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If you struggle to communicate with family, friends, or coworkers, you aren’t alone. Communication in any type of relationship can at times feel tricky, leading to unnecessary conflict, stress, and drama. Luckily, the powerful tool of Assertive Communication can help navigate relationships with honesty and clarity while strengthening your confidence and self-esteem.
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With the hundreds of different diet plans and “healthy eating tips” about what to eat, and when, and why, it can be difficult to notice what kind of eating is normal and intuitive, and what is emotional eating.
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There are many misconceptions about what causes eating disorders. Some people think a person develops an eating disorder out of vanity. Some individuals even blame themselves for their eating disorder, but that’s not true. Many parents and family members of a person with an eating disorder blame themselves for triggering it, but that’s not right either.
There are many different causes of eating disorders, because eating disorders are complex diseases. Read on to find out where eating disorders come from and how they’re triggered.
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When does your child’s love of nothing but chicken nuggets and french fries become problematic? When does extremely picky eating turn into an eating disorder known as ARFID? And what can you as a parent do to help?
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You know that old saying, “too much of any good thing can be a bad thing?” It’s true in just about every situation, including an exercise regimen. While a balanced amount of movement has its place in a healthy life, too much of it can cause devastating issues, including body dysmorphia, exercise dependency, even a full-blown exercise disorder.
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By now, you have experienced at least some of the impacts of COVID-19, whether that’s social, financial, or changes to food and exercise behaviors.
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Do you have your morning coffee the same way every day, or never eat the crust of a sandwich? These are food rituals, but they don’t technically mean you have a problem with food.
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Military personnel are expected to uphold a high standard of discipline, control, and fitness. Many military families are also expected to uphold this level of discipline—at home and at the dinner table.
While eating whole foods, fruits, and vegetables is not in itself a bad thing, there is a fine line between “healthy eating” and disordered eating.
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In the U.S. alone, there are 30 million people who have a diagnosed eating disorder. Ten million of those people identify as male (as of 2021). Eating Disorder professionals suspect that even more adult and teenage men have eating disorders than this, but stay silent. Are you one of these silent sufferers? Are you worried your male loved one might be?
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