7 Ways to Practice Self-Care This Easter Weekend
With Easter can come some inevitable holiday stress. Whether it be interacting with difficult family members or remaining calm around the dinner table, managing self-love can be difficult for many. Here are seven ways to reduce stress and sit back and enjoy Easter and the memories that come with it. 1. Remember how far you […]
“You Are Beautiful and Loved”: An Interview with Country Artist Ciara Rae
Ciara Rae, an up and coming country artist based out of Nashville, expresses her strengths and self-love through her powerful lyrics. Having struggled with an eating disorder, she hopes to help others in the process of healing with music. At a young age, she began her music training with just piano and voice, but has […]
United States Government Includes Funding for Eating Disorders Research through the Department of Defense!
In recognition of the critical needs of military members and their families suffering from eating disorders, the Department of Defense‘s (DOD) Peer Reviewed Medical Research Program (PRMRP) will once again dedicate funds for eating disorders research for prevention, intervention and treatment programs. Congress first made eating disorders eligible for funding in 2017 within the $300 […]
Shifting My Perspective on Recovery
While some of us may share an eating disorder diagnosis, every person’s eating disorder is different. Each one has different contributing factors. Each one started at a different time in our lives. Some people’s eating disorders go on for a long time before being diagnosed. Some people do not go to treatment for a long […]
Orthorexia: A Deceptive Diet
“Be sure to eat your vegetables.” For me, this saying was an everyday staple of my childhood, and although it has been nearly half a decade since I last lived with my parents, I still try my best to follow a healthy diet and lead a healthy lifestyle. During my freshman and sophomore years in […]
Dealing With Body Image Concerns During Spring Break
The first time I learned about “spring break diets,” I was 15 years old. One of my best friends, who was a few years older, was going to a music festival in Florida for spring break. In the weeks leading up to her trip, she started exercising a lot and no longer wanted to share […]
How I Became an Advocate for Eating Disorder Legislation in Ohio
When someone mentions Ohio, my home state, they usually think football, the Midwest, and buckeyes, but from personal experience, mental health and eating disorder awareness/prevention do not always come to mind. As a kid, a close relative of mine struggled with her eating disorder and still does. It is due to that personal experience that […]
7 Ways to Spread Positivity This International Day of Happiness
As International Day of Happiness trends across social media, remember that you don’t have to wear a smile all the time. Wherever you are in your mental health journey, there are simple ways to make the world a kinder place. Here are seven tips to get you started: 1. Give someone a compliment. A compliment […]
Determined to Succeed at Any Cost: Eating Disorders in Division 1 Sports
BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! … It’s 5:30am and the alarm is going off. It’s Tuesday morning. My stomach does a flip when I realize what day it is. However, I’m not anxious about the dreaded morning weight circuit, like most of my teammates are, I’m anxious because it might be weigh in day. Content note: mentions […]
Here’s Why I’ll Never Compliment Someone’s Weight Loss
Let me start off by saying that I genuinely love giving people compliments. I love spreading kindness and when it comes to compliments, I don’t hold back. With that being said, I will not compliment someone’s weight loss and I don’t think you should either for the following reasons: 1. Complimenting weight loss reinforces the […]
