Dr. Jenna Daku
Is Diet-Culture Preventing You From Seeking Support For Disordered Eating?
Are you struggling with your relationship with food and your body, but unsure what to do about it? Or whether you are 'unwell enough' to...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Feb 18, 20213 min read
We can't talk about Binge Eating Disorder without discussing weight stigma
*TW: Discussion about weight based stigma and discrimination. Isabella Robinson kindly invited me to join her for an Instagram Live for...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Mar 17, 20204 min read
Coping with an Eating Disorder during the COVID-19 pandemic
If you have an eating disorder, or if you're struggling with disordered eating, the recent pandemic measures ( social distancing,...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Mar 11, 20203 min read
Why Bingeing is Only Half the Story by Vicky Bellman
Note: This post was written by our Associate Therapist: Vicky Bellman When people come to Freedom To Be Therapy with a history of...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Mar 8, 20206 min read
Anorexia: How a weight-centric focus is a barrier to treatment
This week was Eating Disorder Awareness Week (EDAW) here in the UK and the thing that has stayed with me the most is just how much a...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Nov 29, 20197 min read
8 Ways to Manage Disordered Eating During the Festive Season
This past week, I posted a series on Instagram on coping with disordered eating during the Festive Season, and I thought it would be...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Oct 20, 20198 min read
Supporting someone with an eating disorder
If someone you love is suffering with an eating disorder, it can be difficult to know how to support them. As an eating disorder...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
May 1, 20193 min read
Re: Clothes that no longer fit
Spring is in the air, and so is body insecurity. The theme of changing bodies, and clothing sizes, has come up a lot in clinic lately and...
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Dr Jenna Daku
Feb 9, 20199 min read
How is it ethical to starve adolescents for science?
** TRIGGER WARNING: Numbers and kcals are referenced throughout this blog** Sadly, this is not a sensationalist title designed to grab...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Jan 3, 20194 min read
Let’s keep thinking about weight loss
As you can imagine, January is probably my least favourite month, simply because it is so rife with diet-culture toxicity. January has...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Dec 17, 20183 min read
You have permission to struggle this Festive Season
With Christmas just around the corner, there's an increasing amount of pressure to be cheerful, excited, and 'on it' at work or with...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Oct 31, 20184 min read
This Halloween, let's leave the fear-mongering for the ghosts
Traditionally known as All Hallows’ Evening, Halloween was a Samhain festival to celebrate the end of the harvest season aka the end of...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Oct 24, 20185 min read
How to respond to client disclosures of trauma when you’re not a therapist
If you are a health care professional working with eating disorders, it’s crucial to ensure that you are trauma-informed. That’s a...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Sep 28, 20185 min read
How to Recognise Camouflaged Diet-chat...and what to do about it
Before I begin, a desire to lose weight is not inherently bad. The problem with focusing on weight loss is that we have moralised it to...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Sep 25, 20184 min read
Beyond the numbers on the scale: Why weight management doesn't fit with eating disorder recovery
I am a Health at Every Size (HAES) practitioner for many reasons, but mostly because it embodies my belief that everybody (and every...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Aug 9, 20182 min read
Cultivating self-compassion is effing hard, and that's OK.
I teach my clients about self-compassion every day. I point them toward Kristin Neff and Brene Brown for evidence and inspiration. I...
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Dr Jenna Daku
Aug 3, 20186 min read
Why complimenting weight loss is problematic
If you're close with me, you may have noticed that I have stopped acknowledging or complimenting you if you've lost weight. This isn't...
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Dr Jenna Daku
Jul 24, 20183 min read
Self-loathing is not self-caring
It’s commonly believed that we need to be hard on ourselves in order to achieve our goals. We think that criticising or telling ourselves...
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Dr. Jenna Daku
Apr 5, 20184 min read
Are eating disorders attempts at self-care?
I'll preface this really quickly with a couple of things. Firstly, I want to acknowledge that this post comes from an 'aha' moment after...
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Dr Jenna Daku
Mar 12, 20185 min read
Eating Disorder signs & how to help
You can’t always tell by looking at somebody if they have an eating disorder, so be sure to check that misconception at the door. In...
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