

Liv Label Free | Neurodivergent Eating Disorder Recovery
Livia Sara
Want to understand the link between neurodivergence and eating disorders? The Liv Label Free Podcast provides you with insights and strategies for recovery through meaningful conversations and stories of lived experience. Your host, Livia Sara, is an autistic ED warrior that now guides other neurodivergent individuals and their loved ones to a life of freedom. Learn more about Livia on her website livlabelfree.com and follow her on Instagram @livlabelfree!
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Jul 30, 2024 • 19min
Understanding Extreme Hunger from an Autistic Perspective
Extreme hunger is SUCH a terrifying part of the recovery process and can be especially confusing when you're also autistic...but extreme hunger is also such an IMPORTANT part of eating disorder recovery, which is why it's essential you learn to recognize it! In today's episode of the Liv Label Free Podcast, Livia Sara connects extreme hunger with the autistic eating experience so you can FINALLY stop obsessing over food and exercise! You'll learn:
Why autistic people struggle with recognizing hunger
The correlation between interoception and hunger cues
Why autistic people are more likely to develop eating disorders
What happens when autistic people don't eat enough
Why extreme hunger is so common among autistic individuals
The role of energy deficit and energy debt in extreme hunger
How an autistic person can recognize extreme hunger
How to use your autistic traits to overcome extreme hunger
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Jul 22, 2024 • 11min
Autistic Overthinking Meditation | Neurodiversity-Affirming Guided Practice
Welcome to this Liv Label Free Neurodiversity-Affirming Guided Meditation, designed especially for those experiencing overthinking and anxiety related to autism. This practice embraces and affirms your unique neurodivergent mind, providing a safe and supportive space to calm your thoughts and find inner peace.
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Jul 16, 2024 • 58min
Communication secrets for autistic people with eating disorders and demand avoidance (Q&A with my mom Part 2)
Louise Alexandra, co-host and mother of Livia Sara, shares her poignant insights on supporting autistic children navigating eating disorders. She discusses effective communication strategies that foster trust and autonomy. Louise highlights the emotional toll on parents, emphasizing self-care and the importance of regulating their own nervous systems. The conversation tackles the misconceptions around compliance and resistance, transforming struggles into growth opportunities. It's a heartfelt dialogue on finding purpose in the face of challenges.

Jul 8, 2024 • 57min
Q&A with my mom! Answering your questions about autism, eating disorders, FBT, and more! (Part 1)
Livia Sara and her mom Louise Alexandra answer listener questions about autism and eating disorders. They discuss slow realization of eating disorders, impact of diet culture, harms of FBT, demand avoidance, and rebuilding trust. The podcast also explores coercion in treatment, challenges of FBT, and embracing responsibility and hope.

Jul 1, 2024 • 23min
Procrastinating Mealtimes
Do you delay eating until your to-do list is in order? Perhaps, you believe eating is more "enjoyable" when you save most of your calories for the night. Or maybe you just can't get out of the restrict-binge cycle that's controlling your days! If you want to gain practical strategies for cultivating a peaceful relationship with food, this episode is for you. You'll learn:
Biology behind why autistic people with eating disorders delay mealtimes
How habits impact your eating routines
How the state of your nervous system impacts your ability to eat
Creating an Ideal Eating Schedule in autistic ED recovery
Practical tips to lessen eating-induced anxiety
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Jun 17, 2024 • 58min
Why Unrestricted Eating Is For Life (Part 2 of my chat w/ Victoria Kleinsman)
My dear friend Victoria Kleinsman is back! In part 2 of our chat on all things body image, bingeing, and creating the life you love, we discuss:
Fear of “letting yourself go” and losing control around food
Intuitive eating VS. intuition eating
How to find your happy weight without restricting
The importance of eating “junk food” in eating disorder recovery
No longer being able to restrict after anorexia
How to trust your body after trauma
Fear of becoming a sugar addict and developing diabetes in ED recovery
Needing recovery VS. wanting recovery
The experience of gaining weight while being recovered from an eating disorder
The importance of taking recovery advice with a grain of salt
What it’s like being married to an autistic person
How being autistic impacts ED recovery
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Jun 3, 2024 • 58min
Bingeing on Body Love w/ Victoria Kleinsman
Victoria Kleinsman, a Food Freedom & Body Love Coach, shares her journey of battling eating disorders for over 20 years. She discusses the philosophy of body love, childhood experiences leading to eating disorders, anorexia causing a sense of superiority, and the importance of neural rewiring in recovery. Other topics include the damaging effects of compulsive overexercise, the secrecy of bulimia, and approaching health from a holistic perspective.

May 20, 2024 • 51min
I Moved to Boston! + More Life Updates
It’s time for another update episode! Today, Livia is joined by her co-host Mike to share what’s been going on behind the scenes of Liv Label Free. We discuss:
Why I left the Netherlands
My upcoming extreme hunger book
The Dutch translation of Rainbow Girl
Experiences visiting Los Angeles
Why neurodivergers are more likely to be followed by security guards
The fragile truth about letting go of the eating disorder identity
Chasing an ADHD diagnosis as adults
Different types of neurodivergent hyperfocus
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May 7, 2024 • 51min
From Picky Eating to Passionate Advocacy w/ George Muniz Gund
George Muniz Gund, neurodiversity advocate, discusses autism, picky eating, and embracing one's unique way. Topics include societal patience, struggles with education, acting classes for unmasking, and the journey to autism advocacy. Emphasizes the importance of listening to neurodivergent experiences and challenging neuronormativity.

Apr 2, 2024 • 14min
The Truth About Atypical Anorexia
Uncover the truth about atypical anorexia and its diagnosis. Explore the role of BMI in eating disorders and the prevalence of atypical anorexia. Learn about an alternative view of eating disorders as a spectrum of adaptive eating behaviors. Discover a new empowering program for parents of autistic individuals with eating disorders.