Eat At Ease Counselling

Eat At Ease Counselling We empower you to explore eating challenges as an opportunity for personal growth and self-discovery.

Our holistic, compassionate approach helps you transform food issues and create foundation for lasting wellbeing and more fulfilling life. Welcome, my name is Anna Czuczman, I'm a psychologist specializing in Nutritional Psychology, Eating Psychology and Mind Body Nutrition, which means that sessions with me can be beneficial essentially for anyone who eats :)

Sessions with me can be beneficial:
- If you can't stop obsessing about food
- If you fight your appetite
- If you turn to food every time you feel uncomfortable, sad or lonely
- If you lost weight and gained it back multiple times
- If you punish your body with forced exercise
- If you hate your body
- If you bombard yourself with negative thoughts
- If you postpone the happiness until you have ''perfect'' body
- If you feel like your experience with food and body is holding you back from fully participating in life

october dump 🎃 (better late then never)1. Halloween celebrations in 👻2. ‘Sad Tiger’ by Neige Sinno, trigger warning: SA...
13/11/2025

october dump 🎃
(better late then never)

1. Halloween celebrations in 👻
2. ‘Sad Tiger’ by Neige Sinno, trigger warning: SA, trauma 📚
3. Volleyball season 2025/2026 has officially started 🩷💙
4. Little demon found a new friend 🩵
5. Autumn atmosphere 🍂
6. Profound breakthroughs and insights in group and individual therapy sessions 💭
7. This was delicious 😋
8. Got contact lenses for the first time in my life and it’s a game changer for sports 👀 plus coffee at as a treat for poking at my eyes for 30mins 😅
9. One more beautiful leaf 🌱
10. Slow coffee mornings ☕️ you can probably tell by now that I’m a Stephen King’s fan 💀 this was ‘Joyland’
11. So grateful for the sunny days ☀️
12. I noticed my confidence as a driver went up, I even drove to Galway and back all by myself 🎉
13. Piles of crunchy leaves are such a joy 🍂 🍃 🍁
14. Spending some time with my dear friend and having tacos 🌮 precious moments making memories
15. Latte art is still abstract 🖼️

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10/11/2025

You might think these are just harmless habits… but sometimes, what looks “healthy” on the surface can actually be disordered eating in disguise 👀

✨ Chewing gum or crunching ice instead of eating
✨ Living off fizzy drinks and coffee
✨ Forcing yourself to work out when you’re sick or injured
✨ Buying or storing a lot of fun foods and not let yourself actually have them
✨ Using tiny plates and spoons so you “trick yourself” into eating less (spoiler: your body knows)

The tricky part? Our culture praises this stuff. It’s sold to us as “discipline” - when in reality, it’s often just stress dressed up as self-control.

Recovery is about letting yourself live your life to the fullest.

It’s about unlearning what you were taught was “normal” and remembering that your body isn’t the enemy, it’s actually on your team 🤍

👉 If you’re ready to get curious about your habits instead of staying stuck in them, let’s talk. There’s a link in my bio to book a consultation. You don’t have to go through this alone 🤍

07/11/2025

Many people with ADHD find themselves naturally drawn to rock, metal, or other intense, high-energy music. There are actually some really good reasons why these genres can feel so satisfying, grounding, and even regulating for an ADHD brain.

🎸 1. The energy matches your brain

ADHD brains often crave stimulation. When things feel too quiet or slow, it can be hard to focus or stay present and your mind might wander or start seeking excitement elsewhere.
Rock and metal deliver a steady stream of stimulation through loud sounds, complex rhythms, and emotional intensity. For some people, that extra sensory input actually helps them settle in and focus, because the music matches the pace their brain naturally runs at.

🧠 2. It helps regulate focus

Stimulant medications work by increasing dopamine and norepinephrine, the same neurotransmitters that help with attention, motivation, and energy regulation.
High-intensity music like metal can have a similar arousal-boosting effect (in a non-medical way). It helps bring your alertness up to a level where focus feels possible, especially during boring or repetitive tasks. It’s like giving your brain a rhythmic “jump start.”

⚡ 4. It channels big emotions safely

ADHD can come with intense emotions - joy, anger, sadness, excitement - sometimes all in one day. Metal and rock don’t shy away from that intensity, they embrace it.
Listening to powerful, emotional music can be a form of emotional regulation, a way to release built-up tension, express what’s hard to put into words, or simply feel understood. That cathartic energy can help you reset and feel more balanced afterward.

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31/10/2025

Happy Halloween Everyone 🎃

21/10/2025

If you know, you know 🫶

17/10/2025

so proud of you 🤍

Nutrition and mental health are deeply connected.If you’re not eating enough, your brain and nervous system don’t have t...
15/10/2025

Nutrition and mental health are deeply connected.

If you’re not eating enough, your brain and nervous system don’t have the fuel they need to regulate anxiety levels.

Undereating can intensify anxiety, low mood, and emotional reactivity.

14/10/2025

Influencers be like: ‘Things I did to balance my hormones 💅’

Somehow ‘balancing hormones’ became the new buzzword for literally anything - from cutting carbs to drinking celery juice. Meanwhile, most of them couldn’t explain what a hormone even is.

You don’t need a detox, a supplement stack, or someone on TikTok diagnosing your endocrine system.
You need food, rest, and less stress about doing everything perfectly.

