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What is the connection between IBS and eating disorders?
When you think about conditions that commonly co-occur, eating disorders and Irritable Bowel Syndrome may not be the first ones that come to mind. But they’re more interconnected than you might think!
Three steps to challenging your food rules
If you’ve ever felt guilty or anxious around food and eating, you’re probably being influenced by your food rules. This article will give you three simple steps to help you get to the bottom of your food rules and overcome them, in order to learn to eat based on your internal body cues.
How to distinguish your healthy self from your eating disorder self
At the beginning of the recovery process, many of our clients fear the eating disorder has permanently taken over their identity. However, through the privilege of seeing many people recover, we know that this is not the case. In this article, we’ll talk you through how to tell the healthy self apart from the eating disorder self, and how doing so can help you in your recovery.
Can you be in a larger body and also have an eating disorder?
When you imagine someone with an eating disorder, you might visualise an emaciated young white woman. This is a common stereotype but it’s completely inaccurate! We’ll be busting some common myths around who is most likely to experience an eating disorder.
The power of yoga in eating disorder recovery
By promoting slowing down and turning the awareness inwards, yoga encourages a harmony between the mind and body that is lost through the eating disorder. In this article, we’ll do a deep dive into the benefits of yoga in eating disorder recovery and the evidence supporting it.
Embodiment exercises for recovery
Embodiment is essentially the connection between mind and body – both the lived body and the physical body. In this article, we highlight the importance of becoming embodied, especially in eating disorder recovery.
How to recover without your inner critic
Almost everyone experiencing disordered eating or an eating disorder would be very familiar with self-criticism and its effect on our thoughts, feelings and behaviours. But what if we took a different approach?
How to get through the holiday season whilst in recovery
Since we know what a challenging time of year the festive season can be, we wanted to share four of our best tips and tricks to help you get through it unscathed – and maybe even with a little merriness and joy!
What parents need to know when supporting their child in recovery
If your child has been diagnosed with an eating disorder, you’re probably feeling a whole lot of emotions. We see you. In this article, we want to help you understand what you need to know to give your child the support they need to recover.
What happens within the body during eating disorder recovery?
The early stages of recovery can be particularly scary as you face a tonne of new sensations and experiences. In this article, we’ll walk you through just some of what is going on inside your body during the refeeding phase so that you know what to expect during this period.
How to stay motivated in eating disorder recovery
It’s normal for motivation to ebb and flow during eating disorder recovery. So what can you do to maximise your motivation levels to keep making progress?
How to reduce your gut symptoms during recovery
Research has found that up to 98% of people with an ED also have at least one functional gut disorder. In this article, we’ll talk you through why you’re experiencing all these symptoms and how to ease them.
How to get ready to recover from an eating disorder
Recovery from an eating disorder is rarely linear – and that’s okay! The purpose of this article is to help you to understand the process of change and to support you towards getting ready to recover.
What do men with eating disorders tend to focus on?
Research has found that males are less likely than females to receive an eating disorder diagnosis despite having identical symptoms. Keep reading to learn why.
How do I stop binge eating?
This article shares five of our top tips to help you to stop binge eating – for good!
How to support someone with an eating disorder
Eating disorders are incredibly isolating illnesses – as a result, social support is fundamental to recovery. In this article, we go through some DOs and DON’Ts that can help you to feel more confident in acting as a supportive force in your loved one’s recovery.
How to Cope with Weight Gain in Eating Disorder Recovery
When a person has been restricting their intake for an extended period of time, it can be extremely confronting to be faced with what seems like vast quantities of food and the expectation of rapid weight gain. Keep reading to learn about WHY it’s so important to gain weight in recovery and how to cope with the discomfort of doing so.
What is the difference between disordered eating and an eating disorder?
Even if you do not have a diagnosed eating disorder, if eating is causing you to feel shame, guilt, fear or anxiety, you are worthy of seeking support and amending your relationship with food.
Serotonin Supplementation and Eating Disorder Recovery: Can it help?
Current research shows that there is a strong association between eating disorders and hormonal activity in the body. Continue reading to find out what the current evidence says about supplementing serotonin for eating disorder recovery.