Ep 35: Creating a meaningFULL life after an eating disorder with author and counselor Alli Spotts-De Lazzer

<p>This week I am speaking to Alli Spotts-De Lazzer, author of <em>MeaningFULL: 23 Life-Changing Stories of Conquering Dieting, Weight, and Body Image Issues. </em>She has so much wisdom to share from her own experience of dieting and eating disorder recovery and work as a Professional Clinical Counselor, Certified Eating Disorders Specialist. &nbsp;</p> <p>We discuss:</p> <ul> <li>Body expectations and how we relate to our body from a young age</li> <li>Challenging and acknowledging our inner dialogue</li> <li>Becoming free from an eating disorder</li> <li>Alli’s book MeaningFULL and her mental health advocacy work</li> <li>A quick reminder that BMI is not an accurate measure of health</li> <li>The false promise of diets</li> <li>Power in positive recovery stories</li> <li>The importance of connection for recovery and overall wellbeing</li> </ul> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Connect with Rachel.</strong></p> <p>Dr Rachel Evans is a psychologist, hypnotherapist and eating disorder survivor. She brings together academic knowledge and theories, therapeutic skills and personal experience for a unique perspective on eating disorder recovery. Rachel helps ambitious women to stop restricting, bingeing and purging. and to feel comfortable in their body.</p> <p><a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1asuoa/metadata/edit">https://eatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/</a></p> <p><a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1asuoa/metadata/edit">https://www.instagram.com/rachel.evans.phd/</a></p> <p><a href="https://anchor.fm/dashboard/episode/e1asuoa/metadata/edit">https://www.facebook.com/rachel.evans.phd</a></p> <p><br></p> <p><strong>Connect with Alli.</strong></p> <p>Alli Spotts-De Lazzer a Professional Clinical Counselor, Certified Eating Disorders Specialist and Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist. She is a passionate advocate for mental health and author of the book MeaningFULL read.&nbsp;</p> <p><a href="" target="_blank">https://www.instagram.com/therapistalli/</a></p> <p><a href="" target="_blank">htt