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• the ‘DIS’ Campaign and It’s Harm

  This reprinted here in full, making it easier to read. Thank you to Helen Razer for putting it so well and so correctly about eating disorders and the current... Read more

  Posted on 03 June 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Coping Skills Toolbox

  

  Many therapists use the term ‘Distraction Toolbox’ for recovery strategies. I have written before out this too and what Sophie used as her distraction toolbox. Read more

  Posted on 02 June 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Truths About Eating Disorders

  Truth #1: You can’t tell by looking at someone whether they have an eating disorder. Many people with eating disorders look healthy, yet may be extremely ill.... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Any Publicity is Good Publicity

  

  That’s the old adage isn’t it? ‘There’s no such thing as bad publicity’. Any bad or negative news till helps your cause. Even news guidelines clearly state... Read more

  Posted on 15 April 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Bone Scan Reveals Osteopenia Still in Residence

  

  Its been a while since I posted. Home life got complicated again and I have been swimming under the surface for a few weeks trying to find ground again.... Read more

  Posted on 08 April 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Trying to Focus on Being Grateful Again

  

  Lost count of how many gratitude lists I have done on the site. Sometimes you really need them and then you roll along for a while in what other people take... Read more

  Posted on 16 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• DBT Skills – Dialectical Behavior Therapy

  Although still a fledging in Australia, this treatment is gaining ground as being a better approach the traditional CBT. My daughter was mostly mindfulness and... Read more

  Posted on 05 March 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Back to Uni and Continuing Her Journey

  

  (… or reflections on our anorexia journey)The uni break went so quick. One minute she is home, next minute gone. lol, well almost. Read more

  Posted on 26 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Do Suicide Signs Really Offer Insight

  This comes back to my previous post about teenage suicide. An article in the Sunday Telegraph recently about the increasing incidents of teenagers presenting... Read more

  Posted on 17 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Public View is Slow to Change on Eating Disorders

  This is worth repeating again, thank you to PEDAW and VanCityBuzz————————————————-Online chatter these days often illustrates there is a long way to go before... Read more

  Posted on 15 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• New Research into Anorexia

  Research is only as good as the questions it is asked to frame. If you want a certain position to back or fund, then unfortunately research is often commissione... Read more

  Posted on 09 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Digger Deeper into Distraction Techniques

  This wonderful post offers a deeper side of distraction. When your list is working for you, when maybe you are further along and its time to dig a bit deeper... Read more

  Posted on 05 February 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Distraction Tool Box

  

  Learning distraction techniques is part of the journey to recovery. It isn’t always possible to just ignore or shut out the voices. Read more

  Posted on 29 January 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• What They Don’t Tell You

  

  Welcome to all my new followers. Thank you for joining me. Whilst it’s lovely to have you hear, it means though, there are more and more searching the internet... Read more

  Posted on 28 January 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Acting So out of Character – Who is This Person

  

  In the home environment none of us like confrontation, verbal abuse, violence etc. But this becomes a reality when an eating disorder decides to move in.... Read more

  Posted on 18 January 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Goals? What About Non-goals

  

  This is a similar concept to creating a gratitute list. Not only as a positive means of charting where you are, but also taking pressure off when goal setting o... Read more

  Posted on 12 January 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• is Choosing to Recover Possible

  

  This is another choice of words that aren’t used correctly or appropriately. Very much like my post on preventing an eating disorder. It gets bandied around so... Read more

  Posted on 07 January 2015 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Status Update

  

  Hope you all had a lovely Christmas with your families and friends. Granted this time of year can be an utter minefield of surviving the family and meals – and... Read more

  Posted on 28 December 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Feelings in the Grip of Anorexia

  

  There is a blog doing the rounds at the moment of how it is to feel during an eating disorder, particularly anorexia. It is a haunting read. Many of us, either... Read more

  Posted on 23 December 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY

• Dear Body

  

  It occurred to me recently that while my body must be infinitely more content with the treatment it receives from me now (both externally and internally), I fel... Read more

  Posted on 21 December 2014 COMMUNITY, HEALTH, PSYCHOLOGY