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Twelve Ideas to Help Women with Eating Disorders Negotiate Thanksgiving and Christmas

Eat regularly and in some kind of reasonable pattern. Avoid "preparing for the last supper." Don’t skip meals and starve in attempt to make up for what you recently ate or are about to eat. Keep a regular and moderate pattern.

Listening to the Heart (With Artwork)

One of the sad consequences for women who suffer with eating disorders is that through the course and development of the eating disorder, they often lose touch with what is most powerful within themselves. They become numb or lose contact with their sense of heart. It has struck me repeatedly in my observation of artwork created in the early weeks of a patient's treatment, that the majority of their artistic self-expressions show a broken heart.

What is 'Better': Chocolate Milk and More

My motto these days seems to be, “It gets better.” Even though my struggle with food and weight actually got worse before it got better, it did get better. Recovery is very difficult and oftentimes excruciatingly painful, but it does get better. I am definitely starting to sound like a broken record about this point, and people are now beginning to ask me, “What is ‘better’?”

What Spring and Summer Bring

Summer is coming. What does that mean to you? Is it the renewal of life, warmer and longer days, wonderful smells and beautiful colors, playing outdoors, coming out of hibernation? These sound like positive and pleasant things. Unfortunately, for most women spring is not a time of rejoicing, but a time of remorse.

When Difficulties Arise...

Difficulties arise in the lives of us all. What is most important is dealing with the hard times, coping with the changes, and getting through to the other side where the sun is shining just for you.

When the Road to Recovery is Full of Potholes

You seem to be sailing along with the wind in your hair and then bam! – you fall into a pothole. Finding yourself engaging in the same eating disorder behaviors you've been fighting so hard to be free from can be discouraging. Some refer to this pothole process as a lapse. This means using the old familiar but unwanted behaviors of the eating disorder to cope.

You Can Enjoy FOOD!

Information taken from Chapter 10, "Discover the Satisfaction Factor. St. Martins Griffin Press, New York, NY; 1995. By Jenelle West, RD

Celebrating Our 10-Year Anniversary at Center for Change

On July 13, 2006 we celebrated the 10-Year anniversary of Center for Change with a summer party, gifts of gratitude to every employee, Long Term Service and Exemplary Service Awards given to employees. IN HONOR OF ALL OUR WONDERFUL EMPLOYEES On the 10th Anniversary of Center for Change, we wanted to give you a gift that would symbolize the work you do at the Center.

Using Creative Strategies to Reach Sexually Traumatized Clients Who Engage in Eating Disorders

As I worked with my client in therapy, we reviewed once again how her efforts to deal with her sexual abuse eventually led to her eating disorder. The connection, although not logical to some, had emotional reason and logic to her. She needed to own her body, control it, and manipulate it to feel safe.

Defining Me

My name is Melanie Aldis and I have a message of hope for recovery. My message comes from personal experience, passion, and from the heart.

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