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A Quick Tip To Let Negative Thoughts Go
Challenge limiting beliefs that have been given to you or that you have given yourself. Limiting beliefs are ideas, thoughts, or opinions that one believes to be the truth, despite actual reality.

A Different Way of Beating Binge Urges
After talking it through more we realized that her late night eating was coming from feeling overwhelmed. Like many with EDs (eating disorders), she held herself to very high standards. A college student, she had classes, roommates, family to make proud, work…and binging gave her the “break” she so craved.

The Science Behind Journaling: Why A Pen and Paper Is One of the Strongest Tools in Recovery
To get you started on your journaling journey, we have a free PDF guide with 10 journal prompts to find your motivation in eating disorder recovery. This resource is a great way to get your pen to paper and let the thoughts flow as they will. Sometimes all you need is a spark of inspiration and away you go writing!

Understanding Diabulimia
Diabulimia is not when a person specifically has diabetes and bulimia, despite its name implying. Diabulimia is rather the term given to someone with Type 1 Diabetes who administers insufficient insulin for the purpose of weight loss.

Why are we sticking with Telehealth?
I have had with three fantastic dietitians as a part of my team, and only one of them was actually local at the time hiring (and partway through working for me she actually moved several hours away). Virtual work allows me to hire the best people to work with you so that you are going to get the best care, the best counselors – really, really, awesome people. I don’t want to have to say this is my tiny pool of applicants to choose from, I want to be able to search nationwide for the best providers for you.

Emotional Support Animals for Eating Disorders
Although still a relatively new method, ESAs can be part of a successful path to recovery from ED. If you are considering an ESA, talk to a state-licensed mental health professional, such as a licensed therapist. Your mental health professional will work with you to figure out an ESA is appropriate for your ED treatment plan.