Dr Katie Kalinowski is Orri’s Clinical Psychologist. As we enter our second lockdown, here are her 3 tips for keeping recovery on track. Regular acts of self-care It sounds obvious, right? But self-care really is what keeps us feeling grounded and in a working...
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Redefining your relationship to food when suffering from Binge Eating Disorder
It’s Eating Disorders Awareness Week and the theme is Binge Eating Disorder. For our Senior Dietitian, Paula, thinking about food differently and redefining our relationship with food is an essential piece of work in recovery from Binge Eating Disorder. Here are...
Our Yoga and Body Awareness Therapist on making friends with your emotions
This month we are talking about the emotional experience of having – and recovering from – an eating disorder. In this blog, Orri’s Yoga and Body Awareness Therapist, Pippa, shares her wisdom around making friends with your emotions. The path of recovery asks us to...
Understanding emotions and feelings
This month we are talking about the emotional experience of having – and recovering from – an eating disorder. In this blog, we are going to look at how emotions and feelings work and relate that to the emotional experience of an eating disorder. Emotions vs Feelings...
Our Occupational Therapist’s tips for managing transitions
Eating disorders often arise during transitional phases. This is because experiencing transitions – or change – can bring about challenges or dilemmas that have the potential to overwhelm us and our ability to cope. Some examples of transitional phases include: moving...
“Where words fail, music speaks” – A Playlist for Hope
As we entered the second lockdown, our clients came together to share songs of hope. Songs that inspired belief in recovery; songs that helped reinforce the resilience needed to power through challenging times; songs that encourage us to turn inward, check in with...
How does your body experience stress?
When we talk about stress, we have to talk about cortisol and the nervous system. As humans, when we experience something that is stressful, our body responds by releasing a natural hormone called cortisol. It is released by the adrenal glands as part of our fight or...
6 ways to create a routine for winter
When seasons change, our routine changes. Just as the trees let go of their leaves in order to turn inward and conserve energy, we may let go of activities that we no longer have the – mental or physical – energy for, in order to rest and restore in winter months… The...
Heading to university? This blog is for you.
Firstly, we’d like to say congratulations. It’s a real achievement to get a place at university, and especially so during such a confusing and uncertain year with the pandemic. So, take a moment to reflect on how hard you’ve worked and the exciting new chapter ahead....
Handling mealtimes as a student.
We are right in the midst of student season. As we type, people are moving away or establishing themselves in an odd, virtual student world that no one quite knows how to navigate.With new environments and new schedules, comes new routines. For those in recovery from...
Exams and results: taking steps to tolerating difficult emotions
For those receiving exam results, we want to take a moment to acknowledge the fact that this is most likely an important time for you, and how, in our response to “important times”, we can sometimes feel tripped up by overwhelming emotions. Whatever your results are,...
“And I said to my body, I want to be your friend.” – On Friendship
It’s International Friendship Day and we’d like to pose a question…are you a friend to yourself? The saying goes that you can’t properly love someone until you love yourself. For those reading that are suffering with an eating disorder, you may be familiar with a...