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👋 Hi! My name is Anne-Claire and I am a Certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach, trained by Carolyn Costin through the Carolyn Costin Institute (CCI).

CCI-Certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach ⎮ Certified Befriending Your Body (BFYB) Teacher ⎮ Trauma-Informed Yoga Teacher (RYT500) ⎮ Somatic Experiencing Practitioner (SEP) in training ⎮ Book a FREE discovery call https://www.pathtorecovered.com I have also trained with Dr Ann Saffi Biasetti to become a Certified Befriending Your Body Teacher. Additionally, I hold a Master of Science from the Université Libre de Bruxelles, am a Registered Yoga Teacher (RYT-500) and am currently training as a Somatic Experiencing Practitioner. I use a combination of my trainings and personal experience to collaboratively work with you and your treatment team to meet your recovery goals and transform your relationship with food, your body (I am aligned with the HAES approach), and yourself so you can live a healthy, authentic, and fulfilling life. If you are suffering from an eating disorder, disordered eating, poor body image, or chronic dieting, and you are looking for someone who gets it and can give you non-judgmental, personalized support - you are in the right place!

07/10/2025

1) You are not a bad human™️ for struggling with your recovery, for finding yourself reaching for some behaviours again, for being tired of doing the work after so long, etc.

Please don’t add to your suffering by piling on the self-judgment and shaming yourself for having a hard time.

Even if I don’t know you personally: I know you deserve compassion, warmth, understanding. (Yes, even if “_____” - add whatever reason you just thought of. Even then.)

⬆️ is the core of what I wanted to say…

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…but I’m feeling spicy 🌶️ because of some feelings ignited in humans I’ve talked to lately who are in recovery and absorbing many messages on various platforms ⬇️

2) Kindly: you might have lost the plot if you think it makes you a better human for getting “there.”

The point of recovery is to reclaim your ability to make choices based on your values and in alignment with your dreams. If you’re seeking yet another way to feel superior to others, I’m just truly unsure that’s what’s happening?

01/10/2025

✨ September 2025, feat. 🇮🇹

How is it already October 1st today?! 😱 (she has been busy, that’s how 😅)

1. Gelato in Rome 🍦
2. At-home mocktails, with that extra lil touch of delight 🏖️ (just because.)
3. Pottery painting in good company 🎨
4. Another little delight for the eyes 🌸
5. 🤩 from the ✈️ to Rome!!
6. Trapizzino (and one suppli) 😋 - eaten out on a little Piazza, whilst people-watching. Because, duh.
7. Cat-door to enter the Coliseum in Rome 🐱
8. The Roman Forum!
9. Treeeees 🌳
10. Cacio & pepe 🧀
11. Sunset in Rome 🌆
12. Carciofi alla giudia
13. Carciofi alla Romana (yes, I did order artichoke every time it was on the menu.)
14. TRUFFLE pasta 🤤
15. Pasta all’amatriciana 🍝
16. Still healthily obsessed with getting to know all the birds in my neighbourhood 🐦‍⬛ .bird.id

Any little or big glimmers from this past month you’d like to share with me in the comments? 👀

💛 - AC

10/09/2025

How intimate are you with your own rhythm?

How has the world, the culture, the environment in which you grew up shaped the rhythm of your life, the beliefs about how you belong to or fit in it?

What might the trees be teaching you about slowness? About letting go? About being rooted deeply within the earth?

What is the moon mirroring back at you through her monthly dance?

Prompts as an invitation 📝 or just a poem to enjoy ✨

With 💛 - AC

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REF: ✍️ “Her Rhythm” by Julia Fehrenbacher

01/09/2025

✨ August 2025 ✨

1. Happy strolls in the streets of Lisbon 🇵🇹
2. Cute coffees taste better 🐱
3. Artichoke + gooey cheese + baguette = 💖
4. I get silly happy in forests 🤭
5. Sunsets in Porto hit different 🤩
6. Bola de Berlim! - aka THE snack when on the beach in 🇵🇹
7. “You found your Bird of the Day!” is one of my favourite messages to read on my 📱 (and makes me feel ridiculously successful in life 😆)

Any little or big glimmers from this past month you’d like to share with us in the comments? ⤵️

💛 - AC

27/08/2025

A reminder that self-knowledge leads to self-empowerment and self-trust.

