In today's episode of Creating Change, we talk about nutrition labels and the recommendations we give to parents and children/teens living with an eating disorder who are either working through recovery or are supporting along the way. It is important to remember that nutrition labels can be up to 30% off and isn't always as accurate as you think!

â–º To learn more about nutrition labels in eating disorder recovery, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/nutrition-labels-in-recovery/

I'm Jillian Walsh, a Canadian Registered Dietitian and Registered Psychotherapist. I help parents support their kids through eating disorder recovery.

â—ŒMY PRIVATE PRACTICE Change Creates Change Eating Disorder Care https://changecreateschange.com/

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â—ŒTHE ONLINE PARENT PROGRAM Parents EmpowerED https://changecreateschange.com/parent-program/

â—ŒTHE ONLINE CLINICIAN PROGRAM Eating Disorder Care for Primary Care Providers https://changecreateschange.com/services-for-health-professionals/eating-disorder-care-course/

🚩 IMPORTANT! This content is for educational purposes and is not a replacement for therapy. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please go to your nearest emergency room.

We often get asked when working with parents if they have to stop their child's activity or exercise. In today’s episode, Jillian talks about exercise and what we typically classify as over-exercise along with red flags of over-exercise and some next steps to take in seeking help.

â–º To learn more about overexercising, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/how-to-stop-overexercising/

I'm Jillian Walsh, a Canadian Registered Dietitian and Registered Psychotherapist. I help parents support their kids through eating disorder recovery.

â—ŒMY PRIVATE PRACTICE Change Creates Change Eating Disorder Care https://changecreateschange.com/

â—ŒARE YOU IN CANADA? BOOK A FREE CALL! https://changecreateschange.janeapp.com/#/discipline/3/treatment/1

â—ŒTHE ONLINE PARENT PROGRAM Parents EmpowerED https://changecreateschange.com/parent-program/

â—ŒTHE ONLINE CLINICIAN PROGRAM Eating Disorder Care for Primary Care Providers https://changecreateschange.com/services-for-health-professionals/eating-disorder-care-course/

🚩 IMPORTANT! This content is for educational purposes and is not a replacement for therapy. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please go to your nearest emergency room.

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In today’s episode, Jillian discusses routes of safety that can be used during the pandemic. It has been a challenging year and we find ourselves spending more time alone in private or spending more time at home with family. Changing up the routes of safety to self-centred routes of safety can help support and better manage anxiety during the pandemic. A big shout out to Jake Ernst, MSW RSW who developed this concept that we talk about in this video.

â–º To learn more about the routes of safety and eating disorders in children, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/routes-of-safety-in-eating-disorder-recovery/

I'm Jillian Walsh, a Canadian Registered Dietitian and Registered Psychotherapist. I help parents support their kids through eating disorder recovery.

â—ŒMY PRIVATE PRACTICE Change Creates Change Eating Disorder Care https://changecreateschange.com/

â—ŒARE YOU IN CANADA? BOOK A FREE CALL! https://changecreateschange.janeapp.com/#/discipline/3/treatment/1

â—ŒTHE ONLINE PARENT PROGRAM Parents EmpowerED https://changecreateschange.com/parent-program/

â—ŒTHE ONLINE CLINICIAN PROGRAM Eating Disorder Care for Primary Care Providers https://changecreateschange.com/services-for-health-professionals/eating-disorder-care-course/

🚩 IMPORTANT! This content is for educational purposes and is not a replacement for therapy. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please go to your nearest emergency room.

What I often hear in my practice from children and teens is how terrified they are of gaining weight. In this week's episode, Jillian talks about weight gain in adolescence and why it is so important for children and teens to gain weight during the growth process.

â–º To learn more about weight gain in children and teens, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/fear-of-weight-gain-in-children-teens/

I'm Jillian Walsh, a Canadian Registered Dietitian and Registered Psychotherapist. I help parents support their kids through eating disorder recovery.

