In this episode, released during National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, host Jodi Rose Gonzales reflects on more than thirty-three years of recovery and shares six unexpected gifts her eating disorder, offered along the way. 

Drawing from lived experience, art therapy, mindfulness, and years of clinical work, this episode reframes recovery as more than symptom management. It is an invitation into deeper honesty, connection, and self-trust—one that extends far beyond eating disorder recovery alone.

This conversation is for anyone navigating recovery, burnout, transition, or the quiet inner knowing that something needs to change.

Key Takeaways

Healing Follows Connection
Recovery teaches us that isolation sustains suffering, while healing requires witnesses—people, practices, and places that reflect us back to ourselves.

Art Creates New Languages for Truth
When words fall short, art, imagery, movement, and symbolism become bridges to what is true and alive within us.

Symptoms Are Stop Signs, Not Failures
Rather than signs of something being “wrong,” symptoms can be invitations to pause, listen, and respond with care.

The episode closes with a reflective art prompt designed to help you explore patterns and behaviors as messengers, rather than problems to eliminate.

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Resources & Links

National Eating Disorder Awareness Week: https://www.nedawareness.org
National Eating Disorder Helpline (US): 1-800-931-2237
Suicide & Crisis Lifeline (US): 988
Crisis Text Line: Text NEDA to 741741

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