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Anorexia Redirecting eating disorder experience into advocacy helps to maintain recovery

Redirecting eating disorder experience into advocacy helps to maintain recovery

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For years I said, ‘I won’t know who I am, without my eating disorder.’ I was fearful of recovery because the eating disorder dominated my identity. If you feel this same way, I’ve good news. I recovered from anorexia nervosa 17 years ago, but the illness has been allowed to...

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eating disorders Why eating disorder recovery requires a village of care

Why eating disorder recovery requires a village of care

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A client recently reflected that her confidence in her ability to recover has come from the trust she places in her treating team. And that before we collaboratively created a supportive, multidisciplinary treating team for her, she wasn’t sure she was capable of recovery. That made a lot of sense...

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