Summer can be a triggering time for those with a disordered relationship with food, exercise, and body image. But when do health goals become disordered?
Body Image
When “healthy” becomes harmful: dealing with summer body pressures, diet culture, and athletic identity
Summer can be a triggering time for those with a disordered relationship with food, exercise, and body image. But when do health goals become disordered?
Coming home to your body: 12 body-based affirmations
Some tender affirmations for you, to remind you that safety is possible within your body.
When your body doesn’t feel like home.
“… and I said to my body, softly, ‘I want to be your friend.’ It took a long breath and replied, ‘I have been waiting my whole life for this.’”
Body Image and Unlocking your Authentic Self, workshop with Be Well Collective
This week, Orri’s Somatic Therapist, Pippa, held a London workshop, in collaboration with Be Well Collective. The event explored body image and how to unlock our authentic selves. It was a heartwarming and tender evening, filled with brave stories, honest...
Body Acceptance, with Orri’s Yoga and Body Awareness Therapist
This week is NEDA’s Body Acceptance Week, where individuals and organisations come together to promote body positivity, body acceptance and body liberation for all. Inspired by the week, we sat with Pippa, Orri’s Yoga and Body Awareness Therapist, to learn how we can...
Don’t talk to me about “bouncing back to my pre-baby weight”! – Guest Blogger
Mental health speaker, Carolina Mountford, shares a personal blog based on her experience of eating disorder recovery alongside her pregnancy and motherhood. For Maternal Mental Health Awareness Week.
5 steps for a little self-love, by Orri’s Head of Creative and Somatic Therapy
Pippa, Orri’s Head of Creative and Somatic Therapy, provides 5 steps that can help you feel grounded and more attuned to your needs in eating disorder recovery.
How to cope with negative body talk
It can be difficult to escape the conversation around health, diet or body talk. If you feel stuck in this void of social pressure and diet culture, here’s a gentle blog to remind you that you are enough already.
4 Tips from our Sport and Exercise Psychologist for the new year
New Year, New Me? It doesn’t have to be. Stacey, Orri’s Sport and Exercise Psychologist, offers her specialist insight on how you can be the same you this year, just with more compassion.
Orri’s Response: Anorexia is the deadliest mental illness. Why is the NHS still not taking it seriously? (Guardian)
NHS figures recently revealed that hospital admissions for eating disorders have risen 37% across all age groups in the last two years. Tom Quinn, Director of External Affairs at Beat, shared his thoughts in a Guardian opinion piece. We wanted to share our...
Binge eating disorder myths and misconceptions
Binge eating disorder is one of the most common eating disorders, yet myths and stereotypes prevail that create barriers to receiving specialist help for recovery. We discuss these myths - and the facts - further below. Myth 1: Binge eating is just overeating This is...