Ticking | Fasting | Meadowglade|Hungry | Fasting | Meadowglade

Feb

Fasting Too Far

Over the years there have been more trendy diets than you can shake a stick at. From the Atkins Diet to the Cabbage Soup Diet, each eating regime claims to be the best thing to lose weight and to get healthy. Yet, recently, there has been a trend towards very extreme diets. Some of the […]

Exhausted | Anorexia | The Meadowglade|Therapy Session All Ages | Anorexia | The Meadowglade

Feb

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Anorexia and Aging

Most people tend to think of anorexia as a disease that affects young women and teenage girls. However, this is certainly not the case. Although there is a growing awareness that anorexia and other eating disorders don’t discriminate on grounds of sex, race, age or sexuality, there is still a stereotypical view of what an […]

Party | Eating Disorders | The Meadowglade|In Therapy | Eating Disorders | The Meadowglade

Feb

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Alcohol Use and Eating Disorders: “Drunkorexia?”

How did you spend your days in college? These days, four out of five college students use alcohol — and half of all college drinkers are binge drinkers (meaning that men consume 5+ drinks and women consume 4+ drinks over the course of two hours). Binge drinking is dangerous on its own, but when combined […]

Flag | LGBT Eating Disorders | Meadowglade|Weightlifter | LGBT Eating Disorders | Meadowglade

Feb

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Body Image and Eating Disorders in the LGBTQ Community

When you picture someone with an eating disorder, what do you see? We often think of eating disorders as a disease affecting white, wealthy, cis-gendered teenage girls — when in reality, the breadth of who can be diagnosed with an eating disorder stretches far wider. In fact, the LGBTQ community is disproportionately affected by eating […]

Dictionary | Eating Disorder | Meadowglade|Therapist | Eating Disorder | Meadowglade

Feb

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Eating Disorder Stereotypes

When friends and family find out that someone they love has an eating disorder, we hope they react with love, compassion, and support. However, some may respond with “victim-blaming, cattiness or awkward silence,” as Bustle writes — in no small part due to harmful stereotypes about people with eating disorders. Eating disorder stereotypes are, unfortunately, […]

Snack | Eating Disorders | Meadowglade|Food Service | Eating Disorders | Meadowglade

Jan

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When Work Triggers Eating Disorders

Many people have eating disorders, so it stands to reason that there is probably going to be someone in your workplace who is a sufferer. There are also many things that can trigger eating disorders to develop. Lots of people think that that the main culprits are self-esteem issues due to unrealistic portrayals of body […]

Instagram | Mental Health | The Meadowglade|Women in Therapy | Mental Health | The Meadowglade

Jan

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Is Instagram Making Your Mental Health Worse?

Social media seems to have pervaded through every element of our lives. Facebook, Pinterest, Twitter… we’re all addicted to feeds whether from friends and family or from influencers. As the number of these feeds depicting exotic vacations, picture-perfect moments and filtered images of slim and beautiful increase models, our self-confidence decreases, and our mental health […]