When you are struggling with disordered eating thoughts or a diagnosed eating disorder, pull out your old photo albums. As we get older, it can be hard to tap into self love and compassion. We see ourselves as the adults that we are, so it’s easy to forget who we were as children. For this […]
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Let’s go ahead and state the obvious: food is getting more expensive than ever. As the 2024 presidential election nears, I’ve been listening to political debates that often center the rising cost of grocery prices. And throughout my work with my patients in psych settings, I’m constantly reminded of increasing poverty levels and the lack
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I live in New Orleans, Louisiana. That means that for about 6 months out of the year, I am on the verge of overheating. Now, I know that this experience is not unique to only the American South. There are days when temperatures in my hometown of Buffalo New York rival those in the swamps.
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Bad body image days. The worst. No matter how long you’ve been working on your relationship with your body and how you view it, days like this don’t discriminate. They can come up out of nowhere when we least expect it. The good news is that with the right toolkit and a lot of patience,
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Binge Eating Disorder (BED) is the most common eating disorder among people in the United States. So why is it so hard to find good books in binge eating? We’ll get into that in a bit. First, let’s start with a brief introduction into BED. What is Binge Eating? Binge eating disorder is a condition
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Could you benefit from keeping some positive body affirmations in your arsenal? The answer to that might be yes if you have never really ever paid attention to the way that you are talking to yourself. The words that we speak to ourselves in our own minds have a real impact on the way that
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As citizens of this world and non-consenting members of the diet culture-y pool that we all swim in, putting together meals and snacks with what we might think of as the components of a balanced diet can feel overwhelming at times. It’s incredibly hard to put aside everything that we have heard throughout our lifetimes
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If you are someone who has experienced fatphobia or struggled with body image in the past, visiting your doctor can be stressful. This is especially true when you don’t have direct access to HAES doctors and other HAES-aligned healthcare practitioners. The good news is that you can go to your visit armed with knowledge and
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