Striking the balance between eating disorder recovery and exercise can be a challenging endeavor because it can look very different for different people. Part of the reason that it can feel so challenging is that it can be both a positive coping skill and a negative coping skill at the same time.
Read MoreIs it time to begin eating disorder therapy? There is never a wrong time. As your eating disorder therapist, we will work together to determine the best way forward. You will never be forced or tricked into anything, rather I will give you the information and tools that you need to decide for yourself. We will work through the 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating together.
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-Eating disorders including:
-Binge eating disorder, anorexia, bulimia, undiagnosed eating disorder, orthorexia, sports induced eating disorders
-EMDR and other trauma related support
-General therapy
Read MoreWho am I without my eating disorder? This is a question that is often raised in the eating disorder recovery world. While in your disorder you might recognize that it has become a big part of your identity, if not your identity itself. An eating disorder can dictate every decision in someone’s life. It often governs what to eat, how to eat it, when to eat, what to do, and what not to do. Therefore it might not come as a surprise to hear that it can also be the main identification that someone lives with.
Read MoreBody avoidance and body checking are two habits that often develop alongside eating disorders. They can also be key behavioral signs that there is severe body dissatisfaction taking place. So what are they?
Read MoreDuring these COVID times most people are spending more time alone in their homes. Routines have been uprooted from social obligations and time spent out of the house to more time to think and be alone.
Read MoreDiet Culture has primed us to praise weight loss and oppress weight gain. Even if these comments are made with the best intentions in mind, they often create a disordered relationship with your body.
Different people have different relationships with weight. Therefore certain people gain weight when they are ill and others lose weight when they are ill.
Read MoreFor those who are recovering from an eating disorder and are seeking eating disorder therapy, it is not uncommon to take a break from movement entirely.
Read MoreOne of our most sacred tools to connect with ourselves is through our body’s. We utilize them every day to do the things that we love, yet we so infrequently acknowledge what they do for us.
Between the constant influx of messages telling you to be one thing or to have one type of body there is so rarely time to explore how you truly feel about your body, societal expectations aside.
It is no secret that diets have been exposed over the last decade to be harmful towards a person’s health. Diets, or more broadly, Diet Culture has been around for many years. It is a capitalistic group of organizations all geared up to help people lose weight while making money at the same time. The catch? We all (well most of us) know that diets simply do not work.
Read MoreWhen most people hear the term intentional deprivation they instantly think of eating disorders in their most severe form. Deprivation eating comes in many forms. In fact, deprivation eating is often a result of overeating at times.
So why is this? Why do I feel out of control with my eating habits? Is this binge eating disorder?
Wikipedia defines body positivity as, “a social movement initially created to empower and shed light on plus size women and men, while challenging the ways in which society presents and views the physical body. The movement advocates the acceptance of all bodies regardless of physical ability, size, gender, race, or appearance.”
Read MoreBody hatred is an epidemic in modern society today. A recent study found that 79% of American’s have been unhappy with their body at some point in their life. This statistic is not surprising considering the societal obsession with having ‘the perfect body.’
Read MoreThere is a common belief that in order to have an eating disorder you must also be very thin. There is also a common belief that even if someone does have an eating disorder, there is no need to worry about it unless you are very thin.
The difference between having a diagnosis (anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, etc) and not having a diagnosis is simply that a provider has not given you one. And just because you don’t have a diagnosis does not mean you don’t deserve support to help you out of it.
Read MoreThese are all common thoughts seen when someone has disordered eating. These thoughts are also examples of black and white thinking, also known as all or nothing thinking. Black and white thinking is more formally referred to as splitting in the field of psychology.
Read MoreThere is a common understanding that eating disorders are all about control. Though there is a lot of truth to this understanding, eating disorders can be explained in other ways as well.
Read MoreSimply put, there cannot be one without the other. Compassion can come in many forms but in its most simple form, it is giving yourself the space to understand who you are without judgement. All individuals are a product of their experience. Therefore, there is no room for blame when recovering from an eating disorder.
Read MoreOn average it takes about three years for someone to seek help for an eating disorder. Why three years? Well, many reasons can be attributed to this long wait. One attribute that is incredibly persistent across the board is stigma associated with having an eating disorder
Read MoreAlmost every person has desires to change some part of their physical appearance but for some people this desire can turn into a chronic disorder that controls their life. Year after year the statistics for the prevalence of eating disorders within the US continue to grow. sInce it is a topic that is often considered taboo, it gets brushed under the rug. Additionally, given that our culture values thinness, it is all too common that an individual loses weight through disordered eating habits, and is complimented and validated by society for their weight loss.
Read MoreIt is incredibly important to set healthy expectations for yourself during all stages of recovery. No matter how long you have been in recovery there are certain reminders that get lost along the way. Why is this? Recovering from an eating disorder can take a long time… it is all too common that someone enters into recovery and gets frustrated by the time it is taking to feel better.
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