Welcome to Fly to Freedom, the podcast dedicated to uncovering the truth about anorexia recovery. Having lived with anorexia for 40 years, I know firsthand the struggles, fears, and misconceptions that come with it. If you'd like to know my story, the best place to start is episode 126. This podcast isn’t just about my story—it’s about understanding the illness, challenging harmful beliefs, and finding real, lasting freedom. With expert guests and deep conversations, we explore the psychology of anorexia, the roadblocks to recovery, and the hope that healing is possible.
Fly To Freedom: Healing from an eating disorder
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Welcome to Fly to Freedom, the podcast dedicated to uncovering the truth about anorexia recovery. Having lived with anorexia for 40 years, I know firsthand the struggles, fears, and misconceptions that come with it. If you'd like to know my story, the best place to start is episode 126. This podcast isn’t just about my story—it’s about understanding the illness, challenging harmful beliefs, and finding real, lasting freedom. With expert guests and deep conversations, we explore the psychology of anorexia, the roadblocks to recovery, and the hope that healing is possible.
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May 26, 2026
2026-13 - You Don’t Have to Push Yourself Anymore: Reclaiming Exercise After an Eating Disorder
<p>In this episode of Fly to Freedom, I’m joined by Charlie for a really honest and important conversation about healing our relationship with exercise, stepping away from diet culture, and learning how to reconnect with ourselves in midlife and eating disorder recovery.</p><p>Charlie is a body positive fitness coach and menopause specialist, and from the moment I met her at my gym, I knew there was something very different about her approach to movement and wellbeing.</p><p>One sentence she said to me completely stopped me in my tracks:</p><p>“You don’t need to push yourself to your limits anymore. You are allowed to take the easier option.”</p><p>It sounds simple, but honestly, I nearly cried hearing it.</p><p>After years of compulsive exercise and believing movement had to involve punishment, exhaustion, or “earning” food, it completely changed how I viewed exercise and what a healthy relationship with movement could actually look like.</p><p>Together, Charlie and I talk about:</p><ul><li>Reclaiming exercise after an eating disorder</li><li>Compulsive movement and exercise addiction</li><li>Why movement should feel empowering, not punishing</li><li>Healing body image and self-worth</li><li>The pressure women face to constantly perform</li><li>Diet culture and “good girl” conditioning</li><li>Midlife identity shifts and rediscovering yourself</li><li>Perimenopause, hormones and emotional wellbeing</li><li>Why self-care and nourishment matter so much</li><li>Learning to listen to your body instead of fighting it</li><li>Boundaries around comments about weight and appearance</li><li>Finding joy, playfulness and freedom again</li></ul><p>We also talk openly about the reality of midlife as women — the exhaustion, the pressure to hold everything together, and the liberating moment where you realise you are allowed to stop performing and finally become yourself.</p><p>This conversation felt deeply personal to me because so much of my eating disorder recovery involved rebuilding my relationship with movement and learning that exercise does not have to come from self-hatred.</p><p>It can come from joy.<br>It can come from empowerment.<br>It can come from care.</p><p>And honestly, that changes everything.</p><p>About Charlie</p><p>Charlie is a Menopause Coaching Specialist with 12 years in the fitness and wellbeing industry. Qualified in Personal Training, Life Coaching and NLP, she brings a wealth of knowledge on midlife women and a strong understanding of not just the physical but also the emotional and mental challenges of peri/menopause.</p><p>You can find Charlie and learn more here:</p><p><a href="" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Menopause Better App</a></p><p>––––––––––––––––––––</p><p>The ED Recovery Companion App</p><p>I’m also incredibly excited to share the ED Recovery Companion app with you.</p><p>We created this app to support you in the moments recovery feels hardest — not just when you’re listening to a podcast or in a therapy session, but in real life, while you’re actually living recovery.</p><p>Inside the app you’ll find:</p><ul><li>Meal support</li><li>Journaling tools</li><li>Recovery guidance</li><li>Coping support</li><li>An AI version of me you can talk to throughout your day using the same approach I use in my coaching</li></ul><p>It’s designed to help you feel supported, understood and gently guided back towards recovery when things feel difficult.</p><p>The app is completely free to download and I would absolutely love to welcome you inside.</p><p>Download the app here:</p><p><a href="https://www.edrecoverycircle.com/app-landing?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">ED Recovery Companion App</a></p><p>––––––––––––––––––––</p><p>If this episode resonated with you, I’d love to welcome you inside The Eating Disorder Recovery Circle, where you’ll find support, understanding, recovery tools, courses, workshops and a community of people who truly understand what eating disorder recovery is like.</p><p>You can learn more here:</p><p><a href="https://www.edrecoverycircle.com/join?utm_source=chatgpt.com" target="_blank" rel="noopener">The Eating Disorder Recovery Circle</a></p><p>You are never alone in this.</p>
May 12, 2026
Eating Disorder Recovery Q&A: Body Image, Exercise Addiction, Night Hunger, Shame, and Control
