Are you constantly thinking about food? Are you eating your meals while thinking about your next snack? Do you always want food that you see? If you're suffering from an eating disorder, chances are: you do. And if you do, you may think you're addicted to food. In reality, however, food deprivation, even if it is 'only' mental food deprivation, can cause all of these symptoms. You're not addicted: you're deprived. In this week's episode we discuss how this constant thinking about food can occur ...
Jul 30, 2025•17 min•Season 2Ep. 154
How do you make sure you're eating enough? Following your meal plan to the T? You may consider measuring out everything you eat and drink "to be sure". But in reality, this may be holding you back. Why is it not necessary to measure everything during recovery? What are the advantages of sometimes just "winging it", and how do you make sure you're eating enough regardless? All that and more in this week's episode, enjoy! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Wh...
Jul 23, 2025•20 min•Season 2Ep. 153
In this week's episode, I answer some of the questions that you've had for me! Questions on extreme hunger, weight gain, and all things recovery, but also more personal questions, such as how and why did I become a coach? I hope you enjoy this episode! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here to help! I have just launched two new premium programs - the Re...
Jul 16, 2025•24 min•Season 2Ep. 152
Therapy can be incredibly helpful, but in my experience, that isn't always the case. Sometimes, therapy can be hurtful to a person, whether that's because of the therapist or the therapy. In this week's episode, I discuss how that may happen and what to do next. Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here to help! I have just launched two new premium program...
Jul 09, 2025•31 min•Season 2Ep. 151
If you have an eating disorder but still function well in daily life, you may find yourself thinking “am I even sick at all”? On the outside, you appear to do just fine, but in reality, you’re not fine at all. In this week’s episode, I discuss not only why you’re sick even if you still function relatively well, but also why this form of high-functioning eating disorder can actually be the most dangerous portrayal of an eating disorder. Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eat...
Jul 04, 2025•19 min•Season 2Ep. 150
I often see people online tracking their calories during their recovery, as a way to ensure they’re eating enough. But is this actually a good idea? Why does it hinder your recovery and food freedom, and how may your eating disorder use the tracking as an excuse and a tool? All that, and how to make sure you’re eating enough without having to track, in this week’s episode! Enjoy! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia...
Jun 28, 2025•23 min•Season 2Ep. 149
This week’s episode is all about permission. Why in recovery, when you’re working towards freedom and fulfillment, do you need to allow yourself to do, feel, and experience the uncomfortable? Why do you have to give yourself permission to eat your fear foods, honour your hunger and feel the discomfort? It’s a crucial part of recovery and in this week’s episode, I give you the insight as to why, alongside some helpful tips on how to give yourself permission. Tune in! Do you feel like you need mor...
Jun 17, 2025•26 min•Season 2Ep. 148
This week’s episode is a bit of a different one! I’m gonna talk to you about how you can actually recover and how I help my clients recover! What methods work? Which approach do I take? You may have heard me mention the “DVK Recovery Method®” a few times, but what does it actually entail? Tune in to find out! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here to he...
May 28, 2025•32 min•Season 2Ep. 147
Have you ever heard of the “pink cloud stage” of recovery? When you’ve just started and it feels exciting to be in recovery? It’s a nice start to recovery, but unfortunately, there may also be a time where recovery _doesn’t_ feel so nice. After all, you developed your eating disorder for a reason, and giving it up may hurt. What do you do then? How do you stay motivated, give yourself grace, and make recovery rewarding? All that and more in this week’s episode! Do you feel like you need more hel...
May 13, 2025•27 min•Season 2Ep. 146
Have you ever heard that you wouldn’t be able to recover? Or felt like you’d never make it out? Well, so has my guest of today. But against all odds, she recovered! In this week’s episode, we talk about her recovery story: what made her choose recovery, how she did it, how she’s doing now! Tune in to be inspired! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here t...
May 02, 2025•24 min•Season 2Ep. 145
This week’s episode is all about the reason I didn’t upload an episode last week (spoiler alert: it’s my bone health…) and the new ‘skinny’ trend that has been making the round on all the social media platforms. How can you shield yourself from such blatant disordered eating promoting content? Why is it really okay to recover, even if it means you won’t be skinny? Tune in for some motivation to push this trend aside! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Wheth...
Apr 22, 2025•27 min•Season 2Ep. 144
This week I’m answering two listener’s questions on feeling like a failure in recovery. No matter how hard you try, recovery takes time. But how long exactly? What if you’re six months in and still struggling, does that make you a failure? Absolutely not! In this week’s episode we discuss why, how long recovery takes, and which factors influence how long it may take. Tune in! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OS...
Apr 08, 2025•24 min•Season 2Ep. 143
In this weeks episode I’m going to discuss my extreme hunger journey at lightning speed. I often talk about giving in to your extreme hunger and how important that is to recovery, but how did I myself do it? What did extreme hunger entail for me? All that and more in this week’s episode - enjoy! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here to help! I have jus...
Apr 01, 2025•17 min•Season 2Ep. 142
Social media seems to be flooded with posts about ‘healthy eating’, ‘fitness goals’ and all sorts of habits that you should create for yourself, under the guise of ‘wellness’. But just how well are those tips and habits actually? Why may some of these wellness tips actually be harmful in your recovery from an eating disorder (and perhaps thereafter)? What are wellness tips you can employ, and how can you protect yourself from the influence? Do you feel like you need more help recovering from you...
