Struggling with shame around weight gain in recovery? Learn how to challenge negative thoughts and create a supportive healing environment.

You’ve heard of body checking—but do you know if you’re doing it? If you are, should you be worried? Here's what you need to know.

Do you need to exercise or you feel consumed with guilt and shame? If so, healing (and much-needed relief) is possible.

If I were to ask you to conjure up an image of someone with an eating disorder, what would come to mind? For many of us, it’s an image of an emaciated, middle-class-or-higher white girl. Eating disorders, particularly anorexia nervosa, have long been viewed as a “skinny white girl” problem, at least predominantly.

The way we perceive our bodies can impact how we think and feel about ourselves. Our body image may influence everything from the clothes we wear and the activities we do to the careers we pursue and the people we surround ourselves with. If we have a negative body image, our quality of life will suffer. 

Gwyneth Paltrow’s comments about her “restrictive” diet has caused major backlash, and for good reason.

Tired of facing body comments at Thanksgiving dinner or other family gatherings? Here’s how you can respond to family members who make body comments.

Is body positivity possible? Instagram may make it look easy, but every body image journey and eating disorder recovery is unique.

Being thin is often equated with being healthy, but ‘thin’ and ‘healthy’ aren’t synonymous. ‘Fat’ and ‘healthy’ aren’t mutually exclusive. Health is determined by more than just body size.

Loving your body after eating disorder recovery or body image issues is a lot to ask of yourself. Here are tips that will improve your body image and make you more resilient on bad body image days.

There’s no doubt that Instagram is harmful to your body image. Here’s how you can build a healthy relationship with social media and protect your mental health.

Body checking and eating disorders go hand and hand. Here’s how you can work on limiting this obsessive behavior.

Weight bias can lead your doctor to prescribe weight loss when weight isn't the real issue. Here's how and why you should advocate for a more holistic examination.

Learn how weight stigma or weight discrimination contributes to eating disorders and why being aware of it can help with recovery.

Rather than allowing negative thoughts to bully you and affect how you feel about yourself, start practicing these five mindful ways to respond to your negative thoughts (and even befriend them to understand how they are trying to help you).