Making Time for Recovery
Returning to School Can be Both Exciting and Challenging The start of a new semester can be a bittersweet moment. For many college students, it is time to leave your hometown to return to school. This can be an exciting time where you will navigate campus and rekindle friendships from past semesters. However, for someone […]
Maintaining Recovery While in School
Returning to school after summer break is a big transition. It can be a happy and exciting time, as well as a scary and confusing one. Either way, orientation week and going back to school can feel quite disorienting for anyone, but for someone who struggles with an eating disorder it can pose some added […]
Rethinking the “Freshman 15”: Talking About Our Bodies with Kindness
Last week, I had my first day of classes in Copenhagen, where I will be studying abroad for the next semester. In my applied psychotherapy course, my professor gave us a piece of advice: treat yourself the way you want to treat others, because quite often, we are not as kind to ourselves as we […]
Back to School: Checking In With Yourself and Setting Reasonable Goals
Going back to school for my second year at college is something I’ve been looking forward to for the entire summer. I have enjoyed living far from home, having my own space, and being able to learn and explore the world as an independent person. I love my school and my friends, and I could […]
Back to School After Eating Disorder Treatment
Like many of us, I always spent the month of August wondering who my teachers would be, what kind of homework I’d get, and who might be in my classes. In the past, the ambiguity made me a little nervous about going back to school, until I faced the most nerve-wracking August of my life. […]
Student Life Resource Round-Up!
As we all know, being a student is tough. From back-to-school changes to busy schedules throughout the year, many students feel a strain – and that can be especially true for those affected by eating disorders. In an online poll conducted by NEDA, we found that over one third of students expressed that their school […]
Traveling, Healing, Learning
I believe that traveling teaches us so much about ourselves, the world, and our relationship to both. That being said, traveling was merely a dream I had for a very long time. I very much wanted to experience new places. I wanted to feel the excitement of new surroundings. I wanted to learn and be […]
Using Art to Quiet the ED Voice
“But I’m just not that artistic!” is something I hear frequently in practice with individuals working through their eating disorder recovery. You don’t have to consider yourself “artistic “to use creative expression as a coping mechanism in your recovery journey. Art in its many forms can serve as a positive way to cope or as […]
Down with Sexist Dress Codes! An Interview with the Students Behind Not ‘A’ Distraction
Women grow up knowing that if we have a problem with the status quo, the burden is on us to change—cover up and don’t look slutty, don’t drink so much, learn how to defend yourself. Don’t be a distraction. As a college student, these societal expectations are repulsive. Teachers should be educating students on how […]
Dress Codes Are Body-Shaming and Sexist
The first time I got in trouble for clothing at school, or got “dress-coded,” I was 12. It was around the time that wearing leggings and jean skirts was super “in.” That day I wore a jean skirt, likely an inch shorter than school allowed, black leggings to cover up the rest of my legs […]
