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What is Recovery Academy?

In this on demand recovery resource and community, Dr. Steph (a certified eating disorder specialist) teaches and guides the community through essential recovery topics, such as:

  • How to stop obsessing about food and body size

  • How to stop the shame spiral

  • How to manage uncomfortable emotions without using behaviors

  • Tools to work toward body- and self-acceptance

The Recovery Academy community offers recovery support when and where members need it. For instance, any computer, tablet, phone or internet connected device.

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Meet your Guide

I have helped hundreds of people overcome eating disorders, trauma, and adversity to find happiness, healing, and confidence. I have journeyed with individuals to replace self-harming behaviors, overcome disordered eating, improve self-esteem, and find self-worth.

In addition to my formal education my personal experience helps me relate on a level of ‘knowing’ what you are going through. Several years were spent as being consumed with eating and body image a fitness professional.

I was a member of the team that developed the eating disorder program at Timberline Knolls. My experience includes working with individuals dealing with eating disorders in inpatient, residential, and outpatient settings.

I take a non-diet, intuitive eating, and Health At Every Size approach. 

Messages to diet and change your body are everywhere...

and the Recovery Academy is designed to help you ditch the diet hamster wheel, and find ways to care for yourself and your body so you have more confidence and energy to show up IN your life!

The urge to lose weight is strong and addicting and you are not sure how to change your life without changing your body first? 

Gain access to evidenced based tools and information that has helped  people overcome eating disorders and the urge to diet over and over and over...

You are sick and tired of literally fighting with your body and food thoughts every day. You are exhausted. At the end of your rope, and uncertain there is another way...

We are here to literally HYPE you and provide you with  resources and guidance from a specialist in the field - for the fraction of the cost to see a specialist. 

12 vital recovery topics 

Get real specialized support and learning to help you

  • challenge perfectionism

  • know expect as you heal.

  • Let us guide you through the real battle that lies deep in the fabric of an eating disorder and offer you tips to deal while you heal along the way.

We cover all ways to address the harmful thoughts that show up.

Learn scientific interventions to help you deal with thoughts like

  • “I am not that sick I ate xxx today”

  • or why you cannot stop thinking about food,

  • or why you felt fine until you found yourself crying in the Target dressing room because you got the “wrong size”.

  • Join now for less than a tank of gas cost per week

Are you the 1 of the 70% of adult women that cancels plans because of your body image?

Grab our Course today and take a significant step towards building and maintaining an encouraging and positive body image. You'll learn to love and appreciate your body, recognizing it with its authenticity and individuality.

…Recovery Academy?

Recovery Us Possible Even For You - Free Eating Disorder Course
Free

A free 2-part video course for anyone ready to understand why eating disorder recovery feels so hard — and what to do about it. Includes the Pie Chart worksheet and guided journal prompts to help you find your “why” and take your first steps toward healing. Taught by Dr. Steph, LPC-S, CEDS-C.


✓ Why recovery feels so hard (it’s not willpower)
✓ Spot how ED has taken space in your life
✓ Journal prompts to find your “why”
✓ Tools to start using today
✓ ITS FREE!
  • I will recommend this resource to anyone needing additional ED support and appreciate the thoughtfulness that went into the creation of such a necessary service.

  • The Recovery Academy a one of a kind tool filled with more value than I’ve ever seen in any other online recovery resource. Reaching out for help is far easy, but The Recovery Academy can help with that. You deserve to be fully recovered and nourished…consider allowing Stephanie to help you in getting there!

  • The Recovery Academy is helping me evaluate my values and finding my true self. It is helping me dig into my emotions and learn ways to cope with my feelings. It is motivating my recovery and making me accountable for myself. It really helps me reframe my thoughts. Its a great recovery tool for those who don't have access to therapy or dietitians. Dr. Steph is so helpful in answering any questions and helping me get through my stuck points.

    Current Member

  • Recovery Academy is an incredibly robust and powerful tool. Stephanie Waitt has developed a profound and easily accessible program that can enrich folks in all stages of recovery. I wish I had had access to this back in the early stages of my own recovery.

Get Started Today

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The Recovery Academy

THE RECOVERY ACADEMY is an on demand mental health recovery self-help support resource. The Recovery Academy contains over a years worth of on demand educational and support videos designed to help you learn and practice evidence based tools IRL.


✓ learn how you can shut out the jerk living inside your head
✓ build your foundation and strengthen your recovery
✓ get the Bad Body Image Day Survival Guide
✓ learn and practice Intuitive Eating
✓ Get REAL Therapy Tools
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EATING DISORDER INFORMED CARE - Supporting Your Clients And Feel Like An Eating Disorder Pro

12 + Lessons To Help You Feel Like An Eating Disorder Pro - CE CREDITS (EARN UP TO 12 HOURS)** Our course is designed for therapists like you who want to learn more about supporting the clients in your practice with food and body issues. Whether you are a seasoned professional or a new professional this course is designed to teach you specialized eating disorder treatment insight and skills to help your clients and feel like a specialist in the field of eating disorders.


✓ 12+ Essential Topics Necessary To Help Clients Heal
✓ Feel confident to guide your current clients struggling
✓ screen, assess and diagnose for eating disorders
✓ exact tools, resources, and skills needed to help clients
✓ Feel Like An Eating Disorder Pro
Logo of "The Recovery Academy" with text "Eating Disorder Recovery", featuring icons of a brain, heart, and person, and text "Free Course" below.
Recovery Us Possible Even For You - Free Eating Disorder Course
Free

A free 2-part video course for anyone ready to understand why eating disorder recovery feels so hard — and what to do about it. Includes the Pie Chart worksheet and guided journal prompts to help you find your “why” and take your first steps toward healing. Taught by Dr. Steph, LPC-S, CEDS-C.


✓ Why recovery feels so hard (it’s not willpower)
✓ Spot how ED has taken space in your life
✓ Journal prompts to find your “why”
✓ Tools to start using today
✓ ITS FREE!