The Eating Disorder Diaries

It’s March 1st, which means a brand-new goal for our eating disorder recovery journey! After a month of journaling, we’re shifting our focus to meditation - learning to observe our thoughts without judgment. This episode features an interview with Katie Beecher, a medical intuitive and licensed counselor featured in Goop, Poosh, and more. We discuss spirituality’s role in healing and how meditation can support recovery. Her book, Healing from Within, captures ways to go inwards and heal - linked here for purchase. https://katiebeecher.com/katiebeecher_medical_intuitiveGreat MeditationSee you in April for the next goal!

Welcome to the final episode of February! This month, we set a goal to build a journaling habit that fosters a better relationship with ourselves. If you're new to the podcast, start at the first February episode to catch up on setting this goal with Amy. In this episode: Use these prompts whenever you need to challenge the eating disorder voice: What am I feeling right now, and where do I feel it in my body? What triggered these thoughts or urges? What do I need in this moment to take care of myself? If my best friend were feeling this way, what would I say to them? What is one thing my body does for me that I am grateful for today? Follow us on instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries for more prompts and glimpses into Amy's life.

Welcome back to The Eating Disorder Diaries! This month, we’re setting a goal together to establish a journaling habit to support our eating disorder recovery journeys, and today’s episode keeps that momentum going. If you haven’t yet, check out the first two episodes of February first, where we cover how to make journaling a lasting habit and why it’s such a powerful tool in recovery. In this episode: Weekly Journal Prompts: Rewriting Your Story in ED Recovery Breaking the Loop:A Future Without Fear:Reframing the Past:Special Guest: Rachelle Heinemann We’re continuing our conversation with therapist, eating disorder expert, and podcaster Rachelle Heinemann. In this second part of our chat, we go deeper into journaling prompts and explore ways to support a loved one struggling with an eating disorder. Rachelle's Prompts: Follow us on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries Connect with Rachelle: Find her at www.rachelleheinemann.com and check out her podcast Understanding Disordered Eating wherever you listen.

Welcome back to The Eating Disorder Diaries! In this second episode of February, Amy continues her journey of establishing a journaling habit in recovery. If you missed the first episode, start there for context. In this episode: Journaling for Recovery:Weekly Journal Prompts:Special Guest: Rachelle HeinemannWeekly Journal Prompts for challenging negative ED thoughts: Follow Along: Join the conversation on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries. Connect with Rachelle: Find her at www.rachelleheinemann.com and listen to her podcast Understanding Disordered Eating wherever you get your podcasts.

In memory of Amy's dad, she's re-releasing an episode that captures the testament of a parent's love for their child and how a parent can support their child who is suffering from an eating disorder. We love you, Chris Goeckel. Forever never ends. Contact: Instagram: @theeatingdisorderdiaries Email: theeatingdisorderdiaries@gmail.com

Welcome back to The Eating Disorder Diaries! In this episode, Amy reflects on her January goal of creating a vision board and shares how it’s already influencing her recovery journey. Join her as she sets the tone for February with a new goal in eating disorder recovery: establishing a journaling practice. In this episode: January RecapFebruary GoalSpecial GuestWeekly Journal Prompts: MondayTuesdayWednesdayThursdayFridayFollow Along: Join the conversation on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries and share your journaling journey with Amy. Connect with Gabby on Instagram @gabrielleLPC and @recoveredandrestored and learn more at recoveredandrestoredtherapy.com.

Welcome back to The Eating Disorder Diaries! This episode focuses on building a vision board to kick off a year of setting goals to drive success in your recovery journey. Join your host Amy Goeckel as she shares her journey from 2024, including her wedding, navigating grief, career changes, and setting the tone for the new year. In This Episode: Life Updates:January Goal:Special Guest:Key Takeaways: Why Vision Boards Work:Practical Steps:Building Momentum:Follow Along: Join the journey on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries for updates, inspiration, and to share your progress. Follow Merrit on Instagram @merritelizabeth Next Steps:

Welcome back to Season 2 of The Eating Disorder Diaries. Host Amy Goeckel is back to set 10 transformational monthly goals with you in 2025, helping you reset and move forward in your recovery journey. She'll be reflecting on her monthly goal progress alongside with you, helping keep you accountable and excited about uncovering your untapped potential in eating disorder recovery. Follow along on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries If you want someone to talk to or are interesting in collaborating, email Amy at theeatingdisorderdiaries@gmail.com

