The Missing Piece in ED Recovery - Why Pleasure Is Non-Negotiable
About this episode
This episode discusses the importance of pleasure in eating disorder recovery and how it impacts healing and self-worth.
This episode is for you if: You're doing all the recovery things but still feel flat, joyless or like you're just surviving You feel guilty resting, playing or doing anything that isn't productive You've never really thought about pleasure beyond food — or you're scared of it Your inner critic tells you pleasure is indulgent, earned or something you don't deserve You're a high achiever who has tied your worth to productivity for as long as you can remember You feel disconnected from your body and can't imagine actually enjoying being in it You want to understand why recovery without pleasure keeps you stuck in quasi-recovery In this episode, we cover: ✨ Why pleasure is not a luxury in eating disorder recovery — it's the recovery ✨ The nervous system piece: why your body literally cannot heal without experiencing pleasure ✨ How trauma damages your relationship with pleasure — and teaches you that enjoying yourself isn't safe ✨ The soul self versus the suppressed self and how they each relate to pleasure completely differently ✨ Why reclaiming food pleasure is essential — and what savouring food actually looks like after restriction ✨ Why food obsession comes from deprivation of…
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