Chosing You, Episode 75 on the Explore Your Core Podcast. This epsiode was deep, raw and powerful. It is also flagged with a trigger warning. I was joined by Ashlee Thomas, who with her Mother started a podcast and charity called The Secret Burden and spoke on 60 minutes to share her experience and start the conversation to help with early prevention of eating disorders. We spoke about her journey, how social media and comparison contributed to it and how big of a healing journey that came after she decided she wanted to recover. Like myself, we discovered getting back to healthy was one part, but the real journey began when we asked ourselves why it was there in the first place. It’s confronting and hard to step into the silence and confront the big questions head on but it provides a better understanding of who you are and where we stand in this world. It’s healing.For her, stepping into the space of recovery came about when she started to see what was out there knowing ‘this’ (listening to her eating disorder) was always there for her as a back up but as she ventured out and explored her passions she realised there was no way she was going back. Ashlee has an incredible story of hope, after hitting a rock bottom that couldn’t go any further she found a reason within and chose a narrative that allowed her to seek possibilities and a life she could enjoy living again. She is making a wave in this space by starting the conversation to help early prevention of eating disorders. Her journey hasn’t been easy but one that shares incredible insight, persepctive and bravery. So here’s to starting the conversation about mental health, here’s to speaking up and to chosing you.You can find her podcast here and her socials here.Support can be found at Beyond Blue And the Butterfly FoundationKeep up to date with more episodes on the Explore Your Core Podcast by subscribing or watching out on socials here.-Explore Your Core

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