Category: storytelling

In this third post that June Alexander has adapted from Alykhan’s Asaria’s article on improving eating disorder care for underserved groups, three more underserved groups are discussed — younger children, people with under-recognised eating disorders, and people with higher weights. Younger children and pre-adolescents Children under 13, and by implication,...

Have you become acquainted with Artificial Intelligence (AI) yet, or are you fearful of it? After initial hesitation, I decided to give it a go. My youngest son, Ben, who has always worked in Information Technology and is doing his Master’s in AI, said, “Get with it, Mum. AI is...

In the second post that June Alexander has adapted from Alykhan Asaria’s article on improving eating disorder care for underserved groups, the first of 12 underserved groups are discussed – people with longstanding eating disorders and older people with an eating disorder. Anecdotally, eating disorder (ED) sufferers are considered ‘older’...

Living with an eating disorder is hard, and recovery is everything but linear. Summer has been bravely battling anorexia nervosa since the fall of 2023. After much progress during the summer of 2024, Summer’s return to school dragged us back into the grim reality of dealing with an eating disorder...

In this first post that June Alexander has adapted from Alykhan Asaria’s article on improving eating disorder care, underserved groups and humanistic eating disorder care are discussed. This article on improving access to eating disorder (ED) care is informed by my lived experiences, independent research, and involvement in the underappreciated...

Korea’s Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW) 2025 was a whirlwind. I lived like a ghost, confined to my room packed with boxed props. My resignation letter had been submitted to my full-time job. My focus was stretched thin across every detail of the daily sessions: ticketing, Instagram promotions, Google Meet...

A recent article published on this blog (Imagine a Global Board for Eating Disorders) proposed an international governing body that would bring together experts, voices from lived experience, advocates, and industry leaders to tackle the complexities of eating disorders. That vision is no longer an idea. It’s a reality. To...

Recovering from an eating disorder can be a lonely experience. Even if a supportive team of professionals and loved ones is rallying around, feelings of isolation persist. Visits with therapists, dietitians and doctors are vitally important, as is the encouragement and support of family and friends, but sometimes that doesn’t...

“Someone I loved once gave me a box full of darkness It took me years to understand that this, too, was a gift.” The Uses of Sorrow, American poet, Mary Oliver (1935-2019) “Life is not fair. Don’t expect it to be.” I was sitting in the psychiatrist’s consulting suite, feeling...

Imagine a Global Board that listens to “everyone” in the eating disorder field. What a difference it could make to lives everywhere! The vision for a Global Board comes from the indefatigable Elissa Myers, former chief staff executive of the Academy for Eating Disorders (AED). Under Elissa’s proposed model, a...