This episode is in memory of my dad, Chris Goeckel. He was taken from us unexpectedly at 64 years old, right before my wedding. I don't know where I would be in this grief journey without the tools I have acquired in my eating disorder recovery, so in this episode I discuss what's helped me and what I've learned about grief these past few months. I also give a tribute to my dad. My wonderful and larger than life dad who loved his family with every fiber of his being. While he will be deeply missed, we will always carry him with us and his parenting, legacy, and love lives on through his family. We love you forever dad, and forever never ends. Follow the podcast on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries

The Season Finale of Season 1 of The Eating Disorder Diaries is upon us. Sit down with Amy in Entry 22 and hear clips from her favorite entries: Ones she learned from, ones she loved, and hear about themes she picked up along the way. Entries referenced in today's episode: Entry 3Entry 4Entry 6Entry 7Entry 13Entry 15Entry 16Entry 18Entry 19Entry 21If you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at theeatingdisorderdiaries@gmail.com. Thank you to Conquering Bulimia for sponsoring today's episode. Sign up for Sarah Lee and Merrit Elizabeth's Conquering Bulimia course at www.conqueringbulimia.com Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163

In Entry 21, meet Melainie Rogers: the founder and CEO of BALANCE Eating Disorder Treatment Center, Melainie Rogers Nutrition LLC, and Redefining Wellness LLC. Melainie is here to talk about her own personal journey with eating disorder recovery and how that led her to dedicate her life to supporting others and helping them achieve long term recovery. Amy and Melainie dive into her company BALANCE and how this eating disorder treatment center distinguishes itself by focusing on smaller treatment groups, implementing Inuitive Eating and Health at Every Size approaches, and really focus on the individual and their unique treatment. Their team is passionate about helping you find ways to recover on your terms and using the most cutting edge techniques and research to help you get there. Links from today's episode: https://balancedtx.com/https://www.melainierogers.com/Peace of Mind: Becoming Fully PresentIf you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at theeatingdisorderdiaries@gmail.com. Thank you to Conquering Bulimia for sponsoring today's episode. Sign up for Sarah Lee and Merrit Elizabeth's Conquering Bulimia course at www.conqueringbulimia.com Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163

Join Amy for a solo episode in Entry 20 to talk about ways to combat binge eating during the holiday season. Amy walks you through a day in the life of her recovery - starting with sharing a meditation and journal sesh together and spending the day together fighting any thoughts that come up. She shares tools and tricks that help her fight any negative thoughts that pop into her head, and also shares some of her favorite Thanksgiving recipes. Happy holidays everyone! Links from today's episode: Guided Meditation for Overthinking ~ You Are Not Your ThoughtsherehereIf you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at theeatingdisorderdiaries@gmail.com. Thank you to Conquering Bulimia for sponsoring today's episode. Sign up for Sarah Lee and Merrit Elizabeth's Conquering Bulimia course at www.conqueringbulimia.com Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163

In Entry 19, Holistic Nutrionist Angela Magill joins Amy for a journal sesh to talk about her 18 year battle with bulimia and her life in recovery. She offers 1-1 nutrition & lifestyle support, guidance to help alleviate stress, depression, and anxiety, and knowledge and empowerment to help you go from feeling overwhelmed and hopeless to feeling in control, confident, and energetic. Angela emphasizes that eating disorders aren't about food and that food can be used as a major tool and catalyst in eating disorder recovery. She shares her experience with supplements, studying as a nutrionist, and her break down to break through moment to help her get to a point of recovery. Links from today's episode: https://www.nutritionwithangela.comArticles referenced in the episode: Hopkins MedicineANAD.orgIf you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at theeatingdisorderdiaries@gmail.com. Thank you to Conquering Bulimia for sponsoring today's episode. Sign up for Sarah Lee and Merrit Elizabeth's Conquering Bulimia course at www.conqueringbulimia.com Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163

In Entry 18, Amy sits down with Cindy Spratt, a holistic nutritionist who is real food based, specializing in eating psychology, eating disorders, body image, and culinary & functional nutrition. Cindy's story is fascinating and inspiring: now a mom to a 15 year old son living her purpose to serve others who have struggled with disordered eating and body image, Cindy talks about her own past with growing up with an obsession of being thin that quickly turned into a full-fledged eating disorder. After being diagnosed with cancer in her early 30s, she turned a completely new leaf and started her journey of non-stop learning, healing, and teaching others what she has learned. She's also celebrating 13+ years being cancer free, and is an absolute gem of a human to listen to and learn from. Links from today's episode: https://www.cindyspratt.com/If you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at theeatingdisorderdiaries@gmail.com. Thank you to Conquering Bulimia for sponsoring today's episode. Sign up for Sarah Lee and Merrit Elizabeth's Conquering Bulimia course at www.conqueringbulimia.com Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163

