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A space for sharing all things body image and eating disorders related. All blog entries are written by our staff, those with a lived experience and professionals.

How the Fat Joy Festival Helped Me Celebrate Fat Joy and Build Community

This Weight Stigma Awareness Week, lived experience advocate and researcher Evie Gardiner shares her experience at the first Fat Joy Festival.

Weight Stigmatisation in the World of Plus Size Dating

This Weight Stigma Awareness Week, fat activist and journalist Demi Lynch shares her research around plus size dating in a world of harmful appearance ideals.

Navigating Body Image, Disordered Eating & Dissociation: Skye’s Story

In this blog, lived experience advocate Skye shares her journey with an eating disorder and dissociative amnesia.

My Journey with Complex Mental Illness & Eating Disorders

In this blog, lived experience advocate Hannah reflects on her journey with an eating disorder and anxiety.

Living with PCOS: Reclaiming My Body and My Joy

This World Polycystic Ovary Syndrome Day, Lived Experience Advocate Soph shares her journey navigating PCOS and body image struggles.

Co-Occurring Eating Disorder and Psychosis: The Need for Trauma-Informed, Integrated and Personalised Care

Trauma-Informed, integrated and personalised care is essential for treatment of co-occurring eating disorders and psychosis.

Beneath the Surface: How Discovering My Eating Disorder Origin Story Helped Me Recover

In this blog, Lived Experience Advocate Emma Hagan shares her lived experience navigating an eating disorder, and what she found helpful in her recovery journey.

Eating at the Intersections: Understanding the Unique Experiences and Needs of Neurodivergent People

Clinical Psychologist Lumen explores how sensory differences, executive function and trauma can impact eating disorder risk amongst neurodivergent people.

Beyond the Binary: My Journey with Binge Eating Disorder as a Queer, Neurodivergent, Disabled Man

In this blog, Lived Experience Advocate and Researcher Aaron Saint-James shares his lived experience navigating an eating disorder.

Unpacking the Why: Exploring How Eating Disorders Develop

This Body Image and Eating Disorder Awareness Week, we’re increasing awareness around what causes eating disorders.

Men and Eating Disorders: Stories of Recovery (Including My Own)

Navigating an eating disorder can be especially challenging for men, as they often face increased stigma and the misconception that these issues only affect women.

From Weight Stigma to Weight Inclusiveness and Liberation: Highlights from the 11th Annual International Weight Stigma Conference

Butterfly Lived Experience Manager Kate Mulray discusses the highlights from the 11th Annual International Weight Stigma Conference, exploring weight stigma, to weight inclusiveness and liberation.

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We commit to embracing diversity and eliminating discrimination in health care. We welcome all help-seekers and strive to create a safe place for all people, irrespective of their size, shape, age, abilities, gender, sexuality, cultural background, language, economic status, profession or location.

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