More than 70 million people worldwide have eating disorders. 20% of those people will die without treatment; 10% seek help. When Kristie Amadio returned to rural New Zealand after intensive residential eating disorder treatment in California, she had to overcome a massive gap in the support available in order to fully recover. In this informative, emotional, and passionate talk, eating disorder recovery coach Kristie Amadio shares how we can do eating disorder recovery differently so that more people can live a fully recovered life. Kristie Amadio is founder and CEO of Recovered Living, which offers which offers online eating disorder recovery coaching as well as 24/7 live-in support to people both domestically and internationally.
After 14 years of battling her eating disorder and seeking treatment in both Australia and New Zealand—where she was told she was ‘chronic’ and should expect to struggle with food and body image issues for the rest of her life—Kristie flew to America for intensive treatment and made a full recovery.
Kristie was stunned by the gap and unequal access to support and resources both here and overseas, so she resolved to make cost effective support available to everyone, no matter where they lived. By working online and living with people in recovery all around the world, Kristie Amadio is adding a new dimension to the platform used to treat eating disorders. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx
