Sports and eating disorders - what's the connection?
High-performance athletes are Australia's version of Royalty. They do superhuman things and adoring fans hail them as heroes, but off the field, they are human beings. And like all human beings, they ...
8 Mar 202129min
The tough truth about diets
We can’t escape the diet culture that surrounds us almost everywhere we go. Every year people start a diet as a new year’s resolution. We also know that the majority of those have been abandoned by Fe...
3 Feb 202127min
A game-changing approach to care
Carolyn Costin swears full and complete recovery from eating disorders is possible. For more than 40 years, she has been changing lives through her revolutionary model of care. It was the basis for he...
6 Jan 202125min
Navigating the festive season
It’s a time that many people look forward to. Meeting family and old friends for the first time since last year and coming together to celebrate over food and drink. But for people living with eating ...
2 Des 202026min
Life in recovery
Even though we don't fully understand all the causes of eating disorders just yet we do know that recovery is possible. From a biological point of view, certain genes which affect food intake, appetit...
4 Nov 202023min
Eating Disorders - Not What You Think
What do you think of when you hear the words “eating disorder''? The chances are, eating disorders are not what you think. If you’ve experienced one yourself or know someone who has you’re off to a go...
1 Okt 202028min
Young people, body image and #socialmedia
Social media is a huge driver of body image issues and young people are particularly at risk. Packed with unrealistic images and ideals, social platforms can be an incubator for mental illness - inclu...
3 Sep 202030min
Gender, sexuality & eating disorders
Katie is in recovery from an eating disorder, and says her struggles with body image and disordered eating were triggered in high school, when she began to feel on “on the outer” from her straight pee...
6 Aug 202024min
