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Share your personal journeys within a safe support network, and take the chance to reflect as you help light the path for others within the eating disorder community.

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Did you have a food recovery question for our specialist Dietetics team? We may have answered it below. 1) I really struggle with drinking enough fluids (mainly with water). Do you have any tips? Just as regular eating, regular hydration is also...
This years’ Mental Health Awareness Week is looking at loneliness – something pertinent to the experience of living with an eating disorder. We’re joining the UK’s biggest conversation on mental health to ensure no one feels alone in their experience...
Inspired by this year’s Mental Health Awareness Week, a previous client has written a poem about loneliness and shares her hope for those in eating disorder recovery. To you whose heart aches, who is tiered, who cannot see a way...
Layla is a new member of Orri’s Eating Disorder Associates (EDAs) team. She supports clients and the clinicians in her day-to-day, for the in person programme. Read our blog on what brought her to work in eating disorders and how...
If you are in the midst of exam preparation and revising, you more than anyone can understand the pressure that can be felt at this time. Whether you are in your GCSE’s, studying your A-Levels or at university, the assessment...
Hope Virgo, multi award-winning mental health campaigner and expert by experience in eating disorders, is our latest Guest Blogger. Below, she shares her intentions and her ‘hope’ for the #ChangeTheStory campaign, and discusses what she believes need to change in...
For this year’s Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week, we’d like to draw attention to the experience of having an eating disorder whilst being pregnant or having just given birth, and the unique complexities associated with this stage of life. In...
The Easter holiday is an opportunity to celebrate the changing of seasons and take the long bank holiday weekend to reconnect with our loved ones. But for those living with an eating disorder, Easter can represent multiple challenges. Today we’re...
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If you are reading this blog in the midst of a relapse, know that your experience is completely valid and that relapse in eating disorder recovery is very normal. Below, we offer ways on how you can be kind to...
In our hyper-connected, fast-paced lives – and after two years of a pandemic infused with uncertainty – you’d be forgiven for perceiving stress as a staple of day-to-day life. Stress Awareness Month aims to raise awareness of the causes and cures for...
Nia has been working at Orri for 6 months, bringing passion to her role as an Eating Disorder Associate. We sat her down to find out more about the day in the life of an EDA, her psychology studies and...

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Further support

Looking for more ways to engage with the eating disorder community? Discover more helpful resources designed to support you on your journey to recovery, such as our charity partner, Beat, and other accessible resources. 

We also host a range of workshops and events, where connections, education, and healing align. We’re with you every step of the way.