Are you in outpatient treatment for an eating disorder? Would you benefit from some additional support around meals? Join eating disorder registered dietitians, Bella Mortenson and Enjely Mora for this weekly virtual meal support group. You’ll have the opportunity to eat a meal along with others who are also in recovery in a supportive community. … Read more
Calling all 14-18 year old females who want to feel better in their own skin! Do you often feel uncomfortable in your body? Do you frequently wish your body looked different? Do you think your life would be better if you could change your body? Do you constantly worry about your body and feel like … Read more
So here we are, solidly out of January and the pressure to change that comes along with the New Year, phew! Still, it’s hard to avoid diet culture messages that permeate our lives this time of year. Face it, we live in a diet obsessed civilization that normalizes a dieting cycle and is fixated on … Read more
Are you in outpatient treatment for an eating disorder? Would you benefit from some additional support around meals? Join eating disorder registered dietitians, Bella Mortenson and Enjely Mora for this weekly virtual meal support group. You’ll have the opportunity to eat a meal along with others who are also in recovery in a supportive community. … Read more
Thanksgiving, and the holidays in general, can be a challenging time for many people in recovery. Whether it’s recovery from an eating disorder, chronic dieting, or trying to break away from diet culture’s influence, the food expectations around Thanksgiving can be hard to navigate. Understandably, occasions can bring up some anxiety about how the meal … Read more
Last Friday, we had the great honor of hosting Social Justice Eating Disorder Educator, Gloria Lucas of Nalgona Positivity Pride for a lecture on the connection between historical trauma and eating disorders in Indigenous Peoples’ cultures (Gloria emphasized the important distinction that from one tribe to the next, traditions and heritage varies). To say this … Read more
Because your weight is not all that matters. And in fact, doesn’t matter at all! Part of the excitement of a New Year is the idea of starting fresh, being able to look back at the year that has passed while looking forward to the year to come. The New Year is a common time … Read more
[vc_section][vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text]As if social isolation, disruptions to daily routines and heightened anxiety around the coronavirus pandemic aren’t making it difficult enough for those struggling with eating disorders and disordered eating, an onslaught of diet culture messages about how to avoid weight gain while under quarantine is adding fuel to the fire. In some ways, it’s completely … Read more