The Eating Disorder Recovery Blog
Eating Disorder recovery, Non-Diet, and body acceptance articles
You don't need to feel ready to start recovering
Dietitian Anna Summerfield explains!
Eating disorders and disordered eating do not have one “look,” one body type, or one story. But in a culture with so many myths about bodies and health, and a culture that normalises disordered food and health messages, it's easy to feel like your own struggles aren't 'enough' of an issue to deserve support!
What's it like to get support for ARFID?
Dietitian Anna Summerfield explains!
Last week, I sat with a mum who described feeling very worn out and defeated. Household meals had become stressful and tense. Her child ate only a small range of foods and new foods were refused instantly. Some days foods were accepted, other days not. Family meals felt impossible. She had tried being relaxed and had also tried being firm...
How to Help Someone with an Eating Disorder
What TO say, and what NOT to say
Chances are, with 1 in 20 Aussies experiencing an eating disorder at any time, at some point you’ll find yourself wondering how to help and support someone you know and love.
One of the main difficulties that I see affecting my clients, is that no-one knows what to say to them!
Those Fitspo profiles you follow are doing you more harm than good
They’re everywhere! Images of lean, toned bodies, headless torsos in crop tops wielding kettle bells and battling ropes. Lorna Jane clad runners at dawn with perfect neat ponytails, shadowed by trite quotes about good things coming to those who work… or other such drivel that I’m supposed to find motivating...
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