Ep 31: Chakras, crystals and rituals in recovery with Olivia Hernandez
Just Eat Normally: Eating Disorder RecoveryShow Notes
In this episode, I speak to Olivia Hernandez a singer, artist and life coach who guides others to enjoy the ride of weirdness and healing that comes from Speaking Your TRUTH, by taking Bold action, embracing the beautiful journey of healing and embodying the Badass within.
I'm so excited to share this episode with you because some of the topics we speak about are different from traditional approaches to eating disorder recovery that you have probably come across before. While there might not be direct evidence for the effectiveness of the approaches we discuss, I believe that there is no one-size(therapy)-fits-all in recovery and these approaches/modalities can support recovery for some people.
We discuss:
Getting excited to do the work on yourself
Creating love rituals
How to connect to your divine self
What are the different chakras
Using affirmations and crystals to align energy
Importance of practicing mirror work
Infusing your food, body and life with positive energy
Using spiritualizing in healing your relationship with food
Steps to create a 2.0 version of self
What to do when the people around you don’t support your journey
Connect with Rachel.
Dr Rachel Evans is a psychologist, hypnotherapist and eating disorder survivor. She brings together academic knowledge and theories, therapeutic skills and personal experience for a unique perspective on eating disorder recovery. Rachel helps ambitious women to stop restricting, bingeing and purging. and to feel comfortable in their body.
https://eatingdisordertherapist.co.uk/
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Connect with Olivia.
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