Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2017 Roundup
Phew. That was a busy week. In case you missed them, here is a recap on the podcasts and other projects we put out there this week. I've listed the podcasts…
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Writing on eating disorder recovery for adults — the recovery process, neural rewiring, extreme hunger, weight restoration, and more.
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[Video] It is okay to eat a lot of food in Anorexia recovery
I am excited to announce that this week we launched Active Eating Disorder Recovery for Adults (AEDRA) Meal Support Service. This is a worldwide service…
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Anorexia Recovery Eating: There is never too much food
This blog is based on my personal experience. We are all individuals, and you should always do what is right for your own body. When I went through extreme…
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Anorexia Recovery Binges: You do NOT have Binge Eating Disorder!
This blog is based on my personal experience. We are all individuals, and you should always do what is right for your own body. This is just a short blog.…
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My Daughter is an "Ethical" Vegan (With Anorexia) ...
I got the following comment on a post, and I woke up this morning realizing that by trying to be too kind in my response. I had done this women, her…
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Extreme Hunger in Anorexia Recovery: What Happens with the Meal Plan?
Meal plans can be very helpful in recovery. I never used one, but some people do. If you are using a meal plan, you have to be very careful not to treat it…
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Eating Disorders and Family Life: Household Triggers
In the last two posts I have looked at the way that eating disorders operate in a family setting when a parent is the sufferer in recovery. The first post…
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Extreme Hunger in Anorexia Recovery
Ready and waiting for the criticism that I may get as a result of writing about this. I don't care. I don't believe that shielding adults in recovery from…
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Eating Disorders and Family Life — Mealtime tension, shopping, food choices and exercise
In my last post on eating disorder recovery for an adult with children, I wrote about mealtimes and how to make them (more of a ) a success in terms of…
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Eating Disorders: How to Support an Adult with Children Present
I don't have kids. However, the issue comes up for some of the people whom I coach who do. We've had to problem solve around this and there is never a…
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Questioning Perfectionism In Anorexia
I am often told by eating disorder therapists and literature that I am a perfectionist. I am not a perfectionist. I was not a perfectionist before Anorexia.…
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Eating Disorder Recovery — A Matter of Life and ... Half Life
Eating disorders are a matter of life and death. They can and do kill. Let's not forget that. But they are also, for many, a matter of life and half life.…
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Meditation for Eating Disorders — A Cynics Guide
It cracks me up that people assume I am a spiritual person because I meditate. I'm not. I don't meditate because I am trying to be a good person either. I…
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Turn Post-Festivity Eating Disorder Stress into Recovery Motivation
First off, thank you for following and reading this blog. Something that started as a place for me to blow off steam now has over 5000 followers! Those of…
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Anosognosia and Eating Disorders — When We Don't Know We Are Sick
Anosognosia is pretty messed up — and it messed me up good and proper! It means "without knowledge" and refers to the lack of insight that a person…