May 17
Did you hear? Did you hear? Vogue Magazine has decided to become ” ambassadors for the message of healthy body image.” And in that, according to the NY Times they have decided not to have any models in their magazine who are under the age of 16, nor any models who “appear to have an …
May 04
I have this client. This smart, beautiful, funny, compassionate, wonderful client who has been suffering with food issues for a very, very long time. Once every few months, she has a plan. She’s going to cut out sugar, she’s going to do yoga 3 times a week, she’s going to meditate daily, she’s going to …
May 02
Stop dieting. It’s that simple. You might not lose the five pounds off your body, but you’ll definitely get it off your mind. And if you really stop dieting, and that in turn helps you to stop bingeing, your body might just settle into it’s normal weight, which might or might not be five pounds …
Apr 23
A couple of weeks ago, the New York Times posted an article about brides going to extremes to lose weight before their weddings. One doctor charges healthy women $1500 to insert a feeding tubes in their noses for ten days so that they can receive nutrition while they starve themselves to knock off a few …
Mar 04
From around the web, different wonderful resources to help you with eating and body image issues. 1.) Something Fishy – Wonderful Pro recovery site with forums, resources, and online support 2.) ED Referral – Not all therapists know how to treat eating disorders, and not all know how to recognize binge eating disorder. If you …
Dec 01
What exactly happens when you go to therapy to heal from an eating disorder? What is therapy anyway? This is the first of a series about different levels of treatment. Unfortunately, most people who suffer from eating disorders don’t get treatment, either because they don’t have the money, the time or they feel that they …
Oct 17
Here is a quick little round up of different ways to heal from binge eating. Several of these tips are longer posts in other parts on this blog, so you can bookmark this page and come back and read more when you are ready or just go through the tips quickly. Enjoy! 1.)Eat a balanced, …
Oct 01
One of the really challenging things about recovery is being out in the real world, around other people who either aren’t aware of or working on healing their disorder, or who don’t actually have a problem with the behaviors that you must stay abstinent from. Some examples: A bunch of people (presumably men) get together …
Jul 21
Your eating disorder might feel like a tyrannical dictator, telling you what to eat, what not to eat, pushing you to give in to obsessive cravings, pushing you to purge, pushing you to starve or restrict, but for many people, that voice is actually a scared little girl (or boy) living inside of you, …
May 31
Here’s a quick recovery exercise for you. Rather than thinking about weeks or months or years ahead of you, each morning set just ONE DAILY INTENTION. Wake up in the morning and before you do anything, before you get out of bed, before you brush your teeth, think about what your intention for that day …