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EATING DISORDERS: HOW DIFFERENT YOU FEEL AFTER RECOVERY

In this session, they discuss how different she feels physically and psychologically after accepting she'll never be thinner and permanently releasing herself from dieting. She can see now that even the concept of "health" was straining to her mind and body. Robin describes this in her book, Diet Supremacy: The Toxic Bond Between Shame, Dieting, and Emotional Eating. RECORDED MARCH 2019 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books

BINGE EATING: WHEN HAVING TO LOSE WEIGHT THREATENS FOOD

This client has suffered with binge eating for over 40 years. In this session, they discuss the role that food restriction has played in her chronic impulse to binge. Robin describes this in her books Diet Supremacy: The Toxic Bond Between Shame, Dieting, and Emotional eating, and Body Supremacy: Exploring the Torments of Eating Disorders as a Syndrome. RECORDED MARCH 2019 READ THE BOOKS: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #eatingdisorder #edrecovery #bingeeatingdisorder #foodaddiction #recovery #survivalmode #maslowshierarchyofneeds #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #surrenderingyoursurvival

ED RECOVERY: WHAT IT FEELS LIKE TO ESCAPE SURVIVAL MODE

In this session, they describe how different life is when you are no longer threatened by your body, or the need to restrict food. LIFE FEELS VERY DIFFERENT. Robin describes this in her book, Surrendering Your Survival: A Conscious Path to Eating Disorder Recovery. RECORDED MARCH 2019 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books

SURVIVING NARCISSISTIC ABUSE, ALCOHOLISM, AND AN EATING DISORDER

Robin describes co-narcissism or vulnerable narcissism at the start of this session. This information is in Robin's book, Body Supremacy: Exploring the Torments of Eating Disorders as a Syndrome.  This client had to help raise her brothers as a teenager because her parents were alcoholics and weren't emotionally or physically available. In this session, we discuss her resentment and the victim mentality that she continues today. How can she recover from the eating disorder she's coping with, if she doesn't have compassion and forgive her parents? RECORDED MARCH 2019 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #eatingdisorderrecovery #conarcissism #victimofnarcissism #vulnerablenarcissism #edrecovery #edcoach #edhelp #anorexia #bulimia #bingeeating #ednos #mentalhealth #mentalillness #complexptsd #cptsd

ADDICTION: FEAR, SURVIVAL MODE AND FACING WHAT YOU CAN'T HANDLE

In this session Robin describes dogma, brain washing, and how internalized beliefs become reality. She also discusses how addiction might be an impulse stemming from survival mechanisms. Robin describes this in her book Diet Supremacy: The Toxic Bond Between Shame, Dieting, and Emotional Eating and in her book Body Supremacy: Exploring the Torments of Eating Disorders as a Syndrome. Recorded March 2019 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #edrecovery #eatingdisorder #brainwashing #indoctrinated #bodyimage #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #surrenderingyoursurvival #anorexia #orthorexia #bulimia #bingeeating #bed #ednos #exerciseaddiction #ocd #obsession #dogma

BODY-IMAGE CULTURE: IS IT POSSIBLE TO BE HAPPY IN A FATTER BODY

This is their first time meeting for a 90 minute consultation. Robin comes right out and points out the narcissism in her beliefs and her victim position. This client is struggling with beliefs specific to beauty and ideas of worthiness based on being seen as "special." This is very difficult to see when you're on the vulnerable side. Love is determined by being given compliments.  Robin describes this in her book, Body Supremacy: Exploring the Torments of Eating Disorders as a Syndrome. RECORDED FEBRUARY 2019 READ THE BOOKS: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #eatingdisorder #edrecovery #emotionaleating #dramatriangle #victimhood #narcissistic #edcoach #codependency #rescuer #bingeeating #resentment #anger #survivalmode 

CO-NARCISSISM, COMPLEX PTSD, AND ED RECOVERY

She is running her father's business (he's in his 80's) and he is still very abusive and controlling. She has lost her mind being his "slave" over the years. She is now trying to separate herself from him psychologically as she still has to relate to him in the business. Co-narcissism or vulnerable narcissism is commonly observed in people who suffer from eating disorders. In this case, she is vulnerable to her grandiose narcissistic father. Robin wrote about this in her book, Body Supremacy: Exploring the Torments of Eating Disorders as a Syndrome. RECORDED FEBRUARY 2019 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #traumabonding #eatingdisorder #edrecovery #recovery #complexptsd #vulnerablenarcissism #grandiosenarcissist #victimsofnarcissism #edcoach #bingeeating #bed #ednos

