Eating Disorder recovery Blog
3 Reasons Why Emotional Eating Isn’t the Enemy
As an eating disorder therapist, one if the most common things I hear from people is that they struggle with emotional eating. Most of the time, people think this means that something is terribly wrong with them - that they are weak and lack willpower. This...
How to Confidently Help Your Kids to Have a Positive Body Image
When there’s so much to worry about as a parent these days, raising kids to have healthy body image can seem like such an important, yet tricky task. A lot of moms worry that their kids’ body image is just another thing that they are probably somehow “messing up.”...
What You Need to Know About Surviving Pregnancy After Battling an Eating Disorder
Pregnancy can be such an exciting, yet also a scary time for women, both physically and emotionally. Unfortunately, it can also bring a landmine of challenges for women in navigating their relationships with food and their bodies. Society seems obsessed with...
How to Feel Better About the Body You are in Today: 5 Steps Towards Body Peace
It sometimes feels like no woman would admit to being OK with her body. We are constantly inundated with imagery and products that point to what’s wrong with our bodies and how we can fix them. We live in a culture that generally celebrates one ideal of beauty....
The Top 10 Ways to Boost Motivation in Eating Disorder Recovery
When you started down the path to eating disorder recovery, you were probably excited, but maybe also a little bit scared and nervous about all the changes in your future. You probably read about some different treatment options, maybe even found a few blogs or...
3 Tested Tips to Overcome Your Struggle with Compulsive Exercise
It’s not hard to understand why many people overlook compulsive exercise as a serious problem. After all, we live in a culture that enthusiastically applauds people for their rigorous dedication to physical fitness and intense workout regimes. But what happens...
