by Henry Becky | Apr 24, 2022 | Advocacy, Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, Hope, Joy, Oxygen Mask, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Celebrating National Month of Hope 🧡 – Finding Hope in Recovery Did you know that April is the National Month of Hope? It serves as the perfect reminder to believe that things will work out, even when it seems like the deck is stacked against you. As I wrote in... 
by Henry Becky | Apr 15, 2022 | Boundaries, Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Fear, Hope, Joy, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Parents and other caregivers of those with eating disorders you have so many valid fears to cope with daily. Simply taking the leap to help get a loved one into treatment can bring on so many fears: What modality is best? Which treatment program should I choose? What... 
by Henry Becky | Apr 10, 2022 | Advocacy, Boundaries, Caregiving, Communication, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Grief, Hope, Joy, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Self Care, Shame, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Before you pull all of your hair out and scream, “THERE IS NO WAY I’M GOING TO ACCEPT THAT THIS IS WHERE MY LOVED ONE IS AT!” Please read the next sentence as well. When we can lovingly accept our loved one, no matter what awful stuff is happening, WHILE holding onto... 
by Henry Becky | Mar 12, 2022 | Boundaries, Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Grief, Hope, Joy, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Pandemic, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
When the world is filled with atrocities, pain, suffering, fear and uncertainty it’s hard to keep all the balls in the air. Being a caregiver of a loved one with an eating disorder is extremely stress filled (serious understatement) in ‘ordinary’ circumstances, add... 
by Henry Becky | Mar 5, 2022 | Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Gratitude, Grief, Hope, Joy, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Even if you’re not a family caregiver of someone with an eating disorder, life can be pretty stress-filled right now. We can feel so helpless when others are suffering. There is a way towards having peace and joy even when your loved one is suffering deep in their... 
by Henry Becky | Feb 6, 2022 | Boundaries, Caregiving, Communication, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Hope, HUG Kits, Joy, Oxygen Mask, Recovery, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers, Treatment
Boundaries are not cruel, they’re COOL! It doesn’t help family caregivers or their sick child to fall prey to all of the chaos and fear of the eating disorder (ed). We need to live in-tune with our own desires, needs, and feelings. FEAR can lead to SILENCE,... 