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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
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
Powerful tools for wellbeing and compassionate connection when your son or daughter has an eating disorder

Excerpts from Chapter 13 of my book, on communication.
Love, no matter what: how to support your child with compassionate communication as you treat the eating disorder

This is a section from Chapter 14 of ‘Anorexia and other eating disorders – how to help your child eat well and be well’ Also useful: you can hear me demonstrate examples of dialogue in Bitesize. Has it become difficult to recognise your son or daughter? Do you struggle to help them as they flip…
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…

How to calm your child when the eating disorder heightens anxiety and panic