Learning to let go of the stress surrounding treatment, recovery, and other’s expectations can be a difficult thing to do, but it is… more »
Handling the Stress that Comes with Weight Restoration
While crucial, gaining weight is also a very emotional and challenging process. It requires a true fight to accept a changing body, especially… more »
The Four A’s of Dealing with Stress
Learning to live in the real world during the early stages of recovery can feel impossibly overwhelming at first. It can be much… more »
Mythbusting: Eating Disorders are only about Food
With eating disorders, food is better viewed as a language. As we become gradually more entrenched in an eating disorder, food becomes our main… more »
Mythbusting: Having an Eating Disorder Means You’re Weak
Having an eating disorder, struggling with self- harm, or depression does not make you a weak person- it does not make you crazy.… more »
Mythbusting: Who Can Have an Eating Disorder?
Eating disorders can strike anyone – any gender, any race, any socioeconomic status, any country; eating disorders don’t discriminate. * This month we… more »
PMS (yes I said it) as a Trigger for Eating Disorders
Awareness is key when it comes to handling PMS triggers; as long as you keep track of your body’s schedule and are extra… more »
Triggering Comments Hurt: How To Deal
Remember – people can and will speak their mind, and they might hurt you; you can choose to ignore it, or let… more »
I used to be triggered by a street corner on the Upper West Side of Manhattan
I do not walk where my eating disorder takes me. I do not stand in solidarity with my eating disorder. Rather, I recognize… more »
Tips on Handling Triggers
Triggers are tricky to navigate and overcome. How we react to them decides whether we will become stronger or allow them to tear… more »
How to Handle Family Members Dieting
It’s complicated when we are close to our family and they are inadvertently triggering our ED. Of course, it is difficult when anyone… more »
Triggers: Here, There, Everywhere!
Triggers will always be there. Thankfully, we have a choice: letting these triggers run our lives or, with time and lots of practice,… more »
Recovery and Romantic Relationships
When I’ve been able to overcome these crippling fears of vulnerability and trust, I have seen a tremendous reward. The key here is… more »
What I’ve Learned From Being In Love
When I met Ben, I had no idea he would change my life so completely. From the first time he told me that my… more »
Happy Valentine’s Day…To Me!
My challenge for you this Valentine’s Day is to stop and think about what is holding you back from building a positive relationship… more »
When your partner doesn’t understand your Eating Disorder
It wasn’t until my boyfriend angrily told me to “wake the **** up” that I thought it may be time to leave him.… more »
Compulsive Exercise: Not Only an Athlete’s Problem
If exercise and thoughts of exercise are controlling your life and negatively impacting your physical and mental health, it doesn’t matter what kind… more »
Taking a Break from Exercise Now, Can Help You Later
Know that by not exercising now, you are providing a sound foundation for a healthy relationship with exercise in the future. It may… more »
