Being able to find food freedom and heal your relationship with food is totally possible, no matter how long you’ve been struggling and now matter how much you might worry that you won’t be able to change. You truly can, and I want to give you that spark of hope and encouragement. A lot of […]

Let’s talk about “The Candy Dish Phenomenon.” Have you ever noticed that some people are able to have a bowl of candy or some other sweet treat just sitting out, untouched? Meanwhile you can’t resist grabbing one every time you walk by (and that’s why you couldn’t possibly keep an open bowl of treats out […]

The food, diet, wellness and healthcare industries are full of jacked up disordered eating propaganda.  And so much of it has become covert dieting messages in disguise.   What I especially can’t stand about all of this hoopla is that it lures people in so easily with the use of pseudo-science, creative marketing, flashy products, […]

The holidays impart all sorts of additional challenges for people with eating disorders.  The seasons change, it gets dark earlier a night, our schedules are thrown off by , and all sorts of expectations are placed on us (by others and ourselves).   What if you were to step back and ask yourself, What do […]

I am fully aware that this is a topic that has been written about extensively in the eating disorder community, so it’s not novel by any means.  Yet, calorie counting continues to be an ongoing problem that I witness every day, so we need to keep talking about it. Counting calories is often something that […]

Why am I sharing this on an eating disorder blog?  Because it very much applies to eating disorder recovery.  Pregnancy and eating disorders share many themes related to our relationship with our bodies – everything from what we eat to how we feel.     We all will inevitably experience changes in our bodies over […]