Putting Recovery First for a First Class Life

In this weeks podcast, Han is joined Nia Modley. Nia is a trainee Psychological Wellbeing Practitioner and has her own experience of anorexia and bulimia nervosa.We begin by discussing Nia's mental health journey, and the development of her eating disorder. Nia initially had anorexia nervosa, which later transitioned to bulimia nervosa. In the podcast we discuss how these eating disorders presented differently for Nia, the different impact they had, and how she felt towards them.Later we discuss Nia's education, and how she dropped out of her exams in order to focus on her recovery (hence the title!) which she is extremely proud of and passionate about.We then speak about Nia's poetry and how her writing helps her to talk about her mental health. We speak about the reality of recovery, the nitty gritty, the uncomfortableness, the desire to stop and the inability to see how numbing could be better than feeling. But how in the end, it is completely worth it.To find out more about Nia and her poetry, you can find her on Instagram @niamodley or search Nia Modley on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCZtN5jORoQdfPHPmuYEdVgQPlease note: this podcast contains discussions surrounding anorexic and bulimic behaviours that may be triggering for some individuals. Please tread lightly and check in with yourself along the way.