Is My Healthy Eating Becoming Disordered?

People change the way they eat for countless reasons. They may be trying to manage a medical condition, support their mental or physical well-being, improve athletic performance, navigate a new stage of life, or simply feel their best. Unfortunately, the line between healthy eating and disordered eating is often blurry. In a culture shaped by […]

How to Stop Binge Eating: Overcoming the Cycle of Shame and Restriction

Stopping binge eating is rarely about finding more self-control. The internal experience of managing this struggle is best understood through the actual reality of those navigating it. Healing requires moving away from punishment and understanding the functional, protective reasons why the behavior began in the first place. When you are caught in the repetitive cycle […]

Summer Body Image in the Age of GLP-1s

Summer can be a particularly challenging time for people living with eating disorders or working toward recovery. Changes in routine often accompany the season, while vacations, social gatherings, and warmer weather can bring greater attention to food and the body. Experiences that may feel manageable during other times of the year can become more difficult […]

Five Ways to Improve Your Relationship with Food

The realization that one's relationship with food has become disordered tends to arrive quietly, and late. The behaviors that signal a problem look, from the outside, like discipline: restriction reads as health-consciousness, rigidity as commitment. These patterns are also broadly culturally endorsed, which is part of why they can persist for years before anyone, including […]

Unseen: Eating Disorders After 40

The cultural narrative of eating disorders is locked into a narrow frame: a thin, young person from a background with easy access to care. Decades of research and media focus have centered on this archetype, leaving the public with the impression that these illnesses are a temporary phase contained within youth. In reality, an eating […]

Emerging: Eating Disorders Across the Early Lifespan

Eating disorders are cemented in the public consciousness as a young person’s disease, and not without reason. Research has prioritized younger cohorts and medical training focuses on detecting these illnesses in adolescence. Additionally, roughly 22% of children and adolescents already show signs of unhealthy eating behaviors that can lead to a clinically diagnosable eating disorder. […]

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