DR MARIANNE MILLER
CARING EATING DISORDER TREATMENT IN SAN DIEGO AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON D.C. FOR ADULTS & TEENS
Five Nutrition-Related Tips to Remember When in Recovery from Anorexia
It’s so challenging to have an eating disorder like anorexia. When you’re in eating disorder treatment and moving away from restricting, you’re changing the way your brain and body function, and that can be exhausting! I have five tips to help. Amazing San Diego eating disorder dietitian Christina Gaunce, RDN, has outlined five nutrition-related suggestions to help you stay on track. I recommend that you print out this list and post it in a prominent place so you can remind yourself of these tips when you feel overwhelmed.
How Instagram Can Help Eating Disorder Recovery
Use Instagram and not sure how it can help eating disorder recovery? Meet @ediestarktherapy—also known as Edie Stark, LCSW, eating disorder therapist in San Diego. Edie is a good friend of mine who works with people 18 years and older. She is very active on Instagram and sees it a platform for supporting eating disorder advocacy and education, as well as promoting social justice. Edie gives some great tips on how to find the best support and avoid the worst triggers on Instagram. Enjoy!
Binge eating? Three Questions to Ask Yourself from a Binge Eating Therapist.
Struggling with binge eating? Having more urges to binge since COVID hit? Or, has it always been there, lurking in the background, ready to pounce when you’re feeling especially tired, stressed, or overwhelmed. It’s so hard to deal with binge eating in San Diego and elsewhere. Regardless of whether you meet the criteria for binge eating disorder or just grapple with binge eating every once in a while, it really sucks. Sure, there may be initial relief and numbing out from stress, but after a while discomfort, guilt, and shame can set in, which is so challenging. To help you figure out what to do if you struggle with binge eating, I’ve outlined three questions to ask yourself to get you on your way.
Shame, Sex, and Body Image with San Diego Therapist Dr Jennifer Konzen
Feeling ashamed about your body? Does it affect your sex life? Body image issues can be prevalent in San Diego and elsewhere, and it can definitely come into play in your sexual relationship. Whether you struggle with an eating disorder, lots of people feel ashamed about their bodies. If you’re one of them, such shame can get in the way of having a fulfilling sex life, which can lead to even more shame. It’s as though shame manifests shame.
Frustrated with Weight Stigma? Get to Know Kathleen Meehan, M.S., RD
HI everyone! Meet Kathleen Meehan, an amazing Los Angeles eating disorder dietitian known as @therdnutritionist on Instagram. She identifies as a “non-diet dietitian,” and she works from a Health at Every Size (HAES) perspective. Kathleen also is a Certified Intuitive Eating Counselor. She is really passionate about showing respect for all bodies, and she works virtually to help people in San Diego and beyond. Enjoy getting to know her!
Meet Eating Disorder Dietitian Ellyn Silverman, RDN
Hi everyone! I’d like to introduce you to Ellyn Silverman, RDN. She is an eating disorder dietitian in San Diego and Orange County who has a virtual and in-person private practice called Healing Nutrition Therapy. She works from a Health at Every Size (HAES) Approach and uses intuitive eating practices. Ellyn especially loves working with LGBTQIAA+ clients, which I totally appreciate. She started working with gay men during the AIDS crisis several decades ago. Ellyn works with teens, adults, and she also sees more mature clients—50 years and older. Enjoy getting to know her. :)
Emotional Eating, Guilt, and How Grieving Can Help
Have you been feeling tired? Not just the tired that prompts you to go to bed early or take a nap (although you likely have been feeling that too), but the bone-deep fatigue that makes you wonder how you’re going to get through your day? I’ve also been feeling that tired.
This coronavirus situation, the one that many thought was going to be over in a couple of weeks, is dragging out longer and longer, and in many ways the end doesn’t seem in sight. Returning to normal in San Diego and elsewhere isn’t even on the radar anymore—it’ll be a new normal, one that we don’t know what will look like.
Hitting an Emotional Wall? Three Strategies on How to Scale It
Having an especially hard time? Feeling more tired as the time in quarantine increases? Grappling with the uncertainty of the future? We all are struggling. Whether it’s the conflicting messages in the news or the uncertainty about the future of your job or school, life really sucks right now. Those with eating disorders in San Diego or elsewhere are especially vulnerable, as your symptoms around food and eating may be really flaring up. It’s like we are all hitting an emotional wall, and we feel trapped and don’t know what to do. Here are three strategies on how to scale it, taken from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT).
Struggling with Binge Eating During COVID-19? Five Tips for Getting Help
Do you feel stuck at home in San Diego and elsewhere, watching the news on COVID-19? Perhaps you’re filled with fear as you see the number of cases and deaths rise. Your kids may be climbing all over you or running around the house, screaming like banshees. You feel overwhelmed, isolated, and alone.
Do you feel flooded with anxiety, trapped, and you don’t know where to turn? Your eyes might drift to the stacks of food, knowing that if you start eating, you can get some temporary relief. You may even wait until everyone goes to bed to start eating so no one will know. When you do binge, does it seem like you’re detaching from your problems and numbing out?
Afterward, you might feel shame, regret, and disgust. You promise yourself that you’ll never do it again. The next morning, you may even limit your food. Then the anxiety and hunger build throughout the day, and you could end up binging all over again. You aren’t able to see an in-person eating disorder therapist or seek eating disorder treatment. What can you do to get help with your binge eating?