Category: Eating Disorders
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All Humans Are Beautiful
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week Welcome to National Eating Disorder Awareness week! This is an important week to help bring awareness to the millions of people who have or are struggling with eating disorders. I want to remind you that any person, no matter their weight/size can have an eating disorder. We need to have awareness around this…
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Your BMI Means Nothing! Tired of constantly hearing about your Body Mass Index (BMI) and how this relates to your health? What does your BMI say about your health? The answer to these questions is nothing! Why Was BMI Created? Your BMI was a formula that was created about 200 years ago by a mathematician in…
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Never Enough, Always Too Much
Never Enough, Always Too Much: It’s not just about the food Do you struggle with regulating your food intake? Do you have a hard time budgeting your money or allowing yourself to spend money on yourself? Do you have difficulty feeling loved by others? Most of us who struggle in our relationship with food also…
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How to Make Thanksgiving NOT About Food
Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years can be stressful holidays for those struggling with disordered eating and symptoms of an eating disorder. For most people the holidays are about sharing food with friends and family. What happens when we have a negative view of food? If we see food as the enemy, how can we still…
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How to Help Build Your Child’s Self-Esteem
How can we help kids feel better about her/him self? Do you ever worry that your child may have low self-esteem? Is your child able to stand up for him/her self? Do they have a good sense of what they are good at and what characteristics they like about their self? In working with children…
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Celebrating Lent With An Eating Disorder
Do you have specific religious beliefs that you practice during Lent and struggle with an eating disorder? Do you believe that you must “give up” something during Lent in order to follow your religious beliefs? I frequently here of people giving up desserts, sweets, snacks, or other food types during Lent. Although this may be…