As a specialist in eating disorders, I zero in on food-related issues with clients. As a result, I am pretty self-aware when it comes to my eating habits and my self-talk as it relates to my body. As I inventory the ways I relate(d) to food, the topic of orthorexia allowed for some serious self-reflection;…
Eating Disorder
7 Questions to be Holiday Ready in Eating Disorder Recovery
If you have had struggles with food and are learning to live life differently— you are in recovery. There are stages to recovery. I am speaking to the action and maintenance phase of recovery where you are no longer cancelling plans or denying food is a trigger. This is about all-in, you GOT this holiday,…
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Addiction
5 Solutions to Stop the Restrict, Binge, and Repeat Cycle of Emotional Eating
Blackout Zone of Shame Driving home from work you find yourself mindlessly heading to what you have come to know as the blackout zone of shame. You can feel in your body the lurking urge to binge, even though you said it would be the last time, the last time. But… You didn’t eat breakfast…