Don’t Weight To Change!
Welcome to ‘Don’t Weight to Change!’ Our original ‘Why Weight to Change?’ podcast, began as an advocacy for mental health issues following my personal 10+ year battle with anorexia. By sharing my story, we aimed to help others struggling with mental health issues, especially young boys and men, creating a safe space for candid discussion and support. Following the phenomenal feedback from our listeners, our podcast has organically expanded into issues that affect mental health such as ‘what it means to be human’. Questions such as ‘what compels us to make the life choices we make? Who determines and influences that? How do we alight upon the opinions and beliefs that we live by that form our sense of identity, and how do we identify, and deselect, certain opinions or beliefs when they no longer prove to serve us and who we want to be? Our podcast now seeks to encourage conversations around how to relinquish the weight of self-doubt, expectation, fear and uncertainty which holds us back and prevents us from changing into who we want to be. We aim to encourage discussion around how to stop seeking external validation and permission to change, what change might look like, and how change benefits our mental wellbeing so that we live out the most beneficial version of ourselves in whatever way we choose! Thank you for joining in our discussion!
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Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Thursday Nov 28, 2024
Today’s episode is informed by the incredible Freddie Wise, who we had the honour of meeting through a New Maudsley online workshop. Freddie is an actor who has appeared in Poldark, The Radleys, Maleficent, and the comedy, Flatmates, amongst many other shows. In the workshop, he discussed his brave battle with his anorexia and substance abuse and shared his highly inspiring road to recovery.
On this episode, we also highlight holding onto the lighter side of life which is essential to disempowering the feelings of being held hostage to an eating disorder, for the sufferer as well as its loved ones.
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We remind our listeners that we are not clinicians or eating disorder specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the narrative around eating disorders from our experience in order to extend understanding and support in this field.
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Wednesday Nov 20, 2024
Today’s episode discusses advice on supporting an adult with an eating disorder, and how this starts with breaking the attendant shame around talking about mental health.
We highlight the importance of ongoing specialist psychological support essential to providing the sufferer with critical cognitive techniques which enable the ability to challenge and overcome dangerous and self-destructive behaviours.
We remind our listeners that we are not clinicians or eating disorder specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the narrative around eating disorders from our experience in order to extend understanding and support in this field.Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
Wednesday Nov 06, 2024
In our latest episode, we had the privilege of speaking to Dan Somers of MANUP?, a phenomenal charity that tackles the stigma around men’s mental health.
November is Men’s Mental Health Month and not only do we discuss my experiences with an eating disorder but we also my battles with my mental health. We emphasise the importance of speaking up, reaching out and seeking help. Recovery isn’t about perfection; it’s about resilience, honesty, and the courage to keep going, even when it’s messy and hard.
We remind our listeners that we are not clinicians or eating disorder specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the narrative around eating disorders from our experience in order to extend understanding and support in this field.
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
Friday Oct 25, 2024
Friday Oct 25, 2024
Today’s episode is dedicated to the powerful depiction of an eating disorder on Netflix’s, ‘Heartstopper’. This season’s series is a perceptive portrayal of the protagonist, Charlie Spring’s, battle with anorexia. If you haven’t watched the show, we highly recommend it, especially if you are supporting a person with an eating disorder. This episode contains spoiler alerts!
We highlight the importance of ongoing specialist psychological support essential to providing the sufferer with critical cognitive techniques which enable the ability to challenge and overcome dangerous and self-destructive behaviours.
We remind our listeners that we are not clinicians or eating disorder specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the narrative around eating disorders from our experience in order to extend understanding and support in this field.
Contact us: whyweightochange@outlook.com
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
Tuesday Oct 15, 2024
In this episode, we discuss how bodybuilders and "fitfluencers" on social media present an unrealistic view of perfection which I progressively came to judge myself by, and how their images exacerbated the body dysmorphia and maladaptive coping behaviours which led to my eventual inpatient submission.We highlight the importance of ongoing specialist psychological support essential to providing the sufferer with critical cognitive techniques which enable the ability to challenge and overcome dangerous and self-destructive behaviours.
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Thursday Oct 10, 2024
Thursday Oct 10, 2024
In this episode, we discuss the accusations of blame we have experienced throughout Harry's eating disorder, and the pressure these charges place upon a family in the midst of attempting to save their loved one from the grips of this life-threatening mental illness.
We highlight the importance of ongoing specialist psychological support essential to providing the sufferer with critical cognitive techniques which enable the ability to challenge and overcome dangerous and self-destructive behaviours.
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
Tuesday Oct 01, 2024
In this episode, we discuss the difficulties around approaching a loved one who you suspect may be struggling with an eating disorder, body dysmorphia or mental health issue.
We highlight the importance of ongoing specialist psychological support essential to providing the sufferer with critical cognitive techniques which enable the ability to challenge and overcome dangerous and self-destructive behaviours.
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
Wednesday Sep 25, 2024
In this episode, we discuss Harry's experience as an inpatient admission on St Ann's Eating Disorder Unit and how this shaped his eating disorder recovery.
We highlight the importance of ongoing specialist psychological support essential to providing the sufferer with critical cognitive techniques which enable the ability to challenge and overcome dangerous and self-destructive behaviours.
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
Tuesday Sep 17, 2024
We’re back! In this episode, we discuss the difficulties around food and diet that eating disorder recovery experiences around holidays.
We highlight the importance of ongoing specialist psychological support essential to providing the sufferer with critical cognitive techniques which enable the ability to challenge and overcome dangerous and self-destructive behaviours.
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
Tuesday Aug 27, 2024
In this week's episode we discuss how Harry's eating disorder has impacted his Dad as one of the contributory factors in his nervous breakdown.
The purpose of this episode is to acknowledge the importance of men talking in order avoid destructive gender stereotypes that have led to the dangerous and traumatic response of an eating disorder and a mental breakdown.
Please remember, we are not clinicians or qualified ED specialists. The aim of our podcast is to provide insight into our experience in the hope that we provide information that might save others from suffering the years of trauma we have encountered under the threat of an eating disorder.
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com