Eating Disorders Don’t Have a “Look”
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 as Coping Mechanisms: Understanding Without Judgment
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.
How to Support Someone With an Eating Disorder (Without Saying the Wrong Thing)
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
Raising Awareness: Understanding Eating Disorders During Eating Disorder Awareness Week
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.
How Working With a Dietitian in Burnaby, BC Can Help You Finally Feel in Control of Food
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.
Finding Peace with Food: Introducing the Binge Eating Recovery Intensive in Burnaby, BC
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.
Habit Formation: How Small Changes Shape Who We Are Becoming
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.
Understanding “Food Noise” and How to Quiet the Constant Mental Chatter
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.
How to Talk to Kids About Body Image: A Practical Guide for Parents
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.
Healing Intergenerational Trauma and Legacy Burdens Through Internal Family Systems (IFS) Therapy
Explore how Internal Family Systems therapy supports the release of inherited trauma and legacy burdens, offering a path toward deep personal and generational healing.