What do you think recovery is? For some, recovery might just be a word they’ve heard family members or treatment teams say. It might feel like an intangible concept, so far off in the distance that a path isn’t visible. Recovery might be...
Recovery
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...
Dietetics and eating disorder recovery
For #DietitiansWeek this year, Orri’s senior clinicians came together to discuss how to heal our relationship to food in recovery. Here’s a recap of what was discussed. Kerrie, Orri’s CEO and founder, introduced the topic of food by explaining how it takes on a...
How to break the cycle of binge eating disorder
Binge eating disorder can be extremely distressing and is characterised by eating a larger amount of food than normal in a short space of time. Our Senior Dietitian, Paula, shares how she supports clients to break the cycle of bingeing. Binge eating disorder can be...
Food and recovery with Orri – all you need to know
We know just how daunting it can be to consider treatment for an eating disorder. The prospect of challenging often well-established and ingrained behaviours around food can be extremely anxiety-provoking – but we understand that. At Orri, we work with you...
Food and recovery with Orri – all you need to know
We know just how daunting it can be to consider treatment for an eating disorder. The prospect of challenging often well-established and ingrained behaviours around food can be extremely anxiety-provoking – but we understand that. At Orri, we work with you...
Breaking the cycle of bulimia
Throughout the month of June we’re talking about food and recovery. Today we’re talking about bulimia, and specifically about how to break out of the cycle of bingeing and purging that many find themselves in. Before we get started, let us highlight a few things: 1)...
What is mindfulness and how does it support recovery?
The path of recovery asks us to become aware of our internal experience; our thoughts, our beliefs, our emotions and how these inform our actions, behaviours and relationships. Mindfulness can help us with this process. It’s a skill that so many of us possess but...
Mindfully approaching cravings in recovery from Binge Eating Disorder
The difficulty about recovering from an eating disorder – and what separates it from other mental illnesses – is that you cannot not have a relationship with food in life. When it comes to Binge Eating Disorder, recovery is about redefining our relationship to food;...
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...
“To anyone with an eating disorder, remember you can recover.”
This month we are talking about the emotional experience of having – and recovering from – an eating disorder. In this blog, one of our clients generously shares her experience of her eating disorder and recovery within treatment. Living my ‘life’ dictated by some...
How do I start recovery when I’m not ready?
There’ll never be a “right time” to recover. So often, we meet clients who aren’t yet ready to let go of their eating disorder, but who know that it is the right thing to do. Here, we talk about how to start recovery when you’re not ready… It is a brave and courageous...