The Blog
All About Restrictive Eating Disorders aka
An Addiction to Energy Deficit

In this third post on lapses and relapses in eating disorder recovery, the important topic of how to prevent a relapse is covered in depth.

Lapses, relapses & pre-lapses are part of the cycle of eating disorder recovery. But what do the terms mean & what's happening in the brain?

Eating disorder recovery is long and hard, making it easy to lose motivation. This post provides a simple tool that can help you keep going.

The powerful return of emotions when overcoming an eating disorder is one factor that makes the process so hard. This post explores more...

To overcome an eating disorder, self-empowerment in your process is critical. This post discusses what it involves and why it's important.

An eating disorder can make you feel like life is happening to you and give a victim mindset. But why not be the hero of your story instead?

Eating disorders can eradicate fun in life. This post considers why fun really does matter in building your life beyond an eating disorder.

Setting eating disorder eliminating goals is very important to overcome an eating disorder but daily intentions can help to achieve them.

When you are struggling to make food decisions in order to overcome an eating disorder, try applying the 'Don't Think - Just Eat' approach.

This post challenges the view that restrictive eating disorders are primarily a fear of weight gain & provides an alternative explanation.

Relating the Minnesota Starvation Experiment results to what it is to have a restrictive eating disorder and the process to overcome one.

Overcoming an eating disorder in your mid or later life and when you have a partner or spouse to consider can bring benefits and challenges.

Self-identity is deeply affected by an eating disorder. Recovery means allowing in a sense of identity crisis to learn who you really are.

A lot is written about overcoming eating disorders for young people but what if you are in mid or later life with 'adult' responsibilities?

Eat to gain weight and eat to gain your life back when you overcome a restrictive eating disorder. This post explains why and how!

Anger is a forceful and valid emotion and can be powerful if directed in the right direction when you are overcoming an eating disorder.

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?

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'

Eating disorders and the ability of the brain to develop an addiction to energy deficit have an evolutionary explanation, explained here.

My second book, Aiming for Overshoot, is available to buy now. But why aim for overshoot when overcoming a restrictive eating disorder?