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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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 30, 2023
- 1 min
Viewing Our Bodies Through a Broken Mirror
By Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Body dysmorphia is a distorted perception of your body that can result from being mistreated, shamed, or...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Aug 28, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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 10, 2023
- 1 min
The Power of Self-Kindness at the Mirror
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS When you go to the mirror which voices from the past come with you? The voices of those who criticized,...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Aug 7, 2023
- 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
- Aug 3, 2023
- 1 min
It's not about beauty, it's about control.
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS In her book The Beauty Myth, Naomi Wolfe writes, “A culture fixated on female thinness is not an obsession...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Aug 1, 2023
- 1 min
Fixating on food & weight isn't healthy. It's a sign of anxiety.
By Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS Perhaps we're so used to be told that we should watch our weight and monitor our diet that when we become...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Jul 27, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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 9, 2023
- 1 min
Weight Anxiety Can Distort Your Body Image
If you grew up in an environment that made you feel ashamed or anxious about your body, it probably effected your body image and may have...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Jul 7, 2023
- 2 min
Your Body is Not a Problem
By Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS You know you're living in diet culture if you think your body has "problem areas". The diet industry promotes...
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Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS
- Jul 5, 2023
- 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, 2023
- 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 16, 2023
- 2 min
How guilty-eating effects your health, hunger, and eating patterns.
By: Alison Ross, LMFT, CEDS The food and diet industries have created a modern-day morality test, what you eat is a sign of your goodness...
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