Raise your hand if you are the parent of a teen anorexic ballerina and you are overwhelmed. I wonder if there is a parent who has been on the battlefield of anorexia who has
In all of the books I’ve read, forums I’ve found, and eating disorder experts I’ve questioned, I have yet to come across any clear and encouraging answers as far as how parents can successfully
I give one piece of advice to all of my clients. I tell them: Trust yourself to make treatment decisions for your anorexic teen. But trusting yourself when you are devastated by your child's illness
We all know that we can’t take care of our daughter’s needs if we do so at our own expense. But how can we possibly take care of ourselves when all of our time and
So many of us are programmed to look at things as either all good or all bad. We have black or white thinking. We see everything as all or nothing. When your daughter has
To find peace when your teen has anorexia sounds like an impossible goal to most moms. But learning to find peace is vital if we want to support our teens to recovery. Finding peace is
Do you need to address your thoughts and feelings about food, weight, and eating before you will be able to effectively feed your anorexic daughter? I naively thought that if my daughter would just start
The first week we started re-feeding our daughter, we thought we were doing a great job because even with her resistance, we got her to eat three full meals every day. We were shocked
Never has the human privilege of deciding what I want to believe mattered more than it does now that I am the parent of an anorexic teen. When your child is diagnosed with anorexia, and
Mental rehearsal is a powerful exercise that empowers you to believe new thoughts about your daughter and your daughter's anorexia. Here are some suggested thoughts to practice thinking: 1. Everything is just as it should
