How to talk to friends and family about your eating disorder or difficulties with food

Talking to friends or family about your eating disorder or difficulties with food can be really scary. How will you find the words, who will you tell, when will you find the time? You get yourself upset and anxious about it, and then it doesn't happen. But talking to someone about your eating disorder can provide such relief, not to mention support going forward. Let me help you with some tips on how to have that conversation.Buy me a cake and support the podcast: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/IAmTerriPughJoin our weekly group coaching sessions:  https://www.terripugh.co.uk/group-coachingJoin the conversation in the Facebook group: https://terripugh.xyz/facebookgroupFollow on Instagram: https://instagram.com/IAmTerriPugh or @IAmTerriPugh Get updates straight into your inbox each week: https://TerriPugh.co.uk/newsletterDrop me an email: [email protected]  Here are some great eating disorder charities that can help you and your family to work through your eating disorder or disordered eating patterns. Reach out to them if you feel like they could help you:Beat : https://www.beateatingdisorders.org.uk/National Centre For Eating Disorders: http://eating-disorders.org.uk/S.E.E.D: http://www.seedeatingdisorders.org.uk/Men Get Eating Disorders Too: http://mengetedstoo.co.uk/And for my American listeners, NEDA: https://www.nationaleatingdisorders.org/I'm sorry that I can't cover areas outside of the UK more in order to recommend more resources.Please note, this podcast is intended to be general information for entertainment purposes only. Any figures quoted are correct at the time of recording. As always, please seek the support of a registered professional before making changes to your diet or lifestyle⁠, or if you feel that you are affected by any of the topics discussed. Related Topics:Intuitive Eating, HAES, Health At Every Size, Body Positivity, Body Confidence, Body Positive, Anti Diet, Non Diet, Diet Culture, Food Freedom, Fat Acceptance, Fat Liberation, Self Care, Weight Loss, Eating Disorder, Eating Disorder Recovery, Disordered Eating, Nutritional Therapy, Slimming World, Weight Watchers, Cambridge Diet, Cambridge Plan, 121 Diet, Lighter Life, Noom, Coaching, Healing, Health, Wellness, Calorie Counting, Macros, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulemia Nervosa, BED, Binge Eating Disorder, ARFIDSend Me Fan Mail Support the show🤩 JOIN THE RISE COMMUNITY 🤩Get my emailsFollow on InstagramConnect with me on LinkedInPersonal Coaching🍰 Buy me a cake and support the show☝️ If you love the show and want to support it, just click this link here. A quick heads up - my transcriptions are automatically generated. For this reason there may be errors, incorrect words, bad spelling, bad grammar, and other things that just seem a little 'off'. You'll still be able to understand what is being said though, so please just ignore that and enjoy the episode.