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 I don't know if Lizzo and her staff body-shamed her dancers. It needs to be sorted out in a legal process....

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 There is no perfect body. The obsession with a trending body type, whether thin or thick, curvy or straight,...

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...

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 When a child or teen is criticized about their weight and size, especially by someone important to them, like...