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Jenni Schaefer is looking for participants to share their experience with having an eating disorder for an upcoming story in a national magazine.. For more information Click Here

Life Experiences Scale

A look at the link between weight discrimination and stress and the link then between stress and health. For more information Click Here

If you have a research study that you would like to post on Bulimia.com, please email mark@gurze.net

EATING DISORDER CENTER of DENVER 866-771-0861 www.edcdenver.com

The Eating Disorder Center of Denver is the only facility in Colorado that offers partial hospitalization while providing the best of conventional and integrative therapies.  The center treats male and female patients, 16 years and older, and family members affected by anorexia, bulimia and binge eating.  The partial hospitalization program provides comprehensive treatment on an outpatient basis, 7 days a week, 11 hours a day.  The center also offers an evening intensive outpatient program three days a week, 4 hours a day, and outpatient services/aftercare for those patients who do not require a more intensive treatment program.
Working together, our clinicians create specialized treatment plans that fit each patient's physical, emotional, social, spiritual and nutritional needs.  Patients learn to practice and internalize recovery skills until they can incorporate these behaviors into their way of life.  For more information or to schedule a complimentary assessment, call 866.771.0861 or visit the center's web site at www.edcdenver.com.

BEAU COTE CENTER FOR EATING DISORDERS Bowen Island, British Columbia 1-888-947-9003 www.beaucote.ca

Beau Cote is exclusively devoted to the unique needs of women 19 and older suffering from anorexia nervosa, bulimia, compulsive overeating/ binge eating, and related disorders. Situated on serene Bowen Island, B.C., a beautiful and inspiring setting, just 20 minutes by ferry from Vancouver, our structured full-time intensive residential program provides individualized treatment in a comfortable home-like setting. We are committed to healing the whole person and halting the trans- generational cycles of eating disorders, trauma, and dysfunction by providing high quality integrative treatment for eating disorders and related mental health issues. We embrace a vision of recovery and wellness for individuals and their families which is grounded in empowerment, choice, and connection to self and others. We encourage you to call the Beau Cote program and learn more about the kind of help you have been waiting and hoping for.

Treatment Facilities, would you like to be featured here? Contact amy@gurze.net for details.
 

February 22
Eating Disorder Awareness Conference of Houston: Perspectives on Treatment and Prevention
Houston, TX
www.menninger.edu/calendar/conferences.htm

Feb 24- March 1
NEDAW: National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
Nationwide
Contact NEDA for information about activities in your area
www.NationalEatingDisorders.org

From the ‘Normal' Eating Blog by Karen R. Koenig

One Change

Going against the grain of trying to change too many things at once, how about doing things differently this year and picking one thing about yourself to work on. I can hear the groans already—only one? but I have so many! The problem with making a number of changes at once is that it can spread your energy too thin…This year pick one behavior to work on.

Consider what you want to change. Don't pick something nearly impossible or overwhelming, say, winning a gold Olympic medal or an Oscar. When it comes to goals, try to be realistic. Any behavior will do and you don't have to choose one that's related to eating or weight. Here are ideas: increase the time you spend brushing your teeth to three minutes, sit down for five minutes in a comfy chair and relax every night when you get home, make an appointment for a health test like a mammogram or colonoscopy, smile at your family members every day when you say “good morning,” buy an item of clothing that you believe “isn't you,” call an old friend, pick one food to make peace with, drop an activity if you're always busy, add an activity if you're bored or stuck in routine, practice speaking to and thinking kindly about yourself, read a self-help book, check out the local adult education classes, go to sleep one-half hour earlier.

I could go on and on with small changes, but have confidence that you'll come up with something that'll do the trick. Spend a while considering your choice and, when you've made it, notice how you feel—nervous, excited, mixed. Pay attention to judgments about your choice being dumb, getting you nowhere, being too insignificant to make a difference, being too hard. What do these judgments mean—are you trying to undermine yourself before you start, afraid of failing, unsure you have the commitment?

Imagine yourself doing this new behavior. Smile or pat yourself on the back. Imagine it again and do some more patting and smiling.  You're on your way. Happy New Year!

Karen is the author of “The Rules of Normal Eating”
And “The Food and Feelings Workbook”