Embody Health

New on the blog! 💥 It’s Mental Health Awareness Week 2022 and this years theme is loneliness.

Have you ever felt lonely or alone? We sure have!

Loneliness is described as when we perceive ourselves to be isolated, compared to what we perceive we should be.

You may feel lonely even if surrounded by people. It is all about our perception.

✨How to Stop the Feeling of Loneliness✨

Read the full article by following the link in our bio

Team EHL x

* If loneliness is significantly impacting your quality of life in a negative way, consider seeking professional support from a health care professional or helpline. Call the Samaritans on 116 123 or text SHOUT to 85258

✨INSTAGRAM LIVE✨

Join us live today at 12.30pm BST as Ariana is joined by James from for a live breathwork session.

Pop it in your calendar and join us on your lunch break for a juicy guided breathwork session.

See you all soon 🧡

Team EHL x

Photo dump of *food we love* 😍

Because, food is sooooo much more than fuel.

It is love, connection, comfort, warmth, making memories & nourishment for the soul (to name a few!) ☺️

What’s been your fav food experience this week, AND why? ⬇️⬇️⬇️

Cass & Ari x

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Here for YOU! ✨🧡

We have such an exciting line up of instagram lives this week to support you during eating disorder awareness week.

Mark them in your diary and we hope to see you there 😊

Team EHL x

Believe us when we say it, the best is yet to come✨🧡

Imagine you are watching the video of your mistakenly held funeral and you see someone you love on this video making a speech about you.

What would you love them to be saying about you?

Complete these three sentences:

1. The sort of person you were…

2. Your three greatest strengths and qualities…

3. The way you treated them…

Spend some time with yourself this Sunday and get journalling! ☺️

Team EHL x

Is stepping onto a scale a regular part of your routine?

Head to our blog https://embodyhealthlondon.com/this-happens-when-you-stop-weighing-yourself/ or find the link in our stories to read the latest research (and learn why stepping onto the scales is not as helpful as you might think)

**If you are undergoing treatment for your eating disorder, and part of the treatment is to restore your weight, you may find yourself needing to step on the scale to monitor your progress and physical safety.

Team EHL x

“I have tried everything out there possible, will this work for me?”

A programme like THRIVE does not exist.

THRIVE is your one-stop-recovery-shop and is the only course on the market that covers Embodiment & Body Image work, Intuitive Eating, Nutrition Science, Emotional Freedom Technique (EFT or a.k.a. Tapping), Neuro-Linguistic Programing (NLP), Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) and mindfulness practices, such as yoga, meditations and pilates.

We are ABSOLUTELY CONFIDENT this course provides everything you need to complete your recovery journey and if you complete this programme, you will see incredible results in your life.

“Ok, but I’m focusing on trying to recover on my own… should I wait and join next time you run this course?”

That depends — are you recovering on your own out of choice; OR you haven’t been able to find the programme, structure and support to recover once and for all? If it’s the former, now isn’t the right time to join. However, if it’s the latter, THRIVE is exactly where you should be and we welcome you with open arms!

Enrolments close tonight at 11.59 pm GMT

Sign up here: https://embodyhealthlondon.com/thrive-programme/

(or hit the link in our bio)

Ariana and Cassie

Swipe 👉 to read Millie's story because there's an important date we want to chat with you about.... 1st May this year.

If you take the plunge and join THRIVE, chances are your relationship with food and your body will look and feel pretty different by then, thanks to the fact you'll have ample coping strategies, a greater sense of self and a new-found confidence.

And, if you're like "Yea okay Cass and Ari.... but is that really possible for me?" Well, you tell us.

💭 Put yourself in the shoes of your future self, imagine yourself in 12-weeks time and you have achieved your desired outcome.

How would you feel if you:

✨Felt confident in your body

✨Were more present in your life
✨Felt healthy, happy and worthy

✨Lived a rich and meaningful life

✨Were eating at your favourite restaurant, without calories crossing your mind

✨Could see exactly how your hard work and pursuit of recovery can create calmness, inner peace and balance in your life... to the point where you can step off the diet bandwagon for good and eat what you want, when you want, with complete trust in your body.

