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Recovering with Danie | Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast
Recovering with Danie | Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast
Author: Danie van Kay | Licensed eating disorder recovery coach
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© Danie van Kay | Licensed eating disorder recovery coach
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In this podcast, I will cover eating disorder recovery related topics, and I will also sprinkle in conversations on dating, intimacy, self reflection, inner critic, having a chronic illness, navigating life in your 30s... basically anything that has to do with normal day today life as a fully recovered eating disorder recovery coach! Whether you struggle with anorexia, bulimia, or something in between, I'd love to take you along on the road to full food freedom!
If you want to know more or get in touch, you can find me on Instagram @danievankay or website www.danievankay.com
If you want to know more or get in touch, you can find me on Instagram @danievankay or website www.danievankay.com
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Compulsive Exercise, Part OneYou’ve stopped going to the gym, but you still feel like you have to walk home. Someone offers you a lift and you’d love to say yes, but you’re already thinking, “If I don’t walk, can I still have the lunch I planned?”In part one of this series on Recovering with Dani, I’m talking about the everyday movement rules that can be easy to miss in eating disorder recovery. We’ll get into why you can genuinely enjoy exercise and still feel anxious about skipping it, how movement gets tied to permission to eat, and what those rules can cost you when all you want is another half hour with a friend.I’ll leave you with one question to take into your week. When you want to change your plans, do you feel free to?In part two, we’ll talk about what to do when you choose to rest and the urge to move is still loud.💌 Join my newsletter for new episodes, recovery resources and all my coaching updates, including openings for 2027.More of meDo you want some more support to help you get unstuck? Be sure to follow me on Instagram and check out my new website with new programs, or AI Danie to get more information about coaching spots and sign up!If you have any questions that you would like me to answer on the podcast, you can fill out the form on my website, or send me a voice-note on SpeakPipe!
The Two-Week Resistance Reset 🔥 | Resistance Day, Part 2Your eating disorder agreed to the croissant yesterday. Today, it wants you to “be careful.” Sound familiar?Following the response to Resistance Day, we’re taking it further: the Two-Week Resistance Reset. In this episode, I explain how to create a concrete plan of action using the DVK Recovery Method®—bringing back foods you miss, challenging restrictive rules, and repeating those choices without compensating afterwards.We explore neural rewiring: how repeated experiences create opportunities for new learning, and why recovery actions can become more familiar and easier with practice. Two weeks gives you somewhere to start—not a deadline for your brain to finish changing.Expect practical food examples, childhood breakfasts, the Pendulum Swing, and a reminder that enjoying something yesterday doesn’t mean you can’t have it today.On day fifteen? Permission continues.Use these ideas alongside your individual treatment plan. If you’ve been severely restricting or may be at risk of refeeding syndrome, changes to intake need medical guidance.More of meDo you want some more support to help you get unstuck? Be sure to follow me on Instagram and check out my new website with new programs, or AI Danie to get more information about coaching spots and sign up!If you have any questions that you would like me to answer on the podcast, you can fill out the form on my website, or send me a voice-note on SpeakPipe!
🎙️ NEW EPISODE: Binge Eating, Extreme Hunger & the Hidden Rules Keeping You Stuck | Q&AAre you actually binge eating, or is it extreme hunger? How do you know if exercise has become compulsive? And why is stepping away from the scale SO incredibly difficult, even when you’re committed to recovery?In today’s episode of Recovering with Danie, I’m answering some of your most interesting (and uncomfortable!) eating disorder recovery questions.We’re diving into:✨ Binge eating vs. binge eating disorder vs. extreme hunger — what’s the actual difference?✨ When movement and exercise become another form of compensation or control.✨ Why weighing yourself can keep you mentally stuck, even when you think you’re not attached to the number.✨ The subtle food rules and negotiations you might not even recognize as restriction.✨ Why eating more doesn’t necessarily mean you’ve achieved food freedom.✨ And SO much more!Because here’s the thing: Recovery isn’t just about eating more, gaining weight, or challenging a few fear foods. It’s about rewiring the beliefs and behaviors that keep your eating disorder alive.Sometimes the behaviors that seem the most harmless are the ones keeping you stuck.A slightly shorter, spontaneous Q&A today, but packed with recovery insights, practical advice, and a few uncomfortable truths you might need to hear. ❤️🎧 Listen now to Recovering with Danie on Spotify and Apple Podcasts.Full recovery is possible. And you deserve more than just learning how to manage your eating disorder.More of meDo you want some more support to help you get unstuck? Be sure to follow me on Instagram and check out my new website with new programs, or AI Danie to get more information about coaching spots and sign up!If you have any questions that you would like me to answer on the podcast, you can fill out the form on my website, or send me a voice-note on SpeakPipe!
Hi everyone,This episode with my client Larissa is SO special.Larissa is a mom of two who had already been trying to recover and had worked with another coach before finding me — but she still felt stuck.Then she found AI Danie®, connected with my approach, started working with me, and within just a few months her recovery completely transformed.In this episode, we talk about why she believes she stayed stuck for so long, what felt different about my method, how AI Danie® first introduced her to the DVK Recovery Method®, and the changes that finally helped her move forward.We also talk about recovery while being a mom, what it actually takes to stop negotiating with the eating disorder, and what Larissa’s life looks like now compared with just a few months ago.If you’ve been “doing recovery” for a long time but still feel like you’re going around in circles, LISTEN TO THIS ONE.Larissa’s story is proof that being stuck for years does not mean you need years to get unstuck.Listen now. 🎙️More of meDo you want some more support to help you get unstuck? Be sure to follow me on Instagram and check out my new website with new programs, or AI Danie to get more information about coaching spots and sign up!If you have any questions that you would like me to answer on the podcast, you can fill out the form on my website, or send me a voice-note on SpeakPipe!
One of the biggest fears in eating disorder recovery is not actually the food.It’s this:“What if I start eating properly… and I never stop?”“What if my extreme hunger never goes away?”“What if I just keep gaining and gaining weight?”In this episode, I answer exactly that.We talk about why a body can stabilise without necessarily stabilising at the weight your eating disorder would choose, why humans naturally exist in very different body sizes, what happens to extreme and mental hunger when food is genuinely abundant again, and why trying to control the outcome can keep the scarcity cycle going.I also talk about overshoot, physical fullness versus mental hunger, food obsession, restriction disguised as “health,” and why recovery eventually has to become less about controlling your body and more about teaching it that food is no longer going anywhere.If you’ve ever thought: “Everyone else might recover, but what if I’m the one who never stops eating?”, then this episode is for you.More of meDo you want some more support to help you get unstuck? Be sure to follow me on Instagram and check out my new website with new programs, or AI Danie to get more information about coaching spots and sign up!If you have any questions that you would like me to answer on the podcast, you can fill out the form on my website, or send me a voice-note on SpeakPipe!




