It's the new year and I've been hearing people beat themselves up for their food choices and weight. I just want to remind my friends in...

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 This holiday season, will you you be gathering friends and family who just can't help themselves when it...

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By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Thanksgiving is a special time for many - a time to be grateful, connect with loved ones, and enjoy delicious...

By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Have you ever noticed that the behaviors we tend to associate with health can also be warning signs for...

By Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS 🌟 Struggling with an eating disorder can also mean battling anxiety. 💔 Worries about body image, eating...

By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS It's normal to want people to like you. 😊 But it's extraordinary to genuinely like yourself so that even...

By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Eating disorders appear to revolve around a fear of food and weight gain, or an uncontrollable pattern of...

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...

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...