By: Leslie Ann Glossner M.S., Anxiety & Eating Disorder Therapist at Recovered & Restored It’s that time of year again. As the air grows cooler and the days shorter, it’s time to wake up far too early, sling our heavy backpacks over our shoulders, and board the bus. It’s mid-September, so by now there may be some semblance of a routine beginning to form. Maybe you’re getting excited for football games, the fall play, or the homecoming dance. Or maybe, just maybe, you’re dread

By: Hannah de Groot MEd. Updated: 23 July 2024 I hope you are all doing as well as you can at this time. I hope you are showing yourself grace, practicing self-compassion (for help on this, check this  out!), and supporting your loved ones. This week I would like to spend time discussing the eating disorder ARFID, short for Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. ARFID is an eating disorder categorized by intense restriction. Similar to anorexia, people with ARFID limit th

By: Gabrielle Morreale LPC When I sat down to write this blog about trauma therapy and eating disorders, I didn’t know where to start....

By: Abby Emmert M.A. A large and challenging step of recovery is making peace with exercise. A question I get very often in sessions is,...

By: Rachel Dodson RD, LDN & Gabby Morreale M.A. LPC. What is Intuitive Eating? Intuitive Eating was developed by two Registered Dietitians, Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch, in the 1990’s in an effort to combat what we’re sold in diet culture. The authors define Intuitive Eating as, “a personal process of honoring health by listening and responding to the direct messages of the body in order to get your needs met.” Intuitive Eating is an anti-diet and weight-neutral approach to

by: Hannah de Groot Med. August fading into September can be challenging as we begin to transition into a new season and a new school year. Summer festivities come to rest for the year and we sometimes have to face realities we’ve been avoiding for the past few months. Change is hard! Life transitions can bring up unresolved habits and unwanted emotions, which might draw out and intensify our stress. This week, let’s talk about managing stress effectively and continuously to

By Abbey Emmert M.A. and Gabrielle Morreale M.A. LPC. If you have struggled with an eating disorder, or know someone who has, the topic of values may have come up. Just like living with an abusive partner, after a certain amount of time of living with this opposite force, it can be hard not to start adopting the other’s values and replacing your own with them. You can be months into the relationship before you realize it's caused you to lose friendships, family members, and

By: Abby Emmert M.A. You know that needle in a haystack saying? Yeah. That’s what labeling your emotions in your ED is like. Throwing a dart at a bullzeye that isn’t there. Something like that! It’s hard, and sometimes feeling almost impossible. What we know is that those that struggle with eating disorders often struggle with emotion regulation, as well. If you don’t know what this is, it’s one of the pillars of DBT (Dialectical Behavior Therapy), which is one of the therapy

By: Hannah de Groot, MEd. With the 2021 Olympics starting this week, it seems like a perfect time to talk SPORTS! As a lifelong athlete and lover of competition, sports are one of my passions and an important part of my identity. While sports can facilitate meaningful friendships, teach discipline and hard work, and be a beautiful form of self expression, it is no secret that sports are not all fun and games (pun intended). Eating disorders run rampant in the sports world, a

By: Abby Emmert, M.A. When I was recovering from my eating disorder, I saw relapse and slips as the same thing, and they both meant this:...

Gabby Morreale MA LPC. Hey there! Did you know there are four different types of hunger? As an eating disorder therapist it is usually...

By: Hannah de Groot MEd. June is one of the best months of the year - the weather is warming up, school is out, and most importantly, it is PRIDE MONTH! Pride is a time to highlight and celebrate self-affirmation, equality, and visibility of our LGBTQIA+ community members. It is also time for heterosexual, cisgender people to celebrate our friends, family members and neighbors in the LGBTQIA+ community by advocating for their equal rights and protection. At Recovered and Rest

By: Abby Emmert & Gabby Morreale No matter what kind of eating disorder you have, you probably know that buying clothes, trying on clothes, going through your clothes that you currently own in recovery is so frustrating. Mostly because you know that your body is going to be different, but we promise that's ok!! Also knowing you may have outgrown or may need to outgrow some of these clothes in the future can feel stressful. This unknown or unpredictability can be really frust

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: Abby Emmert & Gabrielle Morreale We get asked often from family and friends who have a loved one struggling with an eating disorder ...

By: Abby Emmert & Gabrielle Morreale This week, a common topic of discussion was weight as it relates to health. If you are not aware of...