My Fave Books of 2021 by Marci Evans

January 27, 2022 Marci Evans Body Image Clinician Training Eating Disorders General Interest

It’s January and well, I won’t say Happy New Year, because most people I talk to right now aren’t jumping with joy right now. Things are a bit rough my friends, so it really seems like no better time than to escape into the land of books. For the third year in a row, my [...]

Remember and Repeat after me – I AM Enough

December 22, 2021 Marci Evans Body Image Eating Disorders Motivation

December is a hectic month. Regardless of your religious affiliation, the holidays you celebrate, and how you are managing the pandemic right now - December is kind of hard. Over the past couple of weeks, I’ve found myself dropping balls left and right - sending my son to school without his water bottle, forgetting to [...]

Boundaries & Gratitude are Like PB&J

November 24, 2021 Marci Evans Body Image Eating Disorders Intuitive Eating

Here in the United States, the Thanksgiving holiday reminds many of us to reconnect to our gratitude. Yet, this creates a very interesting tension for individuals with eating disorders because of the central role that food plays in our gatherings and celebrations. “I’m supposed to feel gratitude while managing all of this food stress?!” For [...]

3 Myths about Eating Disorders Treatment

October 27, 2021 Marci Evans Clinician Training Eating Disorders

While there are a lot of problematic myths out there, here are three Myths about Eating Disorders Treatment that I’ve been reflecting on quite a bit. As I have been doing all the legwork on the newest version of my online training “Nutrition Counseling for Eating Disorders” I have been thinking a lot about common […]

To the Beleaguered – 5 Suggestions to Help you Get Through Today

October 22, 2021 Marci Evans Body Image Motivation

We have never been more ready to say goodbye to such a beast of a year (almost two). If you are reading this, it is likely because you struggle with and care deeply about your mental, emotional, and physical well-being. Or because you are a clinician who cares about the mental, emotional, and physical well-being […]

Family Meals – Friend or Foe?

September 25, 2021 Marci Evans Body Image Nutrition

I recently learned that September is National Family Meals Month. I don’t know about you but when I think about family meals, I have two different reactions - a personal reaction and a professional one. Let’s start with the latter. Professional me is stoked! I know the research behind the incredible benefits of family meals: Better academic [...]

What Does Equality Have to Do With Your Body?

August 28, 2021 Marci Evans Body Image Eating Disorders

Today is Women’s Equality Day here in the United States. This is a day which commemorates “the 1920 adoption of the Nineteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution, which prohibits...denying the right to vote...on the basis of sex.1” I am so grateful that so many people have fought tirelessly and continue to fight for the [...]