Every Body Belongs: Inclusive Eating Disorder Care in 2026
Why weight-inclusive, culturally responsive eating disorder care is essential for access, recovery, and saving lives. National Eating Disorders Awareness Week (NEDAW) takes place in the United States from February 23 – March 1, 2026. This year’s theme is Every Body Belongs. I cannot think of a more important message for the eating disorder field right [...]
Healing Without Harm: Why Weight Inclusive Care Matters
Did you know there is a week every September dedicated to raising awareness about and dismantling weight stigma? Well, there is! And this year’s theme is “Healing Without Harm: Ending Weight Stigma in Healthcare.” When I decided to become an eating disorder specialist, I had no idea how much of my energy would be poured [...]
Bridging the Gap Between Food Addiction and Eating Disorder Treatment
What happens when food addiction frameworks meet eating disorder care and treatment? In this 5th and final installment of this food addiction series, I take a closer look at what we know, what we don’t, with some thoughts on where we go from here. If you haven’t already, I encourage you to start from […]
Weight is Not the Illness When it Comes to Eating Disorders
We need to end traumatic and destructive anti-fatness rooted racism, shame, and discrimination. I got so angry while at the Eating Disorders Research Society Conference in September of 2023. If you’ve been following my reels on Instagram (totally ok if you’re not), you may have seen me sharing some of my takeaways and highlights from the [...]
The Intersection of Chronic Illness, Eating Disorders and Body Image
We have very little research that explores the impact of more rare, chronic conditions on issues of food and body image healing. But I can tell you from both personal and professional experience, complex chronic illness takes a significant toll on both. That is why I am so passionate about educating and supporting others. There [...]
But I Hate My Body…Cracking the Code on Body Acceptance
Are you considering the notion of body acceptance. Or perhaps someone in your life is urging you to consider body acceptance. Maybe you have heard the word body acceptance and thought to yourself, “Why in the world would I accept THIS body?” Body acceptance is a super challenging idea for nearly everyone. We have been […]
Dismantling Stigma One Word at a Time
The words we use matter A LOT! They carry far more meaning than their simple definition might imply. I find that, as I work with both clients and clinicians on dismantling internalized weight stigma, many feel overwhelmed and intimated by the linguistics of it all. Learning to speak and process in a non-stigmatizing way is […]