My Recovery Journey
Scarcity, Achievement, and the Drive to Survive
My journey into eating disorder recovery work did not begin with a certification or a career plan. It began much earlier, shaped by my upbringing, my experiences, and the ways I learned to survive.
Growing up in poverty, food was never something I felt secure about. Scarcity was a constant undercurrent in my life, and over time it shaped how I thought about food, safety, and worth. I learned early to work hard, to achieve, and to become highly functioning as a way to create a life that felt more stable and more secure than the one I grew up in. Achievement became my protection. Control became my comfort.
In my early twenties, after a relationship turned very unhealthy and I gave birth to my son, I set out to lose weight for the first time in my life. What began as an attempt to regain control quickly turned into something far more consuming. Bulimia developed alongside high levels of restriction, and my world slowly narrowed around food rules, body image, and self punishment. On the outside, I continued to appear driven and capable. On the inside, I was unraveling.
Recovery, Healing, and Finding Freedom
Recovery did not happen quickly or neatly. It required support, patience, humility, and a willingness to release the eating disorder behaviors that had kept me stuck. It meant unlearning scarcity, redefining safety, and learning to nourish my body in ways that felt both foreign and frightening at first. Over time, healing created space. Space to breathe, feel and to live.
That freedom changed everything. It reshaped how I see myself, how I show up in relationships, and how I understand true strength. I know firsthand how isolating eating disorders can feel, especially when they are masked by achievement and competence. I also know how powerful it is to have someone walk alongside you who understands both the chaos and the courage it takes to heal.
In 2016, I opened my private practice with a simple hope: to walk alongside others in eating disorder recovery with steadiness, presence, and care. Since then, I have supported hundreds of clients across the United States and internationally, including Australia, London, India, the Bahamas, and Germany.
This work matters to me because eating disorder recovery is very possible. And because no one should have to navigate it alone. –Sarah Lee Recovery
Why I Expanded My Practice
For many years, I supported clients one on one in my private practice. As the need for eating disorder recovery support continued to grow, my schedule eventually filled. While I am deeply grateful for the trust placed in me, I reached a point where I could no longer meet the demand without compromising the level of care I believe every client deserves.
Over the years, I have created multiple eating disorder recovery resources in an effort to reach and support more people. These resources can be helpful, educational, and encouraging, but they are not a substitute for one on one coaching. There is something uniquely powerful about having consistent, personalized support from someone who knows your story, understands your patterns, and walks alongside you through the day to day realities of recovery.
Expanding my practice was not about growth for the sake of growth. It was about sustainability, integrity, and offering support without dilution. I wanted to ensure that when I referred someone, I could do so with full confidence, knowing they would receive thoughtful and aligned care.
I believe eating disorder recovery is best supported in community through collaboration rather than isolation. By expanding into a small and trusted team, I am able to extend care while maintaining the heart and standards of my practice. Each coach I work with brings their own lived experience, professional training, and strengths, while sharing a common commitment to recovery, respect, and hope.
Meet the Coaches on My Team
Eating disorder recovery is not a solo journey and neither is this work.
I am deeply intentional about who I collaborate with. Each coach on my team has walked their own recovery journey and pursued specialized training to support others with wisdom and care. They are not here to replace connection. They are here to extend it.
Together, we share a belief that healing is possible, recovery is not linear, and support matters. I am honored to introduce the coaches who walk alongside me in this work and alongside those seeking freedom.
Meet Cambria Camp
Certified Food Freedom Coach & Eating Disorder Recovery Coach
Based in Grand Junction, Colorado | Coaching Clients Worldwide
Athletic Background & Identity Formation
Early Roots: Movement, Competition, and Drive
Growing up in Lakewood, Colorado, you would rarely find me sitting still. I spent my childhood swinging from trees, running freely outdoors, or rushing off to the next competitive climbing practice. From an early age, I was drawn to competition and to pushing myself to become the best athlete I could be, eventually competing at both state and national levels. Years later, after watching the Winter Olympics, I became captivated by cross-country skiing and committed myself fully to the sport. With the support of my family and a coach, I embraced the discipline with the same intensity that had defined my athletic life from the start.
