Liv Label Free | Autism and Eating Disorder Recovery Livia Sara
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Want to understand the link between autism and eating disorders? The Liv Label Free Podcast provides you with insights and strategies for recovery through meaningful conversations and stories of lived experience. Your host, Livia Sara, is an autistic ED warrior that now guides other autistics and their loved ones to a life of freedom. Learn more about Livia on her website livlabelfree.com and follow her on Instagram @livlabelfree!
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Autism, Anorexia, and Metabolism
Is metabolism a possible connector of autism and anorexia? To date, there is meager scientific evidence of the role that metabolism plays in neurodiversity and eating disorders separately, much less the role it plays when the conditions co-occur. In this episode, you will learn two reasons why metabolism may be altered in autistic individuals and how this understanding can help us connect the seemingly invisible scientific dots to anorexia.
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No Food Rules? Popular ED Recovery Advice That Does NOT Work For Autistic People
You see the message everywhere: if you want to recover from an eating disorder, you have to let go of all the rules around food! While this may sound like the ultimate form of food freedom, it can hinder neurodivergent people from reaching their unique version of food freedom. In this episode, Livia share 3 reasons why food rules may be helpful for neurodivergent individuals.
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Mindful Eating? Popular ED Recovery Advice That Does NOT Work For Autistic People
Today's episode explores why the popular eating disorder recovery advice to "eat mindfully" is not always accessible to neurodivergent individuals in recovery from disordered eating. You'll learn about a more neurodiversity-affirming approach to eating so you can reduce your anxiety around mealtimes!
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Creating Relationships Built on Trust and Safety in Eating Disorder Treatment w/ Harriet Frew
What’s the BEST treatment for eating disorders? In this episode of the Liv Label Free Podcast, Livia chats with Harriet Frew about the importance of creating relationships built on trust and safety. Harriet Frew is a licensed therapist and host of The Eating Disorder Therapist Podcast. She is an experienced expert in the ED recovery space and has turned her MESS into her MESSage as she now helps others find freedom as well. Harriet shares:
The power and importance of lived experience in treating any mental health issue
Deeper problems with identity leading to anorexia and then bulimia nervosa
Humility and non-judgement forming the foundation of therapist and client relationships
Insights she's gained from clients in her 20 year career
How everyone's "Breakthrough Moment" can be unique
Connecting with other professionals and ED sufferers through her podcast
Harriet's top tips she applies in her therapy approach
Understanding how the eating disorder helps you cope so you may shift to more productive outlets
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Finding Your Purpose After An Eating Disorder w/ Jemma Richards @lovethisfoodthing
What does life look like after an eating disorder? Today, Livia chats with Jemma Richards, the creator and host of the Love This Food Thing Podcast. Her podcast pivots on the premise Is food friend or foe? and delves into how this relationship affects people’s behavior. Jemma believes that eating disorder behaviors are physical symptoms of internal distress, that is to say, symptomatic of an imbalanced relationship with the self. However, when properly understood and recovered from, these behaviors can be powerful healing tools. Topics discussed:
The eating disorder as a tangible manifestation of intangible fears
The realization that eating disorders are a by-product of privilege and how that realization can be a positive
Creating a false sense of security through manufactured internal worry
Seeking to establish yourself as a firm identity causing a disconnect within yourself and the outer world
The alluring euphoric highs of restrictive eating and the need to create real meaning in life to positively replace them
How those with restrictive disorders often lead an anorexic life, and how recovery can fill you literally and metaphorically
The importance of accepting the drudgery of life and how that intersects with recovery
Untangling identity not only from the ED, but also from "recovery"
The mentality of differentiating "having an eating disorder" from "engaging with eating disorder behaviors"
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Autism or OCD? How to tell the difference!
How can you tell whether a behavior is stemming from OCD or autism? In this episode, Livia Sara explains the difference between OCD behaviors and autistic traits.
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Customer Reviews
Another uniquely wonderful episode
I am so grateful to have livia’s podcast that is focusing on The important components to live a fulfilling life with bothASD and ED. Recovery is especially confusing and uncertain for me with both aspects of ME. Livia is consistently showing me what courage and knowledge are about.
Insightful and helpful
Livia does an amazing job of interviewing and educating. She is extremely insightful and knowledgeable on ASD, disordered eating, and more. I initially found this podcast as I was especially interested in the interview with Kelly Mahler and ended up learning so much more!
INCREDIBLE CONTENT HERE!!
Liv’s podcasts are so, so, SOO AMAZING and relatable to anyone struggling with disordered eating, autism, OCD, and/or any other combination of mental health challenges!! I truly cannot recommend her content highly enough—and am beyond grateful for the HUGE contribution she provides in these niche areas!! 🙌🌟🎉