Illuminating Anorexia & Eating Disorder Recovery
Michelle Sparkes is a therapist and coach with lived experience of anorexia, EDNOS and binge eating in her teen and early adult years. In this podcast she delivers powerful insights, keys and strategies to help individuals recover from these health and life consuming problems.
- Update frequency
- every 5 days
- Average duration
- 15 minutes
- Episodes
- 149
- Years Active
- 2016 - 2025
The ABC of thinking more helpfully
Albert Ellis developed a simple ABC framework in the late 1950s to help us “think about our thinking” and to capture the unhelpful thoughts or statements we often say to ourselves with little awarene…
00:10:00 |
Tue 01 Nov 2016
Tracks and pathways in our thinking
If you’ve ever walked in the bush you will have noticed that some tracks are easier to walk down than others because they are well-formed, usually the result of plenty of traffic or use. It’s the sam…
00:10:28 |
Tue 01 Nov 2016
The power of perspective
If you’re in a tight space, a small space, or a tired space right now, do you know how to shift that? One of the simplest and best ways I know to do this is to STOP what I am doing and shift my SELF …
00:16:42 |
Mon 31 Oct 2016
Beating Anorexia
The reason I’m so heated about worth, value and security is because a revelation and experience of these foundational truths deep in your soul will set you free from the lies at the heart of anorexia…
00:11:45 |
Sun 16 Oct 2016
Key spiritual foundations
The 4th component of each of the 4 keys (in the 4×4 Freedom Express) is a spiritual component and I believe it’s foundational to getting whole and FREE in any area of life. I adopt a Christian worldv…
00:14:07 |
Fri 14 Oct 2016
Why VISION is the master key to get FREE
Vision is the master key to get FREE from anorexia & eating disorder concerns because unless you can SEE where you are relative to where you want to be, chances are you won’t get to your destination.…
00:09:28 |
Sat 08 Oct 2016
Eating Disorder Recovery – simple but not easy
Ever tried to get somewhere you’ve never been before without a map? Difficult isn’t it. But with a map, things become clear, you can spot the dead-ends and plot the most direct route to your destinat…
00:09:17 |
Tue 04 Oct 2016
Questions about eating disorder recovery
If you have a question, you can be confident others have that question too, and the answer to your question can help someone else. I love this concept. It makes this platform infinitely helpful. If …
00:04:56 |
Tue 04 Oct 2016
Freedom or bondage – moving forward
Freedom is a journey that has no end because it is a state of the heart more than anything else – and one can always be growing in one’s sense of inner peace and security.
Bondage on the other hand i…
Bondage on the other hand i…
00:15:30 |
Thu 29 Sep 2016
Freedom or bondage – where are you in your ED journey?
When I think of an eating disorder I think of a small, tight place – a place of confinement or bondage – where one feels driven and constrained; where there is little joy, light, peace or hope. When …
00:08:33 |
Thu 29 Sep 2016
Self acceptance is key to body acceptance
I believe body acceptance reflects self acceptance; that how we feel towards, think and value our “selves” is the key to how we treat our bodies. I also acknowledge that social and cultural values st…
00:11:47 |
Sat 24 Sep 2016
Body acceptance in an age of enhancement
Real bodies are real beautiful because they house real people inside. But in a landscape of digitally and physically enhanced bodies, how do we determine where the lines and healthy boundaries are fo…
00:10:30 |
Thu 22 Sep 2016
Real bodies are real beautiful
I did a life drawing studio recently and was impressed by how well this experience translated into a deeper appreciation of how beautiful a “real” body is – it doesn’t need to be air-brushed, pumped …
00:10:12 |
Sun 18 Sep 2016
Recovery is not quick or easy but worth it
When I speak about the 4×4 Freedom Express I’m not suggesting that recovery is quick or easy. I don’t believe it is. I do believe it can be a wonderful journey however and I AM suggesting there is a …
00:08:28 |
Fri 16 Sep 2016
ALL STOPS train or Freedom Express?
If you’ve ever taken an ALL STOPS train or bus to get to your destination you will know it takes forever and stops at places enroute you have no need or desire to visit…all of which takes precious ti…
00:06:34 |
Mon 12 Sep 2016
Message to a 13yo girl with anorexia
I started this podcast on a roll about freedom but I got sidetracked by a conversation with a mum who was concerned about her 13-year-old daughter with anorexia and the treatment approach that was be…
00:19:57 |
Wed 07 Sep 2016
Free to be yourSELF
I love this quote by John Eldridge, “Let people feel the weight of who you are and let them deal with it.” It fits so well with the premise of Women Worth their Weight and the Freedom Express. I bel…
00:07:01 |
Wed 07 Sep 2016
Journey into freedom
I believe the journey out of bondage into freedom requires a whole person approach. It’s not enough to focus on food or regular eating although that is very important. In my own journey from restrict…
00:08:22 |
Wed 07 Sep 2016
Articulating the Anorectic Struggle
When we’re in the midst of anorexia it is very difficult to articulate the struggle we experience within. Our behaviour towards food and body reflect our inner experience (and are highly expressive) …
00:08:08 |
Wed 07 Sep 2016
Restricting Anorexia and the tightening treadmill
Picking up from the last podcast (Why I differentiate Anorexia from other Eating Disorders), I want to now illuminate the experience of restricting anorexia, the tightening treadmill (see also Treadm…
00:16:46 |
Tue 06 Sep 2016
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