Liv Label Free

Liv Label Free Bridging the gap between neurodiversity and eating disorders through science and lived experience. Hey, I'm Livia!

But you can call me Liv :) I am a holistic life coach that helps individuals on the spectrum overcome their health struggles and embrace intuitive living. Liv Label Free is the idea that no one needs a label to live a life in which they feel fulfilled; everyone has their own specific needs and no label can ever house the complexity of what makes each person unique! My mission is to break the stigm

as around mental health and inspire acceptance of the neurodivergent community. Be sure to follow me on Instagram , subscribe to my YouTube channel, and listen to my podcast! If you’re ready to embark on your own journey to freedom, schedule a consultation call with me for 1:1 coaching!

05/03/2026

In order for someone to feel okay with weight gain, you have to guide and support them from the beginning.
Instead, a lot of treatments nowadays focus on getting you to a “healthy weight” before you can even start receiving any real therapy. And in the meantime, the person in question is left to deal with all the feelings, emotions, and thoughts that come with gaining weight when you have an eating disorder.

I do understand that someone who is severely malnourished isn’t always in a place where they can fully accept and receive help. I personally had panic attacks for six months straight because my mom counted 8 almonds instead of 9. That obviously ISN’T a reason to panic, but my brain simply didn’t have the capacity to not panic.
But that’s not a reason to withhold support until someone is at a “healthy weight.” That’s exactly why, in my coaching, I support you throughout the entire process. I help you feel ready from the beginning, and I stay with you every step of the way.🌟

Because if someone is going to start feeling even remotely okay with weight gain, they need guidance, support, and the feeling that someone is there for them.

So if you’re looking for someone to support you through this part of your recovery, you can secure a 1:1 coaching spot with me at livlabelfree.com/coaching 🌈

05/01/2026

For me, going to school as a neurodivergent person was an absolute nightmare.😔

It got so hard that I had to stop going to school a couple of months ago, because it was draining me. I didn’t really realize it at the time, but just the act of going to school and physically being there took A LOT of energy. It was a loud, crowded space, and I had to be social literally all the time. Combine that with pressure to perform, planning, tests, and a brain that never shuts off, and burnout is almost inevitable.

And it did happen a few months ago. I was studying for my upcoming test week, but even the thought of having to follow a plan and study every single day gave me daily panic attacks. So I went to my parents and my mentor, and we decided that I wouldn’t go to school anymore.
This works for me for now, but that’s also because I’ll be done with school after May anyway. I wish I had quit earlier, because only after I stopped did I realize how much it was actually draining me.

And I think it’s important that we become more aware of how difficult school can be for neurodivergent people. In the latest episode of the Liv Label Free Podcast, Livia and her guest Felicity talk about school and the harm it can cause.

So if you’re interested in learning more about this topic, listen to the full episode “The Lost Generation of Autistic Parents & Embarking on Your Own Discovery Journey as a Caregiver with Felicity” on your preferred podcast platform!🌈

04/29/2026

“I don’t have the answers for what it should look like, but I think we’re getting a really clear picture of what it shouldn’t look like.”🌟

Felicity grew up in a one-dimensional, binary world. One where children aren’t sent to work in the mines anymore. But what IS expected of them is that they go to school from the age of four. A place where they’re expected to sit behind a desk, day in and day out, and function in an extremely neurotypical environment. An environment that doesn’t account for the huge diversity of every single brain in that room.

Especially for neurodivergent children, going to school can be incredibly hard. There are expectations, demands, constant input, and social situations. All of these things can be difficult to cope with if you have a neurodivergent brain, making school feel like an almost impossible task. And yet, neurodivergent children are expected to adjust and hide their struggles and discomfort, just because “it has always been this way.”

Luckily, this mindset is starting to shift. It’s becoming clearer that this school system isn’t fit for everyone. But it can still feel extremely scary as a parent to decide to approach things differently for your child.🌎

Do you recognize this struggle as a parent of a neurodivergent child? I can help. I offer 1:1 coaching, where I support you in making the right decisions for your child. Secure a spot at livlabelfree.com/coaching🌈

04/26/2026

My dad got yelled at in my eating disorder treatment… for doing the right thing.

A few days before I started a new treatment, Multi Family Therapy, my therapist asked me to make a list of the foods I didn’t like. I had to do it together with my parents, to make sure none of the foods on the list were fear-based.