TRAUMA BONDING: WHEN YOUR DAD IS YOUR ABUSER

This client has started to lose her mind and hit the bottom. Having to struggle and suffer so much has finally put her in a position to be willing to open herself up to what recovery will require. Robin describes survival mode and how counter it is to open yourself up to feelings that are experienced as a threat to life. Robin describes this in her book Body Supremacy: Exploring the Torments of Eating Disorders as a Syndrome. RECORDED JANUARY 2019 READ THE BOOKS: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #ocd #mentalhealth #obsessivecompulsive #eatingdisorder #survivalmode #edrecovery #eatingdisorderrecovery #edcoach #recovery #traumabonding #cptsd 

EMOTIONAL EATING: REFUSING TO ACCEPT THE SHAMEFUL TRUTH

She's struggling to fully accept what she's ashamed of. This is a common block for people because the shame seems to be too permanent if accepted. Robin wrote about this topic in her book Thin Supremacy: The Toxic Bond Between Shame, Dieting, and Emotional Eating. RECORDED JANUARY 2019 READ THE BOOKS: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #emotionaleating #bodyimage #thinsupremacy #eatingdisorderrecovery #edrecovery #shame #selfacceptance #edcoach #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #surrenderingyoursurvival 

RECOVERY FROM BINGE EATING DISORDER AND FOOD ADDICTION

What changed with her Binge Eating Disorder after working with Robin? This is their last session, and they discuss the shifts in her relationship with food, her body, and her self worth. This content is described in Robin's book, Surrendering Your Survival: A Conscious Path to Eating Disorder Recovery. RECORDED DECEMBER 2018 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #eatingdisorderrecovery #bingeeating #bulimia #anorexia #selfacceptance #recovery #edrecovery #ednos #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #surrenderingyoursurvival #freedom #emotionaleatinghelp #edcoach

ED RECOVERY: FREEDOM ACCEPTING OBESITY, PCOS, AND PERMANENT FAILURE

This is their initial 90 minute consult. Robin helps her face the decision between continued suffering in the pursuit of weight loss, and the pain and fear of permanent fat gain. Robin describes this in her book Diet Supremacy: The Toxic Bond Between Shame, Dieting, and Emotional Eating. RECORDED DECEMBER 2018 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #surrenderingyoursurvival #eatingdisorder #eatingdisorderrecovery #edrecovery #edhelp #edcoach #bingeeaing #anorexia #orthorexia #bulimia #recovery

CODEPENDENCY: ENABLING YOUR CHILD BECAUSE OF UNRESOLVED SHAME

In this session, this client opens up about her son's struggle. She was mentally ill when she got pregnant with her son, and has struggled to forgive herself for not being available to him when he was a child. He is now addicted to gaming and she has enabled much of his issues because of her unresolved guilt and shame. Robin describes the weakening process that codependency creates. RECORDED DECEMBER 2018 READ THE BOOKS: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #addiction #codependency #emotionaleating #bingeeating #eatingdisorder #recovery #edcoach #edhelp #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #surrenderingyoursurvival

BINGE EATING DISORDER: ACCEPTING LOSS TO GAIN RELIEF

This client has been working through the process of accepting her body after years of binge eating and accumulated weight gain. As she's accepting her body, the pressure to fix it has gone down. As an immediate consequence, her impulse to binge has dramatically subsided. Food is looing it's "specialness" and sparkle. Eating is no longer something she's focused on. Robin describes how this works in her book Diet Supremacy: The Toxic Bond Between Shame, Dieting, and Emotional Eating. RECORDED DECEMBER 2018 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #eatingdisorderrecovery #edrecovery #bingeeatingdisorder #bed #emotionaleating #bodyimage #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #surrenderingyoursurvival #bingeeating

ED RECOVERY: TELLING THE TRUTH ABOUT EMOTIONAL EATING

In this session, this client opens up about her feelings of loss. She is living in a space of acceptance and has loss the strain and pressure that comes from shame. She describes the lack of pressure to diet and how much less impulsive she is about over eating. She is in such an important stage of recovery which is full acceptance, without feeling sorry for herself. BRAVO!!!! RECORDED DECEMBER 2018 READ THE BOOKS: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #selfhelp #bodyimage #emotionaleating #bingeeating #eatingdisorder #edrecovery #eatingdisorderrecovery #edcoach #freedom #mentalhealth #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #surrenderingyoursurvival 

