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The need for eating disorder training in medicine: From a student doctor with lived experience

Sophie is studying medicine and has a lived experience of an eating disorder. In this blog, she shares how eating disorder content has been lacking in her education, and why healthcare professionals need to be considered as humans who struggle too.

Kindly Do, Kindly Don’t: Advice from people with lived experience

Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness Week (BIEDAW) is a vital time to raise awareness, break down stigma and encourage help-seeking, so we asked our lived experience community for their 'Kindly Do' and 'Kindly Don't' advice when it comes to discussing eating disorders, food, appearance and bodies - and how we can all play a role in providing increased support and encourage help-seeking.

From athlete to advocate: my lived experience as an athlete with an eating disorder

"Throughout my struggle, my well-being was overlooked, overshadowed by my athletic achievements. The one thing that made me feel like I was enough. No one saw beyond the victories and podium finishes, a young girl battling with her mind every day, consumed in an eating disorder." Dr. Jennifer Ellen Hamer shares how her eating disorder was impacted by being an athlete and how she's now recovered and advocating for cultural change in sport.

Sharing your lived experience safely

Sharing lived experience of eating disorders and body image concerns is key in reducing stigma and encouraging help-seeking. But it's imperative this is done safely while taking a 'do no harm' approach. We asked our lived experience network, the Butterfly Collective, how people can ensure they are safely sharing their stories.

How lived experience workers can help Quiet the Noise of an eating disorder

Many of Butterfly's staff have recovered from their own eating disorder or body image concern. Rhiannon is one of those people. In this blog, we sat down with Rhiannon to learn about the power of lived experience wisdom in recovery, what’s involved in Butterfly’s peer support programs, and how you can help ‘Quiet The Noise’ for people with eating disorders this festive season and beyond.

Hearing from lived experience on improving eating disorder treatment, support, and awareness in the next 10 years

"We need businesses, schools, services and professionals to undertake relevant training in eating disorders, highlighting how to identify them, gain a deeper understanding on the different types, where to reach out for appropriate support, how to increase help-seeking and to learn the appropriate terminology and language”. - Chey

Using lived experience to help others: the eating disorder peer workforce

There is growing public policy interest in the development of the mental health peer workforce. But in the context of eating disorders, what does this look like, and what are the potential benefits and risks? Butterfly recently commissioned research to find out.

How can we support people to share their lived experience of an eating disorder?

It’s critical to be supportive and respectful of those willing to speak up and share their experience of an eating disorder or body image concern – because not only do we know that Talking Helps, but sharing can help demonstrate full recovery is possible. We asked our Lived Experience community how people can be supported when sharing their lived experience.

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