Food Freedom after 17 Years of Disordered Eating and Body Dysmorphia with Elle Mace

This week on the Full of Beans podcast, Han is joined by Elle Mace, a food psychology and body image practitioner, international speaker and debut author of Food Freedom, published by Vermilion/Penguin later this year. Elle brings together years of clinical training with her own lived experience to help people find a calmer, more peaceful relationship with food.Alongside her one-to-one and speaking work, Elle hosts the More to Life podcast. She delivers accredited training for fitness and sports professionals on body image, disordered eating and GLP-1 medications. Elle's approach is simple: food freedom is psychological, and everyone deserves the understanding and support to get there.In this episode, we explore: Elle's journey to writing Food Freedom and putting her disordered eating experience into wordsWhy awareness is the hardest, and most essential, first step in recoveryHow toxic wellness culture can disguise itself as something healthyElle's experience of body dysmorphia and how it showed up beyond just weight and shapeElle's shift between different eating disorders over the years, and why none of them ever really "ended" on their ownThe rock-bottom moment that led Elle to ask for helpWhat eating disorder recovery actually looked like for ElleWhy relationships, jobs and old patterns sometimes have to shift as part of getting wellProtecting your energy in recovery, and why that isn't the same as being selfishWhy hearing relatable, lived experiences can land differently to clinical informationConnect with Us: Subscribe to the Full of Beans Podcast Follow Full of Beans on Instagram Check out our website Listen on YouTube Connect with Elle via Instagram (@iamellemace), LinkedIn or via her website www.ellemace.com⚠️ Content Note: This episode discusses eating disorders (including restriction, binge eating and bulimia), body dysmorphia, and body dissatisfaction. Please take care while listening.