Eating Disorder Recovery Tools for Women Who Are DONE with Diet Culture | Best of Mary’s Cup of Tea

Mary’s Cup of Tea: the Self-Love Podcast for Women

Mary Jelkovsky

Self-love, Body-image, Mental Health, Body Image, Relationships, Women's Health, Self Love, Advice For Women, Self Love For Women, Love Yourself, Education, Society & Culture, Health & Fitness, Self-improvement

4.8 • 721 Ratings

🗓️ 28 August 2025

⏱️ 48 minutes

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Summary

Eating disorder recovery is possible, even if it feels difficult at times. So many women struggle in silence with disordered eating and the constant pressure of diet culture, even if they’re not formally diagnosed with an eating disorder. In this special “Best Of” episode, I’m sharing some of the most powerful moments from our self-love podcast. And today’s topic is eating disorder recovery, breaking free from diet culture and leaning into intuitive eating. You’ll hear bits and pieces of my personal eating disorder story, what helped me recover from bulimia, as well as advice from therapists and dietitians.

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0:00.0	Hi, hello. Welcome to Mary's Cup of Tea, the self-love podcast for women, though all self-lovers
0:06.4	are welcome here. I'm Mary. I write and speak about self-love, and I'm best known for my book,
0:12.6	The Gift of Self-Love, and I also host retreats for women. And this is the podcast that will inspire
0:18.8	you to love yourself.
0:25.7	Real quick, before we dive in, I want to make sure you know about my book, The Gift of Self-Love.
0:30.8	It's a workbook to help you build confidence, recognize your worth, and learn to love who you are.
0:32.9	It's available anywhere books are sold.
0:39.7	Thousands of people have it, love it, and have told me that it has greatly benefited their self-love journey, and I hope it'll do the same for you. And now let's get into the podcast.
0:46.7	This special episode is jam-packed and juicy, something I've been wanting to try for a while,
0:51.8	which is a best-of series, like Best of Mary's Cup of
0:56.5	of tea, where I dug through over 250 recordings to compile clips from some of my favorite
1:02.9	conversations. We'll cover topics surrounding self-love, of course, including body image,
1:08.3	mental health, mindset, confidence, relationships, and women's empowerment as a whole.
1:13.1	I hope that this series can be like a little self-love starter kit for you if you're new here,
1:19.3	or a refresher if you're a seasoned self-lover.
1:23.9	Either way, you'll walk away with concrete tools, newfound inspiration, and hopefully a reminder of how worthy you are of self-love.
1:31.6	If something speaks to you and you want to dive deeper, you can find the links to their original episodes in the show notes.
1:37.9	So let's start at the place where this all began for me with a topic very near and dear to my heart, which is eating disorder recovery and
1:45.3	intuitive eating for women who are done with diet culture. Or if you're not done yet, you're
1:50.6	going to be done with diet culture by the time I'm done with you. That sounded a little threatening.
1:55.1	You know what I mean. So wherever you're at on your journey, there are some diet cultured habits slash behaviors and some
2:05.1	things that we've been brainwashed to do subconsciously because of beauty standards and fat phobia
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