From Eating Disorders to Food Freedom with Elle Mace

Trigger Warning: This episode does include discussion of eating disorders and disordered eating, so please take care while listening. In this episode of Chew on This, I’m joined by personal trainer, author and trainee eating disorder psychotherapist Elle Mace for an honest conversation about recovery, body image and what it really takes to rebuild a relationship with food. Elle shares her lived experience of anorexia, binge eating disorder and bulimia over a 17-year period, opening up about how early body comparison, people pleasing and low self-worth shaped her struggles, and what finally helped her begin the long road to recovery. We talk about the emotional roots of eating disorders, the chaos of living with food obsession, and the unlearning that recovery demands in a culture that still glorifies restriction. Elle reflects on how her relationship with food has changed from “chaos” to “incredible”, and shares what she has learned through recovery, motherhood, training as a psychotherapist, and writing her forthcoming book Food Freedom. It’s a thoughtful and powerful conversation about recovery, self-understanding, and how a different relationship with food is possible. Find Elle: Website: https://www.ellemace.com/ Instagram: @iamellemace Pre-order Food Freedom: https://amzn.eu/d/0iaIRt5O Find Anna: Website: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.dranna.co.uk/about⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Instagram: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.instagram.com/drannacolton⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠ Book (Amazon): ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://www.amazon.com/How-Talk-Children-About-Food/dp/1785120557⁠