I often reflect to my clients the necessity of sitting with and confronting uncomfortable emotions in the process of eating disorder treatment, or otherwise risk a superficial and short-lived recovery. To make this experience a bit less daunting, it can be helpful to know a) your...
Children need to learn the hard lessons of failure while they are still young. They need to understand that falling down is part of life and this will lead them to learn the power of resiliency. The strength that comes from building yourself back up after a hard fall. There are...
Effective and lasting recovery from an eating disorder requires REPETITION: Repetition of new behaviors Repeatedly making the choice to recover (daily, hourly, moment to moment at times) Repeated exposures to foods or experiences that may feel unsafe (but aren’t) Repeated...
People say the first year of marriage is the hardest. I believe that the first year of marriage is the hardest for couples not only because two people are adjusting to a new life together but they are coming down from the high of wedding bliss and sinking their feet into the day to day...
Welcome back to the series about how children feel loved. Today we move away from gift giving and into acts of service. Have you ever felt loved when someone went out of their way to pick you up, go on an errand for you, or clean up something they didn’t need to? Well you might be...
Death is something that is inevitable and yet we as a society do a good job at avoiding any thought of it. When we are affected by grief and death it can make us feel helpless and powerless. It sometimes feels harder to go through when we see it affecting our loved ones. This is something that...
Every new year, people all over the country decide to create a list of how they want to live a slightly different life once January hits. Common resolutions involve eating healthier, going outside more, being more connected to their faith, or being on social media less. Each year we have...
During the school break this holiday season, many students find themselves without structure during their day. Although the break from school is something they look forward to and celebrate it may cause trouble when there is a clear lack of structure. Adolescents are growing and maturing...
One of the first symptoms to show up (and unfortunately one of the last typically to go) in an eating disorder is significantly poor body image. Learning to nourish yourself more adequately and addressing the issues underlying and co-occurring with your eating disorder will help with this, but...
With the holidays ending and the stores swiftly moving towards valentine’s day decorations, door buster sales are hard to ignore. We see the commercials and social media ads. It becomes hard not to make that pit stop to the holiday clearance section of your favorite store. With...
