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...
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- 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...
- 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...
- Oct 24, 2022
- 7 min
Weight Restoration in Eating Disorder Recovery
I'm often asked what's the best way to restore weight in recovery The advice around weight restoring in eating disorders and general...
- Oct 17, 2022
- 10 min
STOMACH ISSUES IN ANOREXIA RECOVERY
A recurring issue for most of us in recovery will be problems with the stomach- digestion, sensitivities, apparent intolerances, wind...
- Dec 4, 2021
- 3 min
THE NIGHTMARE BEFORE CHRISTMAS
Families can be tricky at the best of times, and during Christmas they can be a real nightmare. Christmas for me was never a joyful...
- Dec 1, 2021
- 5 min
CHRISTMAS WITH AN EATING DISORDER
Supporting a family member with an eating disorder at Christmas presents a lot of complex and challenging problems. It is important to...
- Oct 20, 2021
- 2 min
PLAYING WITH EATING DISORDERS
I have struggled with my eating disorder for years, but I wasn’t officially diagnosed until this year. My eating disorder went unnoticed...
- Dec 22, 2020
- 8 min
NAVIGATING CHRISTMAS WITH AN EATING DISORDER
It's just one day It's nothing. A blip Plus, it’s not even really a whole day. I mean, when I was ill I did a lot of sleeping. And you...
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