Recover To Flourish | Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast
Recover To Flourish | Eating Disorder Recovery Podcast
Ciandra Birnbaum
Mental Hunger: What Is It and How to Respond to It
25 minutes Posted Aug 12, 2025 at 5:00 am.
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In this episode of the Recover to Flourish podcast, we’re diving into something that can be pretty confusing in recovery: mental hunger. You’ve probably experienced that feeling of hunger in your mind rather than your body – that constant thinking about food, even after eating. I’ll talk about what mental hunger really is, why it happens during eating disorder recovery, and most importantly, how to respond to it without getting overwhelmed. I know it can be frustrating when your mind ke...