The Double Life - when recovery and regular life collide

<p>Does eating disorder recovery have you feeling like you're living a double life? Your recovery self is working full-time on getting better, while your regular life comes knocking with work, study and social obligations. It can be exhausting!&nbsp;</p> <p>In this episode of Candid Conversations, we speak with Telehealth Nurse and Recovery Ambassador Gemma to help make sense of this really challenging period of recovery. We discuss:</p> <ul> <li>Gemma's personal lived experience of ED recovery</li> <li>Why this period can be the most difficult in recovery</li> <li>How to manage work/study obligations</li> <li>Opening yourself up socially while maintaining recovery</li> <li>How to manage frustration and curb self-criticism&nbsp;</li> <li>The power of journaling&nbsp;</li> <li>How loved ones and friends can be supportive</li> <li>How to find motivation through relapse and setbacks&nbsp;</li> </ul> <p>Get in touch with Gemma and the Telehealth Nurse team <a href="https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au/find-support/telehealth-nurse/" target="_blank">here</a> on our website.</p> <p>📞 CONTACT THE HUB:</p> <p>Call: 1300 550 236</p> <p>Email: hub@eatingdisorders.org.au</p> <p>Web Enquiry: <a href="https://www.eatingdisorders.org.au/">www.eatingdisoders.org.au&nbsp;</a></p> <p>If you are located outside of Victoria, please contact The Butterfly Foundation: www.butterfly.org.au</p> <p>🌿 FIND EDV ON SOCIALS:</p> <p>Instagram: <a href="https://www.instagram.com/eatingdisordersvictoria/">@eatingdisordersvictoria</a></p> <p>Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/EatingDisordersVictoria">www.facebook.com/EatingDisordersVictoria/</a></p> <p>Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ED_Victoria">@ed_victoria</a></p> <p>TikTok: @ed_vict</p> <p>EDV acknowledges the traditional custodians of the land on which this podcast is recorded, the Boonwurrung and Woiwurrung people of the Kulin nation. We pay our respects to elders past, present, and emerging.</p>