S4, Ep.2: Moving Beyond Anxiety & Food Restriction in Eating Disorder Recovery with Whitney Russell

Whitney Russell, MS, LPC-S, CEDS-S, a Licensed Professional Counselor-Supervisor and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist-Supervisor, talks about anxiety and moving beyond restriction in eating disorder recovery. Whitney is also a mom of four and the owner and founder of Brave Haven Counseling in Richardson, Texas.

Inside the show, we discuss:

• What does restriction mean?
• Restriction beyond just food
• The unmet needs behind restriction
• Allowing yourself rest
• How to sit with vulnerability
• Food and anxiety
• How to step outside of diet culture
• Meeting unmet needs
• The importance of defining what health look like for you
• How and why to care for yourself and feed yourself when hunger cues aren't there
• How eating disorders and restricting tendencies can exist in any size body, and
• Much more

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Find full show notes & learn more at CorinneDobbas.com