Disordered Eating

Wherever you are in your recovery journey, you deserve support.

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Know that you are not alone in your experience with disordered eating or an eating disorder and that no matter where you are on your journey you deserve, and more than "qualify" for, help. Navigate your healing journey with a compassionate support team in your corner.

We can help de-stigmatize your struggle and remove some of the burdens that disordered eating can carry, so you can develop the tools and strategies necessary for feeling more in control of your healing!

Our practitioners know firsthand how isolating, yet "alluring", disordered eating can be (especially in a culture that feeds directly into it). However, we also know the benefits and growth that recovery brings, such as:

Finding your confidence internally instead of relying on external compliments, acceptance, or validation
Quitting the comparison game and fostering a sense of self-compassion and inner-kindness
Being more present with your friends and family, as well as more grounded within yourself
Feeling more in control of, and capable of regulating, your mental and emotional health
Understanding and appreciating how to nourish the body in a balanced way, by improving the relationship with food and feeling at peace in your body

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The spectrum of disordered eating we can work with:

Chronic dieting, undereating, or impaired relationships with food/body

Heightened levels of anxiety, guilt, or shame involving the eating experience

"Overeating" or "Pendulum Eating" (i.e. undereating for a certain period of time, followed by a period of overeating)

Nighttime Eating, Stress Eating, Boredom Eating

Orthorexia, Healthism Mindsets

ARFID (Avoidant Restrictive Food-Intake Disorder)

Restrictive Eating, cumulative "food rules", Anorexia, Anorexia Nervosa

Binge Eating, Binge Eating Disorder

Bulimia Nervosa, misuse of exercise/"purging" to manipulate body size or compensate for eating

Eating with Chopsticks Disordered Eating

Might look like...

Feeling consumed by your thoughts about food
Feeling guilt or shame after eating
Often eating to a point of uncomfortable fullness
Feeling a loss of control around food and/or consuming large amounts to the point of discomfort
Frequently or obsessively weighing one's self, body checking, or shaming your reflection
Feeling the need to "work off" or "earn" your food
Going prolonged and/or abnormal periods of time without eating
Avoiding or cutting out whole food groups

Regardless of where you fall on the disordered eating spectrum, you deserve support on your journey. Our support team can help in your recovery journey and beyond!

It's the end (or result) of the disordered eating spectrum...

Eating Disorders are diagnosable when someone is consistently (and over a sustained period of time, usually 3-months) engaging in behaviours that are significantly risking or impacting their physical and/or mental health. One's day-to-day ability to function "optimally" is impeded, as obsessive thoughts or behaviours surrounding how we nourish and view our body take over.

Eating disorders, such as Orthorexia, ARFID, Anorexia Nervosa, Bulimia Nervosa, and Binge Eating Disorder are mental health conditions, as such, they warrant attention and care, and can only be diagnosed by a doctor or other mental health professional.

The Bottom Line: If the way you eat and think about food interferes with your life, you may be experiencing disordered eating or wading into eating disorder territory. Take it seriously and talk to someone who can help. You don’t need to wait to seek help!

For many, it may seem like a "normal" relationship with food...

Relationships with food, body, and movement are often impaired. You feel guilt or shame after eating “bad” foods. You categorize some foods as “good” and others as “bad”. You compare what you eat to others around you. If you “overeat” or eat something “bad” you feel a need to “make up for it” by eating less, exercising, or skipping meals. You often eat to a point of uncomfortable fullness. You feel fear or anxiety about eating meals or certain foods. Social events where there is food feels scary or stressful. You feel anxious eating out or when you don’t know exactly what is in the food...

This doesn't have to me your "normal", it actually quite far off from how we are designed to function and nourish ourselves as humans!