You have never been diagnosed with an eating disorder, but your relationship to food feels off. It’s stressful, painful, and exhausting. Hearing people talk about their great relationship to food makes you feel jealous or upset.

There are many ways that this culture teaches, promotes and upholds disordered eating. Maybe it began with what your parents taught you or modeled, maybe you have tried every diet in the book, or maybe you have used food to try to manipulate your body. Whatever the case may be, your pain is real and deserving of care.

If you have ever experienced or engaged in

• Food restriction (cutting out a kind of food or food group, or restricting the amount of food you eat)

• Skipping meals

• Restrictive periods and then “cheat days”

• Obsessive calorie counting

• Dissociating while eating

• Feeling out of control with food

• Using food as a reward or punishment

• Feeling no appetite

• Feeling hunger and ignoring it

• Feeling out of touch with fullness

• Food rules and rituals

• Thinking about food constantly

• Judging the ways others eat

• Eating in secret

• Hiding food

• Feeling afraid of food or eating

• Feeling afraid of eating in public

You are not alone. Having a neutral or positive relationship to food is possible for you! The first step is taking the time to truly see and feel the pain of your disordered eating. Together let’s unpack the way disordered eating has shown up in your life and begin building towards your healing goals.