Eating Disorder Development During High Achievement
Success on the Outside, Struggle Within
In college, I continued to push my limits as a competitive skier while pursuing a biology degree and working in a research lab. From the outside, my life appeared balanced and successful, but privately I was struggling. My relationship with food had grown increasingly disordered, fueled by the belief that achieving my goals required shrinking myself. As the demands I placed on myself intensified, so did my internal chaos. Eventually, my health declined, and I made the difficult decision to step away from athletics, retreating into the chaos and unsure how to move forward.
Beginning Eating Disorder Recovery & Building Support
A Turning Point Toward Healing
As the cracks in my life widened, I reached out to a campus counselor and was diagnosed with an eating disorder. What followed was a period of healing, marked by learning to accept my diagnosis and building a supportive recovery team. During this time, I began working with Sarah Lee, who became a foundational part of my recovery. Over the next year and a half, I learned to slow down, prioritize healing, and reflect deeply on what I truly wanted. I came to realize that the future I had once chased no longer aligned with my values, and I began a new journey focused on living in alignment rather than constant striving.
From Personal Recovery to Eating Disorder Recovery Coaching
From Personal Recovery to Purposeful Work
As my recovery strengthened, I found myself asking how I might help others experience the same freedom I had found. This question led me to explore roles within eating disorder treatment, and I felt repeatedly drawn to recovery coaching. Confident in my healing and eager to learn, I pursued formal training and quickly discovered a deep sense of purpose in this work. Since then, I have earned multiple coaching certifications and continue to support others with compassion, creativity, and hope—holding firmly to the belief that while healing is not linear, no one has to walk through it alone.
If you are in the midst of the chaos right now, there is a whole community waiting with open arms, ready to share hope and freedom with you. –Cambria Camp Recovery
Meet Harper Reed
Certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach
Based in Dallas, Texas | Coaching Teens and Young Adults Worldwide
Early Identity, Creativity, and Emotional Shifts
A Foundation of Safety Before Anxiety Took Hold
Growing up in Dallas, I was a happy kid with few worries or fears. I loved spending time with friends, playing games with my brothers, cooking with my parents, and expressing myself creatively. I was surrounded by love and grew up feeling safe and supported in being whoever I wanted to be.
While I was often the quiet one, I was also a social butterfly with many interests, filling my days with anything that inspired me. As I grew older, I began to notice a shift. Anxiety slowly crept in, even before I had the words to name it. By high school, it began influencing many of my emotions, casting a shadow over the joy I had always known.
Loss, Grief, and the Development of an Eating Disorder
When Coping Alone Became a Survival Strategy
During the later years of high school, my family experienced a devastating loss when my oldest brother passed away. This moment changed everything. My emotions became heavier, and although I was struggling deeply, few people truly understood the extent of it.
I learned how to put on a brave face and push my pain inward, coping alone and finding comfort in unhealthy coping strategies that eventually developed into an eating disorder. Eventually, I reached a breaking point and accepted the help I knew I needed.
Recovery and Reclaiming Identity
Untangling Life From the Eating Disorder
Recovery was a challenging process. It asked me to go against the false comfort my eating disorder had “protected” me with. Because much of my developmental years were shaped by my eating disorder, it was difficult to imagine a life without it. My motivation for recovery felt uncertain at times, and that kept me stuck for a while.
Little by little, I began to fight back. I started to see the potential in recovery and in myself. I took accountability for my life, set goals, asked for help, allowed myself to feel my emotions, and slowly built confidence. It wasn’t an overnight transformation, but over time my identity became untangled from my eating disorder. Recovery became the most empowering experience of my life.
From Recovery to Purposeful Work
Supporting Others With Presence and Care
Today, I feel deep gratitude and pride for my recovery and the strength it gave me. That pride naturally grew into a desire to help others find the same confidence and freedom.
I spent time in the recovery world as a mentor to individuals and families, experiences that solidified my passion for this work and led me to recovery coaching. To continue my learning in the mental health field, I graduated from college with degrees in Education and Psychology and went on to become fully certified as an Eating Disorder Recovery Coach through the Carolyn Costin Institute.
