What if there was something you could do as a carer for a loved one with an eating disorder that could have a huge impact on how well you cope? Something that would boost your resilience and your ability to stay the distance in this challenging role?

What if it could be as simple as paying attention? Would you try it?

Mindfulness is often dismissed as something that you might be no good at or something you don’t have time for but in this episode of EDFA’s Strong Enough podcast mindfulness coach Amanda Goodfellow shows us simple ways we can use somatic skills daily to calm and heal.

Amanda is also a TedX speaker as well as a mental health advocate and she knows Somatic mindfulness and somatic therapy practise works because she has used it herself after a battle with her own eating disorder.

She says with somatic mindfulness you can train yourself to be calm, learn how to calm yourself down and, in turn, help someone with an eating disorder to do the same.

Watch Amanda’s Somatic Mindfulness TedX Talk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tSelwWUIn_Q

Book a free counselling session with EDFA’s Fill The Gap program: https://edfa.org.au/counselling-service/

Website: https://edfa.org.au/

Become an EDFA Member: https://edfa.org.au/become-a-member/ for less than $5 a month.

Join Eating Disorders Families Australia support groups: https://edfa.org.au/parents-and-carer-support/eating-disorder-support-groups/

Visit EDFA resources library: https://edfa.org.au/video-resource-library/ 

For more information click on these links to the EDFA website:

Anorexia Nervosa

ARFID - Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder

OSFED - Other Specified Feeding & Eating Disorders

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