Starting a journal for your mental health
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Journaling is a simple and yet powerful way to help improve your mental health. It can help you to: Process your thoughts and feelings...


- May 15
- 6 min
Is my eating disordered?
In a world in which the diet industry has become so dominant, where weight stigma and the idea of the thin ideal is being constantly...


- Apr 29
- 4 min
How important is support and connection in recovery
One thing I have never been particularly good at in my life is reaching out and telling people I’m not okay. I grew up in a house where...


- Apr 22
- 4 min
Managing an eating disorder when you're pregnant
Disordered eating during pregnancy can have serious consequences for both mother and the baby. Here are some of the risks: Nutritional...


- Mar 25
- 4 min
The Gut-brain axis and your mental health
The connection between our gut and our brain has been an increasing topic of discussion in recent years. It's called the gut-brain axis,...


- Mar 18
- 4 min
Eating disorder in your bedroom
Intimacy is an essential part of any healthy relationship. It involves sharing and connecting on a physical, emotional, and spiritual...


- Mar 6
- 2 min
Attachment styles and eating disorders
Today I want to to have a look at attachment styles and their part in the development and maintenance of eating disorders. The first...


- Mar 4
- 4 min
How to help prevent eating disorders in children and teenagers
As a parent, caregiver, or educator, it's important to be careful of what we say to children and teenagers about their bodies, food, and...


- Feb 27
- 3 min
What is chewing and spitting disorder?
*Tw contains potentially triggering information. Please consider if you may be upset or triggered before reading Chewing and spitting...


- Feb 25
- 4 min
Tools to add to your recovery toolbox
Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions that require a combination of professional help, personal commitment, self-care and...


- Feb 20
- 2 min
Eating disorders, trauma and shame
As both a trauma-informed and a shame-informed therapist, I see all the time in my work how eating disorders, trauma, and shame are...


- Feb 20
- 4 min
What NOT to say to someone in recovery
Being in recovery is hard enough without people wanting to share their ‘helpful’ opinions and advice with you (by the way, not helpful)...


- Feb 13
- 3 min
Eating disorders and Co-Occurring disorders
Eating disorders are complex mental health conditions that often occur in combination with other psychiatric disorders. The direction of...


- Feb 11
- 3 min
Eating disorders and skin picking
Eating disorders and skin picking are separate but related conditions that often co-occur. SKIN PICKING Skin picking, (also known as...


- Jan 14
- 3 min
Treating bulimia with CBT
What Is Bulimia? What Is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy ? How Is Cognitive Behavioural Therapy Used to Treat Bulimia? Bulimia is a severe...


- Jan 7
- 7 min
Dealing with triggering comments in recovery
The weight restoration phase of recovery is hard. We're dealing with physical pain and discomfort, (such as nausea, bloating,...


- Jan 2
- 4 min
Afraid of Food?
Having fears is a reality for all of us to a greater or lesser extent. Generally speaking, a fear is an unwanted and unpleasant feeling...


- Dec 16, 2022
- 2 min
Eating Disorder Recovery Toolkit
To introduce our ED virtual recovery toolkit page, here's a taster of our great new contributor's reviews and recommendations. Enjoy! App...


- Nov 7, 2022
- 8 min
Excessive exercise and anorexia
Please note: Information presented in this article may be triggering for some people. If you are having suicidal thoughts, there is a...


- Oct 29, 2022
- 2 min
DEAR RECOVERY...
Journaling for me personally was something I thought people kind of grew out of after jotting down about their heartbreak with the kid...
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