Self-Love Tips During COVID

Connie Sobczak is the author of Embody and Founder of The Body Positive, an organization dedicated to teaching people to listen to their bodies, learn and thrive. This is especially true with eating disorders and Connie has shared some useful tips and words of advice on her blog concerning self-love and finding inner piece during the pandemic.…

Victory in Court!

The California court case of eating disorder patient Jamie F. v. UnitedHealthcare Ins. Co. concluded with a favorable decision for the plaintiff – an amazing victory for Jamie and her legal team represented by Kantor & Kantor. Jamie, a teenage college student, encountered a relapse of her eating disorder and her treatment team determined that…

She Ate and Ate, and Never Felt Satisfied

A memoirist is asked the same few questions over and over. One that comes up surprisingly often: “Did you write your book as a cathartic act?” My answer has always been an emphatic No. In good memoir, I maintain, emotions have been processed, dealt with, swept neatly into the dustpan, well before the writing occurs.…

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Make Your Voice Heard!

The Eating Disorders Coalition (EDC) is seeking out stories from the eating disorder community in hopes of advocating for change on a policy level. These narratives will inform their advocacy efforts and may help shape the landscape of care for individuals affected by eating disorders. Currently, there are two different EDC surveys to fill out…

Atypical Anorexia – A Different Diagnosis

Anorexia nervosa is often characterized as an eating disorder where the hallmark symptom is one’s lack of a healthy weight but a slightly different diagnosis is also affecting individuals who don’t fall into that usual paradigm: Atypical anorexia nervosa. Often, patients who exhibit other characteristics of the standard diagnosis but who aren’t “skinny enough” may…

Celebrating Our Family of Heroes

Celebrating Our Family of Heroes

The summer season is in full swing at the EDRC and we want to take a moment to celebrate our extended family of heroes in our team and within our community. We’re proud of the volunteers, donors, and the professionals that bring us strength and hope, particularly during this time. Read more about our summer…

Eating Disorders / Aparna and Maya Ramadurai

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…

2020 Writing Contest Celebration

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…

EDRC on the It’s Not About Food Podcast

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…