Love & Learn

It happened again. You told yourself you would be "good", stick to your diet, and avoid those "bad" foods. But then, hunger takes over and you indulge. Cue the food guilt. How do you break this pattern of guilt around food?

"Dieting is the most normalized drug in our culture"

We all love a good story. We sit on the edge of our seat, biting our nails, waiting for the plot twist.

You might hear body-positive messages, but it's not easy to just snap your fingers and love your body. How do you realistically walk down the path of building better body image?

NEVER stop chasing your recovery goals.

When your inner world changes your outer world changes around you.

It's so simple. It's often overlooked. And it has the ability to change everything in your eating disorder recovery.

”Pressuring yourself to be happy, ultimately makes you more unhappy in the long run because you're constantly feeling like you're not reaching that expectation. A more realistic intention is working to feel more connected and to create meaning in your life. It's so much easier to do that instead." - Mary Jelkovsky

It's all around us...diet talk. It's nearly possible to escape. That is why you need effective strategies to call on when Aunt Edna starts talking about her new weight loss scheme or your fitness fanatic friend shares her new workout routine.

You're cruising along the path of recovery and feeling like "I got this! I'm on path to recover". Then a setback happens. You get derailed and lose the momentum and direction you had. How do you stay motivated when you want to recover but feel like you keep going backwards?