Building Eating Disorder Awareness: One School at a Time

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

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

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)

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

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...