How is this week treating you?

How are you treating you?

I hope you are doing okay in your neck of the woods! Today, I wanted to invite you to listen in to one of my most favorite episodes of the pod. I absolutely CANNOT wait for your listen of this one!

In today's episode, I answer the question: How long does it take to recover from an eating disorder?" & I share with you 5 variables that can have an impact on your recovery timeline.

I don't want to drop the truth bomb in this message to you, so I'll just encourage you to listen in, but I do want to share some love & inspo that will help you finish the week strong.

If you have been struggling with disordered eating....

If you experience constant thoughts around food that lead you to restrict your food, purge or binge your food....then I'm honored to share with you that FREEDOM is possible. Freedom is yours! There is NOTHING better than experiencing freedom from these thoughts & behaviors....

& you deserve a life FULL of this kind of freedom.

I hope that no matter how long it takes for you to experience your own freedom, that you will never give up as you navigate the way.

I believe in you!

xo,

lindsey

Find All the Things -＞ www.herbestself.co

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______ 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 limited 1:1 & let’s work together -> Client Application

Step 3: Leverage the FB community for support & stay tuned for all the resources up & coming to help serve you! YOU TOTALLY GOT THIS!

* 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 clinical provider if you are struggling with an eating disorder.

Hey girl! It's FINALLY Friday & do I have an amazing Podcast episode for you!

This one is all about PROCRASTINATION!

Are you a perfectionist? Dreamer? Blamer? Overdoer?

If clouds are full of water, they pour rain on the earth. Whether a tree falls to the south or to the north, in the place where it falls, there it will lie. Whoever watches the wind will not plant; whoever looks at the clouds will not reap.

~Ecclesiastes 11:3-4

If you want change but then find yourself pushing it off & so you struggle day after day to actually move forward....oh how I see you!

I remember opening up the fridge only to not know what to eat...yet, I had just left the grocery store. I remember looking at the clock, secretly wishing I could have something to eat...but in my mind, "it was too early".

If either of these situations resonate with you then I encourage you to listen in to this episode I discuss how procrastination is a symptom of a feeling and underlying belief & how it can be unlearned & changed.

I share with you steps to take to STOP procrastinating on yourself & your freedom, so that you can find peace in your life & harmony in your mind & kitchen!

Tune in to this one sis!

xo,

lindsey

Find All the Things -＞ www.herbestself.co

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Coach with Me -＞Client Application

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Email me directly -> info@lindseynichol.com

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Join the free FB community -> 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 limited 1:1 & let’s work together -> Client Application

Step 3: Leverage the FB community for support & stay tuned for all the resources up & coming to help serve you! YOU TOTALLY GOT THIS!

* 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 clinical provider if you are struggling with an eating disorder.

Hey there sister friend! How was your long weekend?

This one was one for the books for me. My hubby and kids threw me the most fantastic birthday full of all the things....crabcakes, cake and confetti....oh my!

But birthdays used to be the WORST days for me when I was struggling in my eating disorder. I had no desire to celebrate. I didn't like who I was. I wasn't confident in who I was.....I couldn't even remember who I was without my disorder controlling my every day.

In order to get out of the trenches....I had to change.

I had to create confidence when I wasn't feeling confident AT ALL.

I had to find belief and keep promises to myself.

I had to find ME again.....and maybe sis that is right where you are today.

~ In this episode, I share with you the 3 step formula to find confidence in WHO you are becoming so that you can change your food and body relationship.

I can't wait for you to listen in! This is a birthday goodie!

Tune in to Episode 193!

xo,

lindsey

Find All the Things -＞ www.lindseynichol.com

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Coach with Me -＞Client Application

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Email me directly -> info@lindseynichol.com

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Join the free FB community -> www.herbestselfsociety.com

______ 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 limited 1:1 & let’s work together -> Client Application

Step 3: Leverage the FB community for support & stay tuned for all the resources up & coming to help serve you! YOU TOTALLY GOT THIS!

* 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 clinical provider if you are struggling with an eating disorder.

Hello gorgeous! Please tell me you are counting down till the weekend like I am? I am so flipping thankful it is Friday! Goodness, has this week been A LOT for me! How about you? ~ When life is crazy it's hard to appreciate the "A LOTs". It's hard to be grateful for overflow & abundance. & when you have an unhealthy relationship with food & your body it makes it nearly impossible to see anything other than LACK.

Your eating disorder restricts more than just food & calories.

If you feel like you never have enough time, money, love or happiness....you aren't alone. This is a tactic of disordered eating. It's how it keeps you in the crazy-making cycle. But sitting in the "not enough" bleeds into "YOU not being enough". & we aren't living in that house anymore sis!

The truth is you are MORE than enough. & you deserve to start living like it.

You can change your life from living trapped & restricted to living plentiful & abundant!

