Trawling through any form of social media for recovery oriented can be a bit of a minefield these days. Anyone can become an influencer or create a podcast and, unfortunately, nothing is regulated. Often we are drawn in by some of the initial content and perhaps even begin to feel support and a sense of community. Very quickly though, we find ourselves triggered and realising that the content creator has a very different idea of what ‘recovery’ is. All you need do is type in something like #edrecovery and you come to realise there is so much content that can be harmful for folks working day in-day out to recover from all types of eating disorders or disordered eating.
Never fear though! I have done the trawling for you and listed below some of my favourite content that supports eating disorder recovery. Please note: If you do feel like any of these resources are triggering or don’t match your lived experience of your eating disorder, please protect yourself and your recovery by crossing it off the list. If you have any great resources that you would like to share, please add them in the comments box below.
Books
Life Without ED by Jenni Schaefer
Goodbye Ed
Hello Me by Jenni Schaefer
Eight Keys to Recovery From an Eating Disorder by Carolyn Costin and Gwen Schubert Grabb
Gaining: The Truth About Life After ED by Aimee Liu
The Body Image Workbook by Thomas Cash
Body Kindness by Rebecca Scritchfield
Health at Every Size by Linda Bacon
The Gluten Lie by Alan Levinovitz
Anti-diet by Christy Harrison
What we don’t talk about when we talk about fat by Aubrey Gordon
The art of body acceptance by Ashlee Bennett
Recover your perspective by Janean Anderson
A workbook of acceptance-based approaches for weight concern by Margrit Berman
The Mindful Self-Compassion Workbook by Kristen Neff
The inside scoop on eating disorder recovery by Jennifer Rollin and Colleen Reichman
Sick enough by Dr Jennifer Gaudiani
Intuitive Eating (5th Ed) by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Resch
@bodymattersau @EffYourBeautyStandards
@recovrywarriors @drcolleenreichmann
@Kristamurias @mynameisjessamyn
@jennifer_rollin @virgietovar
@rebeccascritchfield @antidietlife
@geneenroth @thecrankytherapist
@haesdoctor @healingcrayons
@evelyntribole @thefuckitdiet
@thebodypositive @themindfuldietitian
@compassionate_recovery @wearewednesdayschild
@iweigh @thebutterflyfoundation
@nic.mcdermid @yogaforeatingdisorders
@beatingeatingdisorders @endedaustralia
@dietitiananna @selfcareisforeveryone
@ragenchastain @theantidietplan
Podcasts
- Understanding Body Matters
- End Eating Disorders
- Food Psych Podcast
- Recovery Bites
- All Fired Up Eating Disorders in Discussion
- Wednesday’s Child
- The Mindful Dietitian
- The Love Food Podcast
- Real Health Radio
- Body Kindness
- ED Matters
- Don’t Salt My Game
- The Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast with Dr Janean Anderson