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If You Worry Your Partner Doesn’t Like Your Body…

Romantic relationships can create a lot of fears around our appearance and weight. 4 tips to help manage those body anxieties.

Updated on December 17, 2020December 17, 2020anorexia anti-diet binge eating body image boundaries bulimia dealing with emotions dieting eating disorder intuitive eating orthorexia parents podcasts recovery relationships

Podcast: Seeking Control, Safety and Security in Our Bodies During Stress

Holidays are hard enough without COVID, so this year is extra challenging! It’s tempting to cope with your eating disorder behaviors to feel safer and more in control. Here are tips do take care of yourself in healthier ways!

November 19, 2020November 19, 2020anorexia body image boundaries bulimia eating disorder parents recovery relationships

5 Ways to Handle Food & Body Talk

Food and body talk at holiday gatherings can be triggering and hurtful. Here are some ways to respond to inappropriate comments from family or friends.

Updated on October 12, 2020August 30, 2018anxiety boundaries dealing with emotions parents recovery relationships resiliency

When You Can’t Fix Your Family

Sometimes the people in our life who should love us the most and treat us with the most care, actually treat us with the most indifference. Or worse… inflict the most harm on us. It’s awful and it’s not fair, because we don’t get to pick our family. The good news is that as we …

Updated on May 9, 2018August 30, 2016anger dealing with emotions negative thinking overcoming perfectionism relationships resiliency success

9 Questions to See if Your Perfectionism is Hurting You

For most of us who have it, perfectionism is probably both a blessing and a curse. The obvious upside is that perfectionism is associated with exceptional performance and achievement. Perfectionists tend to be driven to do whatever it takes to meet the high standards they set. But there are drawbacks to perfectionism too. In a …

Updated on September 7, 2018August 11, 2016anger anxiety boundaries dealing with emotions depression negative thinking overcoming perfectionism relationships resiliency success

Letting Go Is So Cliché

We’ve all heard the phrase “let it go’ so often, it’s easy to gloss over. I almost yawned typing it. And yet, living it out is so much more than a feel-good catchphrase. It’s profound and painful… and utterly life-changing. There are two parts to this Letting Go Lesson, and today I’ll focus on the first. It’s about …

Updated on May 18, 2016May 17, 2016boundaries parents relationships

How You Can (Finally!) Disengage from a Toxic Parent

Many people know all to well what it’s like to grow up under a toxic parent (or parents). Whether it’s a mom or dad who’s narcissistic, alcoholic, neglectful, abusive, or has any number of other issues that render them incapable of providing the love and support every child deserves, children in these families struggle to make sense of …