I've learned some ways to manage my mental health while being at home with my kids. Here are my top tips
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One thing that I know for sure is that I wish I had opened up about the pain of the pregnancy loss when it was fresh.
Parenthood can help you stay grounded and even inspire you to move forward in your eating disorder recovery.
By spending seven days embracing self-love intentionally, I will start the year in a positive frame of mind.
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).
An eating disorder support group can offer things that individual counselling and other forms of one-on-one support cannot.
Realizing that others held compassion towards me for things I hated about myself enabled me to gain compassion for myself.
We all go through periods of feeling lost. Let’s come up with some realistic principles that will help you through times of uncertainty.
I believe it is important as an anxiety sufferer to learn how to get the most out of our lives despite our conditions.
A healthier approach to New Year's resolutions is acknowledging and practicing self-acceptance around the areas in your life that need improvement.
This New Year's, I choose not to focus on goals and resolutions but instead on little "works in progress."
Your holiday box reminds you of your worth and value, but most of all, how loved you are. Be happy with this gift you created for you!
Just as there is nothing shameful about struggling with your mental health, there is nothing shameful about not being in the holiday spirit.
To avoid burnout during the holidays, I need to prioritize filling my cup so my reservoir is full and ready for what lies ahead.
If we can let go of comparison this holiday season, then we can embrace gratitude for the little moments of joy and wonder.
If you ever feel like you're losing hope, your friends will be there to remind you that things will be okay.
Awareness is key when it comes to handling PMS triggers in Eating Disorder Recovery.
Most importantly, I want you to know it's okay that you stayed. You are only human. What matters isn't where you are or where you were; what matters is where...
TIPP skills were developed by Marsha Linehan as part of Dialectical Behavioral Therapy (DBT) and help rapidly decrease emotional distress.
Eating disorder recovery and exercise can happen simultaneously, as long as you’re with the right group class instructor or personal trainer.
Let someone walk alongside you. You don’t have to go it alone; I don’t think we were ever created to struggle and live life by ourselves.
On days I don't meditate, even a slight bump in the road can feel like a catastrophe. On days I meditate, it just is what it is, a little bump in the road.
If you're struggling to determine what triggers your episodes of depression or anxiety, or if you're uncertain why your eating disorder makes a return to your...
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.
In a world where busyness tends to be looked at as success, know that too much busyness leads to a lot of stress and possibly burnout.
Freedom means being unapologetically myself: body, mind, and spirit.
This freedom means treating myself like a close friend instead of my own worst enemy.