How to Ditch Diet Culture This Year
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…
Interoceptive Awareness and Body Image
Meal Support Group Starting Soon!
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…
Bringing Intuitive Eating to the Thanksgiving Table
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…
A New Perspective on Eating Disorders in Indigenous Peoples
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…
5 Non-Weight Related New Years’ Resolutions
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…
HOLD UP DIET CULTURE! Coronavirus Is Stressful Enough.
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...
5 THINGS FATHERS CAN DO TO HELP SHAPE THEIR DAUGHTERS’ BODY IMAGE
A lot of attention is placed on what moms can do to help daughters with body image. Dads can help too. Recently, I read this article a colleague posted highlighting some myths about father-daughter relationships and the impact on body image. I...
5 WAYS TO COPE WITH NEGATIVE BODY IMAGE
Is your body image at an all-time low? Fear and it’s friends uncertainty and helplessness can increase negative body image while also increasing the amount of time you spend thinking about it. In the current situation we’re in with the...
The Gift of Permission
The Gift of Permission The holidays are a time for celebration and connection, but they can also be a source of stress and anxiety, especially if you struggle with your relationship with food. Feeling out of control around food, eating...
10 Things You Can Do to Help Your Child Develop a Healthy Relationship with Food and Their Body
A Rockette Shares What She Eats (And I’m So Glad My Daughter Is There To Hear It) Going to New York City during December has to be one of my favorite things. The twinkling lights, the hustle of the city...
