Wondering if you might have anorexia is a brave and important first step. It shows you’re beginning to reflect on your relationship with food, your body, and how you’re feeling. This awareness can open the door to understanding what’s going on and getting the support you deserve.
Family and Friends
How to help someone with Anorexia: Do’s, Don’ts, and encouragement that makes a difference
If you’re wondering how to help someone with anorexia, you’re not alone – supporting someone with Anorexia can be exceptionally challenging so here are some do’s and don’ts for starting that conversation.
Coping with exam stress: tips for protecting your mental health
Exam season can be an incredibly stressful time. Whether you’re studying for GCSEs, A-Levels, university finals, or professional qualifications, it’s natural to feel pressure as exams approach. But when stress becomes overwhelming, it can start to affect not just your...
Motherhood and Eating Disorders: Strength in Recovery.
Exploring motherhood and the impact of Eating Disorders treatment and recovery.
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...