Don’t Weight To Change!

On today’s episode, we have the privilege of sharing just some of the wealth of knowledge that Grace H. Richardson has to offer.  Grace is an Identity Coach who helps people who have done years of therapy and are still stuck to create the life they want.

Grace’s expertise speaks volumes to us, in relation to advocating for a vital extensive patient-centred eating disorder approach, as well improving essential self-...

As part of Men’s Mental Health Month, we discuss the importance of men acknowledging the strength in embracing our (collectively experienced!) vulnerability, in order to vitally open up, talk and save lives.

Please remember we are not clinicians, psychologists or ED specialists.  Our aim is to contribute to the field of understanding around eating disorders and mental health support through our lived experience, and our ...

We often speak about the weight of social expectation placed on men that puts them at personal risk, but why is it becoming increasingly essential to ensure men stand up to toxic examples of manhood?  

More and more we are seeing how examples of heinous masculinity are proving that it is becoming critically incumbent upon men to speak out and change the outdated, antediluvian behavioural expectations essential to protecting wo...

Addiction is borne from the need to both feel something, whether that's control or a way to numb feelings of failure, jealousy, resentment, disappointment or dissatisfaction.  But how do we identify addiction?  What are the factors which determine whether we, or a loved one, is displaying addictive behaviour and how is this important to getting help?

Please remember we are not clinicians, psychologists or ED specialists,...

In today’s episode, we shed light on how to acknowledge the weight of power play dished out through verbal attack, and how to change that dynamic to call out bullies and reclaim your power.

Please remember we are not clinicians, psychologists or ED specialists, but share our lived, researched and specialist informed experience of an eating disorder, and mental health trauma, to contribute to the wider understanding in how to ...

Episode warning: Due to the nature of our discussion, this episode contains strong language.

On this episode, we are honoured to be joined by Calder Holloway. Calder bravely talks about his Tourettes experience to help reduce the weight of anxiety, fear and stigma around this condition.

We hope that the weight of knowledge Calder brings so brilliantly to today’s show increases the compassion and understanding essential to ne...

In this episode we welcome back the phD researcher into men’s access to care for eating disorders, body and muscle dysmorphia, and the founder of the mental health support platform Myominds, George Mycock.

We discuss George’s vital research into the interrelationship between the Manosphere rhetoric and eating disorders, and how recognition of the correlation between these spaces can inform, and produce, systems of early...

In today’s episode we were honoured to have the expertise and insight of the beautiful actress, presenter, public speaker and CEO of the eating disorder charity SEED Support UK charity, Gemma Oaten.

We are beyond grateful to Gemma for sharing her experience on how the complexities of an eating disorder impact upon the social pressure to find ‘the one’, and how acknowledging the effects of the abuse meted out by an...

We often discuss the manifold aspects of an eating disorder, and how it manifests from destabilising feelings such as self-doubt, uncertainty, fear, rejection etc.  In today’s episode, we explore how the ‘manosphere’ presents as a maladaptive coping mechanism by way of a group of men desperately seeking out dysfunctional, dangerous and dehumanising behaviours by way of clawing back some misplaced sense of con...

As part of eating disorders awareness week, we talk about the importance of understanding how factors around the shared conditions of human experience needs to be better understood to vitally inform and improve eating disorder education and treatment.  How neurodivergence and our historical, sociological sense of self, formulated by distinctions of religion, race, gender etc, can present factors that can lead to eating disorde...

In today’s episode, we discuss how kindness is the most important virtue, particularly in determining someone’s choice ‘to stay’.

We discuss the incredible bravery and success of Andrew, a Don’t Weight to Change listener, who is magnificently beating the path through ED recovery, and how Ben Shaw’s ‘Reasons to Stay’ initiative is working to keep people safe from the experience of suic...

Firstly, please note, the following episode contains highly sensitive discussion on the Assisted Dying Bill and eating disorders, so please listen with caution.

Eating disorders are not terminal and there is medical and psychological support available, so never stop advocating for yourself or loved ones who experience an eating disorder.

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Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but share our liv...

Merry Christmas!

This time of year can feel truly magical for many, yet incredibly challenging for others. After several Christmases shaped and, at times, overshadowed by my eating disorder, Mum and I reflect on what this season has meant to us in the past, and why this year feels so different.

In this episode, we share an honest update on my recovery, now more than a year on, and discuss how I am approaching Christmas differently ...

What is body positivity and how does it look for men?

In this episode we discuss the concept of body positivity, how it is conveyed and whether it is an ideal that is advocated for in the male sphere.

Thank you to our amazing listeners for joining in our candid discussions and supporting all aspects of positive life change we hope to encourage.

Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but share our lived, research...

This week have the honour of having on our podcast George Mycock, the founder of Myominds, an organisation aimed at raising awareness and understanding of mental health issues within the exercising community.  

In this episode, George discusses his current PhD research into muscularity orientated issues, body dysmorphia and disordered eating in men in his aim to vitally inform and improve existing intervention and treatment se...

On this episode, we speak to the incredible ED advocate and campaigner, Hannah Hickinbotham of the Full of Beans podcast, about male representation within ED discussion and the considerations that need to be in place to enable men to reach out and seek help for distorted behaviour around food and exercise.  

Thank you to our amazing listeners for joining in our candid discussions and supporting all aspects of positive life cha...

In today’s episode, we discuss acknowledging the external forces which impact addictive response.

Looking at the theories of addiction by the writers and philosophers Fyodor Doestoevsky and George Bataille, we explore how to better equip ourselves to challenge potentially addictive behaviour by acknowledging the false and dangerous sense of control it appears to give us over our dissatisfaction of how we are socio-culturally ...

In today’s episode we are honoured to speak to the amazingly brave and insightful ED recovery, and body neutrality advocate, Alex Sublette.  Through our discussion, and her inspiring, ‘be_well_with_Alex’ Instagram page, Alex courageously maps her recovery journey in her determination to support others as they navigate their recovery journey. 

Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but s...

Empathy is a choice, a vulnerable choice because to connect with someone in emotional pain you have to let go of your ego and attempt to put yourself in the place of your loved one, significant other or friend who is struggling.  Rarely, if ever, does an empathetic response begin with ‘at least’.

So how do we support those we love who our struggling?  

In today’s episode, we discuss how emotional support...