50 Shades of Recovery

In this week's episode, Han is joined by Hannah Harvey. Han has personal experience of an eating disorder and her recovery journey, and now runs a peer support group to help others as a result of her personal experience.

In this week's episode we discuss:

  • Han's personal experience of her eating disorder.

  • The different aspects of your life and how the eating disorder can overshadow these, making you forget how you are enough in so many areas of your life but not with the eating disorder.

  • What being in recovered or being recovered actually means, and how the eating disorder may try to distort this.

  • Han's experience of recovery, navigating rules, and advice for others.

  • Han's approach to setting goals in her recovery and New Year's and resolutions.

  • How Han sets her big and small goals, how she sticks to them, and how a Tesco meal deal can change your life.

Additionally, Han and I set ourselves goals for when this podcast is released to see if we can set them. They were:

  • Han (Harvey) - to be louder in calling out diet culture and to be really aware of the subtle messaging of diet culture around New Year.

  • Han (Hickinbotham) - to be actively engaging in eating disorder treatment.

And... make sure you listen until the end for an incredible surprise.

To find out more about Han, you can follow her on Instagram @hananaharvey or Twitter @1HannahHarvey.

Please note that this podcast discusses anorexia nervosa recovery and thoughts around eating disorders. Please check in with yourself along the way. Note, this podcast should not be a replacement for clinical support.

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