Eaters Digest Blog

May 6, 2018

What are eating disorders really about?

It’s not about food or weight…It’s about feeling unsafe in the world. It’s about feeling like we can’t trust anyone, not even ourselves. The Eating Disorder becomes “the reliable one”.
September 19, 2018

Witty Responses to Weighty Remarks

It’s not about food or weight…It’s about feeling unsafe in the world. It’s about feeling like we can’t trust anyone, not even ourselves. The Eating Disorder becomes “the reliable one”.
August 2, 2017

What do you agree to as an Eater?

If you are human and you inhabit a body, then you must eat. Being hungry can go beyond the physical.  Have you been hungry for love? Connection? Excitement? If you are human and you have a pulse, you are living. What then, do you agree to for this one wild and precious life?
August 9, 2017
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What are your reasons?

What are your reasons for recovery? The reasons you started might just be the reasons you finish.
February 8, 2018
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The Recovery Paradox: Part 2

You might think your problem is personal, and that your story is unique. It is.

However, if you zoom out and see the larger political and social landscape, you will realize that all you have been doing was internalizing what you were repeatedly taught. It’s not working for you because the rules are broken, not because you are broken.
January 5, 2018
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The Recovery Paradox: Part 1

Finding true healing in a culture where disordered eating and poor body image have become the norm
January 14, 2018
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When your ‘solution’ is the ‘problem’

Theory 'A'...the problem is your body. Theory 'B'...the problem is your mind.
November 21, 2017
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When happiness feels bad

Although millions of people search endlessly and spend copious amounts of money searching for the key to “happiness”, some people find happiness to be a really anxiety-provoking emotion
October 24, 2017
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To experience life, you also have to taste it

I used to think ‘healthy’ meant ‘strong’ or ‘good’ or ‘revered’. Now I know ‘healthy’ isn’t just about what we put into our bodies, it is about what we put into our life.
October 24, 2017
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Podcast: What is Recovered Living?

Recovery Warriors founder, Jessica Flint talks with Kristie about treatment philosophies internationally, integrating movement vs exercise into recovery, and the new wave of Coaching that is bridging the treatment gap worldwide.
October 18, 2017
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A deeper look at body image

If only our eyes saw souls instead of bodies how different our ideals of beauty would be.
October 10, 2017

Remember this?

You weren't born with an eating disorder, you do not have to die with one.
September 27, 2017
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Taming the tiger

In the past 3 months I have seen 3 members of the eating disorder community pass on. In light of the sadness surrounding this time, I offer this message of hope to the brave souls still fighting, day-by-day, meal-by-meal, snack-by-snack.
September 17, 2017
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Everyone talks about being Recovered…

but what does being in Recovery actually look like?
September 6, 2017
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Body Image is no longer a personal issue

August 30, 2017
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Is being thin more important than this?

August 19, 2017

Hot tips for saying goodbye to body checking – Part 2 of 2

August 15, 2017
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3 hot tips for saying goodbye to body checking – Part 1 of 2

August 7, 2017
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Life is not about finding yourself

You can’t be ‘a little bit pregnant’. You are either pregnant...or you are not. In the same way, you can’t have ‘a little bit of an eating disorder’, the cage might be larger, but you are never truly free.
July 26, 2017

Are you ready?

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