Let’s stop fear-mongering people into thinking their bodies are broken. 😙

If you’re taking ADHD meds and find yourself not eating much during the day - only to be starving, irritable, or binge e...
10/10/2025

If you’re taking ADHD meds and find yourself not eating much during the day - only to be starving, irritable, or binge eating at night - you’re not alone.

This is something I see all the time with clients, and it makes total sense when we look at how these medications work.

Stimulants help quiet the mental noise and increase focus, but they also tend to blunt hunger cues. So during the day, especially if you’re working, in class, or hyperfocused, it’s easy to just... forget to eat. Or you may know you should eat, but feel like you’re just not hungry enough to bother.

Then later - when the meds start wearing off - your body goes into overdrive trying to catch up. That’s when cravings spike, emotions feel more intense, and food feels impossible to resist. It’s not about lack of control - it’s your body asking you to meet the needs you skipped earlier.

We call this the ADHD binge/restrict cycle, and it can be really frustrating - especially when you’re trying to nourish yourself and build better habits.

The goal isn’t to stop using medication - it’s to work with it. That might look like setting eating reminders, having easy-to-digest meals or snacks ready, and building more awareness around how hunger shows up for your body.

Supporting your nutrition is supporting your brain. You deserve to feel fueled, focused, and cared for. 🤍

'You don’t look like you have an eating disorder.''But… you still eat, right?'These are the kinds of comments that keep ...
08/10/2025

'You don’t look like you have an eating disorder.'
'But… you still eat, right?'

These are the kinds of comments that keep people sick and silent.

Let’s set the record straight:
👉 People with eating disorders do not stop eating altogether.
That’s a myth. A dangerous one.

Disordered eating shows up in different ways:
🍽 Restricting but not completely abstaining
🍕 Bingeing after long periods of control
🥗 Over-exercising to 'earn' food
🍎 Following rigid food rules but appearing 'healthy'
🧠 Thinking about food 24/7 but pretending everything’s fine

Eating disorders are not defined by not eating.
They’re defined by the distress, obsession, and physiological and psychological impact that happens when food, body, and self-worth become entangled.

And here’s what most people don’t know:
💡 Eating disorders aren’t caused by vanity.
They’re not just about weight.
They’re not something you 'choose.'

They are complex mental health disorders influenced by:
➡️ Genetics and temperament
➡️ Biology and brain wiring
➡️ Environment, trauma, and societal norms

They can affect any body, any gender, any age, any background.

And they’re not always visible - but they are always valid.

You don’t need to 'look sick enough to deserve support.
You don’t need to 'prove' you’re struggling.

If food feels loud in your mind, if guilt follows every bite, if control feels like survival - you deserve help. Now.

You’re not alone. And you’re not the only one.For many people, binge eating doesn’t happen in the open.It happens in sil...
08/10/2025

You’re not alone. And you’re not the only one.

For many people, binge eating doesn’t happen in the open.

It happens in silence. In secrecy. In bedrooms, bathrooms, cars - anywhere it feels safe to fall apart.

You might:

🚗 Start eating before you’re even home

👜 Hide food in bags, drawers, pockets

🍽️ Eat again after a 'normal' meal

🌃 Stay up late, waiting for the house to go quiet

And when you eat, it’s not slow or calm.

It’s fast. Automatic. Disconnected.

You might not even taste the food. Your mind goes blank, your body takes over.

That’s not about lack of control.

That’s dissociation — your brain protecting you from something that feels too overwhelming to face.

You’re not thinking about what you’re doing — because thinking might hurt more than the binge.

And when it ends — when your stomach aches, or the food runs out — you 'wake up.'

The wrappers. The mess. The shame.

The voice that says, 'How could you do this again?'

Here’s what I want you to know:

🤍 You're not broken.

🤍 You're using food to cope with something that words haven’t been able to reach yet.

🤍 The secrecy isn’t weakness - it’s protection. And protection is something we learn when we've been hurt.

Healing starts when you stop punishing yourself for being in pain.

It starts when you say:

'This isn’t who I am. It’s what I’ve learned to do to survive.'

And from there - gently, slowly - things can begin to shift.

You don’t have to keep this hidden forever.

You deserve to be seen. Fully. Without shame.

🤍

Anorexia isn't about being 'really thin'.It’s a deeply distressing, misunderstood illness that goes far beyond food.Peop...
08/10/2025

Anorexia isn't about being 'really thin'.
It’s a deeply distressing, misunderstood illness that goes far beyond food.

People with anorexia often:
🍽️ Eat very little, but obsess over food constantly
🥯Feel terrified of gaining weight - even when severely underweight
🍎 Genuinely believe they’re 'fine' or 'not sick enough'
Tie their worth to how their body looks or what the scale says
🥗 Feel immense anxiety or guilt around eating

And perhaps most importantly:
They often don't recognise how serious it is.

That’s part of the illness.

Anorexia isn’t a choice. It’s not a phase. It’s not about vanity.
It’s a powerful, exhausting condition that needs compassionate, professional support.

It’s not about wanting attention. And it’s not a diet gone too far.

You don't have to be underweight to have anorexia.
You don't have to wait to ask for support.

If food and your body feel like the enemy - please know:
🤍 You are not alone
🤍 You are not a failure
🤍 You deserve help now

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