When we feel lost, it can be, in part, due to the reality that we have outsourced our definition of who we are as well as the measure of how valuable we are to others.

Part of the work in recovery is to reclaim our identity, to nurture a new sense of who we are and to start aligning with that.

This means questioning what we have been told, understanding the impact of our upbringing, of the systems we grew up in AND to then make a choice about what we do with that.

Because if we don’t start drawing lines, defining ourselves, exploring our own values and dreams, then the world sure will fill in those gaps.

You deserve to live a life that makes sense to YOU.

✌️💛 - AC

26/08/2025

Because part of what we suffer from is a fundamental disconnect from our body.

Because we have been taught to look at our bodies as machines, tools or objects.

Because we have forgotten what it means to live in an embodied way, through our body and our senses.

And because that is also a KEY part of developing a SENSE OF SELF, something we often loose when we are in the midst of suffering from an ED.

This point is developed beautifully in Ann’s book, “Befriending your body - a self-compassionate approach to freeing yourself from disordered eating” and her Befriend Your Body Program.

It’s one of the reasons I was drawn to her work and why I trained to become a BFYB Teacher.

“This book (this program) sees your body as not just something to be healed or restored, but rather as a source of great wisdom and knowledge. It also acknowledges your spirit and its importance in assisting you back into life and a full and lasting recovery.”

👉 If this is something that is missing from your treatment so far, I invite you to join the Befriending Your Body Program* or seek a therapist or coach who specialise in somatic work.

*Check out ’s website where you can find all certified teachers who offer her unique 8-week program of embodiment and self-compassion skills training for disordered eating and making peace with your body, food and self.

👩‍💻 www.befriendingyourbodyprogram.com

(I won’t be offering this program in group format for another while, however I do offer this option on a 1:1 basis & weave somatic work in my coaching practice)

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25/08/2025

If you want your relationship with food or movement to be different, if you want a life that feels different, then you’ve got to ditch the rules you’ve been living/eating/moving by.

Because those can only lead you to the same spot. Over and over again.

Is it scary? Might you feel lost for a moment?
Yes and yes.

And yet: if you know you dislike where you end up and know of another destination, maybe you can build your tolerance for the discomfort (cognitively and somatically!) & slowly start paving new ways through the wilderness.

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20/08/2025

Traveling with an ED:
- Constant food thoughts & mental gymnastics around times/available choices/compensation
- Missing out on local food specialties to have my safe foods & out of fear they won’t be “perfect” (therefore be “justified”)
- Being worried about “wasting” money or calories
- Exercising instead of exploring
- Not fully present into the experience as a whole
- Stressed out and anxious - which spills on others traveling with me (less fun memories for sure)

Traveling without an ED:
- Quite literally the opposite
- More FUN - space to TRY, EXPLORE, BE SURPRISED
- More PRESENCE - including the ability to BE, REST, LISTEN, DISCOVER
- More CONNECTION - to cultures, to others I’m traveling with, to myself!

I am sharing this to remind of how limiting an ED can be.
And how DESERVING you are of MORE & BETTER.

I am sharing this to remind you of all the ways that healing can shift how PRESENT you can be and EXPAND your life experiences.

👏 Recovery 👏 is 👏 possible 👏

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📸 lunch in Lisbon a couple of days ago 😋

19/08/2025

1️⃣ It is hard because you are used to rigid structures and going outside of yourself to make choices about food.

Diet culture and your habits might have ruled your food choices for a long time at this point.

Now you are asked to challenge SO many of those patterns and choices. Of course it’s hard!

AND

You are moving from black and white rules to flexible ones which requires different skills!

Therefore you need some time & practice before finding it all a little more comfortable.

2️⃣ What is “normal”?

This is where working with a dietitian can help and where I will start by saying: sometimes, we need to move from one system of rules to another system of guidelines in order to build the ABILITY to make decisions based on our (acquired & inner) knowledge, including our body’s cues.

