Healthy and Happy: The Positive Role Team Sports Play on Adolescent Girls
July 29, 2015 by iaedp
Filed under Athletes, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Fitness, HAES, Healthy Communication, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Mindfulness, Over-Exercise, Over-Exercise, Prevention, Role Models, Self Esteem, Talking To Kids
Do you remember what middle school was like for you? If you’re like me, you probably try not to remember. Being a teenager is difficult.
Diabulimia: Learning More about your Teen and their Type-1 Diabetes Diagnosis
June 14, 2015 by iaedp
Filed under Anorexia, Body Dysmorphia, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Healthy Eating, Intuitive Eating, Mental Health, Nutrition, Over-Exercise, Over-Exercise, Parents, Prevention, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Treatment, Wellness, What to Say, How to Say It
Graciously reposted from www.LauraCipulloLLC.com Diabulimia is an unofficial term, used by both the American Diabetes Association and the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, to define a serious condition effecting, but not limited to, adolescent girls diagnosed with type 1 diabetes. An adolescent diagnosed with diabulimia (known formally as ED-DMT1) is characterized by the intentional misuse and […]
Eating disorder recovery: using inspirational guides
October 28, 2014 by Joanna Poppink
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Drunkorexia, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Empowerment, Fat Talk, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Males with Eating Disorders, Mindfulness, Obesity, Over-Exercise, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Compassion, Spirituality, Writing and Poetry
Inspiring quotes and images can open your mind, invigorate your heart, refresh your soul and inspire your creative path. They offer support to your courage and commitment as you are steadfast on your path to eating disorder recovery. Try using inspirational quotes in your journal and meditations. Choose what seems right, familiar or challenging. Choose […]
Use Inspirational Quotes as Recovery Tools
September 3, 2014 by Joanna Poppink
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Drunkorexia, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Empowerment, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Males with Eating Disorders, Obesity, Over-Exercise, Recovery, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion
“Don’t let anyone steal your dream. It’s your dream, not theirs.” – Dan Zadra Sometimes you feel lost or stuck in your recovery work. Your eating disorder spreads a heavy mist over your feelings, your thoughts and your daily activities. Your usual “go to” places and people that bring you support seem unavailable or unappealing. […]
Healthy in the Mind and Body
June 30, 2014 by iaedp
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Fitness, HAES, Loving Your Body, Movement, Over-Exercise, Over-Exercise, Self-Care
Graciously reposted from www.LauraCipulloLLC.com You want to be healthy in the mind as well as the body, right? So do you think a gym is a place of healthy attitudes and positive role models? Unfortunately, it’s not always the best place for our mind or bodies especially when we are moving for the wrong reasons. […]
Untangling the eating disorder web
June 13, 2014 by Priscilla Jadallah
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Body Dysmorphia, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Drunkorexia, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Featured, Healthy Coping, Loving Your Body, Males with Eating Disorders, Orthorexia, Over-Exercise, Recovery, Treatment, Weight Stigma, Wellness, What to Say, How to Say It
I reflect back to when I was younger and I remember talking with my friends, laughing over music, movies, actors we had crushes on and I remember how much of my childhood was focused on friendships and having fun. I now think about times today and it baffles me how much the focus and conversations […]
How to love your body. No Seriously!!
March 20, 2014 by Priscilla Jadallah
Filed under Anorexia, Athletes, Binge Eating, Body Dysmorphia, Body Image, Bulimia, Depression, Disordered Eating, Drunkorexia, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Fat Talk, Featured, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Males with Eating Disorders, Mindfulness, Orthorexia, Over-Exercise, Over-Exercise, Self Esteem, Self-Acceptance, Self-Care, Self-Compassion, Weight Stigma
I see many different lists of how to love your body and improve body image. These lists are often filled with beautiful affirmations and postivity however for many people struggling with negative body image or deep insecurities with their body, affirmations are not enough. I created a simple list of ways to start to challenge […]
National Eating Disorder Awareness Week: A Call To ACTION!
February 14, 2014 by Priscilla Jadallah
Filed under Activism, Activism, Advocacy, Anorexia, Binge Eating, Body Dysmorphia, Body Image, Bulimia, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Empowerment, Fat Acceptance, Fat Talk, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Food Revolution, Freedom, Loving Your Body, Males with Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Obesity, Orthorexia, Over-Exercise, Parents, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Talking To Kids, Treatment, Weight Stigma, Wellness
Many people do not know that there is such a thing as National Eating Disorder Awareness Week. On February 23-March 1 is NEDA week. This week is important for many reasons, yet is rarely acknowledged in our culture. Eating disorders are commonly looked down upon, and I feel a big reason is because they are misunderstood. […]
Finding the Artist within: Art Therapy and Eating Disorders
January 20, 2014 by Priscilla Jadallah
Filed under Anorexia, Art Therapy, Athletes, Binge Eating, Body Image, Bulimia, Creative Art, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorders, EDNOS, Expressive Arts, Expressive Arts Therapies, Featured, Finding Your Voice, Healthy Communication, Healthy Communication, Healthy Coping, Livin in the Moment, Loving Your Body, Males with Eating Disorders, Mental Health, Mindfulness, Music, Orthorexia, Over-Exercise, Recovery, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Sharing Feelings, Stress Management, Treatment, Weight Stigma, Wellness, Wellness, Writing and Poetry
Art Therapy has been a powerful and effective coping skill that the eating disorder community has embraced for decades. Art therapy helps and challenges a person to create and to reflect on the process of the art making experience and the art work they create. This process is powerful especially for someone who is suffering […]
No pain, no gain?
October 9, 2013 by Jodi Rubin
Filed under Athletes, Body Image, Eating Disorders, Empowerment, Exercise, Fitness, Loving Your Body, Males with Eating Disorders, Over-Exercise, Role Models, Self Esteem, Self-Care, Wellness
The idea of “fitspo” (short for fitspiration / fitness inspiration) has been on my radar for a while and I’m glad that it has received increased attention over the past few months! A huge part of my attempt to address this issue, and the issue of destructive behavior in the fitness world has been the […]
