Welcome to the blog space of the Looking Glass community, where we post our own and others’ reflections and perspectives on eating disorder issues, programs and resources, journeys of recovery, and community news and events.
Eating disorders can be overcome. While this may seem impossible before or during treatment, many people leaving a residential care facility feel like they have received a new lease on life. New, healthy eating behaviours, thought processes and habits have been formed. But how difficult is it to cope with eating disorders after residential treatment?
DetailsNobody chooses to have an eating disorder like anorexia and bulimia. To the outside world, it may seem like you’re over-analyzing your looks or just being stubborn. Here at The Woodstone Residence, we know how an eating disorder can affect a young person’s life...
DetailsThe Looking Glass Foundation for Eating Disorders is thrilled to be a part of the 19th Global Civic Policy Society's Sam Sullivan Public Salon on Wednesday, May 14th. Hosted at the Vancouver Playhouse, Sam's Salons have evolved from a private dinner to a 600-person presentation and discussion of the ideas shaping our city...
DetailsWe recently received a very powerful testimony from a sibling of a young woman with an eating disorder who is a part of the Looking Glass Foundation's community. It is a plea for us to learn more about eating disorders - to arm ourselves with knowledge to better support and help those around us that are suffering...
DetailsEvery second year, the Looking Glass Foundation is the recipient of the John Casablanca Institute's creative and inspired fashion show fundraisers. We are so grateful for the opportunity to create awareness around Eating Disorders and experience student's passion for fashion through their work...
DetailsI woke up this morning to a red snowboard, a series of scuba lessons and a big smile on my face - these were the spoils of my night at the Looking Glass Foundation's 10th Anniversary Gala...
DetailsA recent article, “Anorexia, the Impossible Subject” by Alice Gregory, published in The New Yorker has made me reconsider the way we speak and write about eating disorders. In response to Kelsey Osgood’s newly-published book, How to Disappear Completely: On Modern Anorexia”, Alice Gregory builds on the argument that much of contemporary literature about anorexia paradoxically glamourizes the disease rather than exposing its dark and deadly nature...
DetailsSurviving life with, or in recovery from, an eating disorder is difficult even at the best of times. And for me, Christmas was the best of times! But anorexia cast a heavy shadow over the holidays for both me and my family, as the fear of all that decadent food and overbearing company eclipsed the traditional merriment...
DetailsWhen you or someone you love has an eating disorder, food-centric holidays like Hanukkah, Thanksgiving and Christmas pose a particular challenge. The affected individual is likely to experience significantly greater stress knowing he or she will be expected to spend time with family and friends enjoying meals and holiday treats...
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