What happens when years of dieting stop working? When you’re done with hating your body?

In this episode of Once Upon a Binge, Becca is joined by Flo, a coach and diversity & inclusion consultant, who shares her powerful lived experience of disordered eating. From growing up watching her mum diet, to years of restriction, binge eating and believing that losing weight would finally make her confident and happy, Flo opens up about what really kept her stuck—and the unexpected moment that changed everything.

Together, they explore why dieting can become an eating disorder, why recovery only works when you're truly ready, and how curiosity, intuitive eating and reconnecting with your body can help you find freedom from food obsession. They also discuss body image, diet culture, "fitspiration", friendships, values, and why recovery is about so much more than food.

If you've ever wondered whether life without constant thoughts about food and your body is really possible, this conversation offers both honesty and hope.

Becca and Flo talk about:

00:00 Meet Flo 01:30 Coaching Meets Recovery 05:03 Why Diet Culture Is Everywhere 06:08 How Childhood Shapes Body Image 07:07 From Restriction to Binge Eating 17:24 The Promise of Thinness and Power 20:16 When Therapy Doesn't Help 21:14 The Hen Do That Changed Everything 26:21 Recovery Readiness & The Fitspiration Era 28:38 Why Recovery Isn't Black and White 29:14 The Anger That Fuelled Recovery 29:59 Learning to Trust Body Signals 32:58 Gentle Nutrition vs Food Freedom 35:01 Emotional Emptiness & Using Food to Cope 36:33 Curiosity Instead of Self-Judgement 39:15 Why Women Bond Through Body Talk 41:58 Values, Identity & Life Beyond Food 48:16 When Recovery Changes Friendships 50:23 Creating a Recovery-Friendly Social Media Feed 53:17 Final Takeaways & Hope for Recovery

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Connect with Flo:

- Email – flo@diversityintheboardroom.co.uk

- Instagram - @diversityintheboardroom

- Website - https://www.diversityintheboardroom.co.uk/