A Guide to Eating Disorder Care and Recovery by Change Creates Change Jillian Walsh, RD, RP

In this week's episode, Jillian introduces the topic of body checking and 3 steps to reduce these behaviours. You will learn what body checking is and how we recommend starting to practice reducing these behaviours throughout eating disorder recovery.



Did you know, in a study, 99% of participants focused on a disliked body part when body checking instead of looking at their whole body (Shafran et al., 2003).



► To learn more about body checking, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/body-checking/

In today's episode of Creating Change, Jillian explains the Window of Tolerance, which is a term coined by Dr. Daniel Siegel. There are 3 ways that help to widen our window of tolerance so we can feel more at ease when stressors come up. Those three ways are through mediation, mindfulness and grounding activities. These all can be extremely helpful in eating disorder recovery and can be used to support your child/teen and widen their window of tolerance.



► To learn more about the window of tolerance in eating disorder recovery, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/window-of-tolerance/

Change in eating disorder recovery is hard work and it requires a great deal of behaviour change. We're not trying to convince you that eating disorder change is possible - we KNOW it's possible! We work with hundreds of families who have shown us that eating disorder recovery can happen. But did you know that there are five stages of change in eating disorder recovery?   



In today's episode, Jillian will take us through the stages of change in eating disorder recovery, what stage you may be in, and how ready you are for change in eating disorder recovery. Now if you're a parent of a child with an eating disorder, keep in mind that for recovery to happen it does not matter if your child believes change can happen right now, it just matters that you as the parent or guardian want change.



► To learn more about the stages of change in eating disorder recovery, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/5-stages-of-change-in-eating-disorder-recovery/

Welcome to our Coping Skills for Eating Disorder Recovery playlist! In this video, we are talking about the 54321 Grounding Technique. Jillian will walk you through how to use the 54321 technique to calm the body down. Follow along or save this video for your recovery toolbox.



We've created this playlist for folks affected by eating disorders. Whether you are a parent or a loved one with a child with an eating disorder, or you yourself are looking for new coping skills, this playlist is for you.  Follow along as we talk about Square Breathing, Dive Reflex, The 54321 Grounding Technique, and Butterfly Hugs.



► To learn more about coping skills in eating disorder recovery, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/coping-skills-in-eating-disorder-recovery/

Atypical Anorexia Nervosa (AN) is recognized as an eating disorder under the category of Other Specified Feeding or Eating Disorder in the DSM-5. Similar to folks living with AN, folks living with atypical AN may severely restrict their caloric intake in an effort to lose weight. Like all eating disorders, atypical AN does not discriminate. It can affect folks of all ages, shapes, and sizes. One-third of folks in inpatient eating disorder programs are diagnosed with atypical anorexia.



► To learn more about Atypical Anorexia Nervosa, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/what-is-atypical-anorexia/

► To learn more about the DSM-5, visit https://www.psychiatry.org/psychiatrists/practice/dsm

In today’s episode, Jillian discusses binge eating behaviours in children and teens and the top 5 things you can do if you spot eating disorder tendencies in your child.



► To learn more about binge eating in children and teens living with an eating disorder, head over to our blog at https://changecreateschange.com/binge-eating-behaviours/