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What Exactly is an ‘Eating Addiction?’– How Workit Can Help
What if you can’t stop eating? Is there such a thing as ‘eating addiction?’ You were going to eat two Girl Scout Cookies. That was the plan. It was reasonable. Instead, the entire box is gone, and a...
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Valerie Mason-John, Founder of 8 Step Recovery, On Spirituality, Bullying,...
Dr. Valerie Mason-John M.A (hon.doc) is the co-founder of 8 Step Recovery and one of the leaders in the secular recovery movement. At Workit, we all walk different paths towards addiction recovery, and...
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6 Times ‘This Is Us’ Got Addiction Right
‘This Is Us’ deals with many types of addiction: pain pill addiction, alcohol addiction, and food addiction. But how accurate is the show? We take a look at 6 times ‘This Is Us’ got addiction right...
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March Is National Nutrition Month, The Perfect Time To Focus On Nutrition In...
March is National Nutrition Month, the perfect time to focus on nutrition basics. March is National Nutrition Month: an informative campaign designed to get you thinking about making better food...
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These 3 Smoothies Are Your Sobriety Self-Care Secret Weapons
Struggling with healthy eating in sobriety? Let’s talk smoothies! Smoothies can be a powerhouse of nutrients to fuel your day and having them regularly has a whole host of benefits: They are nutrient...
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Workit Health’s Founder Shares 10 Lessons Learned in 10 Years of Sobriety
Robin McIntosh, Workit Health’s Co-Founder and Co-CEO, celebrated 10 years in recovery from alcoholism, bulimia, and anorexia this year. Here are 10 lessons she’s learned along the way: 1. Define your...
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Celebrating Eating Disorder Recovery With A Love Letter To Myself
September is National Recovery Month! Workit Health is celebrating recovery with stories from our team. As the head of counseling here at Workit Health, I know how important it is to celebrate recovery...
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8 Ways to Show Your Body Some Love
February 25th – March 3rd is National Eating Disorder Awareness Week, a perfect time to show your body some love. As someone in recovery from an eating disorder, I know what it’s like to have a less...
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I Faced My Eating Disorder After Addiction Recovery
So when I got sober and into recovery, I felt that everything I could control was taken away. Except food. The people in my life assumed that once I got sober, my life would be easy. They thought it’d...
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My Most Radical Act: REALLY Applying Anti-Diet Practices in Recovery
It took several years to realize that my diet restrictions were bad for my health and my recovery. I tried to bundle my sobriety. In true Emily fashion, alcohol was not the only thing I quit on April...
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Running on Enough: Anti-Diet Practices in Recovery
Incorporating Anti-Diet principles into training has shown me that I can not only survive, but I can thrive on eating “enough.” My Grandma Green got me a subscription to National Geographic when I was...
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On the Road and Lawless: Diet Recovery and Travel
Traveling in early recovery from alcohol-use disorder taught me skills for recovering from diet culture. Early on in my sobriety, traveling was a challenge. Airplanes triggered painful memories of...
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There’s Nothing to Lose: Modeling the Rejection of Diet Culture for Teens
After years of hoping my kids would “do what I say, not what I do,” I’m finally able to model healthy behaviors and attitudes. For most of my adult life, everything revolved around my adherence to, or...
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My Most Radical Act: REALLY Applying Anti-Diet Practices in Recovery
It took several years to realize that my diet restrictions were bad for my health and my recovery. I tried to bundle my sobriety. In true Emily fashion, alcohol was not the only thing I quit on April...
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Running on Enough: Anti-Diet Practices in Recovery
Incorporating Anti-Diet principles into training has shown me that I can not only survive, but I can thrive on eating “enough.” My Grandma Green got me a subscription to National Geographic when I was...
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On the Road and Lawless: Diet Recovery and Travel
Traveling in early recovery from alcohol-use disorder taught me skills for recovering from diet culture. Early on in my sobriety, traveling was a challenge. Airplanes triggered painful memories of...
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There’s Nothing to Lose: Modeling the Rejection of Diet Culture for Teens
After years of hoping my kids would “do what I say, not what I do,” I’m finally able to model healthy behaviors and attitudes. For most of my adult life, everything revolved around my adherence to, or...
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