Cottage Counseling Lynn Victory RD, MA, LD, LPC

04/12/2016

Trauma? You can succeed!

By Marjie L. Roddick, MA, NCC, LMHC

04/08/2016

What those with anxiety want you to know...

04/05/2016

Partial recovery is the worst of both worlds...

Why not settle for partial recovery of your eating disorder? The blog Your Eatopia suggests three facets that can be used to measure recovery: weight restoration, repair of physical damage and repair of neurological damage.

03/21/2016

03/01/2016

Perfectionism can hold you back and affect you in ways you would not have thought...

How perfectionism can hold you back. The following is a list of just five ways perfectionism can negatively impact our lives if we aren’t aware of it. However, for those of you like me with a “perfectionistic leaning” (as I lovingly like to call it), if we aren’t aware of how perfectionism can influ…

02/15/2016

FREE AND OPEN TO THE PUBLIC! Don't miss this years exhibit and events!

02/15/2016

Don't miss your opportunity to submit a piece for this years art exhibit,

BODYLINES III: Inner Portraits of those in Recovery. Whether an artist or not, you won't want to miss this moving exhibit dedicated to the awareness and prevention of eating disorders.

02/15/2016

Want to help?

A year ago, I had a traumatic experience that triggered a sharp turn in my emotional health. Eventually, this warped into a vicious battle with anorexia — and as anyone who suffers from an eating disorder knows, they come with a secret language, a bodily expression of internal pain that sometimes

02/03/2016

Some misconceptions...

It's the first day of February, which is National Eating Disorders Awareness month, and as an eating disorder survivor, I am keenly aware of the harmful misconceptions people hold about eating disorders and how they can affect victims. Throughout the years that I suffered from anorexia and Other

01/22/2016

Can healthy eating go too far?

Two years ago, Sacramento native Jordan Younger was running the popular lifestyle blog “The Blonde Vegan” and becoming the Web’s go-to guru on plant-based eating. Based in New York, Younger had built a personal brand by writing about the dangers of processed foods and pesticides and the benefits of…

01/21/2016

When does it start?

The average age at which girls first remember feeling self-conscious about their bodies is getting increasingly younger, a new survey shows.

01/07/2016

Diet fads come and go — but a few stick. (Photo: Trunk Archive/Yasu & Junko)