Meet Julia Parzyck: an eating disorder recovery coach who has a passion to educate others to live a life outside of diet culture, to be aware of media manipulation, and to embrace their true selves. Julia sits down with Amy to talk about her own personal experience with eating disorder recovery, the eating disorder recovery support groups she runs, and how she manages to stay true to herself in stressful times - even going through a public break up. We absolutely love her! Links from today's episode: fitfatandallthat.comThe Happiness TrapIf you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at theeatingdisorderdiaries@gmail.com. Thank you to Conquering Bulimia for sponsoring today's episode. Sign up for Sarah Lee and Merrit Elizabeth's Conquering Bulimia course at www.conqueringbulimia.com Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163

In Entry 16, Amy sits down with Lucy Sayah of PROJECT BLACKBIRD to discuss the project. From touring and screening the BLACKBIRD film (a short video about life in eating disorder treatment centers) throughout colleges in the United States, to providing a platform for those to discuss eating disorders and mental health conversation within underrepresented communities, their mission is to connect audiences of different communities to rid themselves of shame surrounding mental health. Lucy also discusses her personal experience with overcoming anorexia while attending Northwestern University and shares her own recovery tips. Links from today's episode: hereIf you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at theeatingdisorderdiaries@gmail.com. Thank you to Conquering Bulimia for sponsoring today's episode. Sign up for Sarah Lee and Merrit Elizabeth's Conquering Bulimia course at www.conqueringbulimia.com Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163

Welcome Caroline Thomason, the first registered dietitian to be featured on The Eating Disorder Diaries. Amy and Caroline discuss the association between trauma and eating disorders/disorded eating and draw parallels to Amy's story and Caroline's day-to-day that she sees with her clients. We pick Caroline's brain on all the things - should I be fasting? Can that even help? Why do I get so bloated sometimes and what should I do about that? How can I get out of the cycle of disordered eating? Tune in to hear more! Find Caroline at: https://carolinethomason.com/@dieticiancaroline_Caroline's recommendations: The Body Image WorkbookIntuitive EatingIf you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at theeatingdisorderdiaries@gmail.com. Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163

It's been a minute since we've introduced ourselves. In Entry 14, Amy gives you a peek into her diary as a person in eating disorder recovery. From reading an actual entry from 3 years ago to spilling all of the life details: her upcoming wedding, half-marathons, Halloween parties, travel, you name it...she's dishing. Life as a recovered person isn't always easy, but even in the chaos, it's 100% worth it. If you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at theeatingdisorderdiaries@gmail.com. Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163

Get ready to be moved and encouraged by Merrit Elizabeth and Sarah Lee, two inspiring Certified Eating Disorder Coaches who not only have fully recovered from bulimia themselves and help others in their individual practices do the same, but have partnered up to create a first-of-its-kind intensive, private, online course called Conquering Bulimia. Merrit and Sarah openly share their friendship, healing stories, and many tips, like visualization and overcoming the urges of bulimia, that will help you in your recovery journey. Links from today's episode: https://merritelizabethrecovery.com/https://sarahleerecovery.com/www.conqueringbulimia.comwww.purgepledge.comherehereIf you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at theeatingdisorderdiaries@gmail.com. Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163

Sit down with Amy for a solo episode in Entry 12, where she talks about what she's learned after researching more about anorexia. While her specific struggles in the past have revolved around bulimia, the eating disorders share a lot of commonalities. She talks about different types of eating disorders (from AFRID to OSFED to UFED), anorexia and binge eating disorder statistics and ways that she's helped strengthen her mind in recovery from bulimia that she feels can also be applied to those suffering from anorexia and binge eating disorder. Follow the podcast on Instagram @theeatingdisorderdiaries Thank you to the following articles that helped with research for today's episode: Psych Central Center for Discovery Bulimia.com Eating Recovery Center Follow Heather Robertson on YouTube - Amy just completed the Glow Up 3.0 / FREE 7 Day Workout Series If you want someone to talk to or are interested in collaborating, email Amy at theeatingdisorderdiaries@gmail.com. Sign up to start your own podcast today and get a $20 credit with Buzzsprout (and support the show!) here: https://www.buzzsprout.com/?referrer_id=2092163