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Demand Avoidance in Autism and Eating Disorder Recovery
Demand avoidance can be one of the most misunderstood aspects of autism, especially when it intersects with eating disorders. What may seem like defiance or resistance is often an attempt to preserve autonomy and...
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FBT: Helpful or Harmful for Autistic People with Eating Disorders?
Family-Based Therapy (FBT), often hailed as the "gold standard" for eating disorder treatment, claims to help families take control of recovery. Unfortunately, this approach can be harmful for autistic people. In this...
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Q&A: Autistic Burnout and Energy Debt
Are you or someone you care for always in fight-or-flight mode? In todayās episode, Iām sharing how a foot injury forced me to stop, rest, and confront the fears Iād been avoiding for years ā stillness, emptiness, and...
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How I Recovered from an Eating Disorder as an Autistic Person
Traditional eating disorder treatment tends to overlook the unique needs of autistic individuals. This leads to invalidation, trauma, and harmful labels. InĀ today's episode, I share my personal story of growing up...
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Anorexia and Autism: Could Interoception Be the Missing Piece?
Interoception, the sense that helps us recognize our internal bodily signals like hunger and thirst, is often impaired in individuals with autism and eating disorders. But could this "missing sense" be the key to...
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Trauma-Informed Care for Eating Disorders and Sensory Sensitivities w/ Jess
Eating disorders present unique challenges for people with sensory sensitivities, which is why traditional treatment canĀ do more harm than good. In this episode,Ā Livia and JessĀ share their lived experience of...
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Autism and Binge Eating Part 4: Why it's All or Nothing!
Welcome to part 4 of my series on autism and binge eating! In this final episode, we explore some of the key psychological and hormonal factors that contribute to binge eating in neurodivergent individuals. From black...
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Autism and Binge Eating Part 3: Procrastination, Transitions, and Autistic Inertia
Welcome to part 3 of my series on autism and binge eating! In this episode, we dive deeper into the relationship between procrastination, transitions, and binge eating. Autistic people often struggle with transitions...
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Autism and Binge Eating Part 2: The Sensory Experience of Food
Welcome part 2 of my series on neurodivergence and binge eating! In this episode, we explore the sensory factors that contribute to why autistic and ADHD individuals may struggle with overeating or binge eating. We...
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Autism and Binge Eating Part 1: Interoception, Hunger, and Fullness
Autism and binge eating ā is there a connection? While the relationship between autism and eating disorders is well-acknowledged, most of the conversation revolves around the restrictive side of the eating disorder...
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Overcoming 40 YEARS of Eating Disorders w/ Julia Trehane
Do you believe youāre too old to recover from an eating disorder? Have you been struggling for so long that you donāt see a way out? Youāre not alone, and todayās episode will show you that recovery is always...
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Existential Suffering After an Eating Disorder
An eating disorder creates suffering ā thereās no doubt about that ā but can recovery itself cause suffering as well? ThisĀ episodeĀ takes a philosophical and neurodiversity-affirming approach to creating purpose after...
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