Recovery, Faith & Advocating for Change - with Hope Virgo

Hope Virgo is a multi-award winning campaigner, speaker and author of three amazing books: ‘Stand Tall Little Girl’, ‘Hope Through Recovery’ and ‘You Are Free (Even If You Don’t Feel Like It)’. In this inspiring episode, she candidly shares her own personal experience of suffering from an eating disorder and offers lots of great practical recovery tips to stay motivated. With her super cute newborn cuddled up on her throughout this is an episode not to be missed.

Topics covered:

• Hope’s experience of pregnancy and motherhood, the overwhelming gratitude for her little one as well as the more challenging messaging around food and body that she received when pregnant. 
• Her concerns regarding calories being put on menus and the prevalence of diet culture in children that she has become aware of from speaking in schools.
• The campaigns she has spearheaded: #DumpTheScales and #ChangeTheStory
• Her beautifully written, raw and relatable memoir: ‘You Are Free (Even If You Don’t Feel Like It)’ in which she includes reflective exercises, insightful interviews and advice from her own experiences.
• Why to fight for full recovery and how to break out of the halfway house, stuck-in-the-mud stage of recovery.
• The role her faith has played in her recovery.
• Advice for how to reach out to others you can be vulnerable with for support and motivation.
• Great ideas for supporting loved ones suffering from an eating disorder on their recovery journey. 

Find Hope here:
Instagram: @hopevirgo_

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.