The Full of Beans Podcast
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<p><strong>Full of Beans Podcast: Sharing the Unheard Voices in Eating Disorders</strong></p><p>Eating disorders are complex, often misunderstood, and wrapped in layers of stigma. That’s why Full of Beans is here - to open up the conversation and foster understanding through real, raw, and research-backed discussions.</p><p>Hosted by Han, founder of Full of Beans and passionate mental health advocate, this podcast explores eating disorders through the lens of lived experience, clinical expertise, and the latest research. </p><p>Each week, Han sits down with guests, including individuals with firsthand experiences, clinicians, researchers, and charities, who all share one goal: to raise awareness, challenge misconceptions, and support those affected by eating disorders.</p><p>With a mix of heartfelt stories and professional insights, Full of Beans is a space for education, advocacy, and connection. Whether you're navigating your own eating disorder journey, supporting a loved one, or working in the mental health field, this podcast is here to provide knowledge, compassion, and hope.</p><p><strong>Join us in creating a community where eating disorders are understood, and no one feels alone in their struggles.</strong></p><p>(Please note: This podcast is for awareness and education purposes and is not a substitute for professional therapeutic support.)</p>
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Recent Episodes
July 12, 2026
When the System Wasn't Built for You: Trans Identity, Neurodivergence and Eating Disorders with Eva Echo
<p>Have you ever walked into a healthcare setting and felt like one part of your identity was being used to explain away everything else? This one is for you.</p><p>Eva Echo (she/they) is a distinguished activist, writer, and TEDx speaker, focusing on transgender+ rights, intersectionality, and eating disorders. After hearing Eva speak at the Dump the Scales march, I basically ran after her to get her on the podcast, and I am so glad I did.</p><p>Eva has spent years fighting for trans+ people in healthcare, including taking NHS England to the High Court over unlawful waiting times, and many other incredible projects. She also has her own lived experience of an eating disorder, autism, and ADHD, and this conversation weaves all of that together in a way I haven't heard anywhere else.</p><p>In this episode, we explore:</p><ul><li>Eva's experience of restrictive eating and how it developed alongside her identity as a trans woman</li><li>How autism and ADHD intersect with her eating disorder</li><li>The moment a GP told Eva she couldn't have an eating disorder and it's lasting impact</li><li>Eva's experience of Trans broken arm syndrome</li><li>What medical gatekeeping looks like across eating disorders, gender identity, and neurodivergence,</li><li>Eva's legal challenge against NHS England and the landmark ruling that came from it</li><li>Why the NHS can feel like a conveyor belt instead of individualised care</li><li>Eva's path analogy in relation to eating disorder recovery</li><li>Eva's message to anyone who has never felt truly seen or heard</li></ul><p>Eva's message is simple, and I think it is everything: be your own kind of beautiful.</p><p><strong>Connect with Us:</strong></p><ul><li>Subscribe to the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5RcJRo9tyIP4RzeZr2kSNO?si=c92678e266634b61"><strong>Full of Beans Podcast</strong></a></li><li>Follow <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/_wearefullofbeans/"><strong>Full of Beans</strong></a> on Instagram</li><li>Check out our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.wearefullofbeans.com/trans-identity-audhd-and-eating-disorders"><strong>website</strong></a></li><li>Listen on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/RTsZwMNV0HA"><strong>YouTube</strong></a></li><li>Connect with Eva via <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/evaech0/?hl=en"><strong>Instagram (@evaech0)</strong></a></li></ul><p>⚠️ <strong>Content Note:</strong> This episode contains discussions of eating disorders, medical gatekeeping, gender identity, neurodivergence, and experiences of suicidal ideation. Please take care of yourself while listening.</p><p>Photo credit: Lunar Sea.</p>
July 6, 2026
Holding Two Truths: When Eating Disorder Care Both Helps and Harms with Dr Tanya Frances
<p><strong>Have you ever sat in a treatment room and felt like the real you was completely invisible, like the system was so focused on your weight, your behaviours, your diagnosis, that it forgot there was a whole person underneath? This episode is for you.</strong></p><p>This week on the Full of Beans Podcast, I'm joined by Tanya Francis, a research psychologist, lecturer at the Open University, and psychotherapist in private practice, who also brings her own lived experience of an eating disorder to this conversation.</p><p>Tanya's background is in domestic violence research and gender-based violence, and the more she looked at how systems respond when someone is harmed, the more she saw uncomfortable parallels with eating disorder care.