The Eating Disorder Therapist

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 and her body, and the ups and downs of this. She talks about how she came to set up Mindfoodness and her groundbreaking programme that supports people to change their relationship with food sustainably.  Eugenia has a particular interest in the role of the brain and how habits are formed. She shares her valuable tips and strategies for re-wiring the brain and understanding your eating in a very different way. Hope you enjoy!   To find out more, visit Mindfoodness Instagram

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 Body Building world,  and the impact this had on her eating and body image. She has an absolute wealth of knowledge to share and this is definitely one of my favourite interviews so far. Hope you enjoy! You can find Victoria on Instagram: @victoria_restoringthebalance

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 eating, inspiring quotes and more. I hope you enjoy, as much as I did. To find out more about Jo: Instagram: @antidietanswers  Website: https://antidietanswers.com/  

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. Jayne talks about her journey in finding peace with food and the things that have helped her achieve this. Find Jayne on Instagram: @jayne.hartley.fierce.fitness https://www.facebook.com/fiercefitnessandnutrition/  

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! 🍏🍕