When Control Over Food Starts Controlling You | with Kate Purcell
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What happens when your mind takes control of your body?
In this episode of the Sh*ts F*cked podcast, Paris sits down with Kate Purcell, author, speaker, and lived experience advocate, to talk about living with anorexia and schizoaffective disorder, surviving a year of undiagnosed psychosis, and what genuine, ongoing recovery actually looks like.
What you'll hear:
Why eating disorders are never really about food
The difference between lived experience and living experience
Why separating your identity from your illness can change everything
What psychosis felt like from the inside
Why humour became one of Kate's most important recovery tools
Kate's books and the practical tools she's built for others in recovery
Kate doesn't claim to be fixed. She talks openly about still being on the journey, and that honesty is exactly what makes this conversation so honest.
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About Kate Purcell
Kate Purcell is a Perth-based author, speaker, and lived experience advocate who has spent over a decade working in mental health services. She is the author of two books exploring her own recovery and offering practical self-help tools for others navigating eating disorders and severe mental illness. Kate now works as a private peer support practitioner and recovery coach.
👉 Want to connect with Kate Purcell ?
Kate offers peer support sessions for $110, available in person or via telehealth.
Learn more about Kate’s work at www.katepurcell.com.
Email Kate at minik3333@hotmail.com.
This episode is proudly supported by our Season 4 sponsors, Coach Carly, Elevate Beyond Co. and Your Recovery.
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