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Merrit Elizabeth Recovery provides Eating Disorder Recovery Coaching services to women around the globe.

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RESET your relationship with food and your body by raising your awareness and shifting your mindset to healthier thoughts and behaviors.

Coach

Hi! My name is Merrit Elizabeth and I am an Eating Disorder Recovery Coach. I have a Master of Science in Health Promotion Management and a certificate in Applied Neuroscience. I’m based in Chicago, but see I clients virtually all over the world! 

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1:1 Eating Disorder Recovery Coaching

Eating disorder recovery coaching provides impactful support and strong accountability. Eating disorder coaches focus on present day behavior and lifestyle changes, not on psychoanalysis of the past. We will work together to create precise strategies to fulfill recovery goals which can help you build emotional resiliency and tolerance to the challenges of daily living. You will have access to text me 24/7–that means I am on call when you need support fighting an urge, nourishing your body, or dampening the eating disorder voice.

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Subscribe To The Weekly Shift

THE WEEKLY shift is your dose of carefully curated inspiration and education. Every Friday, I will send you a newsletter with the same methods and tools I use with recovery clients from around the globe. These impactful techniques will help you raise your awareness and shift your mindset, empowering you to full recovery.

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Download The Shut Down Food Guilt Guide

The Shut Down Food Guilt Guide is a digital resource that gives you 15 ready-to-use scripts, plus the science behind them, to help you reframe eating disorder thoughts, quiet food guilt, and build trust in your body.

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Join The Shifts Waitlist

Be the first to experience Shifts-the recovery app designed to help you pause, shift, and realign in recovery. Join the waitlist today and get exclusive early access to neuroscience-backed mindset shifts that change everything, one moment at a time.

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-nT

“I have been working with Merrit for a little over a year now ever since leaving in-patient treatment. She has been such a constant source of encouragement in my life and I honestly wouldn’t be doing so well without her support. Our weekly meetings are catered to whatever I am needing at the time: a coffee chat, grocery shopping together, making an inspiration board, planning my week out, setting goals, and more.”

“Having access to Merrit whenever I'm struggling with a meal or just life in general has been so helpful”

-GC

“She has helped me find body neutrality and that there is so much more to think about in life. I appreciate all the things she has done for me and her other clients. She creates a safe place to talk about anything and everything. When i am struggling i know she is always there and ready to help. I am so grateful I found her.”

"Merrit has helped me so much in recovery"

"She is so kind and really cares. She truly believes recovery is possible for anyone. I look forward to my sessions every week. I always come away feeling challenged, more confident, and so encouraged and built up. Her energy and passion is so powerful. Since I began working with her it has been such an amazing process of growth and change and she has been there every step of the way to support and encourage me to keep fighting, even on my worst days. Do yourself a favor and contact her today!"

"Working with Merrit has been a game changer in my recovery process"

-BM
-KA

"She's walked with me through so many steps from stepping down from a higher level of care, to sitting with me when I wanted to give up; from cheering me on when I take the next step, to encouraging me to do things I never imagined I could do. Having in-the-moment support has been vital to assisting me in shifting away from constant disordered thinking to hopeful recovery-focused thinking. When I met Merrit I was a shell of a person. Her creative approaches and, what I sometimes think are wild, ideas have helped me grow into a whole, recovering, person." 

"I have been working with Merrit for almost a year and it has shifted me from quasi recovery to honest recovery"

"She has been an amazing, essential part of my recovery. It’s incredible how helpful she is—everything she knows and passes along, especially mindfulness and incorporating it from when you wake up in the morning until you go to bed at night. She has been incredible and I think everyone that is going through recovery should have an eating disorder coach. It’s essential."

"merrit has been everything"

-JF
-AJ

"Although it may be a life long journey through recovery, I am so much more confident that I will succeed with Merrit on my side. It's so nice to have someone to talk to that has struggled with similar things and felt the same way I had, and explicitly talks about her journey with no filter. The less formal approach she has, being able to text or Facetime and tell her anything has been key to my recovery. When I think about resorting back to past behaviors, I think about how successful and happy Merrit is and remember the big picture so that I can get through temporary discomfort. MERRIT ROCKS."