<p>Eating Disorder Recovery Q&A: Body Image, Exercise Addiction, Night Hunger, Shame, and Control</p><p>In this episode of Fly to Freedom, I’m answering real, unfiltered questions from people navigating eating disorder recovery.</p><p>These aren’t polished situations or neatly packaged problems. They are the honest, often overwhelming experiences that come up when you are in the middle of recovery—when thoughts feel loud, your body feels unfamiliar, and control still feels necessary.</p><p>In this episode, I talk through what it actually looks like to keep moving forward when things feel chaotic, and why recovery doesn’t require you to feel ready, calm, or certain before you take action.</p><p>If you’ve ever felt stuck between wanting recovery and feeling pulled back by fear, this episode will meet you exactly where you are.</p><ul><li>How to respond when thoughts like “I don’t deserve” and “there’s something wrong with me” feel overwhelming</li><li>Why eating disorder thoughts can intensify during recovery—and what to do when they do</li><li>How I approached compulsive exercise and why stepping away from it matters</li><li>What’s really happening when body image feels unbearable, even looking at your own face</li><li>Why restriction can start showing up in other areas of life beyond food</li><li>Understanding night hunger in anorexia recovery and why it often continues</li><li>How to navigate shame around taking time off work for an eating disorder</li><li>Why the need for control increases when you feel uncertain—and how to begin responding differently</li><li>How being undernourished affects your ability to process therapy and hold onto insights</li><li>How to approach food choices when everything feels confusing and overwhelming</li></ul><p>Recovery is not about waiting for the thoughts to quieten or the fear to disappear.</p><p>It’s about learning to take the next step while the thoughts are still there.<br>It’s about choosing nourishment, rest, and support even when your mind is telling you not to.</p><p>That is how change happens.</p><p>If you’re listening to this and recognising your own thoughts, your own patterns, your own struggles—you are not alone in this.</p><p>So much of what feels deeply personal in an eating disorder is actually shared.</p><p>And when those thoughts are spoken out loud, something begins to shift.</p><p>If you’re finding that the hardest moments are the ones in between—when thoughts feel loud, decisions feel overwhelming, or you’re not sure what to do next—there is now a way to support yourself in those exact moments.</p><p><u><strong>Support When You Need It Most – The Recovery Companion App</strong></u></p><p>Recovery doesn’t happen in neat, controlled environments.</p><p>It happens in real life.</p><p>It happens when you wake up and your thoughts begin to form.<br>It happens before a meal, when everything in you wants to avoid it.<br>It happens after eating, when your head gets loud and the pull to go backwards kicks in.<br>It happens in those moments where you feel unsure or stuck.</p><p>And that’s where the <strong>Recovery Companion</strong> comes in.</p><p>This is a free app designed to support you <strong>in the moments that matter most</strong>, not just when you’re listening, but when you’re actually living your recovery.</p><p>Inside the app, you’ll find:</p><ul><li>A <strong>Morning Journal</strong> to start your day with intention</li><li><strong>Support Now</strong>, giving you in-the-moment guidance</li><li><strong>Meal Support</strong> to walk alongside you before, during, and after eating</li><li>An <strong>Evening Reflection</strong> to help you process your day</li></ul><p>Running quietly in the background is something powerful:</p><p>A clear view of where your actions are pointing.</p><p>You’ll see the balance between <strong>Recovery Actions</strong> and <strong>Eating Disorder Actions</strong>, based on what you actually do, not how loud your thoughts feel.</p><p>Because recovery isn’t about waiting for the thoughts to disappear.</p><p>It’s about gently shifting your actions, again and again.</p><p>The Recovery Companion is currently <strong>free to download</strong>, and it’s there to support you through the everyday work of recovery.</p><p>👉 Explore the app here:<br><a href="https://www.edrecoverycircle.com/app-landing" target="_new" rel="noopener">https://www.edrecoverycircle.com/app-landing</a></p><p><br></p><p><br></p>
April 27, 2026
155 - Successful on the Outside, Struggling Within. How Dr Laura Found the Life Waiting Beyond the Eating Disorder
<p>In this episode of Fly To Freedom, I’m joined by Laura—one of my former clients and a member of The Eating Disorder Recovery Circle. She’s also a doctor working in emergency medicine, and her story highlights something I see time and time again:</p><p>Eating disorders do not discriminate.</p><p>You can be intelligent, successful, capable, and still feel completely trapped in the patterns of an eating disorder.</p><p>From the outside, Laura’s life looked like it was working. She had a career, she was showing up, she was getting on with things. But inside, it was a completely different story—constant mental noise, exhaustion, and the relentless feeling of not being good enough.</p><p>If you’ve ever thought, “I’m still managing my life, so maybe it’s not that bad,” this episode will speak to you.</p><p>We talk openly about what was really going on beneath the surface, why focusing on food alone isn’t enough for full eating disorder recovery, and what actually needs to shift for real freedom to happen.</p><p>Laura shares her experience of going through traditional treatment, weight restoration, and still feeling lost—and how everything changed when she began doing the deeper inner work.</p><p>This conversation is honest, grounded, and full of hope.</p><p><strong>In this episode, I talk about:</strong></p><ul><li>Why eating disorders can affect anyone, regardless of how life looks on the outside</li><li>The common myths about anorexia and eating disorder recovery</li><li>Why eating is not the full solution to recovery</li></ul><ul><li>How perfectionism, people pleasing, and self-worth are often at the root</li><li>What happens when treatment focuses on weight but misses the deeper work</li><li>Why body changes feel so difficult—and how acceptance grows over time</li><li>The role of self-compassion and inner work in lasting recovery</li><li>What actually helped Laura move forward when she felt stuck</li><li>Why full recovery from an eating disorder is possible</li></ul><p>As a specialist anorexia recovery coach within the eating disorder recovery space, this episode reflects something I feel very strongly about:</p><p>Recovery is not just about changing behaviours—it’s about changing your relationship with yourself.</p><p><strong>Join The Eating Disorder Recovery Circle:</strong><br>If you’re ready to stop doing this on your own and want support from people who truly understand eating disorder recovery, you are very welcome inside The Eating Disorder Recovery Circle:<br><a href="https://www.edrecoverycircle.com/join" target="_new" rel="noopener">https://www.edrecoverycircle.com/join</a></p><p>Inside, you’ll find real support, coaching, and a community who understand both the behaviours and the deeper emotional work that recovery asks of you.</p><p>If this episode of Fly To Freedom resonated with you, share it with someone who needs to hear that full recovery is possible.</p>
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