A Journey Through Eating Disorders Support & Recovery

School’s out, and the house is full again. Maybe your teen is home all day for the first time since the fall, or your college student just moved back in with a semester’s worth of laundry. Either way, summer puts more of your child’s daily life where you can see it. Meals that happened in a school cafeteria or dining…

Eating disorders, mental health concerns, and suicide risk are rising among transgender individuals, making this a time-sensitive issue for clinicians. Gender-affirming care plays a crucial role in helping the trans community access mental health and medical support without stigma or shame. Being transgender is not a mental illness. It doesn’t need to be fixed, changed, or debated about. What does…

I start my day off with a big ol’ cup of wariness and a bowl of skepticism toward the trend of “What I Eat in a Day” videos. These videos have circulated online for years, and they really gained steam in 2020 during the COVID lockdown. The Problem with "What I Eat in a Day" Videos Many mental health and…

When people talk about trauma responses, most of us have heard of fight, flight, or freeze. But there is a fourth response that is often overlooked: fawn. The “fawn” response is about keeping the peace, no matter the cost. Fawning is a trauma response where someone prioritizes another person’s needs, safety, or approval over their own in order to avoid…

Every year on June 2nd, advocates, clinicians, loved ones, and people in recovery come together to recognize World Eating Disorders Action Day. This day is meant to raise awareness, challenge misconceptions, and remind people that recovery is possible, even in the hardest times. Sharing Stories and Creating Community One of the most influential frameworks used to guide the conversation is…

Research suggests that up to half of people diagnosed with dissociative identity disorder (DID) also live with an eating disorder. With misinformation, media misrepresentation, shame, and stigma, this overlap is often left out of the conversation. This post explores what DID is, why eating disorders and DID so frequently co-occur, and what that overlap means for the people living with…

Why Summer Can Feel Different in Recovery Summer often brings a shift in pace. School schedules change, routines become less structured, and social calendars may fill with travel, gatherings, and time outdoors. While these changes can feel exciting, they can also create new challenges for individuals in eating disorder recovery. Without the consistency of a daily routine, meals and support…

Travel should be about connecting to the world around you. But for people living in larger bodies, travel can come with additional logistics and emotional challenges that may make some people choose not to travel altogether. We’re here to say something different – if you want to travel, you deserve to. Sharon Maxwell, a mental health advocate and fat activist,…

In a culture that increasingly celebrates optimization, efficiency, and self-improvement, health and fitness apps are often framed as tools of empowerment. They promise insight, accountability, and control. These are qualities that on the surface seem aligned with well-being. For many, these tools can indeed support balanced habits. But for others, particularly those vulnerable to disordered eating, the line between tracking…

We all live in diet culture, a society obsessed with thinness and dieting. Weight and food biases permeate the air we breathe, tingeing our thoughts and actions in ways sometimes hard to notice. Providers, patients—none of us—are immune to these biases. They’re often subtle and deeply embedded, and left unexamined and unchecked, they can manifest in interactions between patients and…