Tag: communication

I posed as a teen with an eating disorder. Here’s how AI responded.

I asked for weight loss tips while posing as a teen with an eating disorder. Did ChatGPT spot the red flags? Find out how it did.
AI gave harmful eating disorder advice. Here’s how it might be fixed.

When I posed as a teen with an eating disorder, ChatGPT gave harmful advice. Here’s how it reacted to my feedback.
Lily’s swift recovery from anorexia – a mother’s uplifting story

For parents at the start of eating disorder treatment: a real-life, rapid success story showing how family-based support led to swift recovery from anorexia.
Love, no matter what: how to support your child with compassionate communication as you treat the eating disorder

Has your child become hard to recognise? Do you struggle to help them as they swing between depression and aggression? Are you finding it hard to offer unconditional love? Are you confused about using rewards and punishment? In this chapter you’ll find practical tools and examples to help you navigate common issues, communicate with compassion,…
Powerful tools for wellbeing and compassionate connection when your son or daughter has an eating disorder

Excerpts from Chapter 13 of my book. A guide to compassionate communication, to help you support your child through the toughest challenges and help them thrive. Also, self-compassion. If you are fearful about what to say, if your child’s emotions – and your own – are all over the place, this chapter will help you…
Bitesize: learn to help your child, in short audio bites

My Bitesize audio collection. What’s in it, how it is designed to help you. Listen to some samples.
Online workshops: learn and join likeminded parents when you’re supporting a child with an eating disorder

All my workshops for parents – by video link.
How to calm your child when the eating disorder heightens anxiety and panic

Tips to bring calm to your child, deal with panic attacks and meltdowns, and help your child cope with the many challenges they face while they’re suffering from an eating disorder
A mother’s story: what got my girl with anorexia eating again

A mother’s story: what got my daughter to manage meals again
Compassionate or Nonviolent Communication (NVC) and eating disorders

What are the principles of Nonviolent communication (NVC) or Compassionate Communication? A good start if your child suffers from an eating disorder.
Super-charge your skills with these video and audio resources, and help your child or teen to recover from an eating disorder

All my YouTubes and audios collected together here
Books & Links on Raising kids, Communication and Wellbeing

My reviews of some great books to help you with raising kids and with compassion — independently of an eating disorder
Could a parent’s rage at ‘ED’ slow down progress?

Raging at an eating disorder demon might lose you the intended benefits of externalizing. I give examples of alternatives.
What to say when you discover your child binned food at school (eating disorders)

In the book I give you principles and examples of empathy and dialogue. Here is one more example you might relate to. The child has secretly been binning food in school and the parent is trying to connect, understand and find solutions. What can the parent say to both connect and find solutions?
What do you reply to, “Am I fat?” when your child has an eating disorder?

What can you say when your child asks ‘Am I fat?’ at various stages of an eating disorder? How anorexia, in particular, amplifies fat fears.
Lisa’s Tarzan leap for her daughter: facing anorexia fear

Lisa came to me for coaching to help her daughter to eat. Two days later, an email she wrote me moved me to tears. I was certain it would inspire you, and I asked for her permission to share it here. Here's her story of what happened after a successful lunch with her daughter Elena.…
Mending the relationship after a bust-up

Does your child act totally out of character when he or she is worried about food? Have you been screamed at, or kicked? Have you had a plate of pasta tipped onto your lap in a restaurant? Has your child run away? After a highly charged event when your child (and perhaps yourself) have been…