What’s Your Reason to Recover?

You’re not lacking willpower — you’re missing a reason that feels stronger than fear.

The fear of weight gain is overwhelming — but it’s not random. It’s rooted in deeper emotional needs like safety, identity, or connection. This worksheet helps you move past surface-level goals and reconnect with what recovery really means to you.
Whether you’re just starting out or stuck in fear, this is your first step toward healing with purpose.

Inside the worksheet, you’ll find:

Inside the worksheet, you’ll be guided to:

• Understand why your brain clings to the fear of weight gain — and how to work with it, not against it

• Explore the emotional safety your eating disorder has tried to create, and what you truly need instead

• Identify your real motivations for recovery — not just goals, but deep, personal reasons

• Shift your focus from avoiding weight gain to building a life that feels worth living

• Reflect on who you want to be, how you want to feel, and what you’re ready to fight for

• Take one clear, grounded step toward full recovery — led by your own internal compass

When you’re ready to take this further, I’m here to guide you.

This worksheet is your first step — but real, lasting change happens when you’re supported consistently by people who understand exactly what recovery takes.

Inside The Eating Disorder Recovery Circle, you’ll find a growing library of expert-led courses, lived-experience guidance, and a compassionate, always-on community that knows recovery isn’t just about weight — it’s about healing your whole self.

When you join the Circle, you’ll get immediate access to:

• The Fear of Weight Gain course — your step-by-step roadmap to making peace with weight, nourishment, and your body

• The Self-Love 101 workshop — practical, honest tools to start feeling good about who you are

• The Self-Compassion Course — learn how to stop bullying yourself and start responding like someone who cares

• A new course on Atypical Anorexia, with more specialised content arriving regularly

• Safe, focused chat rooms for different recovery experiences — including anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, and more

• The Feelings Navigator — an interactive tool to help you manage emotions with clarity and science-backed support

• Weekly events, community inspiration, and 24/7 encouragement from people who get it

This is the support you’ve been missing between appointments, after discharge, or in the moments when fear screams loudest.