Caregiver Burnout Solutions – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
Parents and other family caregivers of those with eating disorders often want to give up and/or run away. Anxiety and fear are normal reactions to seeing your child/family member disappear before your eyes. The demands on a family caregiver are so profound I often say...
Helping Caregivers Believe in Adult Child’s Capacity – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
A family caregiver’s role is important no matter the age of the child. We don't stop loving or caring about our child just because they hit the magical age of 18. Parents of those over 18 experience extra helplessness due to the fact that their child is now a “legal...
Tips for Supporting a Solid Recovery – by, Intern Anna
Family caregivers often share their distress about how to continue to support a loved one in recovery when they have stepped down to lower levels of care. It's really hard when we're afraid for our loved one's life to focus on what we can do to support them rather...
Why do Caregivers Need Help with Self Care? – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
Thankfully most treatment now includes some sort of education and possibly some support for the family caregivers. We're getting closer to it becoming mainstream to include family caregivers in the "treatment team." Sadly, it still is uncommon unfortunately for...
Judgments & Eating Disorder Recovery – by Intern Anna
Today Intern Anna is sharing insights on judgments. ~ Becky Judgments & Eating Disorder Recovery - by Intern Anna How often do you make judgments about yourself and those around you? If you are being honest, probably quite often. And you aren’t alone. I find...
It’s Time for Change – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
Hello, February was a BIG month in the eating disorders field. Not only did we have the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP) conference here in Palm Desert, CA, it's Eating Disorders Awareness Week (EDAW) THIS week! It's so big it is in...
2023 IAEDP Conference Highlights – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
Hello Dear Readers, The past few weeks have included driving from Minnesota to California, getting settled back in the USA and this past few days, attending the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP) Conference in Palm Desert where I got...
Social Media and Recovery Tips- by, Intern Anna
This coming week is the International Association of Eating Disorders Professionals (IAEDP) Symposium here in the CA desert. I'm excited to see colleagues whom I've not been with since 2019. Please let me know if there are questions you'd likee me to ask any of them....
Coping with Transitions as a Caregiver – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
Transitions can be tricky! As I'm transitioning to a new place to stay in Southern, California after 3 months in Europe I'm reminded of the tools I often work with clients to practice when a loved one is in yet another transition. Often the hardest one is stepping...
Checking in With an Individual Who Has an Eating Disorder – by, Intern Anna
Hello Dear Readers, You're doing hard things and you're keeping on. As Glennon Doyle says, "We can do hard things." I'm back in the USA and making my way West after a stop in the land of ice and snow in Minnesota. We are fortunate to have Intern Anna filling in for...
Grounding Exercises Caregivers Can Use Now – by, Intern Anna
Hello Dear Readers, I hope you're all staying well and warm with all of the storms across the country. All of these storms are adding another layer to the new year and the challenges you're already experiencing as caregivers. Today, Intern Anna is filling in for me...
How to Support a Loved One with an Eating Disorder – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
Have you been wishing you could hibernate like the bears too? Not only are the hours of sunlight short in the northern hemisphere and the days getting colder, the world can be a very uncertain and scary place. I’m walking my talk of PRACTICING resilience skills. For...
Rest as a Resolution? – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
Amidst all of the talk of New Years Resolutions and New Year, New You, it can be tempting to judge ourselves and our actions. Sometimes, especially early January when the days are short and cold in the Northern Hemisphere, it can be helpful to just rest and relax. See...
New Years Wishes for the Weary – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
If you're reading this, you have survived, hopefully more or less intact...3 years now of this pandemic. We're all weary of it and having a loved one with an eating disorder adds a whole extra layer of challenges. Perhaps you and your parenting partner are not on the...
Preventing Holiday Stress – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
Next week Intern Anna is sharing some wonderful tips for relieving holiday stress. Her article is already HERE on my website. So if my tips today for preventing holiday stress don’t resonate or work for you, take a sneak peek at her tips for relieving some of that...
6 Tips for Relieving Holiday Stress -by, Intern Anna
Thank you to Intern Anna for filling in for me again this week while I'm resting and not having holiday stress here in Southern Spain. I am benefitting from the beautiful holiday lights the Spaniards have placed all over their adorable towns. Take care and I hope...
Intern Anna’s Tips for Getting Back on Track in Recovery
Today as I was bicycling through Seville, Spain I was thinking about how grateful I am for Intern Anna for sharing her words of wisdom so I could be relaxing and enjoying touring this fascinating city. Tomorrow as I celebrate my birthday this weekend we head south to...
How to Survive Thanksgiving – Intern Anna’s 5 Tips
Family caregivers have shared often lamented how utterly painful and difficult the holidays are for their loved one with an eating disorder. Thanksgiving typically being the most difficult with so much of the focus on food for many families. This week while I'm in...
2022 Research on Family Support Protocol – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
In 2022 it’s so hard to fathom that regularly family caregivers worldwide (this is not just a USA problem) are still are asking me how other families manage all of the; logistics of getting access to treatment, managing their own fears and distress, helping their...
How to Ask for Help – by Intern Anna
Ola, I'm sending you good thoughts from Portugal. Thank you for your kind concern and good thoughts as I recovered from Covid - 2nd time this year. I'm really done with this thing. My lungs took a hit but they're slowly coming back and thankfully my brain is finally...
How to Hold Opposite Emotions at The Same Time – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
Oh boy oh boy…life has a way of providing AMPLE opportunities to practice what the experts call, “The Dialectic” or what I call (well, I’ll be nice right now)… Roses and Thorns. 😉 Feel free to fill in words that come into your own head that mean wonderful and...
Challenging Exercise Compulsions – by Intern Anna
While I’m beginning our 3 months in Europe, Intern Anna is filling in for me. We made it safely and smoothly to Croatia from Minnesota despite all of the air travel staffing shortages happening worldwide. Croatia is a beautiful place to explore the outdoors, one day...
Creating a Plan for Coping with 4am Thoughts – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
What is it with 4am? Even though I teach this coping, mindfulness, living with intention and self compassion stuff, I still find that there are times when I am awake at 3 or 4am with swirling thoughts keeping me awake and unable to stop the thoughts that serve NO...
How to Invite Peace while Radically Accepting the YUCK – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
Family caregivers often are desperately searching for support when a loved one’s eating disorder and co-occurring diagnoses bring; sadness, crises, disappointment and a litany of other painful emotions to the family. Our natural inclination is to try and fix things,...
Hope for Family Caregivers – by, Becky Henry, CPCC
Did you know that the word, “hope” in my business name, Hope Network, LLC stands for; "Healthy Options for Personal Education?" I know, I’d almost forgotten but it is the foundation for providing eating disorder family support for caregivers. Also, HOPE is something...