The odds were stacked against me. I grew up in a small town and had no clue what an eating disorder was. I had never heard anyone talk […]

Last week I wrote about eating disorders and money for the first time. One thing the comments on Facebook and the post confirmed is that many people suffering […]

Though I’ve only been medically recognized with anorexia for two years now, I truly don’t know when my eating disorder began. I don’t know where the “line” between […]

This post explains negative energy balance in eating disorders.   What is a negative energy balance (sometimes called energy deficit)? Anything that means that the energy you put out […]

Transitions are hard, full stop. This is true for most people, and in many different contexts: changing jobs, moving to a new city, big life events like marriage […]

I am excited to announce that this week we launched Active Eating Disorder Recovery for Adults (AEDRA) Meal Support Service. This is a worldwide service where any person […]

Facilitating a peer mentorship program requires being mindful of the different experiences, backgrounds, and identities each individual brings to the mentoring relationship. From recruiting and training to matching, […]

Hello friends! And hello final two weeks of pregnancy!! Holy cow, I cannot BELIEVE the amount of life that has been lived in the last week! (And my […]

Phew. That was a busy week. In case you missed them, here is a recap on the podcasts and other projects we put out there this week. I’ve […]

F45.1, somatic symptom disorder.  F50.02, anorexia nervosa, binging and purging subtype.  i grieve for the fifteen-year-old version of me who didn’t have an understanding of what these diagnoses […]

Hello friends! And welcome to my “I’ve-been-cooking-my-brains-out-preparing-postpartum-freezer-meals-and-I-have-no-energy-to-cook-dinner” recipe! But seriously, all jokes aside, yesterday I made THE MOST DELICIOUS dinner, and it was a meal that literally made […]

I’m not someone who berates herself for not getting everything right. Contrary to popular belief about people with Anorexia, I am not a perfectionist, not Type A, and […]