Because recovery isn't just about helping you have one taste of freedom, it's about equipping you with the knowledge, tools, and mindset you need to show up as your authentic self every single day, to say yes to new opportunities, build better relationships and reach your full potential.

Doors close tomorrow!!!

Sign up here:

https://embodyhealthlondon.com/thrive-programme/

Or hit the link in our bio 🧡

Yay! We have just added two brand new bonuses to THRIVE😍

But, in the next 24 hours the bonus will expire and you will miss out! Get your guides now when you sign up to THRIVE so you can hold yourself accountable and beat this thang.

✨BONUS 1: A recovery friendly supermarket guide and shopping list so you no longer worry about what to eat and how to find balance

✨BONUS 2: Your 2022 recovery journal to keep thriving all year. Stay accountable on this journey and dig DEEP so you can run across the finish line once and for all

These bonuses will support your recovery and quite frankly, we want all the back-up we can get to get this thing DONE, for good.

Too often we have clients ask “what should I eat?”, “what recipes can I make?”, “how can I add variety into my day to make sure all foods are neutral”?... “I wish I could take you shopping with me so I know what to get”

Well… this bonus is basically like having us with you when you go shopping - filled with tips, recommendations, recipes and mantras you can use to push through your fear foods.

Don’t miss out!

Sign up by following the link in our bio

Ariana & Cassie xx

One of our favourite parts of THRIVE is getting to know all of the amazing eating disorder warriors inside the programme!

Since opening doors yesterday, we’ve had the pleasure of welcoming brand new warriors to start thriving in 2022 💫

These legends are on the verge of having more freedom in their lives by marrying the three cornerstones of full recovery: Mindset, Embodiment and Nourishment

Are you ready to join them?

Can’t wait to see you inside!

Cassie and Ariana xx

P.S. There’s still time to join THRIVE and save your seat in the "Finding your Identity Away From your Eating Disorder" workshop with Dr. Rachel Evans .evans.phd But the bonus disappears tonight 9pm GMT 12th Jan

With 50% of women setting weight loss resolutions (yep, we know. It's hard to say if we're shocked or not anymore), we challenge YOU to set non-weight related intentions or goals.

💫What really matters to you, deep in your heart?

💫What do you want to do with your time on this planet?

💫What sort of person do you want to be?

💫What personal strengths or qualities do you want to develop?

Save this post 🏷 for your 2022 inspiration and let's kick diet's in the backside, together! 🧡

Team EHL x

Often when we want to change something within our lives, within ourselves, about ourselves we’re given to wait for some sort of temporal milestone – that is, we wait for Mondays, for foreign holidays, for big birthdays, for Weddings…for New Years.

We look for endings within beginnings; for fresh starts amidst stale endings and reinvention after periods of perceived self-ruination.

New Years have become almost synonymous with the notion of there having to be a new you.

Yet, these resolutions are more like reso-illusions.

The most popular resolutions primarily concerned physical appearance/ health – with 33% looking for improved health, 20% chasing weight-loss and 13% hoping to alter their eating habits.

However, approximately 73% of these women self-reported that they had consistently failed to achieve their weight loss goal – let alone maintain the marginal and momentary losses achieved.

So what is the alternative?

Three Alternate Anti-Diet New Year Actions:

🧡Wear clothes that fit your body

🧡Out with calorie tracking and in with Intuitive eating

🧡Digital Detox

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Feeling extra generous towards yourself?

Give yourself the gift of food freedom in 2022 and sign up to our newly revamped programme: THRIVE.

The waitlist is open! We kick things off mid Jan

TEAM EHL x

Like & Save this post as your Christmas reminder 🧡 🏷

The holiday's can be an incredibly challenging time in eating disorder recovery.

We've got you covered in today's post.

If you’d like more support, check out last weeks IGTV where co-founder chatted with new EHL specialist dietitian on how to cope with Christmas in ED recovery.

As well as episode 36 of the Nourishing Thoughts podcast 💫

Forever your cheerleaders,

Team EHL x

Double Tap 🧡 for some Do's and Don'ts from your favourite dancing dietitians over the festive period🌲🧑‍🎄💫

You got this insta fam!

