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Feb 2022
53m 47s

Ep 35: Creating a meaningFULL life after...

Rachel Evans
About this episode

This week I am speaking to Alli Spotts-De Lazzer, author of MeaningFULL: 23 Life-Changing Stories of Conquering Dieting, Weight, and Body Image Issues. She has so much wisdom to share from her own experience of dieting and eating disorder recovery and work as a Professional Clinical Counselor, Certified Eating Disorders Specialist.  

We discuss:

  • Body expectations and how we relate to our body from a young age
  • Challenging and acknowledging our inner dialogue
  • Becoming free from an eating disorder
  • Alli’s book MeaningFULL and her mental health advocacy work
  • A quick reminder that BMI is not an accurate measure of health
  • The false promise of diets
  • Power in positive recovery stories
  • The importance of connection for recovery and overall wellbeing


Connect with Rachel.

Dr Rachel Evans is a psychologist, hypnotherapist and eating disorder survivor. She brings together academic knowledge and theories, therapeutic skills and personal experience for a unique perspective on eating disorder recovery. Rachel helps ambitious women to stop restricting, bingeing and purging. and to feel comfortable in their body.

https://eatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/

https://www.instagram.com/rachel.evans.phd/

https://www.facebook.com/rachel.evans.phd


Connect with Alli.

Alli Spotts-De Lazzer a Professional Clinical Counselor, Certified Eating Disorders Specialist and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She is a passionate advocate for mental health and author of the book MeaningFULL read. 

https://therapyhelps.us/

https://www.instagram.com/therapistalli/

https://www.psychologytoday.com/intl/blog/meaningfull


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