As most of us know, the world can be highly stigmatizing – especially when it comes to mental health. Eating disorders have the highest mortality rate of all mental health diagnoses. At the same time, there continues to be a significant, harmful stereotype that in order to “deserve” eating disorder treatment, a patient must look […]

It is far too often that we hear binge eating be attributed to a lack of self-control or will-power. Not only is this idea completely false, but it also intensifies any feelings of guilt or shame that accompany a binge. Believe it or not, there are a number of reasons that a binge may happen, and none of them have to do with a lack of willpower.

So maybe you’ve started to incorporate joyful, intuitive movement into your life and are exploring how exercise feels in your body. This is a process that requires a lot of grace and self compassion. When healing from a disordered relationship with exercise, very similar to food, you may be stuck in the pattern of black […]

Did you know the body is about 60% water? Given that little fact, it might make sense that hydration (adequate water intake) is essential to our bodies especially during your eating disorder recovery. Water regulates our body temperature, delivers oxygen and nutrients to all our cells, lubricates our muscles and joints, keeps our heart pumping, […]

Movement (in all forms) is an important piece of our overall health and well-being, but, unfortunately, too many workouts are pitched as the means to a “perfect” body or permission to eat the foods you crave. News flash: you have permission  to eat ALL foods and this idea of perfection doesn’t actually exist. Unfortunately, the […]