Recovery Tips for Surviving the Holiday Season

Well, here we are. November 2. We’ve officially entered…the Holiday Season. I swear, the Trick or Treaters hadn’t even left the driveway before the first Christmas commercial came on TV. What’s the heck?! Eager much?? But anyways. If there’s one thing I know for certain, it’s that for someone in EDrecovery, navigating Thanksgiving and Christmas, andContinue reading Recovery Tips for Surviving the Holiday Season

The Problem with Tough Love in Eating Disorder Recovery

When I talk to people who lived through my anorexia with me, the overwhelming theme is that people didn’t know how they could help me. They felt their hands were tied. They saw their friend/daughter/sister rapidly wasting away right before their eyes, and they felt helpless. They didn’t know how to get through to me.Continue reading The Problem with Tough Love in Eating Disorder Recovery