We made the list and handed it to my therapist. A few days later, on one of the first days of the treatment, lunch was served… And it had mushrooms in it. My dad started to pick them out for me when a therapist came up to him and urged him to stop. She said that I wasn’t allowed to leave ANYTHING on the plate and I “just had to eat” EVERYTHING they served me. My dad tried to explain that mushrooms were on my list of foods I didn’t like, but that led to the realization that I wasn’t even allowed such a list… (which my own therapist ALSO knew).

Luckily, my dad didn’t budge and I didn’t have to eat the mushrooms! But I do remember how helpless and powerless I felt in that moment. It seemed as if none of the professionals were taking my preferences and opinions seriously.

That experience was one of the reasons I started looking for a different kind of support. Support where my voice actually mattered. Where my preferences were taken seriously. 🙏

That’s when I found Livia’s coaching. And honestly, the difference was HUGE. She makes me feel seen, supported, and genuinely heard. My opinions matter and we work together instead of against each other.

If you’re also feeling misunderstood, powerless, or like recovery is happening without your input - you don’t have to go through that alone. You deserve support that works WITH you, not against you. Schedule a 30-minute clarity call with Livia via livlabelfree.com/coaching 🌈

04/24/2026

My eating disorder taught me invaluable philosophical lessons.

During the years that my eating disorder dictated my every move and I listened to all of its demands, I became afraid of making my own decisions. I was terrified of using my own intuition, afraid that I wasn’t capable of deciding what was right for me.

But when I started my journey towards freedom, I was forced to make my own decisions and listen to my gut. All of a sudden, my eating disorder was no longer the compass guiding me through this overwhelming life. And that was hard. But at the same time, I also felt a small spark within me. Deep down, I knew what was good for me. My intuition was still there – I just hadn’t used it in a long time.

Now, I trust my intuition above anything else. That’s what my journey towards freedom taught me. And now, I help others reconnect with their inner voice. Because it is in you, especially if you’re neurodivergent.

Are you struggling to listen to your intuition and leave the eating disorder behind? You can secure a 1:1 coaching spot with me at livlabelfree.com/coaching. 🌈

And if you want to listen to the full episode “Supporting Your Autistic Child in Anorexia Recovery with Amy”, you can do so on your preferred podcast platform!🩷

04/23/2026

It’s time we stop pathologizing eating disorders. Instead of seeing someone as “anorexic,” “bulimic,” or “disordered,” we must begin to see someone as a highly adaptive being.🌟

Someone who has adapted their behaviours in a way that may appear disordered, but who is so much more than that. You’re a person, a soul, a being with energy, feelings, and an incomprehensible vastness. Reducing that to “disordered” misses the depth of who you are.

When you start seeing yourself as highly adaptive, everything shifts. The pressure to go a certain way softens. You no longer have to follow a predefined path. Instead, you can adapt into a version of yourself that feels aligned, and no one can preemptively tell you what that version will look like.🌎

Do you want to learn more about this perspective? Listen to the full episode “Turning the Eating Disorder MESS into Your Discovery MESSage” on your preferred podcast platform!🌈

You’re likely familiar with the claim that a malnourished individual can’t benefit from coaching and/or therapy until th...
04/22/2026

You’re likely familiar with the claim that a malnourished individual can’t benefit from coaching and/or therapy until they gain weight.

In other words, you’re left in the dark, told to gain weight on your own, and once you’ve *magically* come out on the other side, oh well then you can finally receive help!

To be fair, I understand the logic behind this claim; when I was actively restricting back in 2015, I had panic attacks every single day.

Sometimes it was because my mom had dinner five minutes late, another time it was because she didn’t know how many almonds were on my meal plan when I “tested” her to make sure she knew (hello codependency 😬).

I was having panic attacks at events that were most definitely not a cause for panic.
By this time, I had been tossed out of the eating disorder treatment system with the message “You’re just going to have to accept the fact that you’re never going to get better.” (You can read my full story in Rainbow Girl.)

We’d done FBT, DBT, CBT, along with several other “evidence-based” treatment approaches, yet the only “evidence” that remained was trauma.

So if everything was so fragile, what flipped the switch? How can you create an environment that supports your discovery journey, an environment where it’s safe enough to start gaining weight?

I talk about this and SO much more in the latest episode of the Liv Label Free Podcast: Supporting Your Autistic Child in Anorexia Recovery with Amy 👉 listen wherever you get your podcasts!

04/21/2026

“It can be right for now, and right for now doesn’t need to be right tomorrow.”