Tune in to this one girl if you are looking for a pep talk & tangible take aways to help you grab your power back from your unhealthy relationship with food.

I hope today's episode blesses you. I can't wait for your listen! xo,

lindsey

Find All the Things -＞ wwww.herbestself.co

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Coach with Me -＞Client Application

______

Email me directly -> info@lindseynichol.com

______

Join the free FB community -> www.herbestselfsociety.com

______ 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 limited 1:1 & let’s work together -> Client Application

Step 3: Leverage the FB community for support & stay tuned for all the resources up & coming to help serve you! YOU TOTALLY GOT THIS!

* 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 clinical provider if you are struggling with an eating disorder.

Hey sis!

 It is January and we are rolling in deep and today we're going to be talking about something that has been so heavy on my heart lately. And that is how your relationship with food isn't just affecting your health, but how it could be holding back your leadership potential and the significant impact that you're meant to have in this world.

Marshawn Daniels says it best in her devotional..."As women, we've had an up and down roller coaster like relationship with the word leadership. On one hand, we're supposed to be submissive and supportive. We learned so much about surrender, but less about stepping up. We want to expand the kingdom, but we don't want to step out of place.

We want to be a good wife. We want to be a pleasing daughter. We want to be a wonderful mother, but we're afraid to admit that our hearts are craving something more. And therein lies a holy tension. See, God desires that we absorb the wisdom of others, but also that we never place the perspective of other people and this world above His voice and His plan."

And the truth is that leadership is your birthright. It's in your DNA. I cannot agree with that more. I have felt God nudging me and calling me to lead even more this year. And you know what breaks my heart? Seeing brilliant, capable women sitting on the sidelines of their own lives because their eating disorder has convinced them that controlling food and their body is more important than their God given purpose.

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Today on the podcast, we're going to talk about your unhealthy relationship with food is actually a stronghold, keeping you from becoming the best version of you and from becoming a leader that you're meant to be. You see, I personally believe that my word for the year, "leadership" is not just meant for me, but it's meant for you too, because leadership is so tightly ingrained in our identity.

And when you can't believe in your own identity because you have been living under the cloud of false truths in your mind, then you forget that you are a mighty warrior. You forget that you have influence. You forget that God has been grooming you since you were born for a purpose.

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I want to ask you something: when is the last time you thought about the influence that you're meant to have here, not just in your family or in your job, but on this planet in this world?

2025 is all about leadership for me. I'm realizing more and more how many of us are letting so many other things in our life, things of quote, "the world", rob us of our leadership potential, rob us of our impact.

These beliefs that we're not good enough, or we're not qualified, or we haven't yet arrived, or we aren't there yet. All these things, they're literally sucking the hope out of your journey forward. And without HOPE, I mean, what is it that we truly have anyways? Am I right?

I want you to stop letting your ED, letting this relationship with food, steal the rest of your life and your leadership potential.

Tune in to Episode 192 & share it with someone you love!

xo,

lindsey

Find All the Things -＞ wwww.herbestself.co

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Coach with Me -＞Client Application

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Email me directly -> info@lindseynichol.com

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Join the free FB community -> www.herbestselfsociety.com

______ 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 limited 1:1 & let’s work together -> Client Application

Step 3: Leverage the FB community for support & stay tuned for all the resources up & coming to help serve you! YOU TOTALLY GOT THIS!

* 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 clinical provider if you are struggling with an eating disorder.

Happy Friday sister friend!

Did you know that people who visualize their goals are DOUBLE as confident they'll achieve them than those who don't. And what is even more astonishing is that 82% of people who used a vision board to support their future goals reporting having accomplished half of them before they even thought they would?

Yep, pretty awesome right?

Well, I used to roll my eyes when my treatment team shared with me the importance of creating a vision board when I was working towards my recovery.

Yet, this powerful creative tool has so many benefits & TRUE stats show that it can help you navigate real results towards your freedom journey.

In Episode 191.5, I share with you the importance of visual representation of WHO you are becoming & how you can design your very own Best Self Board to help propel you into action this year.

Don't forget to share this one with a friend & to listen to EP 65, 103, & 105 to help bring even more inspiration to you for this creative process.

You are gonna love it!

xo,

lindsey

Find All the Things -＞ wwww.herbestself.co

______

Coach with Me -＞Client Application

______

Email me directly -> info@lindseynichol.com

______

Join the free FB community -> www.herbestselfsociety.com

______ 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 limited 1:1 & let’s work together -> Client Application

Step 3: Leverage the FB community for support & stay tuned for all the resources up & coming to help serve you! YOU TOTALLY GOT THIS!

* 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 clinical provider if you are struggling with an eating disorder.

Happy January sister friend!

So the boys and I rang in the new year in a new place this year.

