First, thank you for your patience! I'm a little behind getting this week's post out. My goal is to get Week 2 posted by the end of this week, but it may end up arriving during our break/catch-up week next week instead. A quick reminder of the reading schedule: • June 1–7: Introduction to Chapter 2 (pix–48) • June 8–14: Chapters 3–6 (49–106) • June 15–21: Break/Catch-Up Week ☀️ 💤 • June 22–28: Chapters 7–9 (107–158) • June 29–July 5: Chapters 10–Conclusion (159–190) In other

Supporting Eating Disorders & Body Image Concerns Summer can be a uniquely challenging season for both clients and clinicians working in the eating disorder and body image field. Increased exposure to social events such as weddings, graduations, vacations, and family gatherings often brings heightened focus on appearance, body image, food, and movement. At the same time, seasonal diet culture messaging tends to intensify—particularly with ongoing conversations around weight l

... drum roll.... 🧩 June Book Club... ✨ No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz ✨ 📚 JUNE BOOK CLUB ANNOUNCEMENT 📚 After wrapping up Tired As F*ck (and several months of reading our way through some big anti-diet, self compassion, body image, eating disorder, and mental health topics together), I'm excited to announce our next—and final before a summer break—book club pick: ✨ No Bad Parts by Richard Schwartz ✨ You've probably heard people talking about: 👉 "Parts work" 👉 Inte

Week 7 (May 11 – 17) 📖 How to Figure Out if You're Allowed to Be Tired → How to Live (p. 222–284/end) Alright, a little over a week delayed... here we go 😅 Final week of the book, final recap, and some wrap-up thoughts! 😴 How to Figure Out if You're Allowed to Be Tired "Whether or not you think you deserve to be or not, you're burnt out." (p.224) I sort of love this quote because at its core it gets at something really important: 👉 No matter what the intellectual part of

By Gabor Mate [if you are curious about what im currently reading or interested in some briefer thoughts about various books ive read, head over to Storygraph and check out my reviews!] This book has been on my shelf and TBR pile since it was released. I finally read it (and finished it)…and I have VERY mixed feelings. This was a big book. Like, unnecessarily lengthy at times. There were entire sections where I found myself thinking: this could have been edited down signific

I’m excited to offer virtual small group supervision (up to 8 participants) designed to support providers in navigating the complexities of disordered eating and eating disorder care. These sessions provide a safe, interactive space to: Reflect on challenging cases and experiences Improve assessment skills and care planning Gain confidence in responding to disordered eating comments and behaviors Whether you’re a clinician, counselor, OT, PT, Chiro, Naturopath or primary heal

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