The Recovery Warrior Show

Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow Get your 2016 Dream Map Calendar Combo Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) http://shop.recoverywarriors.com/products/combo-set-2016-calendar-warrior-workbook-ebook Show Notes: https://www.recoverywarriors.com/jennifer-medina/ Competitive, driven, determined and perfectionistic. These characteristics make for an excellent athlete, but also can lead to an eating disorder. The can pressure to perform at a high level as a student athlete can be detrimental to one's health as it was for Jennifer Medina. Now pursuing her Licensed Professional Clinical Counselor (LPCC), Jennifer helps student athletes struggling with eating disorders and body image issues make better decisions for their health. If you are a male with an eating disorder that is or has been an athlete at the college level NBC would like to interview you! Please reach out to Kevin Nious (Kevin.Nious@nbcuni.com) if you are interested in sharing your story and continuing the media coverage that Jennifer was a part of on eating disorders in the college athlete population. What You'll Learn: Why athletes are at risk of developing an eating disorder • What are the main characteristics that define an athlete • How the identity of being an athlete can feed into having an eating disorder • Why it is essential that coaches understand how to handle a player with eating disorder • How Jennifer overcame her struggle with eating disorders as a student athlete • How humor helped Jennifer deal with loss and change

Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow Get your 2016 Dream Map Calendar Combo Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) http://shop.recoverywarriors.com/products/combo-set-2016-calendar-warrior-workbook-ebook Show Notes to come :-)

Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow Get your 2016 Dream Map Calendar Combo Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) http://shop.recoverywarriors.com/products/combo-set-2016-calendar-warrior-workbook-ebook Show Notes: https://www.recoverywarriors.com/sophie-lippert/ Imagine that tomorrow you are checking yourself into a treatment center...how would you spend the last hours before entering into this major life transition? For Sophie Lippert, a long time listener of the show, she wanted to share all her hopes, dreams and fears for this next chapter of her life. Tune in to this weeks show to listen to Sophie's courageous story of battling insurance companies and destructive behaviors. Amidst her vulnerability is a strong woman who is at a point in time where she is taking ownership for her recovery. What You'll Learn: • Why Sophie decided she need a higher level of care • What the insurance companies made her do • Why there is so much ambivalence in separating from an eating disorder • How living a secretive life can lead to shame and guilt • Why one's outer appearance can be deceiving • The power of support from a community

Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow Get your 2016 Dream Map Calendar Combo Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) http://shop.recoverywarriors.com/products/combo-set-2016-calendar-warrior-workbook-ebook Show Notes: https://www.recoverywarriors.com/mindy-dillard

Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow Get your 2016 Dream Map Calendar Combo Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) http://shop.recoverywarriors.com/products/combo-set-2016-calendar-warrior-workbook-ebook We are back at it with the third #WarriorChallenge, a monthly challenge that is designed to help you strengthen your recovery muscles. Join me and warriors around the world as we courageously consume our fear foods. Share your progress and connect with the Recovery Warrior community by using the hashtag #warriorchallenge. The objective of this month’s challenge is to eat 4 fear foods. Listen in to learn more about how to participate in this challenge and why it is important to face your fears around food in order to have a full and long lasting recovery. What You'll Learn: • What is the #warriorchallenge and how can you participate • Why you need to face your fear foods in order to fully recover • How to know what your fear foods are • Tips to use when you do face your fear food Show Notes: https://www.recoverywarriors.com/warrior-challenge-3-face-your-fear-foods/

Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow Get your 2016 Dream Map Calendar Combo Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) http://shop.recoverywarriors.com/products/combo-set-2016-calendar-warrior-workbook-ebook What You'll Learn: • How Miriam's came to realize that her eating disorder was something negative. • Why treatment didn't work the first time around. • The core limiting belief that her eating disorder took advantage of. • How she was able to change her mindset. • The positive character traits that she needed in order to recover. • Miriam's definition of recovery and so much more! Show Notes: https://www.recoverywarriors.com/miriam-roelink/ ‎

Get your 2016 Dream Map Calendar Combo http://shop.recoverywarriors.com/collections/calendars/products/combo-set-2016-calendar-warrior-workbook-ebook or a single copy of the Dream Map: A Guide to Following Your Heart http://shop.recoverywarriors.com/collections/frontpage/products/the-dream-map-a-guide-to-following-your-heart Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow It's time to dream a new dream. A new way of living without an eating disorder. First comes the thought. Then the intention. Then the action. That's how change happens. What You'll Learn: • What are dreams and why are they important • Why we need to map out our dreams in order to achieve them • Why dreams and goals do not get achieved • How becoming a recovery warrior can help you achieve your dreams

