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Recovery: what real happiness means
By choosing recovery, you will give to yourself the best chance to find your real happiness.
Christmas can be a difficult time for many reasons, but it can be especially challenging when you live with an eating disorder
Recovery takes time and it isn’t a race – as long as I’m on the right track it doesn’t matter how long it takes me to reach the finish line. I'’ll get there eventually, and next Christmas perhaps anorexia won’t be invited at all.
Navigating Christmas with an eating disorder
Isabella discusses navigating Christmas with an eating disorder and Beat's support services over Christmas.
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Eating Disorders do not have “a look”
We need to challenge the perception that anorexia is purely about body image, or that we are ‘choosing’ not to eat.
How writing and the countryside saved me
The natural world has taught me about transience, how to appreciate each delicate thread of life’s vibrant tapestry.
A better future for eating disorders depends on understanding the stigmas that exist today.
With recovery, I have experienced how it feels to fly
Like bees and every other living organism, I know deep down that I deserve to eat too, I deserve to care for myself.
Sam's 'Tea and a Treat for Beat'
Sam got creative during the pandemic with his fundraising for the London Marathon!
Abi's skydive was postponed 5 times due to the pandemic, but it was certainly worth the wait!
Living with ARFID: I'm not just a fussy eater
All I knew from the age of 18 months was that food was scary and anything out of my ‘norm’ would make me panic.