Archive for August, 2018

Archive for August, 2018
When feeling ‘stuck’ in a situation, try writing your way out
Have you felt stuck in a situation and not known how to get out? Not known who to call on for help? Have you felt desperate for a solution, but too fearful or ashamed to..
Is food the problem? How Chanty turned her experience with binge eating disorder into a book to help others
Knowing how to support someone with Binge Eating Disorder (BED) when you have no experience can be challenging. Chanty Weedon says this was the first hurdle that her family faced even before her diagnosis with..
“I’m sorry you’re going through that, but you know you’re not alone?”
Regaining healthy relationships after illness By June Alexander Sometimes when we are ill, especially with a mental health challenge, our relationship with self and with others can disconnect and disintegrate at an alarming rate. Confidence..
Aunt June, you are the problem in our family – using the journal to dispel stigma, inside and out
by June Alexander Engaging in the world beyond an eating disorder (ED) means facing up to things like a stigma. The perception or inference by others that ED, or any other mental health challenge, is..
How diary excerpts can be used to create a book
A diary or journal is a deeply personal document. It’s a safe place where we can off-load our most private feelings and thoughts. This makes the diary a valuable literary resource and when inspired to..