ADDICTION RECOVERY: FACING WHAT FEELS LIKE DEATH

This client opens up about her feelings of failure and her fear of never being able to recover from binge eating. Robin walks her though the shame, towards finding a place of love and care for herself. Robin describes this process in her book, Surrendering Your Survival: A Conscious Path to Eating Disorder Recovery, RECORDED DECEMBER 2018 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #eatingdisorder #eatingdisorderrecovery #edrecovery #edcoach #bingeeating #addiction #forgiveness #selfacceptance #hittingbottom #surrenderingyoursurvival #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #recovery

ED RECOVERY: REJECTING SHAME AND ACCEPTING TRUTH

THIS SESSION IS SOOOOOO GOOD !!! In this session, this client opens up about trying to question her negative internal dialog about herself. Her inner shame and beliefs that she is "bad" is a main reason she has suffered with depression and isolation. The goal has been to recognize the lies of judgment. Those lies don't allow for reality, as if they are fantasy based and don't include human nature. This is a cognitive distortion that comes from how the mind changes when in fight or flight. Robin wrote about this is her books Diet Supremacy: The Toxic Bond Between Shame, Dieting, and Emotional Eating, and  Body Supremacy: Exploring the Torments of Eating Disorders as a Syndrome. RECORDED NOV 2018  READ THE BOOKS: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #shame #depression #eatingdisorders #edrecovery #eatingdisorderrecovery #bodyimage #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #surrenderingyoursurvival #stigma #mentalhealth #edcoach 

BINGE EATING DISORDER: FACING FEAR INSTEAD OF EATING

In this session, this client describes having to spend thanksgiving with her mean and judgmental grandfather. She found herself being critical of her kids and family in fear of being criticized by him. This is a great example of vulnerable narcissism. Robin describes this relationship in her book Body Supremacy: Exploring the Torments of Eating Disorders as a Syndrome. RECORDED IN NOV 2018 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #vulnerablenarcissism #cptsd #complexptsd #traumabonding #bingeeating #bed #eatingdisorderrecovery #eatingdisorder #edcoach #bodysupremacy #surrenderingyoursurvival #edrecovery 

EATING DISORDERS: DEPRESSION, SHAME, AND PERFECTIONISM

In this session, this client opens up about internal feelings of failure. This is a huge part of the all or nothing way she's approached expectations she has for herself. Robin helps her sift through her thoughts so that she can see this process. Robin describes the link between shame and bingeing in her book, Diet Supremacy: The Toxic Bond Between Shame, Dieting, and Emotional Eating. RECORDED NOVEMBER 2018 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #eatingdisorderrecovery #bingeeating #emotionaleating #shame #allornothing #cognitivedistortions #edcoach #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy

FEAR, ADDICTION, AND BINGE EATING DISORDER RECOVERY

This client has worked with Robin for about a year. She suffered greatly with binge eating and past addiction. She had intense shame that lead her to isolate, but also to overcompensate in hopes to feel better. Life was experienced with big highs and a sense of "all", and big lows and a sense of "nothing". Robin describes this in her book, Diet Supremacy: The Toxic Bond Between Shame, Dieting, and Emotional Eating. RECORDED NOV 2018 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #shame #mentalillnessrecovery #bingeeatingdisorder #bed #eatingdisorder #edrecovery #edcoach #addiction #foodaddiction #depression #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #surrenderyoursurvival

EATING DISORDERS: ORTHOREXIA AND RADICAL FEAR OF DISEASE

In this session, they discuss how concepts of health become unhealthy for both the mind and body. Robin goes into detail how fear of food can impact digestion. Robin wrote this content in her book Diet Supremacy: The Toxic Bond Between Shame Dieting and Emotional Eating. RECORDED NOVEMBER 2018 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #eatingdisorderrecovery #orthorexia #anorexia #orthoanorexia #ocd #dietsupremacy #edcoach #edhelp #toxicwellness #narcissism

