Partners in Change Round-Up: Yoga and Body Image Coalition
The Yoga and Body Image Coalition (YBIC) has been a long-time Partner in Change. This blog round-up, in honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness (#NEDAwareness) Week 2022, highlights how the practice of yoga can be an integral component in the effective treatment of and ongoing recovery from eating disorders and disordered eating. The posts included are from those […]
Partners in Change Round-Up: ANAD, FEDUP, and Project HEAL
Our field is Seeing the Change because of the collective action taken over the last twenty years by many individuals and organizations. In celebration of the organizations that have helped pave the way for eating disorder treatment, research, and advocacy, and who strive to push the field to continue to grow and change for the […]
No More Margins: Centering the Stories of Black Women with Eating Disorders
Black girls don’t have eating disorders. That lie reverberated throughout my adolescence and young adulthood. There were no words for one’s struggle with purging. Or to name and discuss the excessive nighttime eating that comforted after the stress of a longtime day was done. Or to describe my relationship with food when my desire is […]
I Said Goodbye to My Eating Disorder
Editor’s Note – CW: Physical/Mental Abuse I have debated back and forth about writing this because it could be shared with thousands of people. I have always been ashamed of my story but I think it’s now the right time to share it. I hope even a single part of this will spark someone else […]
Welcome to #NEDAwareness Week 2022!
On behalf of the NEDA Board of Directors and staff team, thank you for joining us to celebrate, share, and raise awareness during NEDAwareness Week 2022! We invite you to See the Change, Be the Change. Celebrating twenty years as the National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA), #NEDAwareness Week 2022 is an opportunity to #SeeTheChange by […]
You Are Sick Enough
Looking back on when I first received treatment for my eating disorder as a teenager, my memory is riddled with thoughts of “I’m not sick enough” and “Is my struggle not as bad?”. I was unaware of the paradoxical twist of worries that I was not struggling enough, and therefore did not deserve help, even […]
