who are supporting a loved one in eating disorder recovery.  Knowing what to do or not do can be a minefield and it's especially challenging when your loved one with the eating disorder is an adult.
This episode provides tips on how to support a loved one in eating disorder recovery.
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