An eating disorder is a mental health condition where you use the control of food to cope with feelings and other situations. Unhealthy eating behaviours may include eating too much or too little or worrying about your weight or body shape. Eating disorders affect up to 5% of the population, most often develop in adolescence and young adulthood. Today's guest Alida Gjoka says that with awareness and a shift to a more conscious way of being, people can recover from an eating disorder. She shares her journey of developing an eating disorder and how it helped her cope with anxiety, stress, pressure and seeking attention from her parents. In Part 1 of our conversation Alida shares very vulnerable and raw how it affected her life, her relationships, why she actually developed an eating disorder and what helped her to heal. We hear more about her journey to awareness and a more conscious way of living. She also talks about the significance of Yoga and Meditation offered by Sadhguru, which helped her tremendously. She shares that eating disorders can be very serious conditions affecting physical, psychological and social function. Types of eating disorders include anorexia nervosa, bulimia nervosa, binge eating disorder, avoidant restrictive food intake disorder, other specified feeding and eating disorder, pica and rumination disorder. Although the term eating is in the name, eating disorders are about more than food. They’re complex mental health conditions that often require the intervention of medical and psychological experts to alter their course.Join our conversation what you need to know – and what you can do – about eating disorders. Let's explore it together ❤️🙏🏼   Find Alida Gjoka on Instagram: @the.conscious.evolution --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/stevan-ko/message