Hello, blog! I wanted to share this free printable meal planner with y’all because, honestly, meal planning can be one of the hardest parts of recovery. Especially after leaving residential and IOP/PHP, I felt like I didn’t have a ton of support and skills to bring recovery into my real, everyday life. And real life… Read More Recovery Meal Planning (With FREE Meal Planning PDF)
Once you tell people- whether it’s one person or a few hundred- that you have an eating disorder, you’re in for a rollercoaster of reactions, comments, and questions. Here are the kind of funny, mostly uncomfortable things that happen once people know you’re in recovery: P.S. Isn’t the puppy picture at the top the cutest?… Read More Uncomfortable Things That Happen When People Know You’re in Recovery
Gina Parillo, 28, is known on Instagram as @omggiina, where she shares authentic and personality filled content about her eating disorder recovery journey. Her realness and insight have created a community of over 12,000 followers. I’ve been following Parillo for quite some time and reached out to her for a Q&A about all things recovery,… Read More Q&A with Gina Parillo
A big misunderstanding (and often critique) about the anti-diet community is that it’s anti-health, but this couldn’t be further from the truth! Being anti-diet encourages a more holistic view of health instead of cutting out certain foods and focusing on weight or appearance. While not everyone who is anti-diet struggles with an eating disorder or… Read More Being Anti-Diet isn’t Anti-Health- Here’s Why
Hello, lovelies! Ever since starting this blog, my mission has been to be a resource and friend throughout the recovery process- a safe space I wish I had during my early recovery. As a lot of you know from my other articles and Instagram, I’m OBSESSED with journaling and always advocate for it throughout recovery… Read More Free 7 Day Recovery Journal
On my Instagram Monday I talked about the murder of George Floyd, black lives matter, and the importance of spreading love during these trying times. My original plan was to post a lighthearted article today, but I instead want to focus on the representation that is often lacking in relation to eating disorders due to… Read More Acknowledging Underrepresented Voices in the ED Community
Choosing what and where to eat can be daunting because it isn’t always easy to tell what you want versus what your eating disorder- and all of its food rules- want. As if dodging ED thoughts wasn’t enough, more and more restaurants are including calorie counts and nutritional information that can be triggering, especially early… Read More 5 Tips for Eating Out
One of my biggest challenges in recovery was getting to know myself again. Who was I without ED? I knew how to be the “perfect” version of what I thought was myself, but in reality it was a facade. Recovery wasn’t just weight restoration and getting over fear foods- it was getting to know me… Read More Getting to Know Yourself: 5 Tips
Kaylee Parrish is the founder of The Hope Project, a nonprofit organization dedicated to raising awareness about eating disorders. The Hope Project’s Instagram, @edhopeproject, focuses on spreading positivity and motivation for those in recovery and currently has over 1,200 followers- not to mention a great feed! I reached out to ask her a few questions… Read More Q&A with Kaylee Parrish, Founder of The Hope Project
Our planet is a beautiful one so it is only natural for us to want to protect it and help it thrive for generations to come, but it can be tricky to know how to make an impact. Although going vegan or vegetarian is becoming more and more mainstream as an “obvious” solution, these diets… Read More 5 Ways to Help the Planet That Don’t Involve Changing Your Diet
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