Welcome to Recover Strong, a podcast that will transform your recovery from an eating disorder

by helping you go from theory to practice to mastery.

This is your special time to learn new skills, tools, and get the inspiration you need to recover strong.

Let's get started.

Good morning, warriors. Time to start your day. Keep your head up marching on. Don't

another stand in your way.

Hello there, Warrior. I'm your host, Jessica Flint. I'm the founder and CEO of Recovery Warriors, a wisdom sharing platform for all people impacted by an eating disorder. Recovery Warriors provides resources and support to heal your relationship to food, body, mind, and soul.

I believe recovery is not only possible,

but it is worth it.

That is why recover strong exists

to help you see and connect to the potential

that lies within you to find freedom from an eating disorder.

Today we have a conversation with Dr. Colleen Reikman.

She's a clinical psychologist and the founder of Wildflower Therapy, a practice that specializes in eating disorders and body image.

She's also co-author of the book, The Inside Scoop on Eating Disorder Recovery.

Colleen not only has lived experience of recovering from an eating disorder, but she is also a go-to expert on recovery and

tangential topics related to it like perfectionism. And today we're going to be talking about perfectionism.

Now perfectionism is a trait that is so common in people experiencing fruit and body struggles.

Sometimes it can be a beneficial thing, but often it becomes destructive and absolutely

debilitating.

So we are going to break down the more helpful and less helpful aspects of perfectionism

and discuss how knowing the difference can help you in your recovery.

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