Dieting Or Mindful Eating? New year, new you, right? Does the “new you” also include being on a new diet? Does being on yet another fad diet sound something like this…? Imagine that you are sitting comfortably in the living room with a bag of chips in hand, ready to enjoy a movie at home. […]
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The Gift of Recovering From an Eating Disorder There is a wonderful, long-held tradition during the Holidays to give gifts to friends, loved ones, and family members. We spend long hours in line and online trying to procure just the right gift. Searching high and low for the perfect deals to buy just the right […]
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Binge Eating Disorder and The Holidays It is that time of year again! A line of holidays and festivities are marching closer and closer as the year nears the end. Halloween zipped by! Now, steadily approaching comes Thanksgiving followed by even more December holidays, celebrated by a variety of people and cultures, such as: Christmas, […]
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Am I just Overeating or Do I have Binge Eating Disorder? The other day, my family celebrated my niece’s 6 and a half birthday. I know what you’re thinking… “Half birthday? That’s not a thing.” I agree. But my family is always looking for an excuse to celebrate; an excuse to eat cake. And ice […]
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How to Heal Your Relationship with Exercise & Begin to Move Your Body Joyfully In our society, exercise is often associated with losing weight, burning calories, and getting your “bikini body” ready for summer. The term ‘working out’ is currently one of the most common terms for exercise. I find it necessary to point out […]
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Letting Go of Weights, Calories, & Sizes in Eating Disorder Recovery Most people that struggle with eating disorders place an enormous weight on the numbers. Eating disorders cause us to obsess about how much we weigh, how many calories we are eating, and what our clothing size is. So much emphasis is placed on the […]
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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 […]
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Why Is It So Hard to Accept My Body? Overcoming Body Image Issues By Letting Go of Comparisons Body acceptance can be difficult to achieve in this “diet-filled” culture that we live in, but it is possible. Comparing our bodies to others’ is a common habit that we use to validate our feelings that our […]
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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 […]
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