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Dealing With Surprises In Eating Disorder Recovery

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Dealing With Surprises In Eating Disorder Recovery

When surprises pop up in recovery, it can feel impossible to persevere. However, by implementing coping strategies and reframing what a situation means, you can overcome the anxiety that unexpected changes can bring.

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Cooking In Recovery: Building A New Relationship With Food

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Cooking In Recovery: Building A New Relationship With Food

Some people affected by an eating disorder love to cook. Some can't even stand to be around food. No matter which camp you fall into (or if you land somewhere on the spectrum in between), your relationship to cooking in recovery will be different.

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Why Not Exercising For 8 Years Was The Best Decision I Ever Made in Eating Disorder Recovery.

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Why Not Exercising For 8 Years Was The Best Decision I Ever Made in Eating Disorder Recovery.

I knew that engaging in something like exercise that I could ONLY associate with becoming smaller was not going to allow me to thrive in recovery.

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Going off the Grid: When Injury and Stress Increase Eating Disorder Behaviors in Athletes

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Going off the Grid: When Injury and Stress Increase Eating Disorder Behaviors in Athletes

To an athlete, an injury or illness, change in coach or retirement from sport may feel like a traumatic event. As a result of this stressful time, the incidence of disordered eating or eating disorder behaviors has the potential to increase.

How The Holidays Drastically Improved Without An Eating Disorder: Stories From Recovered Individuals

How The Holidays Drastically Improved Without An Eating Disorder: Stories From Recovered Individuals

The holidays are a lot to manage. Travel plans, coordinating family gatherings, and the never-ending list of gifts—I feel short of breath just thinking about it. But we know, in addition to the “typical demands” of this time of year, struggling with an eating disorder makes it a million times more complicated. 

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This is How You Can Become the CEO of Your Body (and Life)

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This is How You Can Become the CEO of Your Body (and Life)

Reframing is an important part of therapy and can help one to look past what the eating disorder has shaped in terms of nutrition, body image, and exercise.

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