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.
In this video, I discuss developing a healthy relationship with food and exercise in eating disorder recovery.
In this video, I discuss how long eating disorder recovery takes and warn against falling into the comparison trap.
In this video, I answer whether or not I think eating disorder recovery is possible.
How can meditation be used for eating disorder recovery? Meditation is used to change our mindset and helps us create a more constructive and positive mental environment.
In eating disorder recovery, there has to be hope. You have to believe things can improve and you can find yourself again.
Reach out to someone because you are stronger and more capable than you realize.
I tend to suggest more gentle approaches before using the low FODMAP diet.
Your feelings of sadness this holiday season are real and you are worthy of experiencing the holidays in any way that feels right to you.
Just like your eating disorder is about more than food, so is Thanksgiving.
Your body (and its size) does not define your worth. Despite what diet culture tells us, we are so much more than our bodies.
If you follow these 10 tips for reducing anxiety during the holiday season, you can feel better, have a brighter mood, and have more fun, too!
It’s OK to need help and to talk; we are all only human and need a bit of help from time to time.
Talking about mental health is important. Keep the conversation going with those you trust and live your most holistically healthy life this fall.
Moving away from home can be challenging for your mental health; however, you have all the strength and tools inside of you to get through.
I think it’s heartbreaking that people choose to suffer in silence; I wish someone had told me asking for help doesn’t mean you’re weak.
Life isn’t about hiding our struggles; it’s about embracing them. You can absolutely manage a mental health diagnosis and thrive in your life.
Whether it is acknowledged or not, transference is a part of therapy. A good therapist notices transference (and countertransference) and manages it carefully.
There are a few things I wish someone had said to me years ago. So this list is for past me and for anyone else out there who can relate to the contradictory feelings that come with the summer months.
It’s important to keep in mind that “healthy eating” is very flexible, means different things for different people, and may mean something different for the same person depending on the day.
In this interview, we have the honour of featuring Samantha Skelly from Hungry for Happiness! We asked Samantha what ‘Freedom’ means to her and asked her to share a bit of her story with us.
It’s often best if we can collect several resource ideas, then gently offer them and allow your adult child to make their own choice.
Freedom means being unabashed in myself, completely at home in my body, my soul, myself.
I will forever be grateful that five years ago I was unsuccessful in taking my life. Like most people, life has its challenges, but I am able to manage them healthily and remain well.
Meditation and mindfulness, in general, have done more for me than I probably even realize right now. It’s like a superhero power awakened within me.
I am slowly learning to be my own best friend again and I am being patient with myself in the process. I am done fitting in because I cherish being open.
I’m realigning my self-worth with things that aren’t connected to success or proficiency. I’m good enough just as I am.
I love you, bipolar, you make me brave, you make me powerful, and, god, have you made me resilient.
I am free because even though I still can hear the lies, I am finally able to see them for what they are and I am actively choosing not to accept them.
If we feel “fat” or “ugly” and try to boost our self-esteem by telling ourselves that we’re beautiful (physically) or concentrate on our appearance, we will always lose.
The most important thing to remember is that it is not really “you” that is feeling food anxiety, it’s your eating disorder because you’re challenging it.