Blog Posts
5 Things That Went Well in Your Recovery This Year (That Have Nothing to Do With Your Body)
As we approach the end of the year, here are five things that may have gone well in your recovery this year that have absolutely nothing to do with your body—and everything to do with your healing.
When Diet Culture Steals Tradition: The Pressure to Avoid Cultural Foods During Hanukkah
Hanukkah traditions are about connection, culture, and meaning—not restriction. This blog explores how diet culture pressures people to avoid cultural foods during the holidays, why that messaging is harmful, and how to support eating disorder recovery while honoring tradition.
Beyond Diet Culture: Cooking and Enjoying Food As It’s Meant To Be
Step beyond diet culture and rediscover the joy of cooking and eating without rules or guilt. This post explores how to bring pleasure, presence, and self-care back into the kitchen—and how to reconnect with food in a way that supports healing and nourishment.
Holiday Food Joy - Nourishing Body and Spirit During the Season
The holiday season arrives in twinkling lights, festive music, gift guides, and a huge focus on special foods and flavors. Read on for 5 simple steps you can take to find holiday food joy while in eating disorder recovery.
What Does Unconditional Permission to Eat Mean?
The Intuitive Eating Principle of Make Peace with Food means allowing yourself unconditional permission to eat. This means allowing yourself to eat anything with no strings attached, trusting your body, and enjoying all foods. We’ll explain what unconditional permission to eat means, and simple steps to start practicing it in your own life.
Should you use a meal plan in Eating Disorder recovery?
Meal plans can be a helpful tool in eating disorder recovery, but they’re not one-size-fits-all. This post explores when meal plans support healing and when they might hold you back, offering guidance on how to use structure safely, flexibly, and compassionately as you rebuild a healthy relationship with food.
5 Uncommon Ways to Support a Loved One Battling an Eating Disorder
Watching someone you love struggle with an eating disorder can feel overwhelming. Here are five unconventional, dietitian-backed strategies that can make a big difference and may help you better support your loved one on their recovery journey.
Managing Game Day in Eating Disorder Recovery: Practical Tools for Stress-Free Events
Game day in eating disorder recovery can feel overwhelming, with food choices and social pressures triggering anxiety. This guide shares tools to enjoy sporting events with confidence while supporting your eating disorder recovery.
How to Navigate Food Traditions in Eating Disorder Recovery
Holidays like Rosh Hashanah bring connection, meaning, and tradition, but they can also feel overwhelming in eating disorder recovery. From planning ahead and setting gentle boundaries with family to finding balance and easing food-related worries, you’ll discover ways to honor both your recovery and the deeper meaning of the celebration.
Can I Exercise in Eating Disorder Recovery? A Gentle Guide
For many people in eating disorder recovery, the idea of exercise brings up mixed emotions. On one hand, movement can feel grounding and joyful. On the other, it may have been tangled up with compulsive behaviors, guilt, or pressure in the past. The truth is: exercise can have a place in recovery, but it looks different than diet culture presents. We’ll explore what safe and compassionate approaches to movement can look like as you recover.
Eating at a Barbecue in Eating Disorder Recovery
Barbecues can be stressful for someone navigating eating disorder recovery, but there are ways to build confidence and learn to enjoy eating at a barbecue in eating disorder recovery with our tips.
Eating in Dining Halls During Eating Disorder Recovery
While the convenience of buffet-style meals and endless options can be exciting, it can also feel overwhelming, especially if you’re navigating eating disorder recovery. Learning how to manage a dining hall with an eating disorder takes practice, patience, and support, but it is possible to make the space feel safer and more predictable.
Sending My Child to Sleepaway Camp During Eating Disorder Recovery
Sending your child to summer camp while they are in eating disorder recovery can be a challenging decision. We want to help your child do things that make them happy and in a way that supports their eating disorder recovery.
Three Reasons People Do Not Seek Eating Disorder Treatment
You may not even know if you have an eating disorder, as we live in a culture that normalizes disordered eating behaviors. Here are three reasons why people struggling with eating disorders do not seek help.
3 Tips to Navigate Body Image Changes in Eating Disorder Recovery
One of the most common challenges face in eating disorder recovery is the experience of changes in the physical body. This can cause emotional distress and create recovery obstacles. Navigating these changes can be difficult, and it is a very important and necessary component of eating disorder recovery.
How Do I Find My Set Point Weight?
Set point theory is a concept that explains the body's tendency to maintain a stable weight and physiological state, known as the "set point." This theory suggests that the body has a natural weight range that it strives to maintain, and that attempts to deviate from this range through dieting or other means of food and body manipulation can trigger a range of physiological responses that make it difficult to maintain weight loss or weight gain in the long term.
Eating Disorder Journal Prompt: Valentine’s Day Edition
Journaling is a great resource in eating disorder recovery. Read on for a special Valentine’s Day journal prompt to do.
Hunger and Fullness in Eating Disorder Recovery
A common struggle in eating disorder recovery is having trouble with feeling hunger and fullness cues. There are physical and emotional components to this, and ways to become more attuned to your body’s cues.
10 Eating Disorder Affirmations to Spark Motivation in Recovery
Eating disorder recovery is hard – emotionally, physically and mentally. Just like there are pleasant and unpleasant days in general, this will show up in recovery too. Read on for 10 affirmations to help spark motivation in eating disorder recovery.