Get your 2016 Calendar Warrior Workbook Combo Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) http://shop.recoverywarriors.com/products/combo-set-2016-calendar-warrior-workbook-ebook Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow VOTE for Recovery Warriors for Best Health Blog of 2015 http://www.healthline.com/health/best-health-blogs-contest As a 'wounded healer', Nikki Rollo found her passion in the eating disorders field. Nikki is the National Director of Reasons Eating Disorder Center in South California, where she integrates her expertise as a licensed therapist and her knowledge of Depth Psychology to help people explore what's beyond their eating disorder's symptoms. Most of the time, it is something deeper within ourselves that needs attention or care. By opening up and allowing ourselves and others to access it, we will find that recovery is about retrieving the disowned parts of ourselves and being in a place of wholeness that's innate in all of us. What You'll Learn: • What led Nikki to work in the field of eating disorders • The 'subtle body' and how it can facilitate our healing • How our eating disorder's symptoms are an indicator that something deeper is calling to our attention • How yoga and meditation have benefited Nikki tremendously • Reasons behind the development of our eating disorders, which Nikki describes as both simple and complicated • Reasons to let go of your eating disorders • The importance of granting yourselves and others the access your deeper self that needs healing • How to set constructive goals without feeding your eating disorder voice • How self-compassion can be an antidote to shame, which is something that eating disorders thrive on Show Notes: https://www.recoverywarriors.com/nikki-rollo/

VOTE for Recovery Warriors for Best Health Blog of 2015 http://www.healthline.com/health/best-health-blogs-contest Get your 2016 Calendar Warrior Workbook Combo Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) http://shop.recoverywarriors.com/products/combo-set-2016-calendar-warrior-workbook-ebook Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow What You'll Learn: • How you can participate in the #WarriorChallenge • How motivation works • Why New Year's Resolutions fail • What are "tiny habits" and how do they help you achieve long-lasting habits

Get your 2016 Recovery Warrior Calendar Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) shop.recoverywarriors.com/products/2016-calendar Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow There are a lot of lies that your eating disorder tells you and part of recovery is being able to discern TRUTH from LIES. In this episode of The Recovery Warrior Show, editor of Recovery Warriors online magazine and social media rockstar Miriam Roelink and I discuss what are some truths to recovery. These truths are so important to the healing process that we even made them into a beautiful 2016 calendar that serves as a powerful reminder throughout the year as to what you are fighting for (recovery) and against (your eating disorder). Show Notes: https://www.recoverywarriors.com/12-truths-your-eating-disorder-doesn't-want-you-to-know/

Get your 2016 Recovery Warrior Calendar Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) shop.recoverywarriors.com/products/2016-calendar Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow For eight years Shannon battled bulimia. In an effort to turn her life around, she searched endlessly for answers to how to stop her self-destructive behaviors. She gathered precious knowledge about what she was suppose to be doing through therapy, books and yoga, but was struggling when it mattered the most. It wasn't until Shannon connected to shelter dogs that she was able to turn her life around. Through the love and support of her canine friends, she unleashed the higher and compassionate voice within herself. A voice that had been there all along. What You'll Learn: • What shelter dogs and people in recovery have in common • Powerful life lessons we can learn from our pets • The benefits to having an emotional support animal • When to know it is the right time to adopt an animal • Why it is important to focus on living in the here and now • An effective way to deal with anxiety and depression Show Notes: https://www.recoverywarriors.com/shannon-kopp/

Get your 2016 Recovery Warrior Calendar Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) shop.recoverywarriors.com/products/2016-calendar Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow Tune in to today's show to be inspired by Christy's journey and exploration of food, body, and mind. Getting out of our comfort zones is never easy, but recovery is going to involve a lot of exploration of new places in our minds. With acceptance, letting go, and self-compassion, working towards being at peace with food will be a worthwhile journey that will shape our personality and help us grow as an individual. What You'll Learn: • What inspired Christy's Food Psych podcast • How Christy's relationship with food has evolved throughout the years • The Health at Every Size principles and movement • Why the BMI chart does not determine your health • There is so much more to food than just nutrition • Why learning to let go is a difficult but worthwhile resolution for the New Year Show Notes: https://www.recoverywarriors.com/christy-harrison/

Nail biting and binging have a lot in common. They are both impulsive acts They both cause shame and embarrassment They both are driven by all or nothing thinking AND They both can be stopped Tune in to this special edition of The Recovery Warrior Show where I will be introducing the first #warriorchallenge

Get your 2016 Recovery Warrior Calendar Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) shop.recoverywarriors.com/products/2016-calendar Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow Tune in to today's show to listen to Kelly's realization that recovery is not all sunshine and rainbows; instead, recovery is living life and appreciating all realms of feelings that make us human. What You'll Learn: • How the holidays become much more enjoyable without the control, planning, and obsession • What prompted Kelly's eating disorders at a young age • Kelly's acceptance, vulnerability, and courage that fueled her to go into recovery • Why having someone you trust is a very important part in recovery • How life after recovery is not and never going to be perfect, which is exactly what living life is all about. Show Notes: https://www.recoverywarriors.com/kelly-martin/

Support The Recovery Warrior Show on Patreon! www.patreon.com/recoverywarriorshow Get your 2016 Recovery Warrior Calendar Use the discount code WARRIOR to get 10% off your order :-) http://shop.recoverywarriors.com/products/2016-calendar Show Notes: https://www.recoverywarriors.com/birdie-mcneil/ What You'll Learn: • What food can offer you beyond fuel • What is the difference between wellness and health • Why Birdie's job was impairing her ability to be compassionate • The positive benefits of practicing yoga • What happened in Birdie's life when she let go of control