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“No, my stomach is not flat. And no, this does not automatically mean I am with child.” In one of these instances, I had a book in my arms. The person could’ve easily chosen to ask me what I was reading. Instead, they made assumptions about my body. Because our society normalizes commenting on bodies, strangers often feel entitled to ask invasive queand day out. Babies enter the world without harsh inner critics or body shame. But it doesn’t take long for the outside world t

While reading to our children allows our littles to be exposed to different words and promotes language development, we also can choose...

Author: Lauren Callahan, LCSW An open letter to my clients: The therapeutic relationship is weird, isn’t it? Every week we meet consistently. I see you more frequently than I do many of my closest friends, and I embrace the most vulnerable parts of you that keep you safely protected from the world. There is an undeniable closeness to our relationship, yet it is unique in the imbalance of disclosure that we maintain in order to preserve my role as The Stoic and All-Knowing Pro

The holidays can be a very stressful time for people with eating disorders. With more family gatherings centered around food, there are...

Sugar is an increasingly hot topic in the nutrition world ever since we all got sick of the depressing low fat era of the 90s. But sugar...