Rules for Eating Disorder Recovery
If your expectations of eating disorder recovery aren’t realistic, you might end up feeling frustrated or discouraged. Here’s how to examine and replace unhelpful recovery “shoulds.”
When Eating Healthy Becomes a Problem
Eating healthy seems like a good thing, but it can became a problem for people’s mental and even physical health. Learn about orthorexia nervosa.
#ScrewYourBeautyStandards
I used to be mad at myself for not being good enough. Then I realized our culture’s definition of beauty is narrow and oppressive to women, and I turned that anger to where it should be placed.
When Recovery Is One More Way to Beat Yourself Up
Most people with eating disorders struggle with perfectionism… and that certainly includes how they approach the recovery process. Is that you? Do you hold perfectionist standards for what recovery should look like and how long it should last? These standards are based less on the reality of recovery and more on the unhealthy expectations of…
Recovery Takes Time
When I’m reading a really good book, I can’t wait to get to the ending. Sometimes I have to stop myself from peeking. I enjoy the whole book, but the end of the story is the satisfying part because whatever struggle and suffering the characters endured, things are finally resolved and they are going to…
Maybe It’s Time to Break Up
Last week we talked about the importance of paying attention to and guarding against things that work against eating disorder recovery (or recovery from anything for that matter!). Today I want to talk specifically about our time in front of the mirror. Ah, the mirror. So many have a love-hate relationship with it. We often…