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27Apr

Book of the Month: Good Girls by Hadley Freeman

Louise Chunn

anorexia, bookofthemonth, books, eatingdisorders, women

Mind

Welldoing's Book of the Month for April is Good Girls: A Story and Study of Anorexia, a memoir of a dangerous mental health condition told in author Hadley Freeman's trademark honest, dry style. Watch our interview with Freeman here
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28Feb

Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2022: A Therapist and A Client Share Their Expertise

Alice McGurran

anorexia, bingeeating, body, bulimia, eatingdisorders, health

Mind

Alice McGurran speaks to eating disorder specialist therapist Harriet Frew and founder of #dumpthescales campaign Hope Virgo for Eating Disorders Awareness Week 2022.
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02Jul

How We Coped With Our Teenage Daughter's Anorexia

Mark Simmonds

anorexia, children, eatingdisorders, family, fatherhood, parenthood, parenting, teenagers

Mind

Mark Simmonds shares how he and his wife supported their daughter Emily, who lived with anorexia as a teenager. Family therapy gave Mark and his wife helpful tools to ensure their own behaviour gave Emily the best possible chance of recovery.
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28Feb

How to Create a Trigger-Free Environment if You Have a Tricky Relationship with Food

Milda Zolubaite

anorexia, body, bodyimage, bulimia, eatingdisorders, food

Body

Nutritional therapist Milda Zolubaite offers a 5-step guide to creating a trigger-free environment if you struggle with food or an eating disorder.
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17Sep

Doctor Who Christopher Eccleston's Battle with Anorexia

Welldoing

anorexia, eatingdisorders, mensmentalhealth

Mind

Christopher Eccleston has spoken up about long-term battle with anorexia and clinical depression
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09May

Reclaiming Your Life from Anorexia: Discovering the Real You

Karen Williams

anorexia, body, eatingdisorders, health, therapy

Therapists

Anorexia is an eating disorder that changes the way people see themselves. Therapist Karen Williams offers some advice to those struggling with anorexia on how to reclaim your identity
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06Mar

Looking Back on Anorexia

Hope Virgo

anorexia, eatingdisorders

Mind

Hope Virgo spent part of her teens in hospital being treated for anorexia. Now she has published a book on the subject, in the hope of helping others with eating disorders
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09Nov

WiseWords #3: Books About Eating Disorders

Harriet Frew

anorexia, books, bulimia, eatingdisorders, WiseWords

Therapists

The third in our #WiseWords series of books our therapists recommend to their clients. Harriet Frew focuses on books to help people with eating disorders
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