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How to Express Your Recovery Needs: Navigating Conversations with Teachers, Employers, and Friends

Being in recovery from an eating disorder can feel overwhelming, especially when transitioning back to school, work, or social circles. Clear communication is key to ensuring that your needs are respected and understood. Here’s how you can approach conversations with teachers, employers, and peers to foster a supportive environment. 1. Partnering with Teachers: A Joint … Read More

The LGBTQ+ Community and Suicide

Written by Taylor Harling June is very important to the LGBTQ+ community because it has been deemed Pride Month in honor of the Stonewall Uprising in Manhattan in 1969. Millions of people take to the streets nationwide each June to celebrate Pride and recall a time when LGBTQ+ individuals were seen as unequal. Though we … Read More

How Carolina House Individualizes Care for the LGBTQ+ Community

Individuals within the LGBTQ+ community are at a greater risk of developing an eating disorder than cis-gender individuals. However, members of the LGBTQ+ community often face barriers to receiving care period, let alone inclusive and individualized care. Here at Carolina House, we not only provide a safe and inclusive space for all, but we also … Read More

Not One More

For the past sixteen years, I have worked with eating disorder patients in residential and inpatient settings. These are some of the things I have seen and never want to see again: A teenager who had to attend their brother’s wedding via zoom because they were in residential treatment for their eating disorder. A woman who would … Read More

The Importance of Pronouns

A lot goes into a person’s sense of identity: their family upbringing, their cultural background, their name, and even their pronouns. This may not be something you think about regularly until someone else invalidates part of your identity. It can be as seemingly harmless as someone mispronouncing your name, calling you by the wrong name, … Read More

Self-Compassion is Essential to Eating Disorder Recovery

I am in recovery from an eating disorder. It has been a journey filled with many challenges and many rewards. One of the most important lessons I have learned from my struggle is that self-compassion is a critical tool in coping with life, relationships, and health. Individuals experiencing eating disorders often battle perfectionism, people-pleasing, and … Read More

The Dangers of Calorie Counting Apps

As Holidays Approach, Health Tech Not the Healthiest Choice for All  With the holidays right around the corner, there’s one gift that is making many people’s wish lists: health tech. From smartwatches to smart scales to fitness trackers, these devices are often top of mind during the holidays, especially as people start to think about setting health-related resolutions for the new year.   But for those who are struggling with an eating disorder, these devices may do more harm … Read More

No-Knead Bread

Adapted from New York Times Cooking Yes, you can make bread. No, you don’t need any hard-to-find ingredients or expensive equipment. You don’t even “knead” to knead it! Ingredients:  3 cups all-purpose or bread flour, plus a bit more for dusting 1/4 teaspoon instant yeast 1 1/4 teaspoons salt Preparation:  Step 1 Combine the ingredients … Read More