by Henry Becky | Jan 9, 2022 | Advocacy, Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, Recovery, Shame, Support, Tools for Caregivers, Treatment
Last week I heard this story on the radio (you can read it here in LAist) here in Southern California about anosognosia in mental illness. It both made me both happy and sad to see attention being given to this topic of lack of awareness of one’s mental illnesses... 
by Henry Becky | Mar 20, 2021 | Advocacy, Caregiving, Communication, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, Hope, HUG Kits, Oxygen Mask, Self Care, Shame, Support, Tools for Caregivers, Treatment
No one prepares a parent for watching a child break a dish and then cut themselves with it because they are terrified of eating what is on the plate. No one is there to help them cope in that moment with the terror they are all feeling. Often parents share harrowing... 
by Henry Becky | Nov 1, 2020 | Advocacy, Boundaries, Bullying, Caregiving, COVID19, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Grief, Hope, Oxygen Mask, Pandemic, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Have you been wishing you could hibernate like the bears too? I’m noticing I want to sleep a LOT lately. Not only are the hours of sunlight decreasing here in the northern hemisphere and the days getting colder, the world has become a very uncertain and scary place.... 
by Henry Becky | Oct 4, 2020 | Advocacy, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, Health At Every Size, Hope, Intuitive Eating, Self Care, Shame, Support, Tools for Caregivers, Treatment, Weight Stigma
On the plus side (see what I did there?) I love irony. 😉 As Maya Angleou said, “When we know better, we do better.” As a teen, I bought the belief that being thin was important and dieting, food restriction and exercise to compensate for what I ate were what I should... 
by Henry Becky | Jun 14, 2020 | Advocacy, Boundaries, Caregiving, Communication, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Grief, Hope, Pandemic, Self Care, Shame, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Shift is happening in our world. Big time. And those with eating disorders and other mental illnesses are struggling big time. It’s a hard time that is making it harder to be in recovery. Watching a child with a life threatening illness is brutal. No way around... 
by Henry Becky | May 31, 2020 | Advocacy, Bullying, Caregiving, COVID19, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Grief, Hope, Oxygen Mask, Pandemic, Self Care, Shame, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Momma, Mom, Mommy, Mother, Mama…no matter how you say it or spell it, we have each other’s backs and one another’s children’s backs. Thank you to all who have reached out to check on my safety as my hometown is (as are many of yours) under attack by extremists... 