When our eating patterns have been disordered for a while, and when we have been making decisions on BS rules that can sometimes feel like absolute truth, we FIRST need to challenge those rules and rebuild our internal messaging system.

The latter happens through regular, adequate and varied eating that is often best guided by an ED dietitian + also benefits from somatic work to acquire nervous system regulation skills and nurture interoceptive awareness (some therapists, dietitians or coaches - like myself! - are specialised in this).

🌈 And then: well, you’re stuck in rainbow-mode.

Normal eating is flexible, spontaneous, and fun.
“Enough food” will be different on different days and your needs might change over the years.
“Enough food” will be different for different people.
On top of that: we all have different needs and wants: whether that’s preferences, financial access, illnesses, time, etc.

There is no “1 model of normality” - therefore no one can give you “the 1 perfect plan” to follow forever. Even the BEST dietitian in the world.

👉 Make sure to bring this up with your treatment team OR reach out to professionals to help you out!

14/08/2025

This is for my ambition-wired, high-achieving perfectionists out here 👀

(But also anyone in recovery from the damages that came with trying to excel by the rules and conditions dictated by diet & wellness culture)

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We are conditioned by society to believe that more is better. That better is always worth the effort. And that we should always thrive to be better, faster, more “perfect.”

Why, though?
Who for?
Who benefits from our belief that every unit of time should be used productively, in pursuit of excellence and efficiency?
And who gets to decide what is being measured (the goals) and how (the performance scorecard)?

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This is an invitation (from Jenny & myself) to embrace mediocrity (instead of perfection) as taught, defined and measured by systems (and often internalised by us!) when it comes to parts of your life that simply matter less to you, or simply because you have arrived at the inevitable conclusion that you can’t “have it all at once” and must therefore learn to prioritise.

Why?
Because learning to prioritise is the flip side of this coin. The ability to choose to spend (yes, “spend” is the right word, this has a cost!) energy, time, attention, care on the areas of the your life that you deem to matter more (in absolute terms or in this moment/season of life).

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Interestingly enough, the more mediocrity (as defined by others/systems, as I was taught) I have welcomed into my life, the less mediocre my life has felt.

So if you are burning yourself out on performing in every part of your life, maybe it is time to reassess where you are, what you value, who you understand yourself to be/to want to be, and to align your actions with that (aka priories).

Note that this is also very much applicable to recovery in a diet & wellness culture society!! I choose mediocrity - by this culture/society’s standards - when it comes to the performance of eating, moving and looking (image). And that comes with immense freedom to care about the other parts of my life that matter to me.

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12/08/2025

Those are only a few examples of common ways that the concept of TIME makes its way into client sessions.

The reality?

There are no such times when “it’s ok to eat.”

Your body doesn’t care about the clock on the wall.

Your body doesn’t care about arbitrary rules dictated by diet culture and wellness influencers.

👉 Make sure to challenge these food rules in recovery!

Want to start now?

‣ Where does the rule come from?
‣ What would happen if you honoured your needs and/or plan?
‣ Is this rule based on facts or fear?
‣ What space does this rule leave for recovery-aligned action and/or for life (spontaneous occasions, fun moments, pleasure, etc)?
‣ Would you recommend your friend/child to follow it strictly? Why (not)?

📖 Prompts adapted from the 8 Keys to recovery from an ED by C. Costin & G. Grabb

07/08/2025

It’s ok if you don’t find the silver linings.

And I truly believe that there is so much healing in learning to « be with » that we miss out on when we rush into meaning making.

Because the latter keeps us stuck in our intellect, and we might end up orienting to (paying attention) to only the loudest parts of our experience (mind and/or body), therefore maybe missing out on our ability to experience more and/or our resilience (when it comes to going through the hard parts).

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This is also your permission slip to do what it takes to recover, and to then let that be a chapter of your life book you never revisit or talk about. It’s not because others do it loudly online, or because others have let that guide them into a profession (🙋‍♀️), that this should be a chapter of your life you keep close forever.

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Adres

Sint-Lambrechts-Woluwe

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