National Eating Disorders Awareness week is coming up. Understanding eating disorders is key to fighting this illness. Eating disorders do not discriminate. They impact all genders and races. The purpose of the week is to highlight the impact it has on these individuals and the challenges they face. This disorder is full of stigmatization and ...
Living with an eating disorder is challenging enough. However when you combine eating disorders and the holidays it can be extremely distressing. Thanksgiving, Chanukah, Christmas and all the other winter holidays can be overwhelming as food and drink are the focal point. You may want to eat and drink yet fear you will get fat. ...
National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) has deemed the week of September 25-29 as Weight Stigma Awareness week. Weight stigma and discrimination impacts all of us, whether you have a larger or smaller body. This especially impacts the eating disorder community. Weight Stigma defined According to NEDA weight stigma, or discrimination is stereotyping a person’s size. ...
Today’s diet culture has led people to spend over $30 billion dollars on dieting. According to body image researcher Nadia Craddock PhD, diet culture is a set of expectations in our society “telling us that there’s one way to be and one way to look and one way to eat and that we are a ...
Most people look forward to the holidays with all the yummy food and socialization. However, if you have an eating disorder, you may wondering how you will survive the holidays. You may fear all the foods, as they are a trigger for all that you will not let yourself eat. Or perhaps you fear that ...
I got an email from NEDA (National Eating Disorders Association) stating that November 1st is Body Acceptance Week. This includes ‘body positivity, body neutrality and body liberation for all.’ I thought it would be a great topic for a blog, as many people have difficulty with body acceptance. If you go to the website you ...
Do you think you might self sabotage? Or perhaps you know someone who does. I have worked with clients who are just about to get that promotion, get engaged, get pregnant, have a special date night and then do something to prevent it from happening. It is basically any behavior that prevents you from achieving ...
Body Image Dissatisfaction It might surprise you to know that many people struggle with body image dissatisfaction. Most of us recognize that our body isn’t quite what we might like it to be, yet it doesn’t impact the way we live our lives, or the activities we engage in. But, those with body image dissatisfaction ...
We all find some way to cope when life gets tough. Many people are struggling more than in the past due to the pandemic and winter storm. There is typically some type of emotional fallout after a trauma. These coping strategies can be functional or dysfunctional. Some people turn to food to deal with their ...
Eating Disorders Awareness week is the last week of February each year. The goal of this event is to educate the public about eating disorders, how to help someone who has a disorder and a place to share resources. This is a great way to get eating disorders help. Eating disorders affect people of all ...
