Evolve Wellness Group

03/22/2026

Diet culture has rebranded. Instead of obvious calorie counting, it now hides behind wellness buzzwords like "clean eating," "gut health," and "balance." In this post we explore how modern diet culture disguises the same harmful messages about control and restriction under a socially acceptable health-focused mask—making it particularly dangerous for those with eating disorders.

Red flags include moralizing food as "clean" or "toxic," ignoring hunger cues for "intermittent fasting," and repackaging restriction as lifestyle protocols. True wellness should be flexible and compassionate, but this disguised diet culture creates anxiety and shame. It's important to notice when "wellness" trends are actually undermining your relationship with food and your body.

Diet culture no longer always looks like obvious calorie counting or restrictive meal plans. Today, it often hides behind words like wellness, clean eating, balance, and self-care. It presents itself as concern for health, discipline, and “doing what’s best for your body”- making it harder tha...

03/18/2026

Looksmaxxing — the practice of "maximizing" one's physical attractiveness according to a rigid set of criteria — has migrated from incel forums to mainstream TikTok, reducing appearance to numerical scores and driving behaviors from calorie restriction to steroid use. Dr. Stuart Murray of USC's Eating Disorders Program calls it alarming — pseudoscience presented as clinical fact, with a body-scoring framework that maps directly onto body dysmorphia and disordered eating.

Most clinically notable is how looksmaxxing functions as a control-seeking behavior, a dynamic eating disorder clinicians will recognize immediately. TikTok algorithms can rapidly funnel users from benign "glow-up" content into communities promoting restriction — so this trend may already be shaping body image in ways that go unexamined and unaddressed.


https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20240326-inside-looksmaxxing-the-extreme-cosmetic-social-media-trend

03/16/2026

There's something powerful about healing in community. 🌼🌼🌼

Renew & Rise is a weekly virtual therapy group for women navigating the transitions of midlife — career shifts, empty nesting, peri/menopause, body image, and the quiet identity questions that come with it all.

Led by Geeta Kerawalla, LCSW, this is a supportive, therapeutic space where you don't have to figure it out alone.

✨ Virtual | Weekly | Women in midlife

Learn more:

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03/15/2026

Recovering from an eating disorder in your 20s and 30s comes with a unique set of pressures — career demands, shifting relationships, and the unspoken expectation that you should have it all figured out by now.

Peer support is one of the most powerful tools available during this life stage, from the relief of being understood without explanation to the accountability that group therapy uniquely provides. Connection isn't just a nice-to-have in recovery — research shows it's directly tied to better outcomes and greater resilience. If you're a woman between 25 and 35 navigating eating disorder recovery, you don't have to do it alone.

For many women in their 20s and 30s, eating disorder recovery happens alongside major life transitions. Careers are evolving, relationships may be shifting, family expectations can feel heavier, and questions about identity, purpose, and belonging often come into sharper focus. During this stage of....

03/11/2026

“The act of revealing oneself fully to another and still being accepted may be the major vehicle of therapeutic help.”
— Irvin Yalom, psychiatrist and group therapy advocate

Group therapy can be immensely helpful in healing from an eating disorder. We are currently putting together these groups:
🌱 Women's eating disorder process group (under 40)
🌱 Women's life