THE HCG PROTOCOL: EMOTIONAL AND PSYCHOLOGICAL RISKS

This is their initial 90 minute consult. She found Robin through YouTube seeking advise and help with emotional eating and the hCG protocol. Robin takes her through the dangers that Dr. Simeons' hCG protocol might present for people emotionally and psychologically. Robin describes her approach to Dr. Simeons' hCG protocol in her Weight-Loss Apocalypse (WLA) books, 1 and 2. Robin goes into great detail about these psychological risks of the protocol in her book WLA BOOK 2: THE NEGATIVE EFFECTS OF BODY IMAGE ON THE HCG PROTOCOL. This session was recorded in November of 2018.  READ THE BOOKS: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/weightloss-apocalypse-book-2 #hcgdiet #hcgprotocol #weightlossapocalypse #bodyimage #thinsupremacy #drsimeonshcgprotocol #disorderedeating #ednos #eatindisorderrecovery #dietingandedrecovery #edcoach 

LOW SELF-ESTEEM, CULTURAL BRAINWASHING, AND RECOVERY

In this session, they describe cognitive distortions and how the mind changes during fight or flight and survival mode. This client experiences the feelings of failure when she doesn't follow her diet and she feels she's failed. This is "all or nothing" and catastrophizing, which are cognitive distortions. Robin wrote about cognitive distortions in her book Diet Supremacy: The Toxic Bond Between Shame, Dieting, and Emotional Eating. This session was recorded November 2018. READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #cognitivedistortions #allornothing #fightorflight #survivalmode #eatingdisorder #eatingdisorderrecovery #edrecovery #bingeeating #bed #ednos #bulimia #anorexia #fear #edcoach #coach #help #cbt

WHAT DIETING AND FOOT BINDING HAVE IN COMMON

In this session, Robin describes body image and it's role in survival and wanting to fit in. She describes the similarity of thin supremacy and dieting to foot binding in china. The link between shame about one's body and the drive to diet is intense and contributes to the impulse to binge. Robin wrote about this in her book Thin Supremacy: Body Image and Our Cultural Battle with Weight. Recorded November 2018. READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #eatingdisorder #edrecovery #eatingdisorderrecovery #bingeeating #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #bodydietsupremacysyndrome #edcoach #bodyimage #dietimage

LYING, THE VICTIM ROLE, AND REFUSING THE TRUTH

This client is working through the misery of feeling sorry for herself, and NOT escaping the way she has in the past. This took her looking at her beliefs square on. The victim response to failing a belief system, is one of the biggest blocks to eating disorder recovery. Robin describes this in her book, Surrendering Your Survival: A Conscious Path to Eating Disorder Recovery. RECORDED DECEMBER 2018. READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #eatingdisorderrecovery #edrecovery #bodyimage #bingeeatingdisorder #bed #emotionaleating #edcoach #dramatriangle #victimposition #selfacceptance #selfcompassion #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #surrenderingyoursurvival

BINGE EATING RECOVERY: FORGIVING DIET CULTURE

This session is so powerful! They discuss how this client separated her self worth from thin supremacy beliefs and the diet culture. Robin discusses the need to forgive it all in order to more forward. Robin wrote about this in her book Surrendering Your Survival: A Conscious Path to Eating Disorder Recovery. This session was recorded December 2018 READ THE BOOK: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #eatingdisorderrecovery #bingeeatingdisorder #bed #bedrecovery #bodyimage #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #surrenderingyoursurvival #edcoach #edhelp

IS APPROVAL WORTH IT IF REQUIRES MENTAL ILLNESS?

In this session, they discuss the illusion that being a "better" person would provide the comfort of being accepted. But if that idea of what you should be creates discontent and judgment about your true self, and results in misery, is it really better? Robin discusses this idea as it relates to body image, in her books Thin Supremacy and Diet Supremacy. RECORDED JANUARY 2019  READ THE BOOKS: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books #emotionaleating #selfpity #depression #perfectionism #selfjudgment #selfacceptance #selflove #recovery #bingeeating #bodyimage #thinsupremacy #dietsupremacy #bodysupremacy #surrenderingyoursurvival

ORTHOREXIA: OBSESSED WITH HEALTH TO THE POINT OF DISEASE

In this session, they discuss the toxic wellness culture that promotes disordered eating. She has suffered from years of anorexia that has transformed into an obsession with health and "clean" eating. She ends up having binge eating behavior, when she can't maintain her perfectionistic health ideals and ideas of health through thinness. Robin describes this in her books Diet Supremacy: The Toxic Bond Between Shame, Dieting, and Emotional Eating, and Body Supremacy: Exploring the Torments of Eating Disorders as a Syndrome. READ THE BOOKS: https://robin-woodall.squarespace.com/thin-supremacy-books