You Need to Hear This: Healing and Hope for Disordered Eating

You Need to Hear This: Healing and Hope for Disordered Eating

In this episode of The Holistic Ritual, host Kamela Celeste guides listeners through understanding and tracking progress after overcoming disordered eating backgrounds and eating disorders.

The podcast covers holistic strategies that do not depend on harsh metrics and includes essential discussions such as:

- Six actionable steps to help track progress in a holistic way
- Importance of a wall calendar and weekly planner for exercise tracking
- Focusing on content over calories while planning meals
- Benefits of following the 80/20 rule for balanced eating
- Expanding health metrics to include emotional and social well-being
- Journaling, meditation, and gratitude as tools for recovery
- Emphasizing positive self-image and body affirmations

Kamela shares valuable personal insights based on her experiences as a holistic health coach and outlines how integrating Eastern and Western wellness practices can enhance one's healing journey.

Listen in for profound tips on navigating life's challenges with positivity and love.

00:00 Trigger Warning and Introduction
02:17 Affirmation and Mental Check-In
05:42 Understanding Disordered Eating
08:42 Holistic Tracking Tips
21:21 Beyond Diet and Exercise
25:04 The Power of Journaling and Gratitude
30:05 Body Image and Mirror Affirmations
36:40 Closing Thoughts and a Poem written by Kamela

References:
The Artists Way By: Julia Cameron

Disordered eating vs Eating Disorders

Disordered Eating

• Refers to unhealthy eating behaviors and concerns about body image, often driven by societal pressure to lose weight or maintain a certain physique
• Common examples include:
  • Dieting and restrictive eating
  • Self-induced vomiting, binge eating, and laxative abuse (less frequent but still part of the spectrum)
• Can be a normal response to societal pressures, but it can also be a precursor to developing an eating disorder

Eating Disorder

• A clinical diagnosis characterized by severe and persistent disturbances in eating behavior, body image, and weight
• Examples include:
  • Anorexia Nervosa (AN)
  • Bulimia Nervosa (BN)
  • Binge Eating Disorder (BED)
  • Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder (OSFED)
• Requires professional treatment and support to address the underlying psychological and emotional issues

Get Help:
National Eating Disorder A