As a coach, my goal is to help clients feel supported, confident, and empowered in their recovery journey. Eating disorders often thrive on secrecy, guilt, and shame, and my role is to help clients break free from that cycle, rebuild trust in themselves, and recognize their own strengths and values.
I am honored to walk alongside clients as they find freedom in recovery and build a beautiful life beyond the eating disorder. –Harper Reed Coaching
Meet Elizabeth Betz
Certified Eating Disorder Recovery Coach
Mother to a Recovered Daughter | Coaching Parents & Families Worldwide
A Mother’s First Signs of an Eating Disorder
When Subtle Changes Become Impossible to Ignore
“Do you want to grab a snack?” I asked my 15-year-old daughter as we drove to the gym.
“No, that’s okay—I don’t want to be late.”
“But you haven’t had anything to eat since lunch and you are getting ready to work out. What did you have for lunch?”
“Almonds,” she said.
“Almonds… you had almonds for lunch? How many?”
“Twenty-eight…”
Twenty-eight almonds was her lunch. Twenty-eight almonds carefully and secretly counted because that was the serving size.
I suddenly recalled a million tiny things I had noticed in recent months: skipping the Starbucks Peppermint Mocha Frappuccino she once called the “best thing ever,” focusing on “clean eating,” and commenting on sugar content in packaged foods. She was eating dinner. She was eating breakfast. Wasn’t she?
But in my gut, I knew something didn’t add up.
The Realization Every Parent Fears
When Instinct Confirms What the Heart Already Knows
I took an “Is It an Eating Disorder?” online quiz and reflected on everything I had noticed. With a sinking heart, I realized my daughter had developed an eating disorder right in front of me.
What followed was a steep learning curve—countless tears, grappling with the right next steps for our family, and continual prayer and faith that God would carry us through a season we never saw coming.
Learning Recovery Through Mentorship and Faith
Finding Guidance in the Middle of the Unknown
I was incredibly fortunate to find a mentor who had walked her own daughter through recovery and became an expert in eating disorders along the way. She was my guidepost, my teacher, my hard-truth teller, and my steady reassurance that this path, while long, was not forever.
Treatment, Distance, and the Reality of Recovery
What Happens After the Program Ends
My daughter’s recovery journey was not easy. We spent most of the summer of 2019, 1,300 miles from home in Dallas, where she attended a treatment program. During that time, I immersed myself in learning, attending educational talks, spending countless hours with other parents in the program, and reading everything I could to emotionally steady myself.
Coming home was when the enormity of eating disorder recovery truly struck me. My daughter was in a much better place physically, but continuing recovery in the real world required vigilance, patience, and consistency far longer than I ever imagined.
Why Parental Support Is Essential in Recovery
The Difference Community Makes
Without my mentor and the collective wisdom of other parents walking this road alongside me, I am certain my daughter’s recovery would have been far more tumultuous and may have left lifelong fractures in our family relationships.
That support system ensured I never felt alone. It gave me the confidence and peace I needed to keep moving forward, even in uncertainty.
From Gratitude to Calling
Supporting Parents and Families Through Recovery
The gratitude I carry for those who supported me lit a spark to do meaningful work supporting other families through recovery.
My work as an Eating Disorder Recovery Coach is a true passion. I love witnessing growth, celebrating progress, and helping parents feel steadier on the days recovery feels heavy and unending. I love being a consistent guide and reminder of the full life that exists beyond the confines of an eating disorder.
Recovery is possible and no one has to do this alone. –Betz Wellness
Moving Forward, Together
Expanding my practice has never been about stepping back from the work. It has been about stepping into it more fully and more responsibly.
Every coach you met here is someone I trust deeply. Each brings their own lived experience, professional training, and heart for recovery, while sharing a commitment to thoughtful, respectful, and values aligned care. Whether someone works directly with me or with one of the coaches on my team, my goal remains the same: that no one feels alone, rushed, or overlooked in their recovery.
If you are seeking support for yourself, your child, or someone you love, there is help available.
Recovery looks different for everyone, but it is always strengthened by connection and consistent care.
To learn more about working with one of us or to explore next steps, you can visit my website and connect. I will personally review each inquiry and help guide you toward the support that feels like the right fit. 👉 Let’s Connect
Recovery is possible.
