# Dating in Recovery: On Vulnerability, Diet Culture in Relationships, and Finding Someone Who Can Handle the Hard Stuff (Bonus Episode)

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Podcast: [The Full Plate Podcast with Abbie Attwood, MS](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-full-plate-podcast-with-abbie-attwood-ms-4886102)
Published: 2026-05-04T09:02:57+00:00
Episode link: https://abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com/p/dating-in-recovery-on-vulnerability
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Duration seconds: 390

## Resource

This is a free preview of a paid episode. To hear more, visit abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com Abbie answers a listener question about one of the most complicated intersections: dating (relationships) and diet culture — especially when you're carrying a history of body shame, disordered eating, and the ongoing, nonlinear work of recovery. Elizabeth, a listener in her early 30s, writes in about the men she keeps encountering on the apps — the gym-obsessed ones, the salad-only ones — and asks a question that cuts to the heart of it: is this my gut, or is this fear? What you'll hear: *Why "too sensitive" isn't a useful frame — and what to ask instead *Safety and self-worth as the foundation of dating in recovery *Learning to trust your intuition when diet culture has distorted it *When to share your mental health history (and when you don't have to) *The difference between a trigger and something to work through *Revisiting your dating app parameters — and the biases built into them *Abbie's own experience navigating ED recovery while dating Then Jeb, Abbie's husband, joins for an unplanned conversation about what it was actually like when they met — both carrying things they weren't sure how to share. *What happened when Jeb disclosed his sobriety on a rooftop, early on *Why vulnerability can work as a filter, not just a risk *What Jeb was looking for in a partner when he was newly out of treatment *The moment Abbie knew he was someone she could be with through hard things This episode is ultimately about openness — what it costs, what it protects, and what becomes possible when you find someone willing to meet you there. This is a BONUS episode for paid subscribers on Substack. To hear it, upgrade here: https://abbieattwoodwellness.substack.com/subscribe

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