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!
Episodes
Today’s episode looks at bureaucracy and how, as attested to by the philosopher Hannah Arendt, some ‘bad actors’ can be seen to manipulate society by inundating it with technical administration so as to cover up institutional inaction.
Please remember we are not clinicians or ED specialists, but share our lived experience of an eating disorder, and the research and specialist advice we have gathered over a decade, to contribute to ...
Today’s episode is informed by work carried out by Ross Sonnenblick into male eating disorders.
Following his battle with anorexia, Ross decided to pursue a PhD in male eating disorders to contribute to the tragically unresearched study in this area, which he discusses with Amy Geckl on The Eating Disorder Diaries (found here: 'Goal #4: Daily ED Education – Anorexia in Boys and Men with Ross Sonnenblick').
Thank you for joining ...
Today’s episode is looking at anxiety. Although anxiety is an unavoidable emotion, helping us to prepare for potential threats and challenges, excessive and persistent exposure to anxiety can lead to a host of complex mental and physical conditions. So, what is anxiety and how do we embody it? How does anxiety compel us to outsource our feelings of self to external objects instead of facing feelings of discomfort which can, in th...
June is men's mental health awareness month and on this episode, we are grateful to have the phenomenal advocate for men's mental health awareness, Andy Hill. Andy is the founder of the incredible u-turnbacktobasics initiative which provides nature walks, team building, survival, and wild camping retreats to those who are struggling with mental health issues.
Today, Andy shares his brave story of how he turned his adversity into...
On today’s episode, we are grateful to have the qualified instruction of yoga, meditation and breathing techniques teacher, Johanna Nye.
As discussed on other episodes, Harry has reached a fork in the road with the recovery techniques being imparted through conventional psychotherapy and, as a result, has decided to pursue alternative traditional ways to alleviate the stress and intrusive thoughts he still battles. Johanna thus ...
Following on from our last ‘what is perfect’ episode, we discuss how this translates into our sense of self when it comes to education, and consideration of how the arbitrary definition of intelligence might be redefined.
Thank you for joining our candid discussions informed by our personal experiences and opinions, and helping us, and others, contemplate the various aspects of positive change that enhance our lives.
In today’s episode we discuss the modern idea of perfect dictated by social media and the need to help our children become more media literate and to question the dangerous ideals of perfectionism they see online.
Thank you for joining in our discussions around mental health informed by our experiences and those of others, and helping us to encourage and reinforce the message that positive change can come at any point in our lives.
...In today’s episode, we discuss our listeners invaluable feedback on when behavioural diagnosis can be seen as help, as opposed to hindrance, in how we interact with the world.
Thank you joining in our discussions around mental health and helping us to encourage positive change, and reinforcing the motivation that change can come at any point in our lives.
Contact Us: dontweighttochange@outlook.com
Here is 'Part 2' of our 'Do labels help?' episode, where we discuss when behavioural diagnosis can be seen as help, as opposed to hindrance, in how we interact with the world. When understanding the human condition in all its different variations can be freeing, instead of an agenda to bind us to a narrow set of behaviours which can hold us back.
Thank you joining in our discussions around mental health, informed by our experience...
In Part 1 of today’s episode we discuss when behavioural diagnosis can be seen as help, as opposed to hindrance, in how we interact with the world. When understanding the human condition in all its different variations can be freeing, instead of an agenda to bind us to a narrow set of behaviours which can hold us back.
Thank you joining in our discussions around mental health, informed by our experiences and those of others, in th...
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.
However, following the phenomenal feedback from our listeners, our podcast ha...
Following on from our recent masculinity episodes, we join the commentary around Netflix's recent crime drama ‘Adolescence’, and how its focus on the impact of social media is now being critically reviewed by the government.
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
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 this week's episode, we share your views following on from our 'what is masculinity?' episode (Episode 24). “Thank you” to all our listeners who took the time to contribute to this crucial discussion and for letting us know we are creating discourse around this vital topic.
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
We remind our listeners that we are not clinicians or eating disorder specialists. Our aim is to contribute to...
The incredible Nelly Ghaffar of GBBO shares her wise words on how to stay positive during times of discomfort and uncertainty.
Thank you for Nelly for taking the time to lift our spirits and mind along with hearts of the nation!
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
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 experi...
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
We remind our listeners that we are not clinici...
In this week's episode, we discuss the latest developments within the government and charities such as CALM, supporting those with mental health conditions such as eating disorders, depression, anxiety and suicidal ideation. Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
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 experienc...
In this week’s episode, we discuss the intention behind our podcast ‘why weight to change’. We aim to raise awareness of what an eating disorder looks, and feels, like for a sufferer and their family to enhance understanding of its devastating effects and increase the paucity of support available to all those afflicted by this most life-threatening mental illness. We hope to offer reassurance and guidance on seeking the support and...
In this episode, we discuss the dreaded ‘new year, new you’ resolution ritual, and how the post-Christmas spike in promotions for detox, cleansing and resets can elicit feelings of anxiety, insecurity and self-hate that can lead to eating disorders.
Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
We remind our listeners that we are not clinicians or eating disorder specialists. Our aim is to contribute to the narrative around eating diso...
We hope everyone had a wonderful Christmas and new year, and wish you all a flourishing 2025! In this episode, we discuss how difficult Christmas and new year is for someone battling an eating disorder and discuss our experience of this challenging time of year for me and my family. Contact us: whyweighttochange@outlook.com
We remind our listeners that we are not clinicians or eating disorder specialists. Our aim is to contribut...
On today’s episode we discuss my eating disorder recovery, and how it is looking for me. During my struggles over the years, I often wanted to speak to someone who can help me navigate the difficulties of recovery and alleviate my anxiety that if recovery wasn’t a smooth transition from sufferer to cured, I was getting it wrong. This episode aims to dispel this assumption and offer hope to others. Please donate whatever you can to...
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