Recovery tools and techniques

Starting your recovery journey: tips for success

Deciding to begin your recovery from an eating disorder is a scary and usually ambivalent decision, but it is a courageous step towards...

20 Reasons To Recover

Today, I want to serve up a little dish of positivity and motivation. Get ready to explore 20 reasons why embarking on your recovery...

Break Free From 'What-Iffing'

Transforming Thinking Styles to Combat Eating Disorders Anxiety is relentless. It infiltrates our thoughts, drains our physical energy...

Starting a journal for your mental health

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

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...

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...

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,...

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...

USING AFFIRMATIONS IN RECOVERY

When we have an eating disorder , we're plagued by intrusive, negative thoughts. When we think like this, our confidence, mood and...

MOTIVATION IN EATING DISORDER RECOVERY

There are some questions around motivation in eating disorders that I get asked regularly- how do we find it; how can we hold on to it...

Working on your Self Confidence

Low self-esteem is common in eating disorders; this harsh internal critic chipping away is a source of constant stress and can make...

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