By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Want to improve your body image without focusing on weight? Check out this guide to help you feel better...

By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Is your child or teen experiencing body image stress? Here's a guide to help you help your child turn that...

By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS I love watching my child play volleyball. However, I can't help but feel upset when I hear some parents from...

By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Happy Halloween, everyone! 🎃👻 We know that this holiday, with all its sweet, sugary candy, can be...

By Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Perhaps we're so used to be told that we should watch our weight and monitor our diet that when we become...

If you're struggling with disordered eating, giving up dieting doesn't mean that you stopped caring about your health. Instead, it...

If you grew up in an environment that made you feel ashamed or anxious about your body, it probably effected your body image and may have...

By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Health matters. And if you want to improve yours, you can, by engaging in healthy behaviors like increasing...

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...

By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Parents, the diet industry spends millions every year to promote body insecurity in us and our kids. This...

In the 60s, feminists burned their bras at a Miss America contest to protest the oppressive images of female beauty that were being...

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...

#eatingdisorderrecovery If you're in recovery and your friend loses a bunch of weight and starts flaunting it, it can really trigger your...

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...

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...

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...

[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?...

People, we need a reframe! The diet industry taught us that by restricting food, we can lose weight. But research shows that, for the...

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...

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...