Many often ask “what’s the problem with attempting healthful eating or clean eating?” and the National Eating Disorders Association provided the perfect response, stating that “although being aware of and concerned with the nutritional quality of the food you eat isn’t a problem in-and-of-itself, people with orthorexia become so fixated on so-called ‘healthy eating’ that [...]
Eating Disorders: Anorexia and Bulimia Nervosa There has been some debate over the diagnostic groups, characterization, and relevance to therapy for patients with disordered eating. However, Eating Disorders are important and common. Estimates suggest that the prevalence of Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is 0.6%, 1.0% for Bulimia Nervosa (BN), and 2.8% for Binge Eating Disorder (BED). [...]
Imagine requesting your patient place their hand on a hot burner and allow themselves to fully engage their awareness and presence with the sensation of their burning flesh. This seems counter-intuitive, unethical and downright cruel. It certainly would not add therapeutic value. Surprisingly though, learning to move toward the physical discomfort and even pain that [...]
It is a common misconception that the majority of eating disorder sufferers are white, cisgender (individuals who have a match between the gender they were assigned at birth, their bodies, and their personal identity) females of high socioeconomic status. However, in reality, many marginalized people, including LGBTQ+ people, also suffer from eating disorders. So, what [...]
Contributor: Joy Linn, MFT – Interim Executive Clinical Director at The Lotus Collaborative Terrified of embarking on eating disorder treatment? You’re definitely not alone. So much of the process of seeking and engaging in professional treatment for an eating disorder is a daunting one with barriers to hurdle. Taking a page from Dialectical behavioral therapy [...]
There was a time when social media didn’t exist (I know, shocking). Eating disorders and social media were not a point of concern back when I was struggling with my eating disorder. I didn’t have social media or images of other “thinspiration” girls (thinspiration being a new slang term which refers to the glamorization of [...]
Depression and disordered eating are two challenging mental illnesses to overcome. This makes it even more difficult when they co-occur, which happens often considering depression is the most common co-morbid diagnosis in patients with eating disorders [1]. If you were to create a Venn diagram of both disorders, many of the shared symptoms would fall [...]
Discussions about developing a healthy body image often provide tips on how to develop an appreciation for your body as it is, rather than how you would like it to be. These ideas are often directed at women, but can just as easily apply to the male body image. A sample of tips from the [...]
I’ve been thinking a lot about posture lately. Maybe that comes with age and a sore back. Regardless, I’ve found the topic fascinating. Amy Cuddy, a professor and researcher at Harvard Business School, got me thinking about the subject in her popular TED Talk, “Your body posture may shape who you are.” [1] I won’t give [...]
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