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Mindset and Brain Chemistry Keys to Recovery from Eating Disorders

Lori Hanson — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 22:01:10 +0000

Two things are critical to help individuals recover that aren't widely used in traditional treatment are the inclusion of working on mindset and balancing brain chemistry. Many treatment programs are focused on "fixing" the problem and daily the discussion is about the behavior, weighing, watching them go to the bathroom so they won't throw up and putting even more emphasis on the problem.

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Helping Teens with Body Image Issues and Eating Disorders

Lori Hanson — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 19:00:07 +0000

Have you noticed that lately your teenage daughter or son is making a lot of comments about their body, or food? Is there a recurring theme to each day that includes:

"I'm too fat"
"I can't eat that or I'll gain weight"
"I look terrible in these jeans"
"I wish I looked like her/him"
"I wish I looked like Taylor Swift, Miley Cyrus..."
"I'm just not hungry" meal after meal.
"I'll just eat later" or "I'll eat in my room"

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Do You Feed Your Child’s Eating Disorder?

Lori Hanson — Thu, 26 Jul 2012 16:00:55 +0000

For a parent it can be difficult to understand how their young son or daughter developed anorexia or bulimia or became obese. Most parents don't typically intend to knowingly cause issues for your kids. But in working with teens with eating disorders and their parents it's interesting to see how many times parents aren't tuned in to the messages that are being given to their child.

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Where Do You Need Help?

Lori Hanson — Thu, 28 May 2009 05:09:10 +0000

By Lori Hanson We’re all looking for something. All searching for the missing link, the right puzzle piece, that one piece of information that when we find it will give us a quantum leap in life. Many people probably won’t admit it out loud, but I think everyone is searching for something. The internet significantly […]

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Eating Disorders — Mind and Body Disconnect

Lori Hanson — Fri, 04 Jul 2008 22:18:00 +0000

Eating disorders are a growing epidemic. When I was a young girl in the `70's and discovered how bingeing could make me feel better by taking me away from reality I had never heard of the term bulimia. It wasn't until the early `80s that I read an article about bulimia and started to wonder if I was bulimic.

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There’s No Logic To Eating Disorders!

Lori Hanson — Sat, 14 Jun 2008 18:13:00 +0000

One of the hardest things for loved ones to understand about eating disorders is this is not a logical condition! It's not the same as messing up on your diet because you ate two cookies when you know you shouldn't have. Or staying out past your curfew when you know you're going to get grounded for doing it. Those are for the most part, conscious choices.

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Holistic approach to overcoming eating disorders

Lori Hanson — Tue, 20 May 2008 20:48:00 +0000

My life was consumed with body image and an obsession called bulimia for 23 years. Then I spent the next 10 substituting alcohol for food binges, but didn’t realize it until much later. Our society is obsessed with the “perfect body”. We all watch our favorite ultra-thin actor or musician and want to be just like them.

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