It can be hard to know the differences that dictate disordered eating vs eating disorder. While there are some similarities, the two have clear differences that are important to understand.

After many years lost to a disordered relationship with exercise, Ally Rae Pesta found peace on a yoga mat. Now, a yoga teacher, run coach, and recovery coach, Ally helps others ground themselves in five key principles to reclaim their relationship with movement.

When this week’s blog author was struggling with an eating disorder, they didn’t see themself depicted in news stories and movies about other people who were similarly struggling. But as they realize now, their identities don’t fall within the (harmful) SWAG stereotype — skinny, white, affluent girl — that dominates the narrative.

If you’re looking to add some eating disorder books to your queue, here are the ones that came highly recommended by your peers.

As Lexie Manion knows well, you can’t self-love your way out of childhood trauma and its lasting effects (like eating disorders). Physical and emotional safety must come first.

While we love a good TikTok or viral trend, we’re also exhausted. This is especially true for those of us suffering from disordered eating or eating or body image disorders. So, should you delete social media?

With 10+ years of recovery – and 8 years of “loud recovery” – under her belt, Project HEAL Volunteer Blog Manager, Tara Criscuolo, speaks a lot differently about eating disorders, food, movement, and bodies than she used to.

Growing up in a mixed-ethnicity household brought intertwined racist and fatphobic experiences that many of Elizabeth Starbuck’s peers didn’t have to face. Then, when she began dating, the theme of body shame continued as her partner struggled with his relationship with his own body.

As a fat, Black woman who battled the dark depths of Binge Eating Disorder, Leslie Jordan Garcia knows firsthand how important representation is in the healing journey. In this blog, Leslie dives into the stark stats demonstrating the lack of representation, reasons why representation is so important, bits of her personal story and those of her clients, and strategies for moving forward.