by Henry Becky | Nov 17, 2023 | Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Fear, Gratitude, Holidays, Hope, Intuitive Eating, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Recovery, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Family caregivers have shared 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. Last year Intern Anna shared her helpful... 
by Henry Becky | Dec 19, 2021 | Boundaries, Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Health At Every Size, Holidays, Hope, Intuitive Eating, Joy, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Recovery, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers, Weight Stigma
Toward the end of each year we see even more messaging than usual that we should be afraid of how we look and we should “manage” our holiday foods and therefore, our size or our lives will be a disaster. Even when we have learned about Health At Every Size (HAES)... 
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 | Mar 22, 2020 | Caregiving, COVID19, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Hope, HUG Kits, Intuitive Eating, Oxygen Mask, Self Care, Tools for Caregivers
We are in a time that has added another layer of stress to the lives of family caregivers. Practicing EXTREME self-care is more necessary than it’s ever been for those caring for a loved one with an eating disorder. Last week I shared 5 Tips to Finding Calm During... 
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...