Giving Ourselves Grace

By Judy Krasna, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director Unfortunately, children don’t come with a parenting manual. I think we all learn by trial and error, using our intuition to guide us along the way. There are always trials and there are always errors. It’s part and parcel of parenting. When the stakes are low and we make […]

Taking Care of My Daughter by Taking Care of Me

By Dave Dunn, F.E.A.S.T. Board Member and Treasurer If my daughter is lying in her bed feeling terrible, and I walk in feeling sad, scared, confused, overwhelmed, and she can see that this is how I feel, then she’s just going to feel worse. On top of all the ways she was feeling bad before, […]

Learning to Pivot

By Judy Krasna, Executive Director If you are a Friends fan like I am, the word “pivot” will conjure an image of Ross yelling at Chandler and Rachel to “PIVOT” as they try to navigate a large couch around a bend in the staircase. Beyond that, the word “pivot” is a critical one when you […]

You Will Always Belong

By Judy Krasna, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director Losing a child to an eating disorder is the worst nightmare of every single parent in our community. I am living that nightmare personally. While I don’t hide it, I try to be considerate about the fact that I know it scares the living daylights out of all of […]

But where are the normal ones?

By Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Founder and Advisor The conversation has haunted me for over a decade. I don’t remember the location, or which conference it was, but I remember the dad’s face and his question: “Where are the recovered ones? The normal ones?” I remember earnestly listing recovered people for him —  a worried […]

Recovery Lessons

By Catherine Brown As cohost of the Eating Disorders: Navigating Recovery Podcast, I have had the incredible opportunity to delve into deep, raw, vulnerable conversations with people in the eating disorder community, including clinicians as well as people who have found recovery. Our guests come on the podcast because they want to share their experience […]

It’s a Marathon, Not a Sprint

By Helen Missen, F.E.A.S.T. Volunteer Reading the news this week, I have been challenged by the amazing feat of Kevin Sinfield. You most likely won’t know him; he’s a British rugby player. He has just run 7 marathons in 7 days, raising £1.1m for a Motor Neurone Disease charity. Why did he do this? One […]

Credentials From the University of Lived Experience

By Laura Hill PhDAssistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, The Ohio State UniversityVoluntary Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Diego Temperament-Based Therapy with Supports (TBT-S) In the field of realty, the phrase “location, location, location” is used, referring to the primary factor that impacts the cost or value of property.  In […]

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