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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Jul 27, 20231 min read
Wellness Beyond Weight
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS In diet culture, the desire to be healthy and the desire to be thin are often intertwined, but they are not...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Jul 20, 20231 min read
The Nature of a Body is Change
By Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS In diet culture, no one ever tells you that body changes and, even weight gain, are normal parts of life. So,...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Jul 13, 20231 min read
Just Say "No" to Fad Diets
If you're struggling with disordered eating, giving up dieting doesn't mean that you stopped caring about your health. Instead, it...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Jul 5, 20231 min read
Weight Stigma Hurts Children & Teens
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS When a child or teen is criticized about their weight and size, especially by someone important to them, like...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Jun 25, 20231 min read
The Grass is Greener on the Other Side Of Diet Culture
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Health matters. And if you want to improve yours, you can, by engaging in healthy behaviors like increasing...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Jun 16, 20232 min read
How guilty-eating effects your health, hunger, and eating patterns.
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS The food and diet industries have created a modern-day morality test, what you eat is a sign of your goodness...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Jun 11, 20231 min read
Survey Suggests Two-Thirds of Kids May Struggle with Body Image
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Parents, the diet industry spends millions every year to promote body insecurity in us and our kids. This...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Jun 4, 20231 min read
A Tip for Managing Body Image Distress
When you're in recovery from an eating disorder, you're going to struggle with your body image sometimes. It's just part of it. What's...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 31, 20232 min read
Little ways to protest weight stigma and diet dogma to support eating disorder recovery.
In the 60s, feminists burned their bras at a Miss America contest to protest the oppressive images of female beauty that were being...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 28, 20231 min read
Trying to fit a square peg into a round hole isn't a health strategy...
Ever try to fit a square peg into a round hole? <-- Here's what happens. The force by which you shove it, causes damage to the square...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 25, 20232 min read
What looks like a person living their best life, could be a health crisis.
#eatingdisorderrecovery If you're in recovery and your friend loses a bunch of weight and starts flaunting it, it can really trigger your...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 22, 20232 min read
Leave Diet Talk off the Menu (for Eating Disorder Prevention)
I was eating dinner at a restaurant when a teen at the next table ordered a hamburger and fries. An adult at her table said, "How do you...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 18, 20232 min read
Respecting Your Teen's Growing Body & Food Choices for Eating Disorder Prevention
Parents, I know you mean well when you point out your teens' weight gain or nudge them toward dieting; but these things don't help. Your...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 16, 20231 min read
Managing Stress with a HeartMath Device (for eating disorder recovery)
It's been a stressful day, which makes it a great day to show you one of the ways a person recovered from an eating disorder manages her...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 8, 20231 min read
The Hamster Wheel of a Weight-Focused Life
[Support for Eating Disorder Recovery] An older woman once said to me, 'I spent my entire life trying to change my body. And for what?...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 6, 20231 min read
Weight-Increasing Effects of Dieting
People, we need a reframe! The diet industry taught us that by restricting food, we can lose weight. But research shows that, for the...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Apr 27, 20231 min read
Make a body-positive closet
If you're cleaning out your closet while recovering from an eating disorder, I have some advice for you. Clutter expert Marie Kondo,...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Mar 31, 20231 min read
A Shame-Free Relationship with Food
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS You have nothing to be ashamed of when it comes to your eating choices. What you eat is not an issue of...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Mar 30, 20231 min read
Is it me or is it the food?
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS So let me get this straight, whomever is in charge of American food... you're gonna take a couple of...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Mar 13, 20232 min read
"Annoying Bra Fat"???
Author: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS So, there's an exercise class that I enjoy and do often. The only thing I don't like about the class is...
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