Self Care

Self-Care Activities to Reduce Stress

Looking for self-care activities to reduce stress? We show you how to get started and how self-care can improve your mental health.

Treatment

The Complexity of Mental Health Treatment

Mental health treatment is inherently complex: a web of challenging puzzles, overlapping symptoms, and varying perspectives on treatment. Unlike…

Self Care

Mental and Emotional Wellness

When you hear the term “mental wellness,” different things may come to mind. If you spell it and break it down, it looks like it might be the…

Recovery

Self Acceptance is Recovery

I recently listened to a podcast with Brené Brown and Tim Ferris that reminded me of one of the most significant gifts in my recovery: radical…

Recovery

Practicing Self Empathy Through Recovery

I recently heard a friend say, “Recovery is always the end goal. It’s more of a direction than a destination.” This struck a chord with me. I had…

Recovery

Love Your Tree with Kara Richardson Whitely

Kara Richardson Whitely is an Eating Recovery Center national recovery advocate and the author of Gorge: My Journey Up Kilimanjaro at 300 Pounds,…

Say It Brave

Transgender Awareness Week

It's Transgender Awareness Week, and in honor of this celebration, we have collected a list of resources to uplift and celebrate the strengths,…

Self Care

Hispanic Heritage Month

I recently listened to a Podcast a fellow Hispanic coworker sent me called "Anything for Selena." She had recommended it, knowing I was obsessed with…

Advocacy

Honoring Juneteenth 2021 - Mikyala Akers, LCPC

This Juneteenth, we want to acknowledge and recognize the historic, systematic injustices and oppressive discrimination that Black Americans continued…

Advocacy

Honoring Juneteenth 2021 - Dorian Capers

This Juneteenth, we want to acknowledge and recognize the historic, systematic injustices and oppressive discrimination that Black Americans…

Recovery

Parenthood, Treatment and Recovery

Like many of you, I have a box tucked away in my closet reserved for items that hold special memories for me. On marked occasions I will rummage…

Self Care

Setting Boundaries for Mental Health

By the time you are done reading this I am certain you will be thinking to yourself, “How many times can one person say the word boundaries?" Trust me…

Signs and Symptoms

5 Holiday Break Eating Disorder Warning Signs

The transition to college is one of the most common times to develop an eating disorder. In fact, according to the National Institute of Mental…

Self Care

Setting Healthy New Year’s Resolutions

  Following the hustle, bustle and festivities of the holiday season, the year concludes with reflection and hope on New Year’s Day. On this…

Weight Stigma

“Fat Talk,” Body Image and Eating Disorders

After consuming a high-calorie food, have you ever said “I need to hit the gym now!” or “THAT went straight to my thighs!”   Do you call your…

Families in Recovery

My Child Has An Eating Disorder - Is It My Fault?

The most common question asked by parents of children struggling with eating disorders is: “Is the eating disorder my fault?” In addition to a…

Education

Eating Disorder Glossary of Terms

Common Levels of Care: OP: Outpatient: The patient lives at home and attends regularly scheduled sessions (usually 45-50 minutes) at a therapist’s…

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