Fasting is integral to many religions around the world. Fasting holds specific risks of activation of eating disorders and relapse for those who are susceptible. Take a brief look at how faith and commitment are not synonymous with ritual practice.
Read moreWhen Will I Be Done?
A response to the often asked question of what constitutes "done" in recovery from an eating disorder.
Read moreWhen Your Everything Is Not Enough
A first-person experience that may have value for those in recovery from eating disorders who feel nothing is going "according to plan."
Read more“I only restricted food for a very short time”: Understanding why recovery takes so long.
Illusory superiority may impact your expectations of what your recovery process will look like and how long it will take. Developing flexible realism instead might help you navigate your time in recovery and improve your chance of practicing remission long term.
Read moreEating Disorder Recovery: But I Want To Save the Animals
Here are some ideas to contemplate if you feel conflicted about eating meat and yet are equally committed to a recovery effort from an eating disorder.
Read moreIntrusive Thoughts of Self-Harm in Eating Disorders
Intrusive thoughts of harming oneself are common to all of us. However, for anxious people (eating disorders being a type of anxiety disorder at its core), intrusive thoughts of self-harm create a cascade of distress and panic that can trigger a compulsive drive to follow-through on self-harm. Thankfully, several psychoeducational treatment approaches can help.
Read moreCountermoves: When a Recovery Effort Generates a New You, and They Want You to Change Back.
When your partner, family member and/or friend is getting increasingly negative and unsupportive about your effort to get to remission from an active eating disorder, what are you supposed to do?
Read moreHappy NO-lidays! Neutralizing Fattism and Healthism at Seasonal Gatherings
Part IV: Empathy. A four-part series looking into all the ways you might neutralize the impact of pervasive fattism and healthism talk at seasonal gatherings this year.
Read moreHappy NO-lidays! Neutralizing Fattism and Healthism at Seasonal Gatherings
Part III: Bring It. A four-part series looking into all the ways you might neutralize the impact of pervasive fattism and healthism talk at seasonal gatherings this year.
Read moreHappy NO-lidays! Neutralizing Fattism and Healthism at Seasonal Gatherings
Part II: We're On Each Other's Team. A four-part series looking into all the ways you might neutralize the impact of pervasive fattism and healthism talk at seasonal gatherings this year.
Read more