# 161: I broke up with the eating disorder recovery community...

An episode of [Heart Led Wellness](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1676305553), 12 May 2026, 29 min.

Audio: https://anchor.fm/s/dae08244/podcast/play/119650885/https%3A%2F%2Fd3ctxlq1ktw2nl.cloudfront.net%2Fstaging%2F2026-4-7%2F59f5ca59-9864-ab68-65d0-14f197e8c70d.mp3

Traditional eating disorder therapists made my eating disorder worse. They told me I was “disordered” for wanting to be thing and celebrating overeating in the name of “food freedom”. I fired them all and decided to develop my own method of healing that allowed me to have food freedom AND a body that felt good to me. Here’s the full story. I discuss… • How traditional eating disorder recovery therapists made me worse • What the eating disorder community gets wrong • Why it’s not “disordered” to want to be thin • How to get your period back without gaining weight • How to be thin AND have food freedom • The 2 steps I went through to finally heal WITHOUT giving up my desire to be lean 🔗 Links JOIN HEART LED EATING Instagram @heart.led.wellness Free root cause quiz Email me at: ashlyn@heartledwellness.com Medical Disclaimer

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