Extraordinary Measures to Pay for Eating Disorder Treatment
Re-posted from Kantor & Kantor Eating Disorder Law Blog: http://www.kantorlaw.net/Eating_Disorder_Blog.aspx Annie Seal is a dedicated advocate to insurance reform and eating disorder recovery, although this hasn’t always been her calling. Annie’s daughter recovered from an eating disorder, but not without a battle from their insurance company. This is her story, and the story of countless [...]
“Rape is not a recreational activity.”
March 18, 2013 by Joanna Poppink
Filed under Alcoholism, Anorexia, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Empowerment, Featured, Freedom, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care
The quote in the title comes from Ohio’s attorney general, Mike DeWine, and my new hero. He’s referring to the Steubenville horror where two athletes raped a 16 year old girl who was so drunk she didn’t know she was raped until she saw pictures and verbal descriptions in the social media posted by at [...]
Neutralizing Your Response to Your Body
March 12, 2013 by ANAD
Filed under Anorexia, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Bullying, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, HAES, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Parents, Recovery, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Sharing Feelings, Talking To Kids, Weight Stigma, Wellness
There are thousands of messages in the world that tell us that we are not perfect enough, not pretty enough, not thin enough. Most of these messages originate with the media. The media has been shaping our cultural norms for decades. The media preys on our humanness, our desire to fit in, our desire [...]
What the Heck is Gender Inclusivity?
February 26, 2013 by Matt Wetsel
Filed under Anorexia, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Featured, LGBT, Males with Eating Disorders
A December 2012 search on Amazon.com for “eating disorders” revealed the following: out of thirty books, only five were authored or co-authored by men. Take away the more academic writings such as clinical handbooks or guides tailored to professionals and only include books written for a general consumer audience (such as parental guides, self-help books, [...]
Meet Matt Wetsel, the Newest WATRD Contributor
February 22, 2013 by Matt Wetsel
Filed under Anorexia, Body Image, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Featured, Guys, Males with Eating Disorders, Mental Health
Hello, Real Deal readers! My name is Matt Wetsel and I wanted to introduce myself as one of the newest contributors to ‘We Are the Real Deal.’ I’m excited by the premises and guidelines of the Real Deal pledge, and I’m looking forward to adding my own experience and voice to the already excellent body [...]
Family Based Therapy (FBT) Summary by Becky Henry 2013
February 19, 2013 by Becky Henry
Filed under Anorexia, Bulimia, Eating Disorders, Featured, Mental Health, Moms & Sisters, Parents, Recovery, Treatment
Family Based Therapy (FBT) Summary by Becky Henry 2013 – Thanks to Sharon Heywood at Adios Barbie for asking me to write my interpretations of this treatment model for her blog. Back in 2002, after two years of trying desperately to get my daughter’s eating disorder diagnosed we finally had the EDNOS diagnosis. I was relieved and thought [...]
Welcome your humanity
February 17, 2013 by Joanna Poppink
Filed under Addiction, Alcoholism, Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Drunkorexia, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Empowerment, Finding Your Voice, Gambling, Healthy Communication, Males with Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Over-Exercise, Over-Exercise, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Sex Addiction, Smoking, Substance Abuse
“Some things you must always be unable to bear. Injustice and outrage and dishonor and shame. Not for kudos and not for cash — Just refuse to bear them.” William Faulkner. Blog this!Bookmark on DeliciousDigg this postRecommend on FacebookShare on LinkedinShare on Posterousshare via RedditShare with StumblersShare on technoratiTumblr itTweet about itSubscribe to the [...]
Tools for your Tool Box- In Need of Repair: Perfectionist Thinking and Doing
February 8, 2013 by Sondra Kronberg
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Drunkorexia, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Intuitive Eating, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Males with Eating Disorders, Mindfulness, Nutrition, Orthorexia, Over-Exercise, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Spirituality
Tools for your Tool Box – In Need of Repair: Perfectionist Thinking and Doing Not feeling good about yourself often leads to the quest for perfection. The need for perfection is to establish value or disguise feelings of worthlessness and often woven into the cloth of most eating disorders. This quest has many pitfalls in [...]
Mood Swings and Eating Disorders
January 28, 2013 by Sharon Peterson
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Featured, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Males with Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Nutrition, Recovery, Stress Management, Treatment, Wellness
Why am I so moody? “Everyone in my family says I’m too moody.” I hear this all the time from many of my clients with eating disorders. Mood swings are completely normal for everyone but excessive dieting can increase moodiness in all of us. Fact #1: Guess what? Restrictive dieting makes us moody [...]
fitness professionals can help those struggling with eating disorders
January 16, 2013 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Exercise, Featured, Fitness, Males with Eating Disorders, Wellness, What to Say, How to Say It
Eating disorders have always been my passion. They have been my specialty since I began my LCSW private practice more than a decade ago. Over the years, I’ve directed a program for eating disorders, currently teach a curriculum I created on eating disorders at NYU’s Graduate School of Social Work, and have done a few [...]
