Taking Food Off Its Pedestal

In this episode we talk about our own experience of food in our eating disorders, in terms of it holding an elevated status and importance in our lives. We talk about what it looked like for each of us to hold food on such a pedestal, why that caused us problems, how we went about knocking food off this ED pedestal, and what our relationship to food looks like now.

Topics covered:

• Wanting food and eating conditions to be perfect
• How restricting food elevates it’s status
• When food becomes more important than the things you genuinely care about, and when your ED behaviours don’t align to your values
• Food is more than what your ED reduces it down to (e.g. it’s more than a number)
• No such thing as a recovery food
• Losing the moral value and ‘good/bad’ labelling of food
• The role of releasing restriction and weight suppression in knocking food off its pedestal 
• The role of challenging things like fears and rules in knocking food off its pedestal 

List of resources recommended at the end of the episode:

• Emmy Brunner - Find Your True Voice (book)
• Dr Julie Smith - Why Has Nobody Told Me This? (book)

You can find us on social media:

Tallulah Self (editor and Producer)
Instagram: @tallulahself

Meg:
Instagram: @megsy_recovery
YouTube: Megsy Recovery
TikTok: megsy recovery

Safia:
Email: safia.s.muzaffar@gmail.com
Instagram: @safia_edrecoverycoach
Member of the Beyond Body Coaching team: https://www.beyondbodycoach.com

Please keep in mind we’re not medical professionals, and the podcast content reflects our own experiences and opinions, as well as that of our guests, so it shouldn’t be taken as medical advice. If you’re struggling with an eating disorder or disordered eating please reach out to a medical professional to discuss your own situation and get professional help with your own unique recovery.