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Eating Disorders Are Not Superficial
Eating disorders are social justice issues that can be linked to oppression.
Why Diets Will Never Work
Diets are dangerous and bound to fail in the long-run. Here’s why.
Why Understanding Weight Stigma is Key for Eating Disorder Recovery
Learn how weight stigma or weight discrimination contributes to eating disorders and why being aware of it can help with recovery.
Health at Every Size (HAES) in Eating Disorder Recovery
Here’s why understanding and believing in the Health at Every Size (HAES) principles is key for eating disorder recovery.
Working with Your Perfectionism
Perfectionism strengthens your eating disorder and causes you to set unrealistic expectations for yourself. Learn how to work through your perfectionistic tendencies to recover and be kinder to yourself.
Managing Recovery While in College During the Pandemic
Here are some tips for managing eating disorder recovery in college, whether you’re in the dorms alone, living with roommates, or at home with your parents.
Learn to Eat Intuitively Again with Alisha Dudish, RD
Learning to eat intuitively in eating disorder recovery is challenging, but our team’s dietitian is here to help clients in California.
The Surprising Link Between Autism and Anorexia
Autism spectrum disorder and anorexia nervosa are very similar in many ways. Here’s what you might not know about the relationship between the two.
Why Perfectionism and Eating Disorders Go Hand in Hand
How perfectionism shows up in people with eating disorders.
What is Perfectionism?
Perfectionism is a contributing factor for eating disorders. But what does it mean to be a perfectionist?
Do You Need Trauma-Informed Eating Disorder Therapy?
Any experience that left you feeling unsafe in your body is trauma and can hinder your eating disorder recovery. If you have experienced trauma, look for a trauma-informed eating disorder therapist.
What to Do If You Don't Want to Get Help for Your Eating Disorder
If you don’t want to get help for your eating disorder, you aren’t alone. We can help you overcome your fear of treatment.
How Self-Compassion Can Help You Cope with the Pandemic
The pandemic is hard on all of us. But practicing self-compassion can help. Here’s how.
It's Okay to Eat Your Feelings
Emotional eating during this pandemic is more than okay. Here’s why.
How to Quit Comparing Yourself to Others
Comparison is often inescapable, even when you don’t have an eating disorder. Here are some tips on how to stop comparing yourself to others once and for all.
Our Favorite Eating Disorder Recovery Resources in California
A curated list of the best eating disorder recovery resources in California.
The Dangers of Diet Culture
Diet culture promotes harmful ideas that destroy our relationships with food and our bodies. It brainwashes us into thinking that food should be counted and measured, and that eating is devoid of pleasure. Under the laws of diet culture, our meals and our self-worth are reduced to numbers.
How to Win Arguments with Your Eating Disorder
Once you get to a place in eating disorder recovery where you can distinguish between your own personal, healthy thoughts and beliefs and the eating disorder “voice” in your head, you might feel like you are constantly at war with yourself. The more battles you win, the closer you will get to full recovery. And yes, you can do this even while quarantined at home!
How to Stay Accountable in Eating Disorder Recovery During COVID-19
Even under the most ideal circumstances, eating disorder recovery is never linear, but self-isolation can hinder your progress even more. If you are only having virtual sessions with your treatment team, or have paused treatment altogether, it can be harder to stay accountable and meet your recovery goals. But recovery from an eating disorder during this pandemic is still 100% possible.
Here are 5 ways you can stay accountable in eating disorder recovery during Covid-19:

