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This might sound counterintuitive at first. But it's grounded in decades of research showing that struggling against difficult internal experiences often makes them worse, not better. The harder we try to suppress anxious thoughts, the louder they tend to get. The more we organise our lives around avoiding discomfort, the smaller our lives become. ACT offers an alternative...

Beneath the surface of an eating disorder, there is almost always a constellation of psychological factors at work. Perfectionism. A profound sensitivity to perceived failure or judgment. Anxiety that finds its way into food and eating as a point of control. A fragile or unstable sense of self-worth tied to body image or the ability to restrict. Emotional pain that has found an outlet in restriction, bingeing, or purging because other ways of coping were never available or fe

A teacher once drew this on a board and asked his audience: What do you want to do with yours? There is a simple image that captures one of the most profound questions you will ever face. Imagine a blackboard with just three things written on it: the word birth, a dash, and the word death. Two certainties bookend your entire existence, and between them sits a small, easily overlooked mark. That dash is your life.