What Is Eating Disorder Recovery, Really?
Recovery is one of the most used and most misunderstood words in the eating disorder world. For some, it’s a destination. For others, it’s a daily practice. Either way, it’s rarely linear, and it doesn’t always look the way people expect it to. You don’t need to “look” sick to need support, and you don’t…
TikTok, GLP-1s, and the Return of the Thin Ideal: Eating Disorders and Social Media Revisited
In 2025, the pressure to be thin isn’t just back—it’s repackaged, rebranded, and algorithmically amplified. On social media, we’re watching a familiar aesthetic re-emerge, embedded in appearance-focused content and often disguised as health or lifestyle advice. Add to that the rise of GLP-1 medications like Ozempic and Wegovy—marketed and memed into the mainstream—and it’s hard…
Eating Disorder Awareness Month | Build a Recovery Network
Eating Disorder Awareness Month Blog – Week 4: Building Your Recovery Network: Support Systems in Treatment and Beyond Welcome to the fourth installment in our blog series honoring Eating Disorder Awareness Month. In this article, we will discuss building an eating disorder support system, and how having a nurturing eating disorder recovery network is instrumental…
Eating Disorder Awareness Month Blog | The Comprehensive Treatment Approach
Welcome to the third installment of our blog series honoring Eating Disorder Awareness Month. In this post, we will discuss holistic eating disorder treatment methods and how specialized eating disorder therapy combining evidence-based eating disorder treatment and a whole-person wellness approach yields significant, long-term benefits. “Recovery from disordered eating is about accepting the wholeness of…
Eating Disorder Awareness Month | Breaking Barriers
Eating Disorder Awareness Month Blog – Week 2: Breaking Barriers: Addressing Common Concerns About Eating Disorder Treatment Welcome to the second post in our February blog series honoring Eating Disorder Awareness Month. In this entry, we discuss eating disorder treatment concerns and how to respect your reservations about starting eating disorder treatment. “Recovery from disordered…
Eating Disorder Awareness Month | Finding Peace in Recovery
Eating Disorder Awareness Month Blog Week 1 — Finding Peace in Recovery: The Healing Environment of Treatment Welcome to our blog series honoring February as Eating Disorder Awareness Month. This week, we shine a light on the complexities of residential eating disorder treatment and the importance of the recovery environment in breaking negative patterns. The…