You are more than your body.
Beyond the Body. Back to Yourself.
An eating disorder recovery and awareness project for women and athletes, built on lived experience, understanding, and the belief that your worth extends far beyond your appearance or performance.
The war with your body doesn't end through willpower.
It ends through understanding.
You know this feeling.
You wake up — and your first thought isn't “good morning”.
It's the number on the scale.
You eat something “forbidden” and spend the next few hours in a courtroom where you are the judge, the prosecutor, and the defendant, all at once.
And when someone tells you to “just love your body”, it can sound like instructions in a language you were never taught.
Because you were taught something else.
That being thin means discipline.
That eating is something to control.
That your body is a project that is never finished.
These are not just your thoughts.
These are the voices from the table where you grew up.
In the culture I grew up in, a girl's body could feel like public property — not personal space.
Post-Soviet shame is real.
And it does not heal with affirmations alone.
My name is Alisa.
I spent seven years at war with my own body.
- Restriction.
- Binges.
- Eating alone at night.
Morning promises that “everything will change.”
I read about intuitive eating and body positivity — and felt like it was written for someone else.
I needed more than slogans. I needed to understand what I had learned about my body, food, and my own worth.
And healing had to be built differently.
Not through punishment.
Not through another set of rules.
But through understanding.
Why Psyche?
In ancient Greek, Psyche means soul.
In mythology, Psyche was admired for her extraordinary beauty.
But her story was never only about how others saw her.
Her journey inspired the belief at the heart of Alisa Project:
More than your appearance. More than what you eat. More than how much you weigh. More than how well you perform.
The butterfly, a symbol associated with Psyche, represents the soul — the part of us that cannot be reduced to a body or a number.
For us, it is a reminder that recovery can create space to reconnect with the person beyond the struggle.
Turning understanding into action.
Alisa Project exists to make conversations about eating disorders more accessible, honest, and human.
Lived experiences
Sharing stories that challenge shame and help others feel less alone.
Education
Making information about eating disorders, body image, and recovery easier to understand.
More Than an Athlete
Opening conversations about food, body image, and identity in sport.
Connection
Bringing together people and organizations who believe recovery begins with understanding, not shame.
Your body is part of your story.
It is not your entire story.
More than your appearance.
More than your performance.
More than your eating disorder.
A whole person.
You don't have to navigate recovery alone.
Beyond the Body. Back to Yourself.
Alisa Project provides awareness, education, and lived-experience content. It does not replace professional medical or mental health care.