â—ŒMY PRIVATE PRACTICE Change Creates Change Eating Disorder Care https://changecreateschange.com/

â—ŒARE YOU IN CANADA? BOOK A FREE CALL! https://changecreateschange.janeapp.com/#/discipline/3/treatment/1

â—ŒTHE ONLINE PARENT PROGRAM Parents EmpowerED https://changecreateschange.com/parent-program/

â—ŒTHE ONLINE CLINICIAN PROGRAM Eating Disorder Care for Primary Care Providers https://changecreateschange.com/services-for-health-professionals/eating-disorder-care-course/

🚩 IMPORTANT! This content is for educational purposes and is not a replacement for therapy. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please go to your nearest emergency room.

In this week's episode, Jillian introduces the topic of body checking and 3 steps to reduce these behaviours. You will learn what body checking is and how we recommend starting to practice reducing these behaviours throughout eating disorder recovery.

Did you know, in a study, 99% of participants focused on a disliked body part when body checking instead of looking at their whole body (Shafran et al., 2003).

â–º To learn more about body checking, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/body-checking/

I'm Jillian Walsh, a Canadian Registered Dietitian and Registered Psychotherapist. I help parents support their kids through eating disorder recovery.

â—ŒMY PRIVATE PRACTICE Change Creates Change Eating Disorder Care https://changecreateschange.com/

â—ŒARE YOU IN CANADA? BOOK A FREE CALL! https://changecreateschange.janeapp.com/#/discipline/3/treatment/1

â—ŒTHE ONLINE PARENT PROGRAM Parents EmpowerED https://changecreateschange.com/parent-program/

â—ŒTHE ONLINE CLINICIAN PROGRAM Eating Disorder Care for Primary Care Providers https://changecreateschange.com/services-for-health-professionals/eating-disorder-care-course/

🚩 IMPORTANT! This content is for educational purposes and is not a replacement for therapy. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please go to your nearest emergency room.

In today’s episode, Jillian talks about the impact of eating disorders on bone health in adolescents/teens.

During adolescence and childhood, bone tissues increase and start to develop to help build our bones strong and healthy for the rest of our lives. The tricky situation is that as bone density increases, weight increases, which can flare up eating disorder thoughts, feelings and behaviours. This means that the adolescent phase is crucial in making sure the child has a strong skeleton for them to rely on and use for the duration of their life.  

Did you know folx living with anorexia nervosa are at a 7x higher risk for a bone fracture later in life compared to peers of the same age that have comparable structures outside of having an eating disorder?

â–º To learn more about the bone health and eating disorders in children and teens, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/bone-health-and-eating-disorders/

I'm Jillian Walsh, a Canadian Registered Dietitian and Registered Psychotherapist. I help parents support their kids through eating disorder recovery.

â—ŒMY PRIVATE PRACTICE Change Creates Change Eating Disorder Care https://changecreateschange.com/

â—ŒARE YOU IN CANADA? BOOK A FREE CALL! https://changecreateschange.janeapp.com/#/discipline/3/treatment/1

â—ŒTHE ONLINE PARENT PROGRAM Parents EmpowerED https://changecreateschange.com/parent-program/

â—ŒTHE ONLINE CLINICIAN PROGRAM Eating Disorder Care for Primary Care Providers https://changecreateschange.com/services-for-health-professionals/eating-disorder-care-course/

🚩 IMPORTANT! This content is for educational purposes and is not a replacement for therapy. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please go to your nearest emergency room.

Change in eating disorder recovery is hard work and it requires a great deal of behaviour change. We're not trying to convince you that eating disorder change is possible - we KNOW it's possible! We work with hundreds of families who have shown us that eating disorder recovery can happen. But did you know that there are five stages of change in eating disorder recovery?   

In today's episode, Jillian will take us through the stages of change in eating disorder recovery, what stage you may be in, and how ready you are for change in eating disorder recovery. Now if you're a parent of a child with an eating disorder, keep in mind that for recovery to happen it does not matter if your child believes change can happen right now, it just matters that you as the parent or guardian want change.

â–º To learn more about the stages of change in eating disorder recovery, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/5-stages-of-change-in-eating-disorder-recovery/

I'm Jillian Walsh, a Canadian Registered Dietitian and Registered Psychotherapist. I help parents support their kids through eating disorder recovery.

