We’ve come up with our best tips for maintaining eating disorder recovery throughout the process of getting into the back to school routine that are categorized into behaviors, thoughts, emotions, relationships, and time management.

Fear of making a mistake, anxiety about doing something just right, having such a need for control that anything less than “perfect” is intolerable are all examples of how perfectionism may manifest. 

Counseling can help to bridge this gap and help a parent or caregiver find that healthy middle ground as well as provide enough structure and expectations with the loved one that is grounded in validation and understanding.

You may have heard the term “orthorexia” as it relates to eating disorder.  While not a formal diagnosis, it’s a way to differentiate one restrictive/avoidance type of eating disorder from another.  We want to help tease this out because we are currently living in a culture that elevates a healthy lifestyle sometimes to the point of this becoming an unhealthy obsession.

Chaos is everywhere.  And at the same time, so is stillness.  A stillness we’re not used to.  And when our brain senses something we’re not used to, we don’t feel safe.  Ironically, it’s how our brain keeps us safe. But right now, it feels like chaos.  And it doesn’t have to be that way.

Ever cringe when you hear the word meditate?  In the beginning, I think it was because it felt a little “froo froo” to me.  A little out there…like, you want me to do whaaaat? You know what I’m saying?  And then I began to see the research and started to buy into the concept quite a bit more,  So I did. Then I discovered it’s really hard. Then I discovered that’s a judgment and not really part of a meditative practice.