Exploring motherhood and the impact of Eating Disorders treatment and recovery.
Family and Friends
Eating Disorders: The Hidden Epidemic
Guest blog by Hope Virgo, Author, Founder of DumpTheScales and Secretariat for the APPG for eating disorders
New service – young person’s pathway.
After 6 years of working with people who are aged 16 and over, we have opened a young person’s pathway.
The journey of letting go
As the leaves fall from the trees, we’re inspired to let go of what no longer serves us, and reflect on what we’re holding onto. But it’s not always an easy process.
“I never dreamt I’d be mum to a daughter with an eating disorder,” – a blog for Mother’s Day
A mother shares her journey caring for her daughter and her eating disorder. We are keeping all mothers, parents and carers in our hearts this Mothering Sunday. We hope you find some comfort and hope in reading these words. I never dreamt I’d be Mum to a daughter with...
Our client’s experience of intimacy and relationships in recovery
Our alumni client shares her experience of intimacy and relationships in recovery from an eating disorder, demonstrating how recovery is so much more than improving your relationship to food, and in fact reaches into all areas of our lives. I always thought...
Setting boundaries in relationships
Boundaries are what we set so that we don’t reach our limit. Today we’re talking about the importance of boundaries in relationships, and what people living with eating disorders can do to implement them. Firstly, what are boundaries? Boundaries are the limits we...
How eating disorders impact relationships
This month we’re talking about Sex, Intimacy and Relationships in Recovery. As social animals, we are all impacted by these things, yet for various reasons the topics are rarely discussed in treatment settings. At Orri, one of our company values is ‘authenticity’....
Eating disorders do not discriminate
It’s Pride Month. Many LGBTQ+ individuals face unique challenges that put them at greater risk of developing an eating disorder. Just Like Us, a charity that supports young LGBTQ+ people, recently found that LGBTQ+ young people are *3x more likely* to have...
Our client shares her experiencing of finding freedom in recovery.
“Recovery is possible, I am in recovery, and I am so worth it.” As the time draws near for me to finish treatment with Orri I thought what better time than now to write a farewell blog about finding Hope, finding Belief and finding my Freedom. Freedom and recovery...
“My first experience of Orri was one of nervous relief”
Our client kindly shares her experience of eating disorder recovery at Orri. I’d had an eating disorder for twenty years before I started treatment at Orri. It started at 19 and at 21 I was admitted to an inpatient eating disorder unit. Whilst I knew there was...
Meet The Marketing Team: Antalia
Introducing our amazing Marketing Assistant, Antalia, who joined the Orri team during lockdown and fast became part of the furniture! How long have you worked for Orri and what were you doing before? I joined Orri at the end of April this year. It has been such an...