Recovery from an eating disorder and your family wants to know how they can help? Here’s some guidelines. Often when you first start working through any kind of disordered eating your spouse, parents, friends and siblings want to know how they can help. It can a very confusing and overwhelming time when you are just […]

High achiever anxiety is a term I use to refer to a top-performer who struggles with anxiety. Someone who struggles with this often: Performs well at school or at work and is known for their hard work and drive. Has perfectionist tendencies. Excels in most areas in their life. Silently struggles with anxiety that they […]

No one raises their hand and volunteers to spend a good portion of their day being consumed with negative body image thoughts. This often happens over time and can become someone’s new normal. The good news it that there is hope. Many people who have struggled with poor body image have found ways to get […]

Urge surfing is a technique from Dialectical Behavioral Therapy that happens to be one of my favorites. It helps  give you a solid technique to use during one of the hardest moments of binge eating: When you feel the urge to binge. [This is a technique that can be used for the urge to stress […]

When bathing suit season starts to quickly approach it can feel suffocating to someone who struggles with poor body image thoughts. There are several factors we could blame (diet culture, social media and unrealistic expectations that you have to look a certain way in order to enjoy the beach, just to name a few). I […]