Welcome to ‘Don’t Weight to Change!’
Our original ‘Why Weight to Change?’ podcast, began as an advocacy for mental health issues following my personal 10+ year battle with anorexia. By sharing my story, we aimed to help others struggling with mental health issues, especially young boys and men, creating a safe space for candid discussion and support.
Following the phenomenal feedback from our listeners, our podcast has organically expanded into issues that affect mental health such as ‘what it means to be human’. Questions such as ‘what compels us to make the life choices we make? Who determines and influences that? How do we alight upon the opinions and beliefs that we live by that form our sense of identity, and how do we identify, and deselect, certain opinions or beliefs when they no longer prove to serve us and who we want to be?
Our podcast now seeks to encourage conversations around how to relinquish the weight of self-doubt, expectation, fear and uncertainty which holds us back and prevents us from changing into who we want to be.
We aim to encourage discussion around how to stop seeking external validation and permission to change, what change might look like, and how change benefits our mental wellbeing so that we live out the most beneficial version of ourselves in whatever way we choose!
Thank you for joining in our discussion!
In today’s episode, we discuss the factors around our demise in patience, and how our impatience with destabilising thoughts can risk leading to chronic mental health conditions.
We look at how the internet has encouraged us to alight upon negative thoughts that convince us we are not good enough, which then overrides our ability to acknowledge the positive life aspects that are also part of our every day experience.
We discuss the techniques we have used as a result of professional intervention that develop the essential patience we can acquire to foster the self-compassion vital to protecting our mental health.
Please remember, we are not clinicians, psychologists or ED specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the field of understanding around eating disorders, and mental health support, through our lived experience, and our ongoing understanding and application of developing professional expertise and advice.Contact us: dontweighttochange@outlook.com
1 Oct 2026
Episode 60: Intuitive Eating with Dietician Maeve Hanan
On today’s episode, we speak to the Eating Disorder and Food Freedom Dietician, Maeve Hanan. Maeve offers her wealth of evidenced-based insight into the importance of having a relationship with food that supports the physical, as well as mental aspects, of a healthy balanced diet, and how to build that through intuitive eating.
We discuss navigating the cross-over from 'what is me and what is the remnants of the ED voice which is influencing my decisions around food now’ and the importance of qualified support throughout this transition.
Please remember, we are not clinicians, psychologists or ED specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the field of understanding around eating disorders, and mental health support, through our lived experience, and our ongoing understanding and application of developing professional expertise and advice.
Links for Maeve:
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dieteticallyspeaking
Website: https://dieteticallyspeaking.com/
1:1 support services: https://dieteticallyspeaking.com/services/
Free workbook First Steps to Food Freedom
22 Aug 2026
Episode 59: How does self-understanding aid recovery and growth?
Today’s episode is inspired by Harry’s recent recovery process move into the stage of self-discovery, enabling him to identify the ‘how’ and ‘why’ behind the choices he makes, and understanding how these choices can limit or challenge self-growth.It isn’t about fixing something broken, but about understanding yourself more clearly to empower your ability to make deliberate choices that can help you break the cycle of negative talk or self-sabotaging behaviour.
Please remember we are not clinicians, psychologists or ED specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the field of understanding around eating disorders, and mental health support, through our lived experience, and our ongoing understanding and application of developing professional expertise and advice.Contact us: dontweighttochange@outlook.com
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