â—ŒMY PRIVATE PRACTICE Change Creates Change Eating Disorder Care https://changecreateschange.com/

â—ŒARE YOU IN CANADA? BOOK A FREE CALL! https://changecreateschange.janeapp.com/#/discipline/3/treatment/1

â—ŒTHE ONLINE PARENT PROGRAM Parents EmpowerED https://changecreateschange.com/parent-program/

â—ŒTHE ONLINE CLINICIAN PROGRAM Eating Disorder Care for Primary Care Providers https://changecreateschange.com/services-for-health-professionals/eating-disorder-care-course/

🚩 IMPORTANT! This content is for educational purposes and is not a replacement for therapy. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please go to your nearest emergency room.

In today’s episode, Jillian discusses social media in eating disorder recovery. We keep hearing in sessions about the use of social media by children and adolescents, mostly youth. Because of the pandemic, everyone has been turning to screens as a way to cope and fill all the free time we currently have. In this video, you will learn what you can do to support your child with social media exposure during their eating disorder recovery.

â–º To learn more about the role of social media and eating disorders, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/social-media-and-eating-disorders/

I'm Jillian Walsh, a Canadian Registered Dietitian and Registered Psychotherapist. I help parents support their kids through eating disorder recovery.

â—ŒMY PRIVATE PRACTICE Change Creates Change Eating Disorder Care https://changecreateschange.com/

â—ŒARE YOU IN CANADA? BOOK A FREE CALL! https://changecreateschange.janeapp.com/#/discipline/3/treatment/1

â—ŒTHE ONLINE PARENT PROGRAM Parents EmpowerED https://changecreateschange.com/parent-program/

â—ŒTHE ONLINE CLINICIAN PROGRAM Eating Disorder Care for Primary Care Providers https://changecreateschange.com/services-for-health-professionals/eating-disorder-care-course/

🚩 IMPORTANT! This content is for educational purposes and is not a replacement for therapy. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please go to your nearest emergency room.

In today's episode of Creating Change, Jillian explains the Window of Tolerance, which is a term coined by Dr. Daniel Siegel. There are 3 ways that help to widen our window of tolerance so we can feel more at ease when stressors come up. Those three ways are through mediation, mindfulness and grounding activities. These all can be extremely helpful in eating disorder recovery and can be used to support your child/teen and widen their window of tolerance.

â–º To learn more about the window of tolerance in eating disorder recovery, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/window-of-tolerance/

I'm Jillian Walsh, a Canadian Registered Dietitian and Registered Psychotherapist. I help parents support their kids through eating disorder recovery.

â—ŒMY PRIVATE PRACTICE Change Creates Change Eating Disorder Care https://changecreateschange.com/

â—ŒARE YOU IN CANADA? BOOK A FREE CALL! https://changecreateschange.janeapp.com/#/discipline/3/treatment/1

â—ŒTHE ONLINE PARENT PROGRAM Parents EmpowerED https://changecreateschange.com/parent-program/

â—ŒTHE ONLINE CLINICIAN PROGRAM Eating Disorder Care for Primary Care Providers https://changecreateschange.com/services-for-health-professionals/eating-disorder-care-course/

🚩 IMPORTANT! This content is for educational purposes and is not a replacement for therapy. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please go to your nearest emergency room.

In today's episode of Creating Change, Jillian discusses what can happen when the body is in starvation syndrome and the body's safety nets that are built-in for protection.

If either yourself or your child is struggling with an eating disorder we want to help you recognize the responses and changes that happen to your body as they often are masked and hard to fully recognize.

â–º To learn more about our bodies' built-in safety nets, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/the-bodys-built-in-safety-nets/

I'm Jillian Walsh, a Canadian Registered Dietitian and Registered Psychotherapist. I help parents support their kids through eating disorder recovery.

â—ŒMY PRIVATE PRACTICE Change Creates Change Eating Disorder Care https://changecreateschange.com/

â—ŒARE YOU IN CANADA? BOOK A FREE CALL! https://changecreateschange.janeapp.com/#/discipline/3/treatment/1

â—ŒTHE ONLINE PARENT PROGRAM Parents EmpowerED https://changecreateschange.com/parent-program/

â—ŒTHE ONLINE CLINICIAN PROGRAM Eating Disorder Care for Primary Care Providers https://changecreateschange.com/services-for-health-professionals/eating-disorder-care-course/

🚩 IMPORTANT! This content is for educational purposes and is not a replacement for therapy. If you or someone you know is in crisis, please go to your nearest emergency room.