by Henry Becky | Aug 5, 2022 | Advocacy, Boundaries, Caregiving, Carolyn Costin, Communication, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, Fear, Gratitude, Grief, Hope, HUG Kits, Joy, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Self Care, Shame, Support, Tools for Caregivers, Treatment
Yes, we have extremely broken health care systems and insurance systems in the United States. Even with those very broken systems, we can all work together and create improved treatment outcomes. How? For nearly 20 years of coaching family caregivers, I’ve been seeing... 
by Henry Becky | Jul 17, 2022 | Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Grief, Hope, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Recovery, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Intern Anna shares with family caregivers of those with eating disorders, her insights on grieving. There are so many roles that we as the support person of someone with an eating disorder need to fill. Learning to do our own grieving and giving our loved ones space... 
by Henry Becky | Jun 29, 2022 | Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Fear, Gratitude, Grief, Hope, Joy, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Pandemic, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
It turns out that when life is hard (and our world currently is giving us loads of hard on so many levels), the counterintuitive thing might be the best thing. In the hard, sad, hopeless, helpless, scary, frustrating, wrong, deplorable, unethical, we can feel so... 
by Henry Becky | Jun 29, 2022 | Body Image, Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Holidays, Hope, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Recovery, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Even though I’m traveling the world as a digital nomad, I’m still working and am so grateful to Intern Anna for helping me out a couple times a month with my newsletter/blog posts. Today Anna is addressing holidays and eating disorders in hopes that you... 
by Henry Becky | Jun 26, 2022 | Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Eating Disorders Resources, Education, Hope, Mindfulness, Oxygen Mask, Recovery, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Thank you to our Summer Intern, Anna for sharing her hard earned wisdom on practicing self care in recovery today. ~ Becky How Do I Fit Self Care into My Schedule? – by Intern Anna I’ve been on a journey to implement more self care into my life. It isn’t easyl.... 
by Henry Becky | Jun 17, 2022 | Boundaries, Caregiving, Distress - Yours, Mine and Ours, Education, Fear, Hope, Mindfulness, Self Care, Support, Tools for Caregivers
Fear is a normal response when a loved one is in crisis. Fear can take away our capacity to engage our wise minds and can spiral us into trying to handle what is not ours to handle. The line between being a supportive caregiver or parent, and enabling a family member... 