✨ Episode Summary:In this episode, we are talking through how to make eating disorder recovery fun! Yes, we said fun. We know how challenging and long eating disorder recovery can be, so we offer some tools to bring some flexibility, joy, and fun to your journey. 

🧰 What You’ll Learn:

• Why fun in recovery matters and how to start giving yourself permission to have fun

• How to sit in the suck and support yourself in the grief of your eating disorder

• The importance of coming back to your body and younger self to foster healing

• What having fun in recovery can look like

Timestamps

• 0:00 – Intro Teaser + Podcast Intro
• 1:15 – Intro to the Episode Topic
• 2:03 – Overview of What to Expect in Episode
• 3:15 – Why Fun in Recovery Matters
• 4:15 – Sitting in the Suck
• 6:18 – Fun can Help Us Regulate
• 8:50 – Moving through Grief in ED + Bringing Joy and Laughter
• 10:45 – How Social Media and Laughter Can Foster (Body Connection)
• 12:50 – Definitions of Fun
• 15:48 – What Fun Can Look Like
• 18:30 – Client Shared Examples of Fun
• 20:00 – More Examples of Fun
• 24:00 – Making Food Exposures Fun
• 26:30 – Utilizing Tools That Help Your Nervous System Feel Regulated
• 28:00 – TV Shows/Movies as Emotional Regulation
• 28:47 – Outro & Disclaimer

📚 Resources & Mentions:

The Summer I Turned Pretty on Amazon Prime

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