I'm (not) Fine

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are discussing tips and tricks for navigating the festive period. It's no secret that this time of year can be a challenge, but we hope that this pod can help you make it safely and happily to the other side!

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are talking about ways to get unstuck or propel forward in recovery. Join us as we discuss Emma's least ideal self care activity, have minimal input from Hamilton and discovery Meg's little thing that is a big perk of her recovery!

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we had the pleasure of chatting to Ryan who is in recovery from an eating disorder. We love being able to bring you stories of people in recovery, especially those who offer a different perspective to what we bring. Listen as Ryan shares his story, his favourite thing about recovery and some different resources that he has found helpful.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are talking about everything that happened in November! Join us as we discuss social eating and drinking, getting uni results and the related perfectionism, the hotter weather and how to work with your body, and body neutrality and an exciting give away focused on body neutrality. It's a big pod but we hope you enjoy it!

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are discussing the ever important stages of change. Join us as we explored the different stages and why they are all necessary. Listen in as Hamilton doesn't make an unwanted appearance and we discuss how the model helped to shape our recovery.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are super excited to bring you a listener request! We're reframing negative ED beliefs and sharing why some of them may actually be positive! Join us (and Hamilton) on this fun adventure.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we debunk diets, why they're recycled and rebranded, why they're unhelpful and how they can trap you in a cycle of undernourishing and under-appreciating life. We also offer some solutions, a hatred of skittles, and of course Hamilton has his input.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are unintentionally joined by Hamilton the schnoodle so please bear with us! We are talking about everything that October brought this year! Mental Health Awareness Month in Australia, exams and study preparation, coming out of lockdown and Halloween! Join us as we share our thoughts and tips about this month and some potentially challenging events.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we're talking about weight gain in recovery, why it's necessary and how to deal with it! Join us as we record a fun ep on a not-so-fun but very necessary topic, all while wrangling a needy schnoodle.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are chatting all things orthorexia, recovery and the Butterfly Foundation with the lovely Sophie!

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are discussing clothing sizes, how arbitrary they are and how they can impact your recovery. Join us as we discuss how diet culture has infiltrated the clothes we wear and how we can overcome some of the difficulties faced when clothes don't fit.

Welcome to another episode of I'm (not) fine! This week is our September wrap-up and we're discussing all the major things in our lives this month. Join us as we chat about BIEDAW, Weight Stigma Awareness Week, the Victorian earthquake and moving house.

Welcome back to I'm (not) Fine! This week we are discussing medication for mental illness, why people might take it and how it helps. We're doing our bit to break down the stigma and normalise mental illness medication for your preserved mental health.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are discussing different ways to be accountable in recovery and how it can help your recovery. Join us as we explore relationships, boundaries and resources that can assist you recovery.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are discussing the recent body image and eating disorder awareness week and it's theme oh "respecting all bodies". Join us as we discuss what this week meant to us and how we can work towards respecting all bodies.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we're covering the ever relevant topics of stress and burnout. Join us as we discuss some of the signs to look out for as well as how to deal with them.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we're chatting to the lovely Ruth from Eating Disorders Victoria. Join us as we discuss her role at EDV, the amazing things they offer for both those with EDs and carers/loved ones, and something that she has learned from working at EDV. We hope you enjoy this episode as much as we enjoyed making it!

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we're celebrating international friendship day! Join us as we discuss both how to be a friend to someone with an eating disorder and how to be a friend while having an eating disorder

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are discussing some key things that happened to us in July in a recovery space. Join us as we chat lockdown 5.0, free (surprise) food and the Olympics.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are chatting with the lovely Imogen from @im_powering on Instagram. Join us as we chat all things recovery, instagram and goals for the future.

Welcome to another episode of I'm (not) fine! This week we're talking about the necessary evils - lapse and relapse. Join us as we discuss why they happen in recovery and how to move forward from them.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we're talking about narratives that our eating disorder's spin to us and how we can counteract them in recovery. 

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are discussing June's ED/mental health/health events as well as answering a listener question. Listen as we discuss Men's Health Week and World Eating Disorder Action Day and emphasise the importance of taking action as well as raising awareness.

Welcome back to I'm (not) Fine! This week we are discussing what to do with downtime and how to avoid going back to ED behaviours with spare time in your life. Join us as we discuss some of tips and goals that we are also working towards.

Welcome back to I'm (not) Fine! This week we're talking about milestones and events in recovery and knowing when it's time to reach out or step away. Listen as we explore different stages of recovery and the factors that help us decide when it's time.

Welcome back to I'm (not) Fine! This week we're discussing the early stages of nutritional rehabilitation (but not refeeding syndrome - that is beyond our scope). Join us as we chat all things mental hunger, fatigue and food apathy. Everything we discuss is based on lived experience and may or may not apply, but hopefully we can make you feel a little less alone.

