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, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2018
- 5 min
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, 2018
- 4 min
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 3, 2018
- 6 min
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
- Feb 19, 2018
- 3 min
Why the anti-diet approach matters for ED recovery
I’ve noticed a recent trend in the clients that I’ve been working with. Many of them have had serious, clinical eating disorders in the...
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