MY JOB IS TO EMPOWER PARENTS
My job is to empower parents to do the hardest job they can ever do – save their child’s life from the grips of an eating disorder. Many parents are in crisis when they contact me. They are terrified of what has happened to their child and acutely aware of the...
PARENTS CAN’T CAUSE COLDS, STOMACH FLUS OR EATING DISORDERS
If I get a cold or the stomach flu, no one is likely to blame my mother or father. We get sick. It happens. If however, I develop anxiety, depression, substance abuse, or especially an eating disorder a parade of people will line up to blame my parents including...
THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS HEALTHY FOOD
My biggest pet peeve, bigger than large groups who walk slowly and take up the entire sidewalk or people who chew loudly, is people who refer to food as healthy or unhealthy. When someone tells me how healthy their sandwich, salad or recent food choice was, I want to...
Picky Eater or Eating Disorder?
While some children and young adults may be labeled or seen as a “picky eater” they may actually be suffering from ARFID or Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder. ARFID is one of the new categories of eating disorders that has recently been introduced in the...