Caring for Someone With an Eating Disorder: The Importance of Self-Care for Caregivers
Parents & CaregiversHow to Refuel: Because You Can’t Support Your Loved One on an Empty Tank
Parents & Caregivers, Special TopicsMy Loved One Has an Eating Disorder but Refuses Treatment. What Should I Do?
Parents & Caregivers, RecoveryWhy Community is Not Only Helpful in Eating Disorder Recovery, It’s Essential
Parents & Caregivers, RecoveryI’m an Adult with an Eating Disorder. Do My Loved Ones Need to Be Involved in Treatment?
Older Adults, Parents & Caregivers, RecoveryAs a Mother of Two Kids with Eating Disorders, Here’s How I Ease the Transition Back to School for Them
Parents & Caregivers, Student Life
After summer, fall is perhaps the second-most challenging time of year for children with eating disorders. Going back to school brings a host of uncertainties and challenges that can be dysregulating for children, teens and even college-age…
As the Mother of Two Kids with Eating Disorders, Here’s How I Tackle Summer Triggers
Parents & Caregivers, Recovery
We’re meant to enjoy these supposedly lazy days of summer. Yet, for parents of children with eating disorders, summer is often a time of worry. This is true for me. I have two children, ages 14 and 19, who have been diagnosed with and treated…
You Have to See the Eating Disorder Beast to Slay the Beast
Parents & CaregiversThis blog post is sponsored by Equip.Note from JD: This is my experience as the mother of someone with restrictive anorexia who is in solid, long-lasting recovery after an early diagnosis; we had access to excellent treatment. I use the term…
I Never Let Her Give Up, and I Never Left Her Side
Parents & CaregiversI never thought I would ever experience the feeling of crawling to the bottom of a dark ocean floor with my daughter. The feeling of the cold dark water as I held on to her for dear life, as I kept crawling forward, my hands gripping the…
More Than Just His Journey
Parents & CaregiversThank you to Aloria Health for sponsoring this blog post.Being the parent of a child with a mental health diagnosis can be exhausting. Deciding to send your child away from their norm is not only a hard choice but sometimes the choice between…