Wearing the Swimsuit: Body Image, Vacation, and Eating Disorder Recovery   When Vacation Brings Up Body Image Struggles Vacations are often pictured as carefree: sunshine, photos, swimsuits, meals out, new places, and time away from everyday routines. But for someone navigating eating disorder recovery, vacation can also bring up body image thoughts, comparison, fear, and […]

What you Really Gain in Recovery One of the most common fears that people in eating disorder recovery have is the fear that they will gain weight. And this is a completely valid fear for someone with an eating disorder. Your eating disorder has been telling you since the very beginning that losing weight is […]

How to help someone with an eating disorder A real story about how to support someone with an eating disorder I had a parent in my office recently, worried about her young teen after the school nurse reached out to her about her daughter‘s health. Sarah seemed like a happy kid with a funny sense […]