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Food noise: What it is and why we’re told to silence it
Why food noise shows up, and what it means in eating disorder recovery.
From purity culture to embracing imperfection: An interview with author Anna Rollins
“I think I realized this was about much more than just health and faith when my desire for control began yielding the opposite of health and faith.”
Thoughts, but no behaviors: Is this recovery?
Why thoughts stick around long after the disordered behaviors have stopped, and why this isn’t a sign of stagnation, but of progress.
A new wave of diet culture: How GLP-1s are dredging up old image standards
How diet culture is repurposing its main messaging pillars, and how to ground yourself in recovery amid all the noise.
When recovery doesn’t feel like healing: The meaning behind the messiness
Why hurting and healing tend to go hand in hand, and how to hold conflicting emotions in recovery.
Why does eating disorder recovery take so long?
What happens as we unlearn behaviors, and how to embrace a nonlinear, timeline-free recovery.
A recovering perfectionist’s guide to eating disorder recovery
I thought recovery meant I’d be leaving strict rules and an achievement-focused mindset behind. But they followed me.
How to handle body comments in eating disorder recovery
Regardless of source or intent, words matter. And in terms of people’s bodies, words can be damaging.
When you want to quit recovery: 5 ordinary tools to help you stay motivated
Because giving up is exactly what the eating disorder is waiting for.