Coping with Job Loss
Opportunities are around you; choose the ones that pick you up and carry you forward.
Opportunities are around you; choose the ones that pick you up and carry you forward.
There are a number of steps you can take to ensure you’re ready to return to work without putting your mental health at risk.
Coming out as a person who had been living with mental illness helped me not only find my voice but realize I always had one.
As I began to accept that recovering from depression did not mean outgrowing my support system, it became easier to fight.
Say no to fear. Embrace your imperfections, they make you who you are.
It’s important to be patient with yourself and remember even the smallest steps forward add up.
Eating disorder behaviours can be triggered during Fall transitions, so it can be a good season to explore new strategies for your recovery.
It’s important to put your recovery first during the summer and stick to your meal plan, even if the timing of your meals may change.
This summer, I encourage you to make smart decisions and not bombard yourself with too many changes and transitions at the same time.
You are not alone in this battle – no matter how badly your eating disorder wants you to believe you are.
I know for a fact I will heal. In the meantime, I will not cease to remind myself of my worth.
It’s obviously all much easier said than done. But it is possible to separate your self-worth from your body and ease your grip on the wheel of life.
Parenthood can help you stay grounded and even inspire you to move forward in your eating disorder recovery.
Here are seven suggestions that can benefit your relationship and interaction with someone who is suffering from an eating disorder.
It is important to evaluate if you are ready for a relationship and how your eating disorder impacts the quality of your relationship(s).
Realizing that others held compassion towards me for things I hated about myself enabled me to gain compassion for myself.
Awareness is key when it comes to handling PMS triggers in Eating Disorder Recovery.
Eating disorder recovery and exercise can happen simultaneously, as long as you’re with the right group class instructor or personal trainer.
Eventually, as if body thoughts were on a sliding scale from hate to love, I was able to go from body hate to body neutrality and (now most days) to body love.
When I work with a client who has IBS, one thing I always want to work through with my clients is how the IBS could be related to the eating disorder.
When my eating disorder behaviours resurfaced, the first thing I did was start journaling.
As you think about getting back to exercise, let your “why” be the guiding light.
An eating disorder is difficult to cope with, and it becomes increasingly challenging when your partner doesn’t understand your recovery journey.
The most powerful way to remove the power stigma has over us is by coming out about what we’ve been through.
There are boundaries we can all set to put our eating disorder recovery and mental health first.
Taking part in eating disorder advocacy is a great way to provide compassionate care and support to others whose experiences you can relate to.
Supporting others through mentoring allows me to pay forward the kindness and understanding that I was shown during my time in active recovery.
The new year will start. You will accomplish things, learn new things, and overcome challenges and difficult times. This will all happen naturally, without making resolutions.
Follow these steps, do the best you can, and you will be well on your way to hosting a holiday gathering that will be enjoyable for all in attendance — even those who are recovering from an eating disorder!
You are making progress and no one and nothing (not even a holiday) can take that away from you.
Eating at a restaurant poses a massive threat to the eating disorder: it involves putting the trust and control in someone else’s hands, which the eating disorder hates (but recovery loves!)
Journaling can be a great way to process your thoughts and provide an outlet for your ongoing internal dialogue.
As someone who celebrates the fact we are all unique, I love that there are this many emojis out there for us to express ourselves and illustrate our lives.
Becoming more comfortable eating fear foods is a huge step in recovery.
Turning eating into a positive experience is certainly a goal of recovery, but it’s okay if that’s not where you’re at.
We should absolutely fight to kick eating disorder voices out of our heads and lives so we can regain control and enter back into health.