Author Susan Burton says food has been the site of her anxieties for as long as she can remember. For decades the editor at This American Life struggled with eating disorders. Through therapy, Burton connected her disordered eating to her parents’ divorce and not getting emotional needs met. She says that one of the reasons she was…
Dietician Aparna Ramadurai and her daughter, Maya, a high school student, share with host Lissa Kreisler that eating disorders are a mental illnesses which require support and resources to recover. Aparna and Maya have been volunteering at the Eating Disorders Resource Center where they work with people young and old who have the disease and…
On behalf of the entire EDRC team, we hope that all of you are healthy and safe. The unprecedented conditions during this time resulted in the cancellation of our annual reception for our winners, so we have put together this congratulatory post to celebrate their outstanding achievements. The judges and readers were deeply impressed by…
Acceptance can be an important and monumental part of one’s recovery from eating disorders. To elaborate on its prominence and her own connection to the topic, our very own Janice Bremis, Executive Director and Founder of the EDRC, spoke with Laurelee Roark on her podcast It’s Not About Food. Her podcast centers around a variety of…