"Merrit has been an extraordinary help in my eating disorder recovery"

-ET

"Talking to her for the first time I had felt like I already met her, months before I ever did. She always has her ears open, closely listening not missing little details about my stories. She always gives the best advice and suggests countless coping skills to practice when I feel anxious. She has helped me to be almost fully recovered, and I definitely couldn’t have made it this far without her." 

"Merrit is the most loving and inviting person I've ever spoken with"

-KV

Her loving, enthusiastic, and encouraging attitude helped me overcome any worries or behaviors that the impersonal nature of treatment couldn’t handle. She was there to work through fear foods, body image, and allowed me to find a positive self image. No matter what came up in my day to day, she was there to support me. I can’t recommend her enough—she’s essential to full recovery!

"Merrit was the difference between living in partial recovery and truly living freely from my ED"

Testimonials

client

-nT

“I have been working with Merrit for a little over a year now ever since leaving in-patient treatment. She has been such a constant source of encouragement in my life and I honestly wouldn’t be doing so well without her support. Our weekly meetings are catered to whatever I am needing at the time: a coffee chat, grocery shopping together, making an inspiration board, planning my week out, setting goals, and more.”

“Having access to Merrit whenever I'm struggling with a meal or just life in general has been so helpful”

-GC

“She has helped me find body neutrality and that there is so much more to think about in life. I appreciate all the things she has done for me and her other clients. She creates a safe place to talk about anything and everything. When i am struggling i know she is always there and ready to help. I am so grateful I found her.”

"Merrit has helped me so much in recovery"

-BM

"She is so kind and really cares. She truly believes recovery is possible for anyone. I look forward to my sessions every week. I always come away feeling challenged, more confident, and so encouraged and built up. Her energy and passion is so powerful. Since I began working with her it has been such an amazing process of growth and change and she has been there every step of the way to support and encourage me to keep fighting, even on my worst days. Do yourself a favor and contact her today!"

"Working with Merrit has been a game changer in my recovery process"

-KA

"She's walked with me through so many steps from stepping down from a higher level of care, to sitting with me when I wanted to give up; from cheering me on when I take the next step, to encouraging me to do things I never imagined I could do. Having in-the-moment support has been vital to assisting me in shifting away from constant disordered thinking to hopeful recovery-focused thinking. When I met Merrit I was a shell of a person. Her creative approaches and, what I sometimes think are wild, ideas have helped me grow into a whole, recovering, person." 

"I have been working with Merrit for almost a year and it has shifted me from quasi recovery to honest recovery"

-JF

"She has been an amazing, essential part of my recovery. It’s incredible how helpful she is—everything she knows and passes along, especially mindfulness and incorporating it from when you wake up in the morning until you go to bed at night. She has been incredible and I think everyone that is going through recovery should have an eating disorder coach. It’s essential."

"merrit has been everything"

-AJ

"Although it may be a life long journey through recovery, I am so much more confident that I will succeed with Merrit on my side. It's so nice to have someone to talk to that has struggled with similar things and felt the same way I had, and explicitly talks about her journey with no filter. The less formal approach she has, being able to text or Facetime and tell her anything has been key to my recovery. When I think about resorting back to past behaviors, I think about how successful and happy Merrit is and remember the big picture so that I can get through temporary discomfort. MERRIT ROCKS."

"Merrit has been an extraordinary help in my eating disorder recovery"

-ET

"Talking to her for the first time I had felt like I already met her, months before I ever did. She always has her ears open, closely listening not missing little details about my stories. She always gives the best advice and suggests countless coping skills to practice when I feel anxious. She has helped me to be almost fully recovered, and I definitely couldn’t have made it this far without her." 

