15. Disordered Eating, Unhealthy Habits, Self Image, Exercise and The Road To Recovery With Martha Burke

*Trigger warning - Disordered Eating* Hannah is joined by shining star 1rebel fitness trainer Martha. In this episode, Martha opens up about her personal experience with disordered eating and how it affected her life in multiple ways. In 2022 the NHS published that they were treating a record number of young people with eating disorders, so it really is an important topic to discuss and find ways to help wherever possible. Martha explains her journey from musical theatre into the fitness realm. She explains the feelings she had, how she saw herself and how she reached out for help to start her recovery process. Hannah asks Martha a range of questions around how her family and friends reached out to her to discuss her weight loss and for Martha’s advice for anyone who has a friend or family member struggling with an eating disorder, and what might be a caring way to approach it. Martha details how therapy helped her work on the feelings of control internally that contributed to her weight loss, and how she worked with professional Renee McGregor to start her recovery process. Martha highlights that it is not a linear journey to recovery and that taking whatever small steps you can, is a good place to start. This episode highlights how eating disorders can be highly complex. It was an open, honest and highly informative discussion. Martha states that she is always happy for anyone to reach out to her if they want someone to talk to. Thank you to Martha for being so open. You can find Martha at: @marthamoox on instagram @ReneeMcGregor on instagram You can follow the podcast at @wholenesswithhannah on Instagram or email the podcast at [email protected].