The Eating Disorder Diaries

Welcome back to Season 2 of The Eating Disorder Diaries. Host Amy Goeckel is back to set 10 transformational monthly goals with you in 2025, helping you reset and move forward in your recovery journey. She'll be reflecting on her monthly goal progress alongside with you, helping keep you accountable and excited about uncovering your untapped potential in eating disorder recovery.
Follow along on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries
If you want someone to talk to or are interesting in collaborating, email Amy at [email protected]

Meet Julia Parzyck: an eating disorder recovery coach who has a passion to educate others to live a life outside of diet culture, to be aware of media manipulation, and to embrace their true selves. Julia sits down with Amy to talk about her own personal experience with eating disorder recovery, the eating disorder recovery support groups she runs, and how she manages to stay true to herself in stressful times - even going through a public break up. We absolutely love her!
Links from today's episode:

• Follow Julia on Instagram @fitfatandall that
• Email Julia to learn more about her support groups at [email protected]
• Julia's website: fitfatandallthat.com
• Julia's recommendation: The Happiness Trap by Russ Harris

If you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at [email protected].
Thank you to Conquering Bulimia for sponsoring today's episode. Sign up for Sarah Lee and Merrit Elizabeth's Conquering Bulimia course at www.conqueringbulimia.com

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In Entry 16, Amy sits down with Lucy Sayah of PROJECT BLACKBIRD to discuss the project. From touring and screening the BLACKBIRD film (a short video about life in eating disorder treatment centers) throughout colleges in the United States, to providing a platform for those to discuss eating disorders and mental health conversation within underrepresented communities, their mission is to connect audiences of different communities to rid themselves of shame surrounding mental health. Lucy also discusses her personal experience with overcoming anorexia while attending Northwestern University and shares her own recovery tips.
Links from today's episode:

• Follow Lucy on Instagram @lucysayah
• Following Project Blackbird on Instagram @ProjectBlackbirdFilm
• Follow Project Blackbird on their website here.

If you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at [email protected].
Thank you to Conquering Bulimia for sponsoring today's episode. Sign up for Sarah Lee and Merrit Elizabeth's Conquering Bulimia course at www.conqueringbulimia.com

Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163

Welcome Caroline Thomason, the first registered dietitian to be featured on The Eating Disorder Diaries. Amy and Caroline discuss the association between trauma and eating disorders/disorded eating and draw parallels to Amy's story and Caroline's day-to-day that she sees with her clients. We pick Caroline's brain on all the things - should I be fasting? Can that even help? Why do I get so bloated sometimes and what should I do about that? How can I get out of the cycle of disordered eating? Tune in to hear more!
Find Caroline at:

• Her website: https://carolinethomason.com/
• Instagram: @dieticiancaroline_

Caroline's recommendations:

• The Body Image Workbook
• Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch

If you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at [email protected].

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In Entry 6 of The Eating Disorder Diaries, Amy sits down with Lydia Rhino and Sabrina Scanga, two Program Directors at The Eating Disorder Foundation (EDF), a non-profit organization that started with a single support group devoted to the families and friends of those suffering from eating disorders. In the 20 years since it's been established, EDF has evolved into much more than a single support group. Amy attends a weekly eating disorder support group at EDF, and it quickly became a major lifeline and tool for her in her recovery journey.
Lydia and Sabrina talk about all of the services EDF offers and they discuss the structure of support groups for those who don’t know what to expect, both in-person and virtual (their virtual groups are available for anyone in the world to attend!). They also highlight the bills they are working to pass in Colorado to change the outdated practices we currently have with eating disorder treatment.
In a nutshell...eating disorder support groups can absolutely change your life and are available for anyone, anywhere!

You can follow the podcast on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries
If you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at [email protected].
If you want to learn more about The Eating Disorder Foundation and their services offered (including worldwide virtual support groups), visit https://eatingdisorderfoundation.org/.
Sabrina and Lydia's recommendations:

• Help fight eating disorders in underrepresented communities with FEDUP.
• Find access to resources and opportunities to heal from your ED with Project HEAL.
• Work out and wiggle your booty with Sabrina and The Fitness Marshall.

Follow along with the status of the bills EDF is working to pass in Colorado:

• Protections for people with an eating disorder: SB 23-176
• Disordered eating prevention: SB 23-014

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