Perhaps nowhere is the impact of culture more pronounced and pervasive than in the realm of body image and eating disorders.

By: Rachel Dodson RD. LDN. Almost every single one of my clients tells me that their long-term goal is to have a better relationship with...

By: Rachel Dodson RD, LDN Fighting diet culture and all of the noise surrounding food can be tough all throughout the year, but especially during the holiday season. Now, I LOVE THE HOLIDAYS. The movies, the activities, giving (and getting lol) gifts, seeing people who you don’t get to see regularly and all the flavors of the seasons. This time of year is magical but can be a stressful time filled with tension and anxiety surrounding your relationship with food during recover

By: Hannah de Groot, MEd. Close your eyes and envision who comes to mind when you picture a person with an eating disorder. What does that person look like? For most of my life, the person I envisioned matched the images you’d get with a quick Google search - a young, white woman in body that looks very malnourished. For years, I imagined that the only way to actually have an eating disorder would be to look like that woman. To have an eating disorder, a person had to be whi

By Hannah de Groot MEd. & Gabrielle Morreale M.A. LPC. We’ve officially entered May and the end of the semester is right around the corner! Whether you’re graduating high school (yay!) or gearing up for another semester in college, it’s time to talk about eating disorder culture on college campuses. More importantly, how seemingly normalized disordered eating habits are. So normalized that comments about food, diets, bodies and weight pass by ordinarily in everyday conversati

By Gabrielle Alyse Morreale M.A. LPC. Hi everyone this is Gabby The owner and clinical director of Recovered and Restored Eating Disorder Therapy Center! For our first blog I wanted to share with you where this name came from and why I hold it close to my heart. As someone who struggled on and off with anorexia and bulimia for almost 18 years of her life to finally call myself recovered is a true joy and one of my most proud accomplishment. Being recovered comes with so much