Nourish to Flourish - Carer Support

03/11/2026

NEW YouTube video uploaded!

When someone is recovering from an eating disorder, the changes we see on the outside can sometimes happen before the struggles on the inside have fully eased.

They may be eating again, laughing again, reconnecting with life and looking healthier — while still experiencing fear, difficult thoughts or distress that other people may not see.

In this video, Jayne shares her experience as a carer supporting her daughter through eating disorder recovery and explores why visible progress doesn't always tell the whole story.

She talks about:
• Why visible improvement doesn't always tell the whole story
• How eating disorder thoughts and fears can continue during recovery
• Why two things can be true — someone can be doing better and still need support
• The assumptions carers may hear from family and friends
• Why recovery isn't necessarily a straight line
• What carers can do when they know there is more going on beneath the surface
• The importance of supporting the person while also looking after yourself

Click on the link to watch the latest video:

When someone is recovering from an eating disorder, the changes we ...

02/11/2026

Free webinar - How we talk about food and bodies matters!

A free webinar for parents. Dr Zali Yager will explore how we can support our children’s relationships with food and their bodies.

You’ll leave with:

- Understanding common concerns about food and eating, mealtime battles, appetite and growth
- Greater confidence to do things differently from how you were parented, even while you’re still working through your own food and body concerns
- The opportunity to ask questions in the session.

The FREE webinar will run for 45 minutes with a 15 minute Q&A session.

Click on the link to register:
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28/10/2026

25/10/2026

If you are new to our page, WELCOME!

Please check out our website for information, support and links to resources
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or our YouTube Channel for honest insights, practical strategies, and compassionate guidance to help carers feel less alone, more supported, and more confident in their role
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Nourish To Flourish is a lived-experience support space for carers supporting someone affected by an eating disorder. This channel shares honest insights, practical strategies, and compassionate guidance to help carers feel less alone, more supported, and more confident in their role. Topics explore...

22/10/2026

Nourish To Flourish Support Group

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18/10/2026

“I can't even get my child to eat a sandwich. How am I supposed to take control of their eating?”

If you've ever felt frightened, overwhelmed or completely out of your depth after being told your child needs FBT, you're not alone.

In this video, Jayne, shares her family's lived experience of FBT — including what helped, what was hard, and how their journey changed over time.

Using a road trip analogy, Jayne explores:
• The role of parents and carers in FBT
• Separating your child from the eating disorder
• Why you didn't cause this
• Supporting independence as recovery progresses
• What happens when your young person doesn't want recovery
• Why you don't have to do FBT perfectly
• Recovery, setbacks and changing direction
• The importance of carer support and holding hope

Watch HERE:
https://youtu.be/si-h7BFbtps

17/10/2026

Thank you to the carers for coming along to our carer event today. The afternoon was filled with connection, great discussions, a few laughs, yummy afternoon tea and a little bit of creativity. Each carer went home with a homemade reed diffuser with handmade paper flowers as a little reminder to make space for themselves whenever they can.

Thank you to Carers Victoria for sponsoring the event and Colac Neighbourhood House for the great venue.

13/10/2026

As part of National Carers Week, I decided to create a presentation for my YouTube channel, Nourish To Flourish Carer Support.

In this presentation, I share some of my experiences of living alongside anorexia as a carer, the challenges of supporting someone I love, and some of the things I’ve learnt along the way.

Being a carer can be an incredibly challenging and isolating experience. I hope that by sharing some of our story, other carers and families might feel a little less alone.

I’d really love you to take some time to watch my presentation. Whether you’re a carer yourself, know someone supporting a loved one with an eating disorder, or simply want to better understand what families go through, I hope you’ll take something meaningful away from it.

It’s a very personal topic for me, and putting our experiences out there isn’t always easy. But I believe that sharing our stories can help others feel understood and remind carers that they’re not alone.

Living With Anorexia: A Carer’s Reality

https://youtu.be/mq6PXifKdR0

If you do watch, I’d genuinely love to hear your thoughts. And if you think it might help someone else, please consider sharing it with them. You never know who might need to hear that someone else understands what they’re going through.

Thank you to everyone who continues to encourage and support me. It means more than you know.

11/10/2026

Around 3 million Australians provide unpaid care to someone they love. But behind that number are real people — mums, dads, partners, sons and daughters, siblings, friends and neighbours — often quietly supporting someone else while putting their own needs to the side.

In this National Carers Week presentation, Jayne shines a light on what it means to be an unpaid carer and why carers themselves need to be seen, supported and valued.

Watch HERE:
https://youtu.be/nodvkMx__Xs