ATYPICAL ANOREXIA
Anorexia nervosa is one of the most well-known and most discussed eating disorders. Despite education and awareness efforts, many people,...
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Feb 27, 20226 min read
DID SOMEBODY SAY 'JUST EAT'?
Having an eating disorder is far more complicated than feelings about food. Eating disorders are difficult to understand for those...
Dec 4, 20213 min read
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, 20215 min read
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, 20212 min read
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...
Sep 28, 20215 min read
EATING DISORDER MINDSET
Eating disorders come to serve a purpose for those who suffer from them : after all, one of the first things we're taught in psychology...
Sep 4, 20216 min read
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...
Aug 18, 20212 min read
A Brief Explanation of CBTE
Cognitive behavioural therapy, or CBTE, is one of the leading evidence-based treatment for adults with an eating disorder. It is also...
Jul 10, 20213 min read
SIGNS YOUR TEENAGER MAY HAVE AN EATING DISORDER
So you know eating disorders are serious and increasingly prevalent. Untreated, they can lead to serious and possibly fatal medical...
Dec 22, 20208 min read
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...
Nov 3, 20206 min read
Eating Disorder Myths
Eating Disorders are life-threatening illnesses yet anorexia, bulimia, binge-eating, and the other disorders are still misunderstood and...
Feb 6, 20207 min read
IS IT BINGE EATING DISORDER?
Binge eating disorder (BED) is a type of feeding and eating disorder that was added as an official diagnosis in DSM V (Diagnostic and...
Jan 27, 20207 min read
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...
Dec 30, 20197 min read
New Year's Resolutions In ED Recovery
A New Year's resolution is a decision to do or not do something to accomplish a personal goal or break a habit. It comes at the end of...
Dec 14, 20195 min read
EXPOSURE THERAPY
Exposure Therapy has been shown to be the most effective anxiety treatment for people with many anxiety disorders. They can also help...
Nov 4, 20195 min read
set point in recovery
In my new blog series ' Recovery in the 21st century', I'll be looking at all aspects of recovery in terms of the newest research,...
Sep 7, 20194 min read
ACE scores and eating disorders
I'm in the process of finishing my clinical trauma specialist certification, and it's got me thinking (again!) about the powerful and...
Jun 29, 20195 min read
Jun 22, 20196 min read
So what is diabulimia?
Diabulimia is a media-coined term that refers to an eating disorder in a person with diabetes, typically type I diabetes, wherein the...
Jun 3, 20193 min read
The neurobiology of anorexia
Anorexia, like all eating disorders, tend to start in adolescence. The thing that triggers our eating disorder varies, the comments from...
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