Lapses, Relapses & Pre-Lapses in Eating Disorder Recovery

Eating disorder recovery comes with a significant risk of lapse and relapse, especially while still consolidating your progress. This is the third post on the topic of relapse and covers how to prevent an eating disorder relapse and what to do if you do slide back. My books: Addicted to Energy Deficit Aiming for Overshoot www.hellybarnes.com

Eating disorder recovery is hard and lapses and relapses are part of the recovery cycle. It's important to quickly catch any slide back and turn things back around towards a recovered life. This episode goes through some of the most common signs of a lapse or relapse in eating disorder recovery.  My books: Addicted to Energy Deficit Aiming for Overshoot   www.hellybarnes.com

Lapses, relapses and pre-lapses are part of the cycle of recovery from an eating disorder. But what do these terms mean, what's involved and what is happening in the brain when you have a lapse or relapse in eating disorder recovery? This is the first in three episodes about relapses and lapses with an eating disorder.   My books: Addicted to Energy Deficit Aiming for Overshoot www.hellybarnes.com

Maintaining motivation in eating disorder recovery isn't easy when the process is hard and can take months and years. Life can take over, small improvements will seem enough and it's easy to stop pushing forwards before you have found full freedom. This episode provides a simple tool to help you maintain motivation and focus in recovery. My books: Addicted to Energy Deficit Aiming for Overshoot www.hellybarnes.com

Overcoming an eating disorder is so hard. And the powerful return of emotions during the process is a key factor in making it so challenging. In this episode I talk about the return of emotions in eating disorder recovery, why your emotions can return so suddenly and how to manage this difficult stage of the process. My books: Addicted to Energy Deficit Aiming for Overshoot My website: Hellybarnes.com  

Self-empowerment is critical to overcome an eating disorder and build a free life. This involves taking control of the process and gaining confidence that you can recover, doing so in your own way. This episode discusses what self-empowerment involves, why it matters and how to develop it in YOUR eating disorder recovery. My books: Addicted to Energy Deficit Aiming for Overshoot   Me: www.hellybarnes.com  

To choose eating disorder recovery and commit to it is advice that's often given. But this well meant advice over simplifies a process that necessitates so much more. There are several other key ingredients for eating disorder recovery success and that's what I talk about in this episode. My books: Addicted to Energy Deficit - A Neuroscience Based Guide to Eating Disorders Aiming for Overshoot   www.hellybarnes.com  

If you never had children because of an eating disorder and you are now in your mid life, you might face unique and difficult emotions. This episode covers some of the reasons an eating disorder can stop you from having children, the emotions you might experience and finally, how to move forwards. My books: Addicted to Energy Deficit Aiming for Overshoot   www.hellybarnes.com

An eating disorder can make it easy to adopt a victim mindset. It can make you feel that life is happening to you. But what if you can choose to be a hero, not a victim in eating disorder recovery?   My Books: Addicted to Energy Deficit Aiming for Overshoot   www.hellybarnes.com

It's time to get real about 'quasi-recovery' and eating disorders… it's usually a state of being 'highly functional' but still with an active eating disorder. In this episode I talk about what I mean by this and what to do if you are in this situation at the moment. There is still so much hope for a FULL recovery!!   My Books: Addicted to Energy Deficit - A Neuroscience Based Guide to Restrictive Eating Disorders and How to Overcome One Aiming for Overshoot - The Handbook You Need to Fully Overcome a Restrictive Eating Disorder   www.hellybarnes.com