Building Eating Disorder Awareness: One School at a Time Schools should be a safe place for students to learn and explore, and a setting where information shared is accurate and trustworthy. Teachers, staff & coaches are authority figures whose role evokes and...
Rediscovering Movement: Exercise as Joy in Eating Disorder Recovery BLF: Your Journey, Your Pace BLF—Bottom Line First, a gem I borrowed from a priest’s homily. Here’s mine: every person’s recovery and exercise journey is uniquely theirs, shaped by their own rhythm...
Recovery Puzzle Pieces Happy Social Work Month to everyone that celebrates! In celebrating this month, I want to highlight an important connection that is often overlooked between social workers and eating disorder treatment. I often see eating disorder treatment as a...
Eating Disorders Awareness Week (ED-AWE) On this bitterly cold morning, when it felt impossible to get out of bed early, I found myself thinking about Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW). Founded 39 years ago by the National Association of Eating Disorders, EDAW...
This February, Celebrate Recovery February: the month of Valentine’s Day, the quintessential Hallmark holiday. As adults, time to express love and affection through gift-giving, whether to a romantic partner, child, parent, or friend. But as kids, Valentine’s...