by Henry Becky | May 10, 2020 | Advocacy, Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Hope, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Describing the love a mother feels for her children is easier said than done. You see those of us who have had the honor of becoming moms/mums never had any idea of the intensity, immensity and unreasonability of the love we would feel for these humans. Seriously, no... 
by Henry Becky | Mar 8, 2020 | Advocacy, Caregiving, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, Hope, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Ripples of hope warmed our hearts in Minneapolis Friday night at the WithAll Gala Fundraiser. Kitty Westin gave her most compelling speech yet in my humble opinion. Of all the times I’ve had the privilege of hearing my dear friend and brave, warrior momma, Kitty speak... 
by Henry Becky | Feb 16, 2020 | Advocacy, Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, Health At Every Size, Hope, Intuitive Eating, Self Care, Shame, Tools for Caregivers
What If back in the previous century when diet culture and the multi-billion dollar diet industry first sucked me and millions of others into its cult there had been the option of Intuitive Eating? What If we’d all be taught the 10 Principles of Intuitive Eating that... 
by Henry Becky | Nov 14, 2019 | Advocacy, Caregiving, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, Hope, HUG Kits, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers, Treatment
Yesterday in my weekly online group support call the subject was Meditation, the seventh topic from Dr. Ralph Carson’s presentation with Shannon Kopp in Omaha, NE in September. Dr. Carson spoke about integrating the Positive Psychology work of Dr. Martin Seligman with... by Henry Becky | Sep 29, 2019 | Advocacy, Boundaries, Caregiving, Communication, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, Health At Every Size, HUG Kits, Oxygen Mask, Self Care, Shame, Support, Tools for Caregivers, Weight Stigma
We often need to hear something several times to truly incorporate the knowledge. And when we are in a fear state due to a child having a life threatening illness, it can take hearing a message many times and many ways to really embrace a strong understanding. This... 
by Henry Becky | Sep 18, 2019 | Advocacy, Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Being a Lighthouse for Loved One’s in Recovery is not for sissies. This is the work of people who can do the emotional equivalent of an ironman marathon every day. Anna Westin died as a result of her eating disorder before I got to meet her. It was through her...