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You do not lack willpower and eating disorders are not a choice.

Tag someone below who needs to hear this 🧡👇

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Feels overwhelmed and stuck in recovery and thinks "why isn't this working for me?!"

Does this sound like you?

You are not alone.

What recovery isn't:

👉a mammoth task to take on alone

👉a perfect, linear journey

👉feeling 100% ready to make changes

What recovery is:

✅daily action

✅future-focused

✅finding a collaborative

✅structured community

✅compassion-led

✅challenging (and rewarding!)

✅brave and courageous decisions made every.damn.day

Remember, pursuing full recovery without the right tools, education and support is like trying to build a campfire without firewood

This week we challenge you! If you are struggling, reach out for support. Talk with a friend, book in to speak with your GP or schedule a free discovery call with us.

You deserve to fully recover and live a life without your eating disorder.

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For more support, we have a bunch of free resources on our website:

www.embodyhealthlondon.com/freebies

Hit the link in our bio to get started today

Team EHL x

Save this post 🏷 and come back to it on those challenging days!

If you are ready, hit the link in our bio to book in your free discovery call with our expert team today.

You deserve to fully recover and live a life without your eating disorder

Team EHL x

Double tap for recovery being about SO.MUCH.MORE.

What does recovery mean to you? Share below ⬇️

Team EHL x

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WANT MORE?
🌸No diet plan and no ‘diet guru’ know you as well as you know yourself.

For so long, diets have been in charge, but not anymore! We teach you HOW to become the expert of your body to live your most authentic life.

📞 Link in bio to book your free discovery call

💌[email protected]

You might be wondering how a form of exercise could help with eating disorder recovery – however, yoga is about SO MUCH MORE than moving from pose to pose, or sitting cross legged on the floor.

By slowing down and turning the awareness inwards, yoga encourages a harmony between the mind and body that is lost through the eating disorder.

👉WHAT DOES THE RESEARCH SAY?

Well..... there's a lot of science supporting the benefits of yoga in eating disorder recovery. To describe a few:

🧘🏾‍♀️ One study of a group of women with Bulimia Nervosa or EDNOS found a significant decrease in eating disorder psychopathology after six months of twice-weekly yoga classes. The most significant impact was seen in a reduction in eating concern, weight concern and restriction.

🧘🏾‍♀️ Similarly, a study of women between the ages of 18-30 found a reduction in body-image dissatisfaction and spent less time focused on their appearance when they practiced yoga twice a week for twelve weeks.

🧘🏾‍♀️ Another small study of adolescents with an eating disorder being treated as outpatients found a significant decrease in anxiety, depression, and body image disturbance after completing a weekly yoga class for twelve weeks.

It should also be noted explicitly that while we obviously believe in the power of yoga in supporting eating disorder recovery, it should be practiced in combination with other treatment modalities and should NOT replace traditional evidence-based treatments.

Make sure you discuss with your team before you introduce any exercise.

Team EHL x

We are here to support you every step of the way because

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Hit the link in our bio to start your journey today. The only regret you'll have is not starting sooner 🧡 forever your cheerleaders

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Swipe and save to learn WHY you need Embodiment work in recovery.

No idea what Embodiment is? No worries!

We've got you covered in today's post ⬆️

pssst. we're happy to be your little secret but if you think a friend would benefit from our support, send them this post or tag them below!

Team EHL x

Imagine if you could be THAT person who ate the entire pizza and didn’t suffer from dreadful guilt afterwards.

Well… guess what my friends?

This CAN be you.

Food freedom is possible for every single one of you (yes, despite what your inner critic says!)

To get started on your recovery journey today, hit the link in our bio to speak with our team and enquire about 1:1 nutrition counselling.

You'll be walking into the New Year as an intuitive eater!

Team EHL x

Are you pseudo dieting? Swipe ➡️ to find out

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If you would like more support, our Disordered Eating Recovery Workbook guides you through 28 practical pages to heal your relationship with food & body.

What are you waiting for? Link in bio to grab yours today!

