Recovery usually means weight and bodily change. This is a reality hard to face, which is why today's episode focuses on how to celebrate physical changes in recovery. I discuss the difference between the movements of body positivity and body neutrality, in addition to the HAES model of recovery, BMI as bs, and set point theory. 

Bibliography (show notes):

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