Wellness is just another word for anything but fat

When employers institute wellness programs that are connected to health insurance, they are setting up a system to reward thin and able bodies and punish fat and disabled bodies.

Eating Disorder, Fatphobia, Weight stigmaLevana SlabodnickFebruary 1, 2023wellness, fatphobia, med, ableistComment

Shame: The foundation of eating disorders and trauma

Coping skills, Eating Disorder, Self Care, Support, TraumaLevana SlabodnickAugust 26, 2021shame, healing, eating disorder, trauma, trauma work, childhood trauma, guilt, binge eating disorder, body acceptanceComment

Three ways that trauma and binge eating are connected

Eating Disorder, TraumaLevana SlabodnickFebruary 16, 2021fatphobia, binge eating disorder, binge eating, eating disorder, int, health at every size, CPTSD, childhood trauma, childhood abuse, complex traumaComment

Do as I say, not as I do... Confessions of a Health at Every Size therapist

Anxiety, Coping skills, Eating Disorder, empowerment, people pleasing, TraumaLevana SlabodnickNovember 13, 2020health at every size, eating disorder, binge eating disorder, fatphobia, haes, medical fatphobia, chronic illness, trauma work, developmental trauma, CPTSDComment

It's not going to be okay, and that's okay

A very personal story of my early childhood trauma and coming into my own at age 40.

Let's thank our Binge Eating for helping us

Believe it or not, bingeing was helpful to you at one point in your life. Learn about how to helped and how being thankful is important in recovery.

Ending the Eating Disorder Shame Spiral

Many people envision a frail, emaciated young woman who is wasting away to nothing. You might be surprised to know that many people with eating disorders look just like you.

How do you feel about the "F" word?

Are you comfortable with the word FAT? Do you use it? Is it positive, negative or neutral for you? If you are like most people, describing yourself or someone else as fat is an insult of the worst kind. Read about how neutralizing the word can help you as well as society.

When was your first diet?

I look at myself in old photos and see a beautiful, innocent and healthy girl. I wonder what my relationship with food and my body would be like today if I was told that I was beautiful and encouraged to love my body.

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