by Henry Becky | Jun 4, 2019 | Boundaries, Caregiving, Communication, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, HUG Kits, Oxygen Mask, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Many of us as family caregivers have lived this polarizing, high wire, balancing act of vacillating between hyper-vigilance and being complacent. For the first year or so of being a family caregiver of someone with an eating disorder, the vigilance to keep our loved... 
by Becky Henry | Apr 11, 2019 | Caregiving, Communication, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, HUG Kits, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
by, Becky Henry, CPCC Becky Henry Founder of Hope Network Eating Disorder Family Support Family caregivers of those with eating disorders have often told me that it broke their hearts to take a child or other loved one to a Residential Treatment Center (RTC). Often... 
by Henry Becky | Mar 30, 2019 | Caregiving, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, HUG Kits, Self Care, Tools for Caregivers
When a loved one is diagnosed with a serious illness, some of us find we run and hide and pretend it’s not happening. Some of us will be frozen with fear, some will want to learn everything possible. And I’m sure there are dozens of other responses. What I know is... 
by Henry Becky | Mar 23, 2019 | Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, HUG Kits, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Spring is here in the Northern Hemisphere after a long, rough winter for so many! We just arrived back in snow-covered Minnesota a few days ago and had the joy today of experiencing the first 50 degree F (above zero) day here on the tundra! While it is a joyful thing... 
by Henry Becky | Mar 9, 2019 | Caregiving, Communication, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, HUG Kits, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
After speaking at Rosewood Outpatient (thanks Dena Cabrera!) in Tempe, AZ with staff and parents about including parents in treatment and having shift happen, I’m back in California…now in the Central Coast Region. We’ve always heard it’s fun to drive the entire... 
by Henry Becky | Feb 14, 2019 | Caregiving, Carolyn Costin, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, Support, Tools for Caregivers
A true pioneer in the eating disorders field, Carolyn Costin generously shared her story so you can have hope. Please enjoy her revised chapter which will soon be in the Revised Second Edition of my book, Just Tell Her To Stop: Family Stories of Eating Disorders....