EP 23: Facts, Truths & All the Stats - Why Eating Disorders Need to Be Talked About + A Gift for You!

It’s National Eating Disorder Awareness week! It’s time to share hope for recovery & it’s time to uplift & encourage all of you who may be battling this awful disease.  In today’s episode I share all the facts, truths & stats surrounding disordered eating & the impact of eating disorders on our society. I also share a special free gift just for listening to today’s show & spreading the word by sharing this episode with a friend or loved one.  Researchers believe: 8 million Americans have an eating disorder – seven million women and one million men One in 200 American women suffers from anorexia Two to three in 100 American women suffers from bulimia Nearly half of all Americans personally know someone with an eating disorder (Note: One in five Americans suffers from mental illnesses. According to Johns Hopkins, NEDA, ANAD & others, eating disorders are on the rise since Covid & they have no gender, ethnic, or socioeconomic prerequisite across those who struggle. it’s important that you know today that eating disorders aren’t a choice, behavior problem, or lack of willpower. An eating disorder is an illness with biological & genetic roots that are influenced by culture, belief & IMO unfortunately social media!  If you didn’t know already, eating disorders have the highest mortality rate than any other mental health illness?! But why aren’t they talked about more?! I share all of this and then some in episode 23! & while these statistics may be hard to hear, today’s message is to give you hope & to celebrate with you as you embark in your recovery journey. sweet friend, your future looks so very bright, you just have to WANT to make a change ✨ Recovery is possible for you girl! I know because I’ve been right where you are. & now it’s my life’s mission to help others find the exact freedom that I have found, leveraging the exact principles I used to transform my body & my mind & break the chains that anorexia had over my life.  If you enjoy this episode, let me know! Send an email over to me & join our free group on FB! You can find me at all the links below.& if you need more support, stay until the end of today’s episode friend! I’ll share a free opportunity for us to work together & for you to receive some accountability from others to, which just might help you more than you know as you navigate your healing journey. Reach out to me to snag your complimentary spot, 2/27/23-3/5/23 @ [email protected]. with love & purpose,lindsey_Find All the Things -＞ www.lindseynichol.com ______Connect with Me -＞ [email protected]  ______Join the free FB community of women -＞ www.facebook.com/groups/herbestselfsociety/ ______Need a helping hand guiding you girl!? You don’t have to do this alone!Step 1: Go all IN! Decide to commit to yourself & your future! Do it scared girlfriend. Just do it!Step 2: Apply for 1:1 & let’s work together at www.lindseynichol.com/apply-for-coaching Step 3: Leverage the FB community for support in addition to 1:1. & stay tuned for the upcoming program going live later this year!YOU TOTALLY GOT THIS!* Today’s episode content comes from clinical licensed researchers & mental health professionals. While I am a certified health coach, anorexia survivor & eating disorder recovery coach, I do not intend the use of this message to serve as medical advice. Please refer to the disclaimer here in the show & be sure to contact a licensed provider if you are struggling with an eating disorder.