Why Is Overcoming An Eating Disorder SO Hard? The Return of Emotions
The powerful return of emotions when overcoming an eating disorder is one factor that makes the process so hard. This post explores more...
top of page
MY TWO BOOKS ARE AVAILABLE NOW...
ADDICTED TO ENERGY DEFICIT—YOUR NEUROSCIENCE BASED GUIDE TO RESTRICTIVE EATING DISORDERS
& AIMING For OVERSHOOT—THE HANDBOOK YOU NEED TO FULLY OVERCOME A RESTRICTIVE EATING DISORDER
Helly Barnes~
Professional Coach
The Blog
All About Restrictive Eating Disorders aka
An Addiction to Energy Deficit
Search
Helly Barnes
Jul 299 min read
Self-Empowerment To Overcome An Eating Disorder
To overcome an eating disorder, self-empowerment in your process is critical. This post discusses what it involves and why it's important.
Helly Barnes
Jan 135 min read
Why Fun Matters in Building Your Life Beyond an Eating Disorder
Eating disorders can eradicate fun in life. This post considers why fun really does matter in building your life beyond an eating disorder.
Helly Barnes
Oct 15, 20236 min read
Self Identity & Overcoming an Eating Disorder
Self-identity is deeply affected by an eating disorder. Recovery means allowing in a sense of identity crisis to learn who you really are.
Helly Barnes
Sep 14, 20236 min read
Are Eating Disorders a Choice?
Many people say that recovery from an eating disorder or even that having an eating disorder is a conscious choice. Is there truth in this?
Helly Barnes
Aug 9, 20235 min read
Aim For Overshoot To Overcome an Eating Disorder? Introducing the Book
My second book, Aiming for Overshoot, is available to buy now. But why aim for overshoot when overcoming a restrictive eating disorder?
Helly Barnes
Jul 22, 20239 min read
Abstain from a Restrictive Eating Disorder?!?
When you have an addiction to energy deficit, i.e. restrictive eating disorder, abstinence can be the most effective method to overcome it.
Helly Barnes
Jul 20, 20234 min read
Reprogram Your Brain from a Restrictive Eating Disorder ~ Abstinence or Moderation?
Overcoming an addiction to energy deficit needs you to reprogram your brain from a restrictive eating disorder but abstinence or moderation?
Helly Barnes
Jul 16, 20234 min read
Withdrawal Symptoms from a Restrictive Eating Disorder & Addiction to Energy Deficit
The withdrawal symptoms you can expect as you overcome a restrictive eating disorder and addiction to energy deficit.
Helly Barnes
Jul 11, 20234 min read
The Power of Rituals and Restrictive Eating Disorders
With a restrictive eating disorder, it is important to understand what role rituals play in the disorder and the power they have.
Helly Barnes
Jul 8, 20235 min read
What Makes Energy Deficit & Associated Behaviours Initially So Rewarding?
Why is energy deficit so rewarding to someone with the susceptibility to develop a restrictive eating disorder?
Helly Barnes
Jul 4, 20236 min read
The Neuroscience of an Addiction to Energy Deficit - Dopamine Balance
Understanding the neuroscience of an addiction to energy deficit, aka restrictive eating disorder, using the dopamine balance model.
Helly Barnes
Jul 1, 20234 min read
The Neuroscience of an Addiction to Energy Deficit: Deep Learning
To understand the neuroscience of an addiction to energy deficit, you need to know about deep learning and how it relates to rewiring.
Helly Barnes
Jun 28, 20234 min read
What is an Addiction to Energy Deficit?
Restrictive eating disorders can be considered to be a brain based addiction to the state of energy deficit. But what does this really mean?
Helly Barnes
Jun 26, 20237 min read
Addicted to Energy Deficit With a Restrictive Eating Disorder
Introducing my book, Addicted to Energy Deficit. Your Neuroscience Based Guide to Restrictive Eating Disorders and what led me to write it.
Helly Barnes
Apr 21, 202313 min read
The Scarcity Mindset & Restrictive Eating Disorders
Restrictive eating disorders create a scarcity mindset which impact on behaviours related to food, money spending & even lead to stealing.
Helly Barnes
Mar 21, 20238 min read
Pre-Mortems and Eating Disorder Bashing
A pre mortem is a tool to use in eating disorder recovery to predict how a recovery situation might go wrong to help ensure it goes right!
Helly Barnes
Jan 17, 20236 min read
Overcome an Eating Disorder by Making Commitments that Work FOR You!
Commitments in the process of overcoming an eating disorder can be hard to keep.
If-Then Plans can help pin your commitments to real life
Helly Barnes
Dec 7, 20228 min read
The Neuro-Biology of Hunger. What Happens with Eating Disorders?
Hunger is controlled by the brain and body in a range of different processes. What happens differently in eating disorders to this?
Helly Barnes
Nov 5, 20227 min read
Hack your Physiology to Reduce Anxiety and Overcome a Fear Response in Eating Disorder Recovery
This post discusses fear reactions in eating disorder recovery and 'hacks' to use to adjust your physiology, overcoming the fear reaction.
bottom of page