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In the Media | Could Your Obsession With ‘Healthy’ Eating Actually Be Orthorexia?
The Renfrew Center of Charlotte’s Ashley Moser, LMFT, shares signs of this unhealthy obsession with healthy eating, called orthorexia.
Finding My Voice
In February 2020, I entered The Renfrew Center of Charlotte “kicking and screaming.” I was a newlywed, and I refused to allow anything to disrupt the “pretty” life I was portraying.
On Complexity and Self-Compassion
As the new year begins, I wish for each of us to move a little closer to self-compassion and acceptance. I hope we can all take up space as we are, multitudes and all.
In the Media | Studies show LGBTQ people at higher risk of eating disorders, self-harm
The Renfrew Center of Boston’s Roni Levy, LMHC, explains this community endures certain types of stressors that heterosexual and cisgender individuals typically do not.
In the Media | Isolation Is Hard Enough; Let’s Stop Worrying About Weight Gain
The Renfrew Center of Pittsburgh’s Jaclynn Cosan, PsyD, shares why a focus on weight loss during this crisis is harmful to everyone, especially those struggling with an eating disorder or body image issues.
Alumni Update: Affirmation through Recovery
I am writing this testimonial now to say relapse is nothing to be embarrassed about. Some demons are so strong it takes many battles to defeat them. Each battle is a reaffirmation of life.
Grit
Depending on where you are in your recovery, you might be realizing this thing we call recovery is not a one-time battle – it’s a war.
In the Media | Could You Be Experiencing ‘Pregorexia’? Here’s How to Break the Cycle
The Renfrew Center’s Heather Maio, PsyD, helps explain why this can be dangerous to both the mother and baby.
In the Media | Questions That Aren’t Being Asked About Eating Disorders in Black Women
The Renfrew Center’s Robia Smith-Herman, LCSW and Paula Edwards-Gayfield, LCMHCS, LPC, CEDS-S cover the questions that are not being asked about eating disorders in Black women—and what providers can do to change that.
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