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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

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All About Restrictive Eating Disorders aka
An Addiction to Energy Deficit
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Overcoming an Eating Disorder As A Parent
What specific issues might you face if you are overcoming an eating disorder as a parent? Part of a series on eating disorders in mid life.
Helly Barnes
Jan 27, 202418 min read


Overcome Restrictive Eating by Deliberately Eating To Gain
Eat to gain weight and eat to gain your life back when you overcome a restrictive eating disorder. This post explains why and how!
Helly Barnes
Sep 28, 20239 min read

The Pendulum-Swing Effect in Eating Disorder Recovery
Eating disorder recovery can feel like being on a pendulum where the eating disorder pulled you one way and you swing to the other 'extreme'
Helly Barnes
Sep 3, 20238 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 8, 20235 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
Jul 1, 20234 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
Mar 22, 20238 min read


"I'm Giving Up... Let the Eating Disorder Consume Me!"
A personal post in which I share a journal entry made at a point in the process to overcome an eating disorder when I wanted to give up.
Helly Barnes
Mar 8, 20234 min read


Eating Disorder Recovery Need Not Be a Tug of War (Part 2)
What does a tug of war between a person in recovery and an eating disorder look like and what does it look like to walk away from the games?
Helly Barnes
Dec 20, 20229 min read

Christmas in Recovery from an Eating Disorder... Aaarghh!!!
Christmas can be a very anxiety provoking time for a person in recovery from an eating disorder. This post provides tips to help cope.
Helly Barnes
Nov 24, 202213 min read


Your Eating Disorder Recovery Must Keep Evolving!
Eating disorder recovery is a difficult process that constantly evolves as your needs to ensure ultimate freedom change through the process.
Helly Barnes
Oct 22, 20226 min read

Find All My Recovery Blog Posts From My Recovery Beginnings to Now On Recovering Nomad!
When I started my recovery journey after around 13 years with an eating disorder, I started to document it, initially on Instagram but...
Helly Barnes
Feb 10, 20221 min read
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