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Nutrition for joyful movement

Posted By Brittany Andreola ,
The sun is shining, and the warmth on our skin feels lovely – thawing us out from a long cold winter.   With moving into the warmer time of the year, may come sensations and thoughts of feeling...

What is ARFID?

Posted By Caitlin Moran ,
Avoidant/Restrictive Food Intake Disorder (ARFID) is an eating disorder or feeding disturbance that can affect young children, adolescents and adults. It is characterised by a pattern of eating that...

Photos when you are uncomfortable in your own skin! With a focus on formal photo shoots.

Posted By Josephine Money ,
Disclaimer: You have every right to say no to having your photo taken. People should check with you before uploading a photo of you to any social media sites and you have every right to ask them to ta...

Gender diverse people with PCOS: A conversation

Posted By Majella Jones (APD) ,
  Majella Jones ( he/ they) + Christie Bennett ( she/her)   PCOS impacts up to 18% of people with ovaries. Those with PCOS often have higher levels of androgens (hormones like...

Surviving Christmas

Posted By Josephine ,
Working towards recovery from disordered eating or an eating disorder can be hard enough without being faced with holidays based around food!   Christmas is a time of celebration, family and...

Medicare Eating Disorder Plan (EDP)

Posted By Josephine,
People meeting the patient criteria will be eligible for Medicare subsidised eating disorder treatment with specialised clinical providers.   The Medicare EDP (Eating Disorder Plans) have been...

Subtracting weight from diabetes care

Posted By Marina Payne ,
Marina Payne   Weight-neutral care focuses on establishing self-care behaviours. It does not promote restriction, endorse unsustainable exercise, or encourage disordered eating as a way to “get...

Balance

Posted By Josephine,
When working with clients and explaining what I feel is happening for them in their relationship with food at that time or what I think we may need to work on I keep coming back to the same analogy;...

Clean up your social media

Posted By Josephine,
Social media has a much bigger impact on us then we realise. Scrolling through Facebook and Instagram being bombarded with images of bikini bodies, green smoothies and dietary commentary can trigger...

Do Eat Love Live do weight management?

Posted By Josephine ,
This is such a valid question and deserves time to explore it.    You may be wondering if it is appropriate to work with an Eat Love Live (ELL) dietitian if you are unhappy with your body...

Are you eating enough?

Posted By Josephine ,
A common theme I see with clients is struggling with feeling out of control with foods in the evenings. Often feeling unable to make clear decisions about what to eat, eating quickly or feeling...

Self care

Posted By Josephine ,
Looking after yourself So often our relationship with food becomes distorted due to our propensity to use food as a coping strategy. As food is traditionally an important part of celebrations (i.e....

Eating, exercise and looking after yourself

Posted By Josephine ,
Love and Business and family and religion and art and patriotism are nothing but shadows of words when a man's starving. O.Henry, 'Cupid  a la carte', Heart of the West (1907)   Why is our...