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!
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Helly Barnes
- Mar 8
- 4 min
"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
- Feb 2
- 6 min
Make the Weight Gain Justified!
Weight gain while still restricting or compensating as you attempt to overcome an eating disorder feels unjustified. Escape this scenario!
Helly Barnes
- Jan 16
- 6 min
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 27, 2022
- 9 min
Eat to Extreme Hunger to Overcome an Eating Disorder
Extreme hunger when overcoming an eating disorder can be frightening and extreme! These are some first hand experiences of how it can look.
Helly Barnes
- Dec 19, 2022
- 9 min
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 12, 2022
- 8 min
Eating Disorder Recovery Need Not Be a Tug of War (Part 1)
Eating disorder recovery feels like a tug of war between the person in recovery & the eating disorder. But it doesn't have to be this way!
Helly Barnes
- Dec 6, 2022
- 8 min
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 29, 2022
- 13 min
Physical, Mental, Behavioural & Emotional Signs of HUNGER!
Hunger can manifest in physical ways but also mentally, emotionally and in behaviour. This post discusses all the ways hunger can appear.
Helly Barnes
- Nov 23, 2022
- 13 min
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 16, 2022
- 7 min
11 Tips to Keep Eating in Eating Disorder Recovery Despite No Appetite (Part 2 of 2)
This post provides 11 tips to help you keep eating in eating disorder recovery even if you have a low (perceived!) appetite.
Helly Barnes
- Nov 14, 2022
- 9 min
No Appetite - Do I Have To Eat? Eating Disorder Recovery (Part 1 of 2)
It is hard to keep eating in eating disorder recovery when you feel physically full. This post explains why you need to keep eating anyway.
Helly Barnes
- Nov 4, 2022
- 7 min
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.
Helly Barnes
- Oct 22, 2022
- 6 min
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
- Jun 11, 2022
- 6 min
Project Manage Your Eating Disorder Recovery - It Matters!
Eating disorder recovery is the most important project you will ever do. Therefore, approach it with the 5 stages of project management!
Helly Barnes
- May 29, 2022
- 6 min
Want More Eating Disorder Recovery Motivation? You Need To Know About Dopamine!
Dopamine is a key brain chemical when it comes to motivation. This knowledge can help you find simple hacks to stay motivated & achieve more
Helly Barnes
- May 11, 2022
- 9 min
40 Tips To Address Restriction in Eating Disorder Recovery
In this post I offer 40 tips to help anyone in eating disorder recovery address lingering restriction in their eating.
Helly Barnes
- May 5, 2022
- 8 min
Restriction in Eating Disorder Recovery and How it can Manifest
Restriction in eating disorder recovery can manifest in many different ways. This post provides a list of some of the most common.
Helly Barnes
- Apr 25, 2022
- 4 min
Greed and Eating Disorder Recovery
Feelings and thoughts of 'greed' are so common to people in eating disorder recovery. But are these thoughts and feelings ever appropriate?
Helly Barnes
- Apr 13, 2022
- 1 min
The Brain Based Tug of War Between Your Rational Brain and Emotional Brain in Recovery
This is a post I wrote over on my Recovering Nomad blog, which some of you might find helpful, if you have not already seen it. In the...
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