Ask Dr G: Considering trans and non-binary individuals in eating disorder treatment [Podcast]

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Dr Cynthia Bulik: Recent study identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa

https://eatingdisorderrecoverypodcast.podbean.com/mf/play/bkwkp4/Bulik_2019.mp3 In this podcast Tabitha Farrar talks to Dr Cynthia Bulik about recent study that identifies eight risk loci and implicates metabo-psychiatric origins for anorexia nervosa.  Link to...

Atypical Anorexia (Podcast)

You can download and listen to this podcast here: https://eatingdisorderrecoverypodcast.podbean.com/e/atypical-anorexia/

How not to allow the Ditch of Fear to swallow you in recovery.

Fear is the biggest obstacle in recovery for most of us. Most commonly, fear of weight gain. For many of us, fear of our unsuppressed bodyweight is what keeps us circling through actions that are intended to suppress weight gain. Fear of change also factors in and...

Eating past tears, and choosing to smile.

When I was sick with anorexia I didn’t cry very much. I was angry a lot, yes, but I didn’t often cry from sadness. I wasn’t the complete emotional void that a person with anorexia stereotypically might be, but I didn’t cry a lot. Which is...

Eating Disorder Recovery: The brain doesn’t magically “heal” itself. You have to neurally rewire it.

“The brain takes longer to heal than the body does.” If you have been in or around eating disorder treatment for a while, you have probably heard this. It’s true. Yeah, weight gain usually happens relatively fast (if you eat enough, that is) compared...

Will I ever be able to exercise again?

I get asked this question a lot from people who are compulsive movers. The answer is yes, if you want. Actually, the whole point of full recovery is that you can do whatever the fuck you want. But …, and … do not be in a hurry to get back to exercise....

Actually it IS about the food: a talk with psychotherapist Danielle B. Grossman [Podcast]

Dannielle B. Grossman is a California licensed marriage and family therapist in private practice in Truckee, California. She also works by phone and FaceTime with clients throughout California.  Danielle understands that food deprivation and fear responses...

Rewiring Fear: Recognising, Challenging, Overcoming

You can’t overcome something that you can’t challenge. You can’t challenge something that you can’t recognize. Fear, despite being present in everyone I have ever worked with in recovery, is a bit of a slippery eel sometimes. My relationship...

Eating food is not a math equation. Stop methodizing eating.

Edit: A reminder I write for adults in active recovery. This is not a blog saying that children, or people who are generally resisting recovery, or people who are in need of IP care, or people who can not (yet) access desire should not be on a meal plan. As I have...

Funding deficit for eating disorders: Taking action in the UK [Podcast]

From Sophie I am a foundation doctor in Stoke but also someone who has had anorexia since 10 years old. I have faced huge issues in getting treatment where I live as there is no funding for adults with Eating Disorders. For me personally, this has prolonged the course...

Why you can’t recover from an eating disorder on your safe food

Sounds obvious, doesn’t it? Yet, so many of us, when we are in “recovery,” continue to eat food that feels “safe.” More often than not, this is also food specifically designed for people on diets. That is, food marketed to...

Recovering when you’re a no-nonsense guy who totally doesn’t have anorexia but has some sort of problem [Podcast]

In this podcast Tabitha talks to B, a guy who totally didn’t have anorexia … but probably did!    B thought of himself as a normal guy, doing normal things: obsessively tracking calories, running absurd distances, and hiding in closets to avoid...

Eating disorder treatment: Fear of food is the epidemic we have to face, not obesity

This blog is a collection of some stories I was sent. My comments are at the end. I listened to your podcast this morning about how treatment professionals are failing by making eating more complicated. I wanted to make you aware of an appointment I just had with my...

Eating disorders and substance use: avoiding the whack-a-mole game in treatment [Podcast]

In this podcast Tabitha Farrar talks to David Wiss about eating disorders co-occurring with substance abuse. David Wiss, MS, RDN is the founder of Nutrition in Recovery, which specializes in: Addictions, Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Gut Health, Body Image, and...

PSA: The fat on your body is there by design

I know, I know. Those of you who read my books, blogs, listen to podcasts, and YouTube will be thinking “Why the heck is she harping on about this again? She’s already covered it everywhere … “ Every day the importance of this topic is demonstrated to me. So I’ll keep...

How eating disorders affect our values, and our decisions [Podcast]

In this podcast, Tabitha Farrar talks about how eating disorder change our beliefs and values, and how recovery also changes these aspects.  Podcast dedicated to “Mary.” I miss you. 

Eating Disorder Recovery Questions: How do I know if I want more food?

I get asked this question a lot — by clients, via email, via Youtube — and it is one that tripped my up from time to time in my own recovery. Until, one day, I realised that there is one simple answer: If you are asking the question, “how do I know if I want...

Dr G: Muscles in recovery, and how you can have an eating disorder in any size body

In this podcast Tabitha talks to Dr Gaudiani about what happens to the muscular system when a person is in recovery from and eating disorder and/or malnutrition as a result of dietary restriction.  Jen’s book on...

Eating disorders and disabilities: cerebral palsy

In this podcast Tabitha Farrar talks to Hannah, about eating disorders and cerebral palsy. Tabitha’s note: I have worked with a number of clients with anorexia who also have cerebral palsy. The aspects of body image and body control justification that Hannah...

Why ignoring lived experience is the biggest mistake the mental health field ever made

Lived Experience: In qualitative phenomenological research, lived experience refers to a representation of the experiences and choices of a given person, and the knowledge that they gain from these experiences and choices. In short, you have actually lived through the...

Migration/Adapt to Flee Famine theory and fear [Podcast]

In this podcast, Tabitha Farrar has a discussion with Shan Guisinger — author of the Adapt to Flee Famine paper — about the biological fear of eating response. 

Eating Disorder Treatment Lessons: Treatment should not traumatize patients

I get sent treatment story emails, and I sometimes ask permission to publish them. I think sharing stories is important, and hope that they reach treatment professionals. If treatment professionals can open themselves up to learning from patients rather than relying...

Recovery Stories: 11 years old and pushing for recovery [Podcast]

In this podcast, Tabitha Farrar talks to “S” an 11-year-old in recovery, about his recovery journey, and his desire and motivation to get well. 

Change. Change. Change. Change everything!

Recovery from a long and enduring restrictive eating disorder is about change on every level. It is about changing every moment of every day so that your brain is unable to fall back into those old “safe” neural ruts of behaviour. Many people in recovery...