Hopefully you've had a great start to your new year!

We surely had an awesome experience. We took the boys tubing at a ski resort in the Blue Ridge mountains, and it was fantabulous. Yes, I'm still a beach girl. And yes, I dread being cold, but between the fireplace and the glorious snow, it was beautiful.

The mountains were breathtaking and it was just what my soul desperately needed...but back to reality and the podcast with you. And I am so happy to be back here recording a new show today!

I can't wait for you to tune in to Episode 191 :)

As we made memories over the break, I got to thinking about 2025 and goals and just how much influence culture has on our personal goals and expectations.

Not that that's a bad thing, but just hear me out here. So yes, January is the start of a new year, but society makes us feel disorganized, society makes us feel lazy and unproductive if we don't set massive, crazy, audacious goals as soon as the clock strikes midnight. And I just got to thinking, I'm not. Not this year!

And I'm not suggesting not to have goals for this year. I'm not saying that I don't have personal goals and I don't have business goals. But for me, the way I want to view my 2025 journey is going to be different. Instead of aiming at these massive goals, I plan on aiming at the goals that God places on my heart.

But with INTENTION and less pressure of my timeline. I want to stop looking around and comparing myself to what everyone else is doing or what everyone else is thinking. And so I wanted to share today's episode to help you grant yourself the same grace and permission, because maybe like me, you don't have it all together either and maybe you haven't decided to read 20 books in 2025.

And maybe you don't even know what a resolution could be for you.

So here is what I want you to think about. Instead of trying on another resolution that may or may not last until February, I want you to think about how you want to do this year differently and how you want to show up with grace and permission as you lean into the best version of yourself.

Tune in to this one friend! Let's ring in the new year strong!

xo,

lindsey

Find All the Things -＞ wwww.herbestself.co

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Coach with Me -＞Client Application

______

Email me directly -> info@lindseynichol.com

______

Join the free FB community -> www.herbestselfsociety.com

______ 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 limited 1:1 & let’s work together -> Client Application

Step 3: Leverage the FB community for support & stay tuned for all the resources up & coming to help serve you! YOU TOTALLY GOT THIS!

* 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 clinical provider if you are struggling with an eating disorder.

I hope you are starting the New Year off right sis! And my wish for you is that you invest in yourself and your recovery in 2025.

But just in case you are doubting the new year already, I wanted to give you some TRUTH BOMBS and 2 tools that you can use when you catch yourself "feeling fat" as the world around you continues to push the billion dollar diet culture fads this January.

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Did you know that 92 percent of the time when you're feeling fat, you're actually experiencing a completely different emotion? In Episode 190 of the podcast we're diving into the science behind this powerful truth + I can't wait to share some eye opening statistics with you because research is so clear in this area.

Research shows 95 percent of women engage in what we call "fat talk".

That's right.

Almost every single woman spends nearly 50 minutes every single day feeling fat. That is almost an hour of every day lost to these thoughts. Now you mix in an eating disorder and years of unhealthy behaviors and bam....most of the day spent with that battle in your mind...

But here's the game changing truth. 80 percent of these moments have absolutely nothing to do with your body. Nothing.

I want you to let that sink in for a minute.

I remember in my own journey, there were so many days when I would wake up just feeling fat, like my body physically felt bigger, but the reality was that nothing had changed in my body overnight. Something had triggered that feeling of fatness. Maybe it was an upcoming work event for me, or when I look back in my journal, it was tension with my mom or a friend or just plain overwhelm of feeling out of control in various different areas of my life because I was struggling with this control and the grip of it in the eating disorder.

But I didn't have the tools at that point to really understand what was going on inside of me. And the truth is that when I began to accept that in order to be my most authentic, my most healthiest best self, I would need to accept my body changing and for me, that meant weight restoring. It was as if the fat feelings came in like a flood overnight... but nothing had changed except my brain knew that my goal was no longer to lose weight because that wasn't going to lead me anywhere good.

Research from the International Journal of Eating Disorders shows that body dissatisfaction significantly increases during times of emotional distress.

Listen in to the show today, where I breakdown what's actually happening when you're having those feeling fat moments. Because 92 percent of the time, that's nine out of 10 times when you're feeling that fat feeling, you're actually experiencing something completely different.

I can't wait to share this one with you girl!

xo,

lindsey

Find All the Things -＞ wwww.herbestself.co

______

Coach with Me -＞Client Application

______

Email me directly -> info@lindseynichol.com

______

Join the free FB community -> www.herbestselfsociety.com

______ 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 limited 1:1 & let’s work together -> Client Application

Step 3: Leverage the FB community for support & stay tuned for all the resources up & coming to help serve you! YOU TOTALLY GOT THIS!

* 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 clinical provider if you are struggling with an eating disorder.