“You Don’t Look Anorexic.”
That’s the Point. You have been thinking about food for most of the day. Not enjoying it – thinking about it; calculating […]
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Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2026
Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2026 carries a theme that sounds obvious until you sit with it. Every body belongs. Not every body once healed. Not every body once productive. Not every body once disciplined enough, calm enough, thin enough, or healed enough to stop being inconvenient.
Every body. Period.
The Myth of “Fixing Yourself”
A Virginia therapist explains how CIRCA, a mindfulness based framework rooted in compassion and acceptance, helps you heal from shame, burnout, and self judgment.
Holiday Breaks Are Here Again!
Therapy break coming up. Use these grounding tools, distress tolerance strategies, and recovery aligned practices to stay steady between sessions.
Surviving Holiday Pressure:
A therapist’s guide to handling holiday food talk, family tension, and perfectionism without losing your recovery—or your sanity.
World Mental Health Day – From Awareness to Access
How to Find Trauma-Informed, Anti-Diet Support October rolls around, and suddenly every brand, HR department, and influencer remembers “mental health” is a […]
Weight Stigma in Healthcare: A Patient’s Statement You Can Use to Advocate for Yourself #WSAW2025
September marks Weight Stigma Awareness Week—a time to name, confront, and disrupt the prejudice that shows up in exam rooms, clinics, and […]
Weight Stigma Awareness Week 2025: Healing Without Harm
If you’ve ever left a doctor’s office feeling smaller than your charted height, that was not health care. That was stigma disguised […]
Disordered Eating or Eating Disorder? Why the Difference (and the Diagnosis) Matters
Confused about the line between disordered eating and an eating disorder? Here’s how to tell the difference—and why you don’t “check all the boxes” to get support.
What We’re Really Talking About When We Talk About Eating Disorders
World Eating Disorders Action Day | June 2, 2025 | Breaking Bias & Supporting Families Let’s get this out of the way […]