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Discovering Your Authentic Self in Eating Disorder Equine Therapy

The connection we make with animals can be hugely beneficial for our mental health which is why Equine Therapy can be so helpful in eating disorder treatment. As I type [...]
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Why the Fourth of July Can Be Triggering

The Fourth of July is bursting with celebrations — cookouts, pool parties, parades, and, of course, fireworks. And while it’s usually a time filled with summer fun for most people, [...]
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Growing up with a Sibling Struggling with an Eating Disorder

Witnessing your sibling combat a life-threatening illness can be excruciatingly painful and emotionally conflicting. You knew them before their disorder overtook their life, you witness their moments of victory as well [...]
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Toxic Shame & Eating Disorders

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When Shame Becomes Toxic Shame “occurs in the context of self-reﬂection or self-perception and involves a fear or expectation of eliciting disgust in others [1].” As such, experiencing shame, in general, [...]
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Protect Your Eating Disorder Recovery

Contributor: Joanna O’Neill, LMFT of EDEN Treatment Center The world currently exists in a state of uncertainty and desperation. People feel helpless in the face of a viral predator they [...]
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Demi Lovato Shares Insight into her Eating Disorder

Demi Lovato is a veteran in a culture where many celebrities have just begun to use their star power to speak out on mental health issues. As an actress and singer [...]
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Orthorexia & Processing Emotions

Despite not being an officially recognized eating disorder diagnosis, orthorexia nervosa (ON) has become fairly well-known. Characterized by an unhealthy obsession with “healthy” eating, orthorexia impacts approximately 21 to 57.6% of [...]
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Self Soothing and Dialectical Behavior Therapy (DBT) Concepts

As a mother of a teenage son, a small business owner during COVID-19 challenges, and a wife of a husband dealing with cancer – I understand the need to self [...]
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Food Addiction and the Brain

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The concept of “food addiction” may stir up a lot of thoughts and questions in your mind. “Is this really a thing or a diet culture concept?” “Isn’t food inherently [...]
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Developing Emotion Regulation Skills in Eating Disorder Recovery

It is a universal human experience to encounter overwhelming or turbulent emotion-states and learn how to deal with them with skills such as emotion regulation. Struggling with doing so is [...]
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