Practicing Self-Respect for Eating Disorder Recovery
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS It's normal to want people to like you. 😊 But it's extraordinary to genuinely like yourself so that even...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Sep 11
- 1 min
If Lizzo Body-Shamed Her Dancers...
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS I don't know if Lizzo and her staff body-shamed her dancers. It needs to be sorted out in a legal process....
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Sep 3
- 1 min
Why we lose our eating off-switch, and how to get it back.
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS If you're struggling with binge eating or other eating patterns that feel out of your control, don't beat...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Aug 28
- 1 min
A Moderate and Sustainable Eating Stance
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS In pursuit of better health, many of us have been lured into the trap of restrictive eating strategies...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Aug 21
- 1 min
Eating Disorders and Childhood Trauma
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Eating disorders appear to revolve around a fear of food and weight gain, or an uncontrollable pattern of...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Aug 16
- 1 min
Take it and Run!
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS I know that you can get validation by restricting your food and losing a little weight. But there's a risk to...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Aug 14
- 1 min
Beautifully Flawed
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Amy Bloom said, "You are imperfect, permanently and inevitably flawed. And you are beautiful." Perfectionism,...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Aug 7
- 1 min
There is no perfect body.
By Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS There is no perfect body. The obsession with a trending body type, whether thin or thick, curvy or straight,...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Jul 27
- 1 min
Wellness Beyond Weight
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS In diet culture, the desire to be healthy and the desire to be thin are often intertwined, but they are not...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Jul 20
- 1 min
The Nature of a Body is Change
By Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS In diet culture, no one ever tells you that body changes and, even weight gain, are normal parts of life. So,...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Jul 13
- 1 min
Just Say "No" to Fad Diets
If you're struggling with disordered eating, giving up dieting doesn't mean that you stopped caring about your health. Instead, it...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Jul 5
- 1 min
Weight Stigma Hurts Children & Teens
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS When a child or teen is criticized about their weight and size, especially by someone important to them, like...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Jun 25
- 1 min
The Grass is Greener on the Other Side Of Diet Culture
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Health matters. And if you want to improve yours, you can, by engaging in healthy behaviors like increasing...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Jun 4
- 1 min
A Tip for Managing Body Image Distress
When you're in recovery from an eating disorder, you're going to struggle with your body image sometimes. It's just part of it. What's...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- May 31
- 2 min
Little ways to protest weight stigma and diet dogma to support eating disorder recovery.
In the 60s, feminists burned their bras at a Miss America contest to protest the oppressive images of female beauty that were being...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- May 28
- 1 min
Trying to fit a square peg into a round hole isn't a health strategy...
Ever try to fit a square peg into a round hole? <-- Here's what happens. The force by which you shove it, causes damage to the square...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- May 22
- 2 min
Leave Diet Talk off the Menu (for Eating Disorder Prevention)
I was eating dinner at a restaurant when a teen at the next table ordered a hamburger and fries. An adult at her table said, "How do you...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- May 6
- 1 min
Weight-Increasing Effects of Dieting
People, we need a reframe! The diet industry taught us that by restricting food, we can lose weight. But research shows that, for the...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Apr 27
- 1 min
Make a body-positive closet
If you're cleaning out your closet while recovering from an eating disorder, I have some advice for you. Clutter expert Marie Kondo,...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Jan 5
- 2 min
Weightless Resolutions are Safer for People with Disordered Eating
Author: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS It's a new year and the diet industry is flooding your feed with messages about why you should jump on...
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