Today I chat with my former coaching client Aga about her journey recovering from an eating disorder and improving her body image. Aga shares openly about her struggles with feeling fat, food guilt, and low self-worth, and how coaching helped her shift to intuitive eating, self-love, and living more aligned with her values.
Key Discussion Points
– Aga’s history with an eating disorder that stemmed from childhood trauma and using restriction to “disappear”
– Her daily battles with body image, feelings of fatness and shame around eating
– The impact of the eating disorder on her social life and relationships
– Trying therapy and realising she needed specialised support
– Deciding to invest in coaching and the self-discovery work she did
– Shifts towards body neutrality, intuitive eating, increased self-worth
– The power of group coaching calls in realising you’re not alone
Guest Bio
Aga lives in Barcelona and works as an agile coach. She struggled with an eating disorder and severe body image issues for years before discovering Victoria’s coaching.
Key Quotes & Timestamps
“I had very much the feeling of being fat. So every time I passed by a mirror or somewhere where I could see my reflection, I would look at myself and the kind of feeling of hate would just grow.” [00:09:43]
“If we don’t do anything about it now, tomorrow might be too late.” [00:21:39]
“You’re very authentic, and you have lived experience, which I think is very important in this scenario.” [00:31:52] describing Victoria
Blog Post
Here is a draft blog post using the transcript about Aga’s coaching experience with Victoria:
My Client Aga's Triumph Over Her Eating Disorder
I recently had the pleasure of interviewing my former client, Aga, on my podcast. Aga courageously shared her journey of struggling with and overcoming an eating disorder with my listeners. Her story is one of perseverance, self-discovery, and the power of coaching to create real change.
Aga's Prior Struggles
When Aga and I first met, she was struggling deeply with body image issues and feelings of self-hatred regarding her body shape and size. As she describes it, whenever she looked in the mirror she would be overcome with immense feelings of fatness and a desire to “disappear”. This continually sabotaged her self-confidence and weighed heavily on her mental health.
The origins of Aga’s struggles began in her challenging childhood, where an eating disorder developed as a coping mechanism. Though she had tried traditional therapy, she found they were unable to help shift her deep-rooted beliefs and patterns around food and her body image. By the time we began working together, Aga felt pretty hopeless that anything could help lift her out of this misery.
The Power Of Coaching
Through our coaching work, Aga began questioning her long-held assumptions about herself and dove deep into unpacking her past experiences. This included facing some painful realisations about why food restriction and body shame had become her “comfort zone”.
Aga found it immensely helpful to examine how her values and beliefs were driving her behaviours. One breakthrough moment was when she wrote down that her values seemed perfectly aligned if she wanted “to be miserable throughout my whole life and just live in misery”. That raw awareness lit a spark to start shifting those self-sabotaging patterns.
Aga's Journey Of Growth
With ongoing coaching support and implementing tangible lifestyle changes, Aga steadily rebuilt her self-worth and transformed her relationship to food and her body. Now when Aga looks in the mirror or eats foods she previously restricted, she feels neutral and accepting rather than immense shame.
Hearing other women share their similar struggles in my group coaching program was also instrumental for Aga feeling less alone and hopeless. The empathy and compassion from others going through analogous journeys kept her feeling understood and motivated.
Final Takeaways
Aga’s courage to face her pain and persistently apply what she learned in coaching has utterly changed the trajectory of her life. Her willingness to be vulnerable allowed her story to help inspire other women that overcoming an eating disorder is possible with the right support.
As Aga beautifully expressed – “It doesn’t have to be something that you have to go through in the shadow or in shame.” Her triumphant healing stands as a testament that with self-awareness, community, and expert guidance, we all have the power to rewrite our stories.
So what do you think – is it time for you to stop struggling alone and finally get the specialized support you need? I’m here to take your hand when you’re ready, Queens! 