</p><p>In this episode, we explore:</p><ul><li>What iatrogenic harm means and why care systems can sometimes cause harm</li><li>The role of BMI and weight in treatment,</li><li>How rigid care centralising numbers can reinforce eating disorder logic</li><li>How weight stigma in healthcare shuts people out before they've even begun</li><li>The culture of mistrust around eating disorders and the damage it does</li><li>Why people pleasing in treatment can look like recovery but lead straight back to relapse</li><li>Moral injury and what happens when clinicians can't act on their own values</li><li>Tanya's own experience of not being believed in her body during inpatient care</li><li>Why truly humanising care is both simpler and more complex than it sounds</li><li>How two things can be true at once, e.g. a broken system and incredible people working within it</li></ul><p><strong>Connect with Us:</strong></p><ul><li>Subscribe to the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5RcJRo9tyIP4RzeZr2kSNO?si=c92678e266634b61"><strong>Full of Beans Podcast</strong></a></li><li>Follow <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/_wearefullofbeans/"><strong>Full of Beans</strong></a> on Instagram</li><li>Check out our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.wearefullofbeans.com/holding-two-truths-when-eating-disorder-care-both-helps-and-harms"><strong>website</strong></a></li><li>Listen on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/AI3vgE2V0lg"><strong>YouTube</strong></a></li><li>Connect with Tanya via <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/drtanyafrances/"><strong>Instagram (@drtanyafrances)</strong></a>, <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/tanya-frances-20460566/"><strong>LinkedIn</strong></a> or <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://tanyafrances.com/"><strong>her website</strong></a></li></ul><p>⚠️ <strong>Content Note:</strong> This episode contains discussions of eating disorder treatment, inpatient care, and iatrogenic harm. Please take care of yourself while listening.</p>
June 29, 2026
People Pleasing and Finding Commitment in Eating Disorder Recovery with Sarah Parker
<p><strong>Have you ever found yourself trying to balance the needs of your eating disorder, your treatment team, your family, and somewhere in the middle of all of that, completely losing sight of yourself? This episode is for you.</strong></p><p>This week on the <strong>Full of Beans Podcast</strong>, I'm joined by Sarah Parker, a psychotherapist based in West Yorkshire, who brings both professional expertise in eating disorder therapy and her own lived experience of fifteen years of anorexia.</p><p>Sarah knows firsthand how people pleasing can keep you stuck in recovery, doing all the right things, saying all the right things, but doing it for everyone else rather than for yourself. That can be motivating to start with, but after time, motivation can fade and a true commitment to recovery is required.</p><p><strong>In this episode, we explore:</strong></p><ul><li>Sarah's own experience of anorexia and what kept her stuck for so long</li><li>Sarah's experience of detainment, tube feeding, and how collaboration changed this</li><li>How people pleasing shaped Sarah's experience of treatment</li><li>Why bringing out the rebel can be more supportive than praising compliance in recovery</li><li>The difference between motivation and commitment in eating disorder recovery</li><li>Why commitment helps long-term recovery more than motivation</li><li>How to keep going on the days when every part of you is telling you not to</li><li>Why anger can actually be a sign that recovery is working</li><li>The role of compassion in recovery</li></ul><p><strong>Connect with Us:</strong></p><ul><li>Subscribe to the <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://open.spotify.com/show/5RcJRo9tyIP4RzeZr2kSNO?si=c92678e266634b61"><strong>Full of Beans Podcast</strong></a></li><li>Follow <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/_wearefullofbeans/"><strong>Full of Beans</strong></a> on Instagram</li><li>Check out our <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.wearefullofbeans.com/people-pleasing-and-finding-commitment-in-eating-disorder-recovery"><strong>website</strong></a></li><li>Listen on <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://youtu.be/d5ORzGtEqQQ"><strong>YouTube</strong></a></li><li>Connect with Sarah via <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://wellofbeing.co.uk/"><strong>her website</strong></a> or on Instagram <a target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" href="https://www.instagram.com/wellofbeing13/"><strong>(@wellofbeing13)</strong></a></li></ul><p>⚠️ <strong>Content Note:</strong> This episode includes discussion of eating disorders, anorexia, detainment and tube feeding. Please take care while listening.</p>
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<p><strong>Full of Beans Podcast: Sharing the Unheard Voices in Eating Disorders</strong></p><p>Eating disorders are complex, often misunderstood, and wrapped in layers of stigma. That’s why Full of Beans is here - to open up the conversation and foster understanding through real, raw, and research-backed discussions.</p><p>Hosted by Han, founder of Full of Beans and passionate mental health advocate, this podcast explores eating disorders through the lens of lived experience, clinical expertise, and the latest research. </p><p>Each week, Han sits down with guests, including individuals with firsthand experiences, clinicians, researchers, and charities, who all share one goal: to raise awareness, challenge misconceptions, and support those affected by eating disorders.</p><p>With a mix of heartfelt stories and professional insights, Full of Beans is a space for education, advocacy, and connection. Whether you're navigating your own eating disorder journey, supporting a loved one, or working in the mental health field, this podcast is here to provide knowledge, compassion, and hope.</p><p><strong>Join us in creating a community where eating disorders are understood, and no one feels alone in their struggles.</strong></p><p>(Please note: This podcast is for awareness and education purposes and is not a substitute for professional therapeutic support.)</p> - How often does this podcast release new episodes?
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