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Double tap 🧡 if you are ready to break up with your food rules

Swipe 👉& Save 🏷 to get started today

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If you would like more support, our Disordered Eating Recovery Workbook guides you through 28 practical pages to heal your relationship with food & body.

What are you waiting for? Link in bio to grab yours now!

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If we had a dollar for every time a client said they don't trust themselves around food 🥺

We first met Janine when she joined our group programme and ALL she was always thinking about was food.

She was constantly judging herself. It was exhausting.

Janine put A LOT of pressure on herself trying to be 'perfect' and find the 'perfect balance.'

Ice cream in the house? Forget it! The tub wouldn't last a day.

Can you relate to this??

When we asked Janine to reflect on her progress after 12-weeks, she said "I have learned how to be kind to myself, accept life for what it is and not relate all my problems with food".

"I have gained so much more confidence and flexibility."

"I even keep ice cream in the freezer and I honestly forget about it. That is something I used to dream of!"

Can you believe that? We can!

And it is possible for you too.

If you need more support, our Disordered Eating Recovery Workbook guides you through 28 practical pages to heal your relationship with food & body.

What are you waiting for? 🧡Link in bio🧡 to grab yours today!

Team EHL x

When Elizabeth signed up to our programme, she was READY to gain freedom around food and challenge her fear foods.

In all honesty, she was fed up. *sigh*

Does this sound like you?

I mean, you only need to scroll so far on any self-proclaimed-fitness-or-purported-wellness-social-media-account to be bombarded with the paradigm of “calories in, calories out”.

Not to mention, they are always preoccupied with the flawed notion that thinness is the only marker of health.

Or, according to diet culture, calories are the only value of food. Never mind that food provides energy that we need to function, survive and thrive!

This notion fundamentally oversimplifies the determinants of energy balance, removes any sense of bodily intuition or knowledge – and, in so doing, turns us into robots.

It assumes that we are like Schwarzenegger in Terminator when he rips back the skin of his forearm to display a glistening metal cyborg skeleton (*eye roll*).

Interestingly, a relatively recent data analysis highlighted how restriction and dieting and a LOWER intuitive eating score are directly correlated to a predicted increase in eating disorder severity and/ or the manifestation of disordered eating behaviours.

If you're like Elisabeth and you are ready to wave buh-bye to restriction, we would love to be able to help you improve your relationship with food and your body, and say good-bye to calorie counting and heeeello to an abundant life!

Download our Disordered Eating Recovery Workbook as we guide you through 28 practical pages to heal your relationship with food & body.

🧡Link in bio🧡 to grab yours today!

Team EHL x

"I'm constantly thinking about food and I don't feel confident in my body"

Ugh. This one is tough. Can you relate?

Having struggled with disordered eating for 16 years, Sarah knew it was time to do something about it.

During our intake call, Sarah described her relationship with food and her body as a BATTLE, with lots of intense body image insecurities, ranging from random spurts of gym classes, calorie tracking, and a spiralling mind.

Sarah was fed up and ready to (finally!) make a change that benefited her emotional, psychological and physical health.

If you can relate to Sarah, here are some reminders to help on your healing journey:

1) You are likely hungry and not eating enough! Thinking about food is one of the most underrated signs of physical hunger

2) Confidence is not something you were born with - it is a skill you can learn! Consider what language you are using when you speak to yourself.

3) Body image lives in the brain and has nothing to do with your body. Remember, your body is a wonderful vehicle to enjoy life, not an accessory!

If you need more support, our Disordered Eating Recovery Workbook guides you through 28 practical pages to heal your relationship with food & body.

🧡Link in bio🧡 to grab yours today!

Team EHL x

Raised your hand if you have been personally victimised by diet culture🥺🥵

Diets can be carefully disguised as a ‘lifestyle change’ or ‘wellness program’ when in reality, diets are designed for a purpose – to be temporary, to most likely fail, and to leave us back in square one.

‘In a society that profits from your self-doubt, liking yourself is a rebellious act.’

– Caroline Caldwell.

Take care, be a rebel, and keep up all of the admirable healing you are achieving on this empowering, enlightening journey to food freedom!

Don’t forget to save this post 🏷

TEAM EHL x