🌟 How I navigated toxic social media content through my recovery 🌟

As you may have seen I have announced the awareness event I have organised, “Stories of Recovery and Hope” which is a night dedicated to bringing awareness to eating disorders through the lived experience of me and my two incredible co-hosts Evan and Ayzia.

I have been overwhelmed by the support this event has received already and even more excited that people have asked whether certain topics will be covered on the night. This is exciting as we want to make this event as relevant and informative as we can so we have welcomes this feedback with open arms.

This week I had a conversation with a lovely lady who asked whether we will be talking about the impact of toxic social media on recovery and how we navigate through this. When she asked this I knew that she was not alone in navigating toxic social media content and the power it has to fuel disordered behaviours and glamourise disordered eating and manifestations of this.

I couldn’t wait until the event to talk about this so this weeks episode is dedicated to ‘how I navigated toxic social media content through my recovery’.

The hard pill to swallow is that we are never going to be completely immune to this, we are never going to boycott this content (maybe one day?) and we are going to see content that may be harmful to our recovery. HOWEVER, I talk about the power of YOU and how YOU have the power to disengage from this content.

In a world filled with f****d up algorithms and content designed to receive the most engagement we need to have our social media bul***it detectors on at all times! Join me on today’s episode as I share my lived experience with navigating social media through recovery and beyond! Y

ou can listen on spotify, apple or my direct link which can be found in the link in my bio! I would love to hear your feedback, what measures do you have in place to protect yourself from harmful social media content?

TW – in today’s episode I talk about disordered eating, eating disorders and recovery which may be triggering for some.

I have linked some great resources below which can offer support if you find yourself needing to speak to someone.

@thebutterflyfoundation National Helpline 1800 334 673

@lifelineaustralia 24/7 support 13 11 14

@beyondblueofficial 1300 224 636