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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...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Jun 16, 20232 min read
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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...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Jun 11, 20231 min read
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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...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Jun 4, 20231 min read
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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...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 31, 20232 min read
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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...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 28, 20231 min read
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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...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 25, 20232 min read
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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...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 22, 20232 min read
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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...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 18, 20232 min read
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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...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 16, 20231 min read
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If foot binding is barbaric...
[Support for Eating Disorder Recovery} I remember being in social studies class when I was in middle school and learning about foot...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 12, 20231 min read
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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?...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 8, 20231 min read
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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...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
May 6, 20231 min read
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Ever see a lion on a diet?
Have you ever seen a lion on a diet? Or a herd of zebras fretting about their carb intake? Of course not. These majestic creatures use...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Apr 30, 20231 min read
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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,...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Apr 27, 20231 min read
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A broken bone is a great reminder...
This broken bone in my hand is such a good reminder to love our bodies - every part of them. I broke a bone in my hand while playing...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Apr 26, 20231 min read
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Here's how you know you need help...
If your own mind wants to waterboard you for even thinking about eating a cookie...it's time to seek help for your eating disorder. When...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Apr 17, 20231 min read
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It's not an eating disorder...
It's an eating adaptation. It's how people cope with being told over again and again that they have to eat or look a certain way to...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Apr 14, 20231 min read
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Don't sweat it if your body doesn't look like Rihanna's
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Don't sweat it if your body doesn't look like Rihanna's - you're already a winner! After all, your body has...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Apr 6, 20231 min read
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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...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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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...

Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
Mar 30, 20231 min read
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