Explore the pivotal role of a registered dietitian in eating disorder recovery. Learn how they provide education, develop meal plans, and foster a healthier relationship with food and body.
Explore a selection of books on eating disorder awareness, intuitive eating, and more. These resources offer insights and guidance for those affected by eating disorders and those supporting their recovery journey.
Shedding light on eating disorders in men, this BALANCE blog navigates the unique challenges, impacts, and support options available. Men deserve recovery, too.
Discover the truth behind common eating disorder myths with BALANCE Eating Disorder Treatment Center™. Learn how these complex mental health conditions go beyond food and affect people of all ages, genders, and body sizes, and why it's crucial to spread accurate information for recovery.
Discover how to challenge diet culture and reframe your beliefs with these five empowering techniques. Break free from food morality, exercise for joy, embrace diverse body sizes, honor your hunger cues, and set boundaries in a diet-focused world. Learn to navigate diet culture effectively.
Eating during lunch at school can add an unwelcome layer of anxiety when recovering from an eating disorder. While the structure and schedule school brings can be relieving, the public setting can also be stressful. There may be triggers at school, but it is possible to focus on your recovery regardless of outside influences.
Eating disorder recovery is challenging for everyone involved, including parents of those with eating disorders. While working through recovery is more rewarding than staying stuck in an eating disorder, it is important to remember that recovery is not a linear process. This can make supporting your child in recovery feel demanding and exhausting.
Being vulnerable about your eating disorder can be terrifying, even with the ones we most love and trust. The shame and stigma surrounding eating disorders make it difficult to breach the topic of your mental health with the people who care about you.
Eating disorders are incredibly manipulative conditions that play on your emotions. They can feel like an important coping mechanism and a toxic presence simultaneously. Often, eating disorders erode your sense of self and overwhelm your life and identity. When pursuing recovery, it can be challenging to separate yourself from your eating disorder, but it is more than possible with the right support.
Diet culture often influences us to try new weight loss methods perpetually, be it Weight Waters, Noom, or trendy diets such as Keto or Intermittent Fasting. Although society sees these as “healthy” or “normal,” the sustainability and benefits of these restrictive dieting practices are harmful to most individuals.
