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6 Ways to Support Someone Struggling with an Eating Disorder-that have nothing to do with food
Supporting a loved one who is struggling with an eating disorder can be a challenging task. It’s a delicate situation that requires understanding, patience, and sensitivity.

Control And Eating Disorders: A Deeper Understanding
People with eating disorders are often misunderstood and unfairly stigmatized. Labeled as ‘control freaks’ or perceived as individuals with an inherent controlling personality type, the complexity of their struggle is often overlooked.

Ableism is inherent in mainstream narratives of eating disorders
Eating disorders are a widespread and serious health issue that is often stigmatized and misunderstood. This blog post aims to unpack the ableism inherent in mainstream narratives of eating disorders and propose ways to resist it.

Signs it’s Time for a New Eating Disorder Therapist
Choosing the right therapist for your mental health journey is crucial. Therapists, including those who specialize in eating disorders, must approach their patients with empathy, understanding, and a willingness to adapt their methods…

Critiques of ERP
The three of us (Mimi, Allyson, and Kris) are healthcare providers with our own lived experience of OCD. We are passionate about neurodiversity affirming care, and through the lens of our identities…

Beauty Standards are Socially Constructed + Always Changing: Does this Influence Eating Disorders?
One topic that comes up over and over with my clients struggling with Eating Disorders and Body Image is just how much society’s continually changing beauty standards impact the way they see themselves…

How to Cope with Negative Body Image and Family Photos During the Holiday Season
The holiday season often brings up so much stress and challenges for folks in eating disorder recovery. What is supposed to be a very happy time of year can get clouded with intrusive thoughts related to food and body. With the increase in exposure to challenge foods, diet/weight...

Do You Have Realistic Recovery Expectations- or is Perfectionism Getting in the Way?
A common trait between those with Eating Disorders and Obsessive Compulsive Disorder (OCD) is perfectionism. Perfectionism refers to a set of self-defeating thoughts and behaviors aimed at reaching excessively high unrealistic goals. Perfectionism is often mistakenly seen in our...

Psychadelic Therapy is Not New: Working Towards Right Relationship with Indigenous Communities
“María Sabina, a traditional Mexican healer, has gone down in psychedelic history as the woman to introduce magic mushrooms to the world.

Internal Family Systems (IFS) for Eating Disorders + OCD
What is IFS therapy and how can it support your recovery from either an eating disorder or OCD? That's exactly what I want to share with you all today. IFS is a non-pathologizing, compassionate, whole person approach to therapy that incorporates somatic and attachment work and...