THE RECOVERY BEAN

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...

Today I wanted to talk about the importance of letting go of those last few eating disorder behaviours in recovery. This is something I’ve..

Today I wanted to talk about the Eating Disorder community on Instagram to share my experiences and open up a discussion about what is...

For this week's post I wanted to write about guilt and had planned to discuss this in the context of eating, however on reflection I have a

Today I wanted to talk about BMI, and in particular my experience of the use of BMI charts in ED treatment. This is something we are...

Today I wanted to talk about body checking, and in particular how and why I am working to reduce this behaviour. Body checking can take...

In today's post I wanted to talk about perfectionism, and in particular the way in which we can apply these standards to our food. This...

At the beginning of Lockdown I wrote a couple of pieces discussing my fears surrounding the situation as well as some tips on how to keep...

Hey everyone, I have been working on a post discussing how we can let go of our sick identity for some weeks now but am finding it a...

Today I want to talk some more about what real, active recovery looks like as recently I have been reflecting on where I am in my recovery..