Binge Restrict Cycle: Types of Restriction in Binge Eating Recovery
When starting the very hard work of normalizing your relationship with food, being curious about how restriction is playing a role in your eating behaviors is one of the most helpful places to start.
Most people don’t equate restriction with all of the eating disorders, but the truth is that restriction is at the foundation of disordered eating, anorexia, bulimia, binge eating disorder and orthorexia (along with many other things!).
How Trauma Affects The Brain and Memories
Many people who have experienced trauma struggle with fragmented memories, intense emotions, and physical sensations they can't explain. Understanding the sciencey, neurobiology of trauma, can provide insights into these experiences and start to clear a path for healing.
How to Stop Binge Eating at Night
Binge eating at night is a challenge many people face.
This way of eating involves consuming a lot of food rapidly until you feel uncomfortable. Afterward, you may experience feelings of guilt and shame. It can become a cycle of behaviors that can feel hard to end or escape.
Signs of Safety to Look for in Trauma Recovery
There are moments in recovery from trauma and eating disorders that are easy to miss.
You might feel your shoulders drop after a hard conversation. Or find yourself breathing through a grocery store line instead of dissociating. Or realize you’re actually tasting your food.
Nervous System Regulation Isn’t Just About Being Calm
If you’ve been showing up for therapy, practicing self-awareness, setting boundaries, and still find yourself overwhelmed or disconnected, it’s easy to wonder if you’re missing something, or not doing something “right”.
Feeling Numb, Floaty, or Shut Down? It Might Be Dissociation
Ever felt like you’re floating through life, watching it all happen from the outside? That might be dissociation—and no, it's not as scary as it sounds
What Does Dissociation Feel Like? Why You Might Feel Unsafe in Your Body After Trauma
Feeling disconnected from your body is far more common than most people realize.
Research shows that nearly half of people with trauma histories experience significant dissociation - a protective process where your system pulls you away from overwhelming thoughts, emotions, or sensations.
The Grief of Emotional Neglect and Why It Still Hurts
You don’t remember a tragic event.
There was no funeral. No big goodbye.
You were clothed. Fed. Maybe even told you were loved.
And yet... there’s this ache.
Why Postpartum Body Image Can Feel So Hard
If you’re struggling with how you feel in your body after having a baby, whether it’s been six weeks or six years, please know: there is nothing wrong with you.
Can Guys Have Eating Disorders? What You Need to Know
If you’ve ever quietly wondered, "do men get eating disorders?" the answer is yes.
Absolutely, yes.
If you’re a man struggling with you’re relationship with food and your body, we see you.
Understanding the Differences and Overlaps of CPTSD vs BPD
If you’ve ever found yourself wondering whether you have complex PTSD (CPTSD) or borderline personality disorder (BPD), or if you’ve been given conflicting diagnoses, many people have had similar experiences.
How to Recognize and Heal from Emotional Flashbacks
Maybe someone’s tone of voice sets something off inside you, or you make a small mistake and suddenly feel like a complete failure, unworthy of love or belonging.
No clear memory. No obvious trigger. Just an emotional landslide that feels impossible to stop.
Why Am I So Lonely? The Deeper Truth About Disconnection
In this episode, Sarah and Casey take a deep dive into loneliness—the kind that lingers even when you're surrounded by people.
The Trap of Hyper Independence and and How it Affects Our Relationships
If you grew up feeling like you couldn’t rely on anyone, it makes sense that as an adult, you might operate like you don’t need anyone.
Hyper-independence, being so self-reliant that you struggle to ask for or receive help, often gets framed as a strength.
People admire it.
They call you “capable,” “driven,” and “strong.”
Eating Disorder Recovery is The Greatest Act of Self Care
Self-care. It’s benefits are everywhere.
Bubble baths, face masks, cozy blankets.
And sure, those things can be great.
But the deepest, most radical self-care?
It’s not always cute.
How to Heal from Narcissistic Abuse After Feeling Like You’ve Lost Yourself
Narcissistic abuse doesn’t just end when the relationship does.
The damage lingers: self-doubt, emotional exhaustion, nervous system burnout, and a nagging feeling that maybe it really was all your fault.
It’s not.
Trauma Dumping, Misinformation & the Social Media Therapy Trap
Social media is full of trauma talk… but how much of it is actually helpful?
In this episode, Sarah and Laura unpack the rise of ‘social media therapy,’ the dangers of misinformation, and why trauma healing requires more than just a viral post.
5 Signs of Narcissistic Abuse (And How to Begin Healing)
Narcissistic abuse is one of the most confusing and damaging forms of emotional manipulation.
It doesn’t leave visible scars, but it deeply impacts your sense of self, making you question your reality, your worth, and even your ability to trust your own mind.
The Pressure to Do More is Exhausting. Let’s Talk About it.
Let’s be real- life can feel like a lot. Between social media making us feel like we’re always falling behind, relationship struggles, and the never-ending pressure to be better, it’s no wonder we feel overwhelmed.
In this episode, Sarah and Emily are digging into the weight of expectations. Where they come from, how they mess with our self-worth, and what we can actually do about it.
Why You Might Feel Like You Don’t Belong
You know that feeling…That moment when you walk into a room, maybe a party, a meeting, even a family gathering, and suddenly, it hits.
“Everyone else seems to know something I don’t.
They belong here. I don’t.”