Many people are told that eating less is the key to weight loss, but the body responds to under-eating with powerful adaptations that can slow metabolism, intensify hunger, and make eating feel difficult to regulate. This article explores the science behind these responses and explains why restrictive dieting is often unsustainable, offering a compassionate perspective on understanding and working with your body.

Mindful self-investigation is a practice that helps you explore emotions with curiosity and clarity, allowing feelings to be fully experienced without becoming overwhelming. By observing sensations, thoughts, and the awareness behind them, you can create space for emotions, build resilience, and respond with greater balance and insight.

Struggling with insomnia can affect your mood, focus, energy, and overall wellbeing. This post explores what insomnia is, how it impacts daily life, practical strategies you can try on your own, and how Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Insomnia (CBT-I) can help restore healthy, lasting sleep.

Trauma can leave your nervous system feeling stuck in anxiety, shutdown, or disconnection — even when you know you’re safe. This blog explores Polyvagal Theory and how understanding your body’s stress responses can reduce shame, build regulation, and support healing at Being and Becoming Counselling and Wellness Services in Burnaby, BC.

Diet culture teaches us to equate worth with weight, glorify restriction, and moralize food, creating fertile ground for disordered eating and eating disorders. This post explores how these cultural messages shape thoughts, behaviours, and body trust — and how a non-diet, HAES® approach can support healing and self-compassion.

Eating disorder recovery can feel overwhelming and scary, even when you deeply want to heal. This blog explores why fear is a normal part of the process and how specialized support, like the counselling services at Being and Becoming Counselling and Wellness Services in Burnaby, BC, can help you take recovery one step at a time.

Eating disorders affect people of all genders, yet men and gender-diverse individuals are often overlooked and underserved. This article explores unique risk factors, warning signs, and the importance of inclusive, gender-affirming eating disorder treatment.

Eating disorders don’t have a “look” and can affect people of all body sizes, ages, and backgrounds. Compassionate support and early intervention are crucial for anyone struggling, regardless of how they appear on the outside.

Eating disorders are not just about food — they are often coping mechanisms developed in response to emotional pain and overwhelm. This blog explores eating disorders through a compassionate, non-judgmental lens and highlights how therapy can support healing.

Supporting someone with an eating disorder can be challenging, but the right words and approach can make a meaningful difference. This guide from Being and Becoming Counselling Services in Burnaby offers practical tips on how to show care, listen effectively, and encourage professional support without causing harm

This post for Eating Disorder Awareness Week provides an overview of eating disorders, including anorexia, atypical anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating, and explores their causes, warning signs, and myths. It also highlights evidence-based treatment approaches, nutritional guidance, and Canadian resources to support recovery.

Discover how working with a dietitian in Burnaby, BC can help you feel confident, nourished, and in control of your relationship with food. Our Registered Dietitians provide compassionate, evidence-based nutrition counselling, both in-person and virtually across British Columbia.

This blog introduces the Binge Eating Recovery Intensive in Burnaby, BC, a compassionate, assessment-based program designed to help individuals understand the emotional, behavioural, and restrictive patterns that drive binge eating. It outlines the step-by-step process, skills-building focus, HAES-informed approach, and personalized recovery roadmap that support meaningful, sustainable change.

Small, intentional habits have the power to shape not just what we do, but who we are becoming. This post explores compassionate, psychology-informed approaches to habit formation that support sustainable change, self-trust, and personal growth.

Struggling with constant thoughts about food? Discover what food noise is, why it happens, and gentle strategies to calm intrusive eating thoughts and improve your relationship with food.

This post teaches parents how to discuss body image with kids in healthy, empowering ways. It shares practical language shifts that build confidence beyond looks.

Explore how Internal Family Systems therapy supports the release of inherited trauma and legacy burdens, offering a path toward deep personal and generational healing.

Depression can feel like a downward spiral, affecting your thoughts, emotions, and daily life. Learn how CBT, Behavioural Activation, and MBCT can help break the cycle and guide you toward hope and healing

Learn how tuning into your body can improve emotional regulation, support trauma recovery, enhance decision-making, and deepen your sense of self. Learn why listening to your body is key to feeling grounded, resilient, and fully alive.

Discover how Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction (MBSR) can help you manage stress, build resilience, and find greater calm in everyday life. This post explores how working one-on-one with a Registered Clinical Counsellor trained in MBSR offers a personalized, trauma-informed approach to mindfulness practice—integrating therapeutic support with evidence-based mindfulness teaching for lasting well-being.