Mar 29, 2025•21 min•Season 2Ep. 141
I took a week off, but I’m back! In this week’s episode, we will discuss the difference between full food freedom and recovery. Because while food freedom is definitely a part of recovery, it’s also more than that! Whether you’re looking for information, inspiration, or motivation: tune in! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here to help! I have just lau...
Mar 18, 2025•19 min•Season 2Ep. 140
Everybody has routines, and that's not necessarily a problem. However, too rigid routines can quickly become problematic and play a role in various mental health disorders including eating disorders. How do you know when your routine is too strict? What consequences may that have, and how can you become more flexible? All that and more in this week's episode - tune in! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or...
Mar 04, 2025•32 min•Season 2Ep. 139
Weight gain can be the result of an increased intake, but also various medications. This side-effect may lead people to think it's better not to take the medication. But is that actually true? Should it matter? And how can you cope with the resulting weight gain? All that and more in this week's episode! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here to help! I...
Feb 25, 2025•28 min•Season 2Ep. 138
Lately, intuitive eating seems to have been used to describe strict eating habits that focus solely on "honoring your physical hunger". In my opinion, however... sometimes intuitive eating means honoring your emotional hunger, or eating in the absence of physical hunger too. So, how and why do I think these two fit? And how do I think it should be applied in eating disorder recovery? All that and more in this week's episode! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorde...
Feb 17, 2025•31 min•Season 2Ep. 137
Whether you’re recovered or not, you most likely will experience bad body image days some days. And that’s okay. It doesn’t mean that you have to go back to your eating disorder. So how can you deal with it instead? How do you make them more bearable and maybe even reduce their frequency? In this week’s episode I give you 12 tips on how to combat these days! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)...
Feb 11, 2025•38 min•Season 2Ep. 136
This week’s episode is on life after recovery: how can you ensure a life of food freedom once you’ve had the bulk of your recovery? What can or should recovery “aftercare” look like, and what is the maintenance phase like? All that, a lovely voicenote, and updates on my website, in this week’s episode! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here to help! I h...
Jan 27, 2025•33 min•Season 2Ep. 135
Oura rings give insight into health stats such as heartrate and sleep quality. They are popular among many health-influencers, but are they any good for recovery? All that and more, such as ways to spice up your recovery, is discussed in this week’s episode! Tune in to give yourself a boost! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here to help! I have just la...
Jan 21, 2025•27 min
When you’re starting to recover, you may find yourself barely craving nutritious foods. How come suddenly your body seems opposed to ‘healthy food’? And why is ‘healthy food’ perhaps not so.. ‘healthy’? In this week’s episode I discuss what ‘healthy recovery’ may look like, and what my stance on recovering healthfully is! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I...
Jan 14, 2025•30 min•Season 2Ep. 133
Recovery can be tough and you may wish to get it over with quickly. Or you may have even heard that recovery should be smooth and quick. But how long should it take? Why does this differ so much from one person to the next, and long should you take? All that and more in this week’s episode! Tune in! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here to help! I have...
Jan 06, 2025•30 min•Season 2Ep. 132
Many people with eating disorders feel an intense need to be productive. But why is that? And is being productive actually useful, or should you work towards being able to take things a bit slower? All that and more in this week’s episode - so tune in! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here to help! I have just launched two new premium programs - the ...
Dec 23, 2024•14 min•Season 2Ep. 131
When you’re recovering from an eating disorder, you may find yourself wishing you could ‘just eat’ like you did before you ever developed an eating disorder. However, often times we’ll find ourselves eating very differently from the way we used to, and we may not find ourselves eating “normally” at all. In this week’s episode, we discuss what “eating normally” constitutes, and a hopeful message about ‘eating normally’ after your eating disorder. Do you feel like you need more help recovering fro...
Dec 16, 2024•17 min•Season 2Ep. 130
Food is often used as a reward in the form of a treat. But have you ever wondered why food feels rewarding? And how food can feel both rewarding and like a curse when you have an eating disorder? How you can use the rewarding qualities of food to your advantage? All that and more is discussed in this week’s episode! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm her...
Dec 09, 2024•20 min•Season 2Ep. 129
This weeks episode is all about budgeting calories and macros, and how the quest for a perfectly balanced diet can actually be _unhealthy_. Why may budgeting your calories and “if it fits your macros” actually be unhealthy? All that and more in this week’s episode! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here to help! I have just launched two new premium prog...
Dec 02, 2024•28 min•Season 2Ep. 128
Why do some people with eating disorders feel the need to control other people’s food? If you struggle with an eating disorder, you may find yourself constantly offering other people food, trying to get them to eat more, etc. While this may seem innocent, it can actually hamper your recovery. In today’s episode, I explain the spectrum of this behavior and we discuss reasons you may be doing this, as well as how to stop! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Wh...
Nov 25, 2024•25 min
This week I’m answering some of your burning questions again! Is it true that you “break” your metabolism when you develop an eating disorder? How do you deal with that during recovery? And what about feeling invalid? Is your eating disorder valid? All that and more in this week’s episode! Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here to help! My boo...
Nov 25, 2024•33 min•Season 2Ep. 127
Welcome back! I initially planned to record part 2 of the Q&A with my mum, but plans have changed and so this week we'll discuss 'asking for permission' in recovery. It can be nice to have someone tell you that you are allowed to eat or recover, but how helpful is it actually? Do you feel like you need more help recovering from your eating disorder? Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, OSFED, or other (un)diagnosed disordered eating issues, I'm here to help! My bootcamps...
Nov 04, 2024•21 min•Season 2Ep. 125
