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Eating Disorder Awareness Week
23rd Feb – 1st March | 2025
On Sunday 24th May I will be running the Edinburgh Half Marathon in aid of BEAT Eating Disorders UK. Not as a way to punish my body, but as a way to give back to an incredible charity, and to celebrate what my body can do. Any donations are greatly appreciated and will go directly to BEAT through my JustGiving link.
Recent Blog Posts
You Don’t Have To Be Sorry Or Ready: You Just Have To Try
You don’t have to be fully healed, fearless, or perfectly prepared to begin. So much of our lives are spent waiting to feel “ready” — more confident, more stable, more sure of ourselves. But growth doesn’t happen before you try; it happens because you try. This post is about letting go of the apology, releasing…
Friendship, Recovery & the Love That Actually Saves You
Romantic love is often treated as the ultimate goal, but in recovery, it’s rarely what keeps you alive. This piece is about the quieter kind of love — the friends and family who stay when you’re no longer fun, productive, or easy to be around. The love that doesn’t need you to perform, improve, or…
Love Letters I Never Wrote To My Body (Until Now)
This isn’t a love letter in the way Valentine’s Day wants love letters to be. There are no grand declarations or tidy endings here. It’s a conversation with a body I spent years fighting, ignoring, and trying to control. This piece is about calling a ceasefire — choosing care without needing to feel love first,…
Come Celebrate With Me: Every Day Something Tried to Kill Me and Failed
Survival isn’t loud. It doesn’t arrive with clarity, gratitude, or a neat ending. Most days, it looks like eating when your brain says don’t, resting when guilt says push, and choosing to stay even when joy feels distant. It’s the quiet, repetitive work of resisting old thoughts, old identities, and the belief that you’d be…
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Ellie Overfield, author and creator behind Pepetoe, is passionate about sharing tips and tricks on how to become your best self.
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