The Blog
Is Your Diet Talk Hurting Your Child’s Recovery? A Gentle Guide for Parents
If you are the parent or caregiver of someone in eating disorder recovery, I want to acknowledge that the fact that you are here reading this article tells me how much you love your child and how much you deeply care about their wellbeing and recovery. So many...
It’s Not What Happens, It’s What Happens Next: What to Do After an Eating Disorder Slip
If you have just engaged in an eating disorder behaviour and you are sitting in that awful, heavy aftermath, I want you to take a deep breath. This post is for you. Maybe it was a binge or a purge. Maybe you slid back into restriction. Maybe you pushed through a...
What Does an Eating Disorder Dietitian Actually Do? (It’s Not Just Meal Plans)
This might be the question I get asked most often on my Connection Calls. When someone books a call with me, there is frequently a quiet assumption that gets brought into our conversation. It usually sounds something like: "So you're going to hand me a meal plan and...
Why Snacks Aren’t the Enemy
Raise your hand if you grew up believing that snacking was something to feel guilty about! So many of us were handed the same message somewhere along the way. Snacking will ruin your dinner. Stop grazing. You just ate, why are you hungry again? We absorbed those rules...
But What If I Want to Lose Weight?
Let me start by saying something you might not expect to hear from a non-diet dietitian. Of course you want to change your body. Of course a part of you wants to lose weight. You live in a world that has told you, over and over, that a thinner body is the answer to...
Why You Need a Team for Eating Disorder Recovery (and How to Build One)
Here is something I truly believe: eating disorder recovery can’t happen alone or in isolation. Eating disorders are complex. They affect the body and the mind at the same time, they tangle themselves into our relationships and routines, and they rarely respond...
Health at Every Size Explained: Why Two People Can Live in Completely Different Bodies
Why can two people eat the same way, move the same way, and still live in completely different bodies? It's a question I sit with often alongside clients. And the answer, once you really let it land, has a way of loosening a knot that diet culture spent years tying....
Your Gut & Brain Are in Constant Conversation: The Gut-Brain Connection in ED Recovery
Have you ever had butterflies in your stomach before something nerve-wracking? Felt nauseous in the middle of a conflict? Noticed your appetite completely disappear when you're overwhelmed or stressed? That's not a coincidence. That's your gut and your brain doing...
How Social Media Influences Body Image and Eating Habits
I'm so excited to share this guest post from my friend and colleague Jessica Sauerwein, MSW, RSW. Jessica has done extensive research on media literacy and the impact of social media on body image, and I know you'll find her insights as valuable as I do. Take it away,...