Eating Disorders
Millions of people aren't happy with the way they look. In fact, the National Eating Disorder Information Centre estimates that up to 40% of nine year-old girls have dieted to lose weight—even when they were at a normal weight.
This is Me at Work
Does my eating disorder have a place at my “professional-world” table?
Issue 9
In this issue
Welcome to HeretoHelp Within Reach! HeretoHelp Within Reach is a quarterly newsletter that highlights resources from HeretoHelp and the BC Partners for Mental Health and Substance Use Information.
In this issue, learn about body image, self-esteem, and disordered eating resources from the BC Partners.
My Story of Recovery Doesn’t End Here
Reprinted from the Recovery: Living Your Bestish Life issue of Visions Journal, 2022, 17 (4), pp. 14-15
I am a 41-year-old woman, a mother, a wife. I am in recovery from anorexia nervosa.
Battling the Body Blues
Parents and youth
The Overlap Between Anxiety and Eating Disorders
Many people who have experienced an eating disorder or disordered eating are familiar with anxiety.
Imperfection is Beauty
My personal struggles with an eating disorder
Reprinted from the "Responding to Feelings" issue of Visions Journal, 2021, 16 (4), pp. 16-17
Recovery as a Collective Process
Samantha’s story starts with her own eating disorder, depression, anxiety and PTSD and eventually problems with alcohol and painkillers, too. Samantha then describes the transition to becoming a parent to a child who will go on to develop her own mental health struggles. Find out more about the strength and vulnerability Samantha needs to support her daughter, including realizing when they both need more help.
