[Recover Strong] DECADES of food and body struggles: 5 important things Intuitive Eating Counselor Joni O'Donnell wishes she knew earlier in recovery
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Jessica Flint
4.8 • 580 Ratings
🗓️ 11 October 2023
⏱️ 56 minutes
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Summary
Hindsight vision is 20/20.
In today's episode, Courage Club alumni & Intuitive Eating Counselor Joni O'Donnell shares what she wishes she knew earlier in recovery, to help you go further in your own journey.
The 5 things are:
- Your body is not the enemy
- You are not broken
- Diets don’t work
- Perfect doesn’t exist
- You are not alone
Take a listen as Joni & Andrea break down these 5 things and share valuable insights about rejecting the diet mentality, understanding the root causes of feeling "broken," the impact of societal pressure, and the liberating concept of self-acceptance.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to Recover Strong, a show that will transform your recovery from an eating disorder by helping you go from theory to practice to mastery. |
| 0:08.0 | I'm Jessica Flint, founder of Recovery Warriors, and you are listening to our podcast channel created specifically for you in all the stages and phases of recovery. |
| 0:17.0 | I want to celebrate you for carving out this special time to learn new skills, |
| 0:22.8 | tools, and get the inspiration you need to recover strong. Let's get started. |
| 0:28.6 | Good morning, warriors. Time to start your day. Keep your head up marching on. |
| 0:37.8 | Don't another stand in your way. |
| 0:45.0 | Hello there, warrior. |
| 0:46.4 | I'm your host, Andrea Wells. |
| 0:48.2 | And just like you, I understand what it's like to live with an eating disorder and be held back by body image struggles. |
| 0:55.2 | The recovery journey is ongoing and we're all in it together as we learn to embrace new |
| 0:59.8 | behaviors and new thoughts day by day. Join me as I connect with eating disorder experts and thought |
| 1:05.7 | leaders to give you the tools, resources, and strategies you need to recover strong. |
| 1:17.4 | Thank you. tools, resources, and strategies you need to recover strong. Today is a five things feature where you get more recovery wisdom in less time. |
| 1:22.6 | And each week we talk about five things related to recovery. |
| 1:25.5 | Today's topic is five important things intuitive eating |
| 1:28.6 | counselor, Joni O'Donnell, wishes she knew earlier in recovery. And I'm joined here by Joni today. |
| 1:34.8 | She is an alumni of the Courage Club here at Recovery Warriors, where years ago she made huge strides |
| 1:40.7 | in healing from eating disorder. And in fact, she has come so far that she is now |
| 1:44.6 | an intuitive eating counselor and helping others to recover. We love a full circle moment. That's |
| 1:49.6 | beautiful. Joni also has a master's in education, multiple coaching certifications, |
| 1:55.1 | and decades of lived experience battling food and body. She has so much wisdom on the recovery |
| 2:00.7 | process. And I am so glad to have |
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