"Merrit is the most loving and inviting person I've ever spoken with"

-KV

"Her loving, enthusiastic, and encouraging attitude helped me overcome any worries or behaviors that the impersonal nature of treatment couldn’t handle. She was there to work through fear foods, body image, and allowed me to find a positive self image. No matter what came up in my day to day, she was there to support me. I can’t recommend her enough—she’s essential to full recovery!"

"Merrit was the difference between living in partial recovery and truly living freely from my ED"

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client

WHAT TO EXPECT from
MERRIT ELIZABETH RECOVERY

Evidence-Informed Practices

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Utilizing foundational principles from mindfulness, behavioral psychology, and neuroscience, you can begin to slowly rewire the neuropathways in the brain in order to integrate the connection of the mind, body, and soul. Clinical studies reveal that individuals struggling to recover from eating disorders experience improved outcomes with early intervention and the regular assistance of recovery care support services.

01. Evidence-informed Practices

Customized Care

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Eating disorders present differently in each unique individual. In my holistic approach, I assess the whole person where they are each day or week, then, in conjunction with their care team, I can help develop strategic skills to move through daily life in an effective and meaningful way.

02. Customized Care

Virtual Meetings

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I meet with my clients through SimplePractice, a HIPAA-compliant video chat software system, no matter where they are in the world. Meetings are structured around your schedule and goals to create an individualized support system. At-home & on-campus recovery is possible, and students can continue with classes and activities that enhance their overall wellbeing.

03. Virtual Meetings

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the BLOG

Check out my blog for expert interviews, real eating disorder recovery stories, mindset hacks, and recovery inspiration.

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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS

Eating disorder recovery often follows the same stages of change seen in other areas of healing and growth:

  • Pre-contemplation: You may not yet see your behaviors as a problem, or you feel resistant to change.
  • Contemplation: You start to question whether life could be different and weigh the pros and cons of recovery.
  • Preparation: You make small plans and gather support—this could mean researching treatment options, talking to a professional, or setting goals.
  • Action: You actively begin changing behaviors, challenging food rules, and practicing new coping skills.
  • Maintenance: Recovery becomes more stable-you’ve built resilience, flexibility, and freedom, and your new patterns feel sustainable.

Everyone’s journey looks different, and moving back and forth between stages is normal. What matters is that each step builds toward lasting recovery and a life beyond the eating disorder.
Eating disorder recovery often feels “wrong” at first because your brain has been wired to see disordered behaviors as safe, familiar, and rewarding. When you begin working with an eating disorder recovery coach, you’re challenging those old neural pathways, so freedom can feel uncomfortable or even dangerous in the beginning. The truth is, recovery only feels wrong because your nervous system is adjusting; with support, consistency, and the right tools, your brain learns new patterns and recovery starts to feel not just possible, but right.
Eating disorder recovery doesn’t have to be lifelong, healing is possible. At first, recovery can feel like a daily effort as you challenge old patterns and retrain your brain. Over time, those skills become second nature, and food or body image no longer take center stage. Many people reach a place where they feel fully free, living their lives without constantly thinking about recovery. After battling an eating disorder for many years, I am fully recovered, and I believe you can be too.
Recovering from an eating disorder takes a comprehensive approach that supports your body, mind, and soul. Nutrition restoration is a key step-regular, adequate meals help rebalance your brain chemistry and bring stability to your energy and mood. Having a team of eating disorder recovery professionals makes the process far more effective: a therapist to address underlying patterns and emotions, a dietitian to guide food choices and normalize eating, and a recovery coach to support daily behaviors, motivation, and mindset shifts. Recovery isn’t only about what you eat, it’s also about retraining your thoughts, challenging food rules, and practicing flexibility until freedom feels natural. With consistent support, healing is possible.

“I really value your aesthetic and realistic, practical approach to living in recovery. Your sense of style and your voice shine and I love that your emails feel full of joy and hope, not something I'm afraid to read because it will cause me to feel shame or guilt about where I am in recovery”

-JP

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