December 1, 2011

The Rubber Band Effect

The anorexia nervosa/compulsive overeating worksheet is a tool for tracking conflicts and the influence that they have on eating disorder behaviours. Stress frequently occurs within relationships with people that we are close to including our family and romantic partners. To keep ourselves and these relationships healthy, it is crucial to respond to the conflicts as soon as we can. (more…)

November 24, 2011

Guilt and the Ultimate Tsunami

Jane, a young woman with increasingly out of control bulimia, consulted with me. She had been staying with an Aunt who felt that as her guardian, it was her responsibility to give her niece advice in all areas of her life. (more…)

November 20, 2011

Note to members who have joined our website

Greetings,

Thank you again for becoming a member on our website. As a member, we would like your input and feedback about what is, and what is not, working for you. If you have any questions about eating disorders or treatments, or more general queries please feel free to ask. Also, please feel free to comment on the tools found on this website such as the compulsive overeating/bulimia nervosa worksheet. Your feedback is helpful for us to improve this service for yourself and for other members.
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November 9, 2011

Mexico Case

For the last couple of weeks I have been in Mexico doing workshops. One of the workshops that I presented was on Eating Disorders. During this workshop, a woman (Mercedes*) from the audience came to be and said that she would like to present her family to the workshop participants. I tried to dissuade her for confidentiality concerns, but she persisted saying that she felt it would be helpful for herself and to the other members of her family.
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October 10, 2011

Putting these ideas in practice (Bulimia and Compulsive Over-Eating)

As you read this website, we hope that there are certain ideas that jump out at you.

Most importantly, we hope that the idea of being the master or mistress of your own life, and addressing issues as they emerge, strikes you, and grabs you. It can be difficult to have a clear perspective on our own lives at times, and it can be difficult to make a stand when things are not the way we wish them to be.
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July 28, 2011

The Perfect Storm: Cultural Focus on Weight Loss for Women, Social Isolation, and Conflict Avoidance

Employing an over-used metaphor from the famous movie, another perfect storm occurs in eating disorders.

No one can deny the cultural “value” in Western culture for women to be thin and have the “perfect body”. As I have said many times on this website, there is more to the development of eating disorders than just cultural values. (more…)

July 18, 2011

Do You Like Yourself?

There is a profound relationship between people feeling good about themselves and their being able to control their eating disorder. If the relationships in your life are making you feel bad, the eating disorder is exacerbated. When there are irritations in our lives, in terms of relationships, our ideas about our physical body change and the desire to lose weight, one way or the other, emerges. (more…)

July 9, 2011

Looking for love in all the wrong places

With the Northern hemisphere summer aproaching, Jaqueline Wilson warns that women with eating disorders should be on guard against bulimia triggered by the swimsuit season. (more…)

May 2, 2011

In Fighting Anorexia, Recovery Is Elusive

This New York Times article is interesting. From our point of view, there is always the hope that anorexia or bulimia won’t recur.

However Abby Ellin has a different perspective: (more…)

April 22, 2011

Self-harm and bulimia sparked by bullying

American actress Demi Lovato told 20/20 recently that schoolyard bullying led to over-eating when she was eight. (more…)

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