Four years ago, Amy started 1:1 coaching with me, desperate to support her autistic daughter who was struggling with anorexia. Through coaching, she learned neurodiversity-affirming support strategies, which led to her daughter taking significant steps in her recovery journey.🙏

One of these strategies was viewing her struggles as an eating adaptation instead of an eating disorder. This shift invites a different perspective. It isn’t about changing or fixing someone. It’s about supporting someone in their ongoing adaptation. For Amy, this shift in perspective took away the need to get things right. Because what can be right for now doesn’t need to be right tomorrow.

Viewing eating challenges as adaptations also invites compassion, instead of creating the sense that there’s a problem that needs to be fixed.

If this perspective shift resonated with you, you can listen to the full episode “Supporting Your Autistic Child in Anorexia Recovery with Amy” on your preferred podcast platform.🩷

And if you’re a parent struggling to support your neurodivergent child in their recovery journey, you can secure a 1:1 coaching spot with me at livlabelfree.com/coaching 🌈

04/18/2026

A belief that keeps many people stuck in quasi recovery is the belief that it’s harder to recover from an eating disorder as an autistic person.

When traditional treatment confuses “ED behaviors” with autistic traits, you lose trust and safety, which only deepens the need to hold onto the eating disorder as a coping mechanism.

To support someone on their unique path to freedom, it’s essential we invite CURIOSITY to the intention behind their behaviors. The need for routines, eating the same foods, and using a food scale can all be used as TOOLS on the Autistically-ED Free journey.

If you want to learn how to use autistic traits to your ADVANTAGE in ED recovery, listen to my free audiotraining “3 Steps to Recovery From an Eating Disorder as an Autistic Person” at livlabelfree.com 🌈

Using a food scale in ED recovery as an autistic person made me feel like I was “doing recovery wrong.”All of the “recov...
04/16/2026

Using a food scale in ED recovery as an autistic person made me feel like I was “doing recovery wrong.”

All of the “recovery influencers” said I had to smash the scale, stop calorie counting, and listen to my body. But as an autistic person, that version of “recovery” seemed impossible.

Autistic people often struggle with interoception, the sense that helps us recognize hunger and fullness. When you compound this with the energy deficit of an eating disorder, your hunger cues get totally f*cked up!

To the autistic mind, the concept of “nourishment” can feel equally abstract. Attaching numbers to food by using a food scale helped me “grasp” food and eating, which helped me begin to feel safe around food.

Because I’m an existential thinker who’s always been terrified of doing life “wrong,” my inability to let go of the food scale made me feel like I was doing RECOVERY wrong. I felt like a recovery fraud.

If you WANT to recover from your eating disorder but constantly feel like you’re “failing” because the traditional recovery advice doesn’t work for you, I wrote my book How to Get Out of Quasi Recovery for YOU. Along with the accompanying Discovery Workbook, these books help you discover your UNIQUE version of food, body, & exercise freedom. Grab both books at livlabelfreebooks.com 📚

04/15/2026

We’re all familiar with the advice to “smash the scale” in eating disorder recovery. But from one autistic person to another, I’m here to tell you that smashing the scale wasn’t helpful for my discovery journey. My food scale actually HELPED me move towards my UNIQUE version of food freedom.🌟

A food scale is a tool, just like a knife. You can use it to cut food, or you can use it to hurt someone. Same object, different intention. The tool itself is not “good” or “bad” – it’s about WHY you’re using it.

For autistic people who struggle with interoception (the sense that helps you recognize hunger and fullness), a food scale can actually make food feel SAFER because it gives you something to grasp. Of course, if you’re using a scale to restrict your portions, that’s worth exploring – and I’d be happy to support you through my coaching programs! But if you’re using it to support yourself in eating more consistently, it can be a really helpful tool.🌈

Do you want to learn how to create your unique version of food freedom? I guide you every step of the way in my books How to Get Out of Quasi Recovery and the accompanying Discovery Workbook 📚You can buy them both in your preferred format at livlabelfreebooks.com!

04/14/2026

When I was in eating disorder treatment, I was given the ultimatum to smash my food scale if I wanted to go home.

As I share in my book Rainbow Girl, I masked and participated in the trendy “scale smashing” event, but can you guess what I bought the day I left treatment?

Yep, that’s right: I took an Uber to Target and bought a new food scale.

As an autistic person who has created my UNIQUE version of food freedom, I know first-hand that most ED recovery advice does NOT work for neurodivergent folks.

Weighing food, calorie counting, and many other behaviors that are SHUNNED by the ED recovery community actually HELPED me fully recover. Want to learn how I did it? Grab a copy of my book Rainbow Girl at livlabelfreebooks.com! 🌈

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