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Repairing your relationship with emotions
Over the course of our lifetime, we are taught how we should respond to and express our emotions, what emotions we are allowed to feel...
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Mar 28, 2019
How to Handle Setbacks
Setbacks often have a tendency to be perceived as failure and this perception can initiate and intensify a vicious cycle of negative...
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Feb 5, 2019
One Journey through Recovery - #EDAW2019
This week (Feb 1-7) is Eating Disorder Awareness week across Canada. One million Canadians struggle with eating disorders. An eating...
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Dec 18, 2018
Navigating Recovery Throughout The Holidays
‘Tis the season! A time for reuniting with family and friends, and sharing in the memories, traditions and the magic of giving and...
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Nov 12, 2018
Bring Balance and Enjoyment to your Physical Activity
Approaching physical activity with a mindful perspective can aid in recovery from eating disorder and improve body acceptance. The human...
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Jul 16, 2018
Identifying Reliable Nutrition Information
Tips to use when considering nutrition advice Nutrition information is all around us and highly accessible. With the abundance of...
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Mar 29, 2018
Finding motivation in recovery
When people are starting something new, or something scary, or something important, they often feel they need to have the right amount of...
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Mar 7, 2018
Table Talk - Meal Support and Boundaries around Eating
While meal times for most of us are viewed as a time to sit and relax with others and share the events of the day, for someone in...
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Dec 18, 2017
How to enjoy a values-based holiday season
The holidays are a time for gathering with family, enjoying delicious food, and giving and receiving gifts. While it can be filled with...
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Dec 4, 2017
Supporting Your Loved One in Recovery
Friends and family members of our clients often ask us "how can we help?" Friends and family have a great opportunity to support their...
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Nov 26, 2017
Embrace Vulnerability
Researcher and thought leader Brené Brown encourages us to dare greatly: to embrace vulnerability and imperfection, to live...
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Oct 27, 2017
Eating Disorder Recovery Fears
The decision to choose recovery over an eating disorder (ED) is one of the most rewarding decisions you will ever make. However, the...
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Oct 16, 2017
Gratitude for Lessons Learned Through Recovery
Ever wonder what it’s like to be comforted by gradually piecing together a new found appreciation for something that once so aggressively...
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Sep 14, 2017
Top Tips for Back to School
It's that time of year! When the school year begins again, and along with it comes all the excitement and challenges of another year....
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Jul 3, 2017
Summer Selfies, Social Media & You
Social media can be an amazing tool for connection, learning, and sharing – it allows us to have access to information, people, and...
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Jun 19, 2017
Assertive Communication
The ways in which we communicate with others can be an important part of our personality, our self-image, and our relationships. Some...
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May 23, 2017
Letting go of Perfectionism
Perfection is an impossible goal. The pursuit of perfection leaves us feeling fearful, self critical, and disconnected from others and...
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May 5, 2017
International No Diet Day 2017
Saturday May 6th, 2017 is International No Diet Day. With summer fast approaching this is a good time for organizations and individuals...
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Apr 18, 2017
Physical vs. Emotional Hunger - To eat or not to eat: that is the question
Determining when to eat should be a simple decision but for many the question "to eat or not to eat?" is a stressful decision. What was...
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Mar 20, 2017
Values: Work on Being Yourself
Recovery from an eating disorder includes many different areas and one area that Westwind feels is important to address is that of...
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