When food becomes the fight: The hidden language of eating disorders

Energetic Health Institute Radio with Holly Whalen – Every pattern we call “disordered” is a survival strategy. Restriction feels powerful when the world feels chaotic. Binging feels soothing when emptiness aches. Purging feels like release when shame becomes unbearable. Even the relentless drive to “eat clean” or “optimize” health—orthorexia—is the nervous system searching for certainty in a world that...