THE RECOVERY BEAN

Repeat after me: “My body is not the problem.” Your body isn’t the problem and it never has been. Diet culture may have convinced you...

Hey everyone, Today I wanted to talk a bit about feeling full! Fullness is a sensation which your Eating Disorder may fear due to the...

Today I wanted to talk a bit about how to manage Eating Disorder Recovery when you’re living with people who engage in dieting or disordered

Over the last few weeks I have really started to enjoy baking and as a result, I have been in the kitchen lots! My relationship with baking

Hey everyone, In this post I want to discuss body image - the different variables that affect it, and how to manage on the days when it...

Hey everyone, Today I wanted to talk a bit about Reactive Hunger in Eating Disorder recovery. Reactive hunger is when an individual...

Hey everyone, Today I wanted to talk about comparison, both in Eating Disorder recovery and society in general. It is something that...

Hey everyone, I’ve been a bit quiet on the blog over the last few weeks as I took some time out to celebrate Christmas and the New Year...

Hey everyone, Today I wanted to hop on and talk about changes to routine during eating disorder recovery. This is something I have...

Hey everyone, Today I wanted to share with you a slightly different post, this time aimed at anyone currently supporting an individual...

Dear 18 year old Mais, One day it will feel okay again. You’ll be sitting in another city with your best friend in the world and it will...

Today I wanted to hop on and talk about the lag between mental and physical recovery, but in trying to write this post I've found that my...

Today I wanted to talk about ‘hidden fear foods’ in eating disorder recovery and how to identify and challenge them. First things first...

The other week I spent a few days living alone as my parents were on holiday and my girlfriend was at University. This meant that for the...

I am not anorexic, and I never have been. I have suffered with anorexia but I am not defined by this, and you are not defined by your...

Today I’m sharing the third post in my mini series addressing diet culture at University. As everyone’s starting to settle into student...

I’m back with the second post in my mini series addressing diet culture at University. I’m sure lots of you will have moved into your...

With lots of people moving to University over the next week or so I wanted to talk about diet culture at University and the effect it can...

I’m at my highest weight in 18 months. I’m also at my happiest. They always say “no one ever regrets recovering”, but I never thought that..

This week I got a haircut. You may be wondering why as a recovery blogger I’m telling you about my haircut, but it was significant for...