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All About Restrictive Eating Disorders aka
An Addiction to Energy Deficit

Helly Barnes

Apr 12, 202213 min read

Tools To Help You Learn To Rest & Relax in Eating Disorder Recovery

Learning to rest and relax in eating disorder recovery is a skill that is very much needed. This post offers some tools to help the process

Helly Barnes

Feb 10, 20221 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 3, 20224 min read

Why Does Talking When You Have An Eating Disorder Matter? #Timetotalk

Today is Time to Talk Day, so I wanted to ask you: - How much do you share your struggles with others? - When was the last time you...

Helly Barnes

Jan 29, 20225 min read

Cognitive Reappraisal in Eating Disorder Recovery - Make it a Game!

What if you change the way you view your situation and the challenges that you face in overcoming an eating disorder or disordered eating...

Helly Barnes

Jan 22, 20225 min read

Applying the Principles of Neuroplasticity to Eating Disorder Recovery

It is useful to understand some of the basic principles of neuroplasticity when recovering from an eating disorder. This post explains more!

Helly Barnes

Nov 1, 20206 min read

Asking for Help is OK and will make you Selfless

Asking for help will make you selfless (not selfish!). This is a lesson I had to learn the hard way - you could learn it sooner than that!

Helly Barnes

Nov 1, 20204 min read

Achieve Your Recovery Goals By Understanding Your WHY!

When you have goals or life dreams to achieve, understanding the WHY behind them at a deep level is key to achieving them.

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