Welcome back to I'm (not) Fine! This week we are discussing all the big diet culture and mental health events that happened in May. Join us as we get incredibly passionate about bread and 'No Diet Day', and lament our fourth lockdown in Melbourne and remind everyone that you do not need to diet because of it.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are chatting about our healthy self against our eating disorder self. It's a great ep for carers, those with eating disorders and anyone just looking to learn more. We hope that it will provide insight into a really important but not understood dynamic.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we're discussing perfectionism, ooft it hits close to home. We will consider it in all forms but especially how it relates to eating disorders and eating disorder recovery. Join us as Meg tries out her first big sports metaphor and Emma spills the beans on her B+ in year 10.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! We're very excited to be back for season 2! This week we're discussing ways that eating disorders gaslight us and how damaging that can be. There's plenty of laughs along the way!

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This will be our last episode of season one, and we used it to chat about the meaning behind our name. As a common catch phrase, and one that we have both used in our individual journeys, I'm fine can bring up many issues for those who utter it. Eating disorders capitalise on this phrase, which is why we'll be breaking it down today. Huge thank you to everyone for supporting us, we can't wait for season two!

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we're talking all about the benefits of recovery. Join us as we discuss the physical, emotional, mental and culinary delights of eating disorder recovery!

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we are recapping March and some of the challenges we faced this month. Join us as we discuss difficult emotions, practicing assertiveness and navigating the return to study.

Welcome back to I'm (not) Fine! This week we reached out to our insta community so that we could debunk some of our follower's myths. Join us as we discuss both on eating disorder's in general and some that eating disorders tell us.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we're looking at difficult emotions and how to sit with them and ride out the discomfort. We will explore the purpose of emotions, and look at how they interact with eating disorders. Join us as we pretend to be scientists and finish each others sentences.

Welcome back to I'm (not) Fine! This week we have two lovely guests, our mums Lyle and Katrina, sharing their experience of caring for daughters with eating disorders. Listen as they reflect on how it felt for them to watch the journey from diagnosis to recovery. Through sharing their experiences, we hope that they can provide hope and insight to others in a similar position.

Welcome back to I'm (not) Fine! This week we're wrapping up all that has happened in February in the world of diet culture and eating disorders. If you're sick of Noom and intuitive fasting, or just need some tips on sitting with uncertainty this is the episode for you! Listen to us as we stumble through an awkward recording sesh and Hamilton makes his debut in the background.

Welcome back to I'm (not) Fine! This week we're discussing the well known and not so well known side effects of eating disorders; both physical and mental. Listen as Emma tries to talk about perfectionism in a perfectionistic way, and Meg comes in to her own as a scientist. 

Welcome back to I'm (not) Fine! This week we're exploring all things summer and body image. How to deal with the hotter weather, how it can impact your perception of yourself and how weight restoration feels different in summer. Join us as we provide validation and tips for the struggles of recovery in the warmer weather.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! This week we're talking about rights in and expectations of treatment. We're really passionate about this topic because it's super important to know what to expect out of treatment and what is ok within a therapeutic relationship. We do emphasise throughout this episode that there is a distinction between you and your eating disorder and your levels of comfort.

Welcome back to I'm (not) fine! In this episode we start the conversation around treatment for an eating disorder in Australia. We consider inpatient and outpatient treatment, what our treatment has looked like, and the pros and cons of each. We then answer some treatment related questions that our listeners sent in. Listen in to find out which therapy group was Emma's least favourite and what comforting words Meg's psychiatrist gave her before heading to hospital for the first time.

Welcome back to I'm not fine! This week we're taking a look back at January and all things New Years. As it is the start of a new year, our conversation is focused on New Year's Resolutions and the 2020-2021 phenomenon of covid kilos. Join us as we provide strategies to combat diet culture and stay to hear about Emma's plan to get her license and Meg's new family member.

Welcome to episode 3 of I'm (not) Fine! This week we look at a different perspective on eating disorders and discrimination. Whilst things have improved across the years, there is still quite a lot of stigma and many misconceptions attached to eating disorders and eating disorder recovery. Listen as Emma loses her train of thought on a 38 degree day and Meg gives an engineer's perspective on numbers. Ultimately we hope this episode helps to push back against some old ideas and helps form new ones about this illness and the way its treated.

Welcome to Episode 2 of I'm (not) Fine, the continuation of our look into eating disorder recovery from a personal and social perspective. In this episode we both share a little bit of our lived experience and how it informs the idea that eating disorders don't discriminate. Listen to us as we test out our new microphone and work through some awkward banter!

Welcome to the first official episode of I'm (not) Fine! We (Meg and Emma) are very excited to be starting this project with you and this episode will introduce to all things I'm (not) Fine. Our podcast will be a personal look into how eating disorders are treated in Australia. We are not professionals but we hope to provide insights through our lived experience. Check us out on instagram at @imnotfine.podcast

Welcome to I'm (not) Fine, the podcast that uncovers the true meaning of "I'm fine". Discussing all things eating disorders and mental health.