Everything You Need to Know About Health at Every Size (HAES) in Eating Disorder Recovery
Our healthcare system and society as a whole have continuously made harmful assumptions about people’s health based solely on their body shape and size – otherwise known as weight stigma. Health at Every Size (HAES) is an alternative approach to our current healthcare system that rejects the belief that health and weight are inherently connected. […]
Incorporating Exercise and Mindful Movement in Eating Disorder Recovery
In today’s era of all-consuming diet culture trends, exercise is often perceived as a way to achieve the “ideal body” while taking the joy out of healthy movement – but it doesn’t have to be this way. Many people with eating disorders not only struggle with their relationship with food but also struggle with excessive […]
Orthorexia: When Obsessive “Healthy Eating” Becomes an Eating Disorder
Eating disorders can present themselves in all different shapes and forms, so it’s often challenging to recognize when one’s own dieting or eating patterns have gone too far and become otherwise unhealthy. For many people, the desire to be as healthy as possible through only eating perceived clean and healthy foods can lead to an […]
Recognizing Hunger and Fullness Cues in Eating Disorder Recovery
For people with eating disorders, it’s common to notice a lack of traditional hunger and fullness cues. This is often due to a prolonged period of disordered eating patterns, causing the body to hush these cues or even silence them. Without these internal cues, we’re often left feeling confused about when to eat or not […]