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Eating disorder treatment buildings can themselves support recovery, as Sanjana's research and lived experience shows.

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Only when eating disorder treatment took into Amelie's need for choice & control from her PDA, did she feel she could recover.

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Alice shares why she decided to take on the epic Northern Lights Trek challenge for Beat!

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Korin credits her mum for helping her reach out for bulimia support - and to continue to recover from her eating disorder.

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Once she was diagnosed with autism, Ella felt like the puzzle pieces of eating disorder recovery fell into place.

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In the midst of her eating disorder, Rachelle was diagnosed with blood cancer. She shares how she navigated recovering from both

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Recovery can be hard, but Coco shares how taking that first step of opening up can make the positive first step.

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Katie shares how finding 'why' she developed an eating disorder didn't help her recover & why she chose to fundraise for Beat

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Lucy shares how her eating disorder recovery wasn't one big change, but small shifts over time.

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Millie shares her incredible trek across Iceland to see the Northern Lights, all to raise money for Beat and eating disorders

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Once Nicole got her ADHD & bipolar diagnoses, everything about her eating disorder made sense - and she started her recovery

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When Michelle was unwell with an eating disorder, she never imagined she'd be able to not only recover, but take on challenges!

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