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How to Start Living Fearlessly In Your Everyday Life

From fear of judgment at the gym during “resolution season” to fear of failure when asking for a raise, all of us deal with fear every single day. One of my big goals at this time in my life is to live fearlessly. About 40 million American…

Eating Disorders in Men: Not a Phase, Not a Choice, Not a Joke

Men, Recovery

Everyone faces obstacles. No matter who you are, what you look like, or where you live, we all face road blocks while moving forward in life. Some of us get through them very easily while others struggle through each one, hanging on by the smallest…

New Digital Drama Series Shines Light On Eating Disorders in Men

Men

Approximately 30 million people will struggle with an eating disorder at some point in their lives – 10 million of those people are men. Despite the statistics, men with eating disorders are often mocked, belittled, or ignored in a culture…

Instilling and Supporting Body Confidence in Men

Body Image, Men, Special Topics

When I was deeply suffering from my eating disorder, I hated my body. I abused it. Worst of all, I separated myself from it. My mind became one entity and my body became another. To my mind, my body seldom did anything right. Since entering…

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I Stopped Lying and Faced My Addictions—You Can, Too

Men, Recovery, Substance Use

As a person who struggled with an eating disorder and a co-occurring substance abuse problem, I spent nearly a decade lying. I lied about how much I was eating, I lied about how often I was eating, and I lied about what I was doing after…

You Deserve to Live: Why I’m So Grateful I Did Not End My Life

Men, Recovery

All three of these times, when I made the decision to jeopardize my own existence, I truly wanted to die. In those moments, I believed that whatever I was going through – coming to terms with my sexuality, break ups, fights with friends, bad…

How to Address the Troubling Lack of Diversity Among Eating Disorders Professionals

BIPOC, LGBTQIA+, Men, Special Topics

Many of us from minority communities, whether it be our race/ethnicity, sexual orientation/gender identity, foreign/immigration status, or any other such factor, share an unfortunately common experience moving through the world: being the only…

The Lions Barber Collective: A Safe Space for Men to Talk About Mental Health

Men, Special Topics

Each year, it is reported that one person in the UK completes suicide every 120 minutes. Most of those people are men. And suicide and eating disorders often intersect; for example, those suffering with anorexia are 31 times more likely to attempt…

The Thaw: Embracing My Eating Disorder Recovery Process

Men, Recovery

Growing up, I always wanted to say that something would “unthaw” when my mom would pull it from our freezer for dinner. It was one of these words that I always used in the wrong context; I was always saying “unthaw.” Thinking about my…

Notoriously Dapper’s Kelvin Davis is Inspiring Body Confidence in Men

Body Image, Men

Kelvin Davis is a body-positive men’s fashion blogger. He is a model for Chubbies, an admin for Eff Your Beauty Standards, a dancer, a modern-day gentleman, a style icon, and a celebrator of body positivity on Instagram. Kelvin is now an author…

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