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Why Dieting Is Bad for Your Mental Health

Carolyn Karoll LCSW-C, CEDS-C on February 25, 2025

The hidden psychological costs of dieting can exacerbate anxiety and depression. Learn to shift toward more compassionate approaches that prioritize well-being.

The hidden psychological costs of dieting can exacerbate anxiety and depression. Learn to shift toward more compassionate approaches that prioritize well-being.

Eating Disorders
Is It a Diet or an Eating Disorder?

Carolyn Karoll LCSW-C, CEDS-C on February 5, 2025

Is dieting just a way to lose weight, or could it be a gateway to an eating disorder? Explore how dieting can damage your relationship with food and body.

Is dieting just a way to lose weight, or could it be a gateway to an eating disorder? Explore how dieting can damage your relationship with food and body.

Eating Disorders
Beyond the Plate

Carolyn Karoll LCSW-C, CEDS-C on January 22, 2025

Fear of rejection and feelings of inadequacy often fuel disordered eating. Learn how unmet emotional needs drive these harmful cycles and offer a path to healing.

Fear of rejection and feelings of inadequacy often fuel disordered eating. Learn how unmet emotional needs drive these harmful cycles and offer a path to healing.

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When Anxiety Feeds on Itself

Carolyn Karoll LCSW-C, CEDS-C on December 13, 2024

Feeling anxious about feeling anxious? Learn why this happens, how it affects you, and simple strategies to break free from the cycle.

Feeling anxious about feeling anxious? Learn why this happens, how it affects you, and simple strategies to break free from the cycle.

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Debunking Wellness Culture

Carolyn Karoll LCSW-C, CEDS-C on November 1, 2024

Are you caught in the web of wellness culture? Discover how to discern genuine wellness from diet culture's harmful influence.

Are you caught in the web of wellness culture? Discover how to discern genuine wellness from diet culture's harmful influence.

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The Harmful Legacy of BMI

Carolyn Karoll LCSW-C, CEDS-C on October 8, 2024

The BMI's flawed origins and arbitrary classifications contribute to weight stigma, harm mental health, and promote misguided health standards.

The BMI's flawed origins and arbitrary classifications contribute to weight stigma, harm mental health, and promote misguided health standards.

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Unmasking Diet Culture

Carolyn Karoll LCSW-C, CEDS-C on July 29, 2024

Diet culture pushes the narrative that thinner is better and that our worth is tied to our weight. Combating those ideas is vital for our mental and physical well-being.

Diet culture pushes the narrative that thinner is better and that our worth is tied to our weight. Combating those ideas is vital for our mental and physical well-being.

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Thin Privilege and the Thin Ideal

Carolyn Karoll LCSW-C, CEDS-C on May 30, 2024

Explore the impact of thin privilege on mental health and society at large. Dismantle harmful norms and set intentions for authentic well-being.

Explore the impact of thin privilege on mental health and society at large. Dismantle harmful norms and set intentions for authentic well-being.

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Unmasking Diet Culture

Carolyn Karoll LCSW-C, CEDS-C on April 17, 2024

Explore the roots of body insecurity and challenge unrealistic beauty standards for personal and collective liberation.

Explore the roots of body insecurity and challenge unrealistic beauty standards for personal and collective liberation.

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Being overly polite might seem kind, but it often leads to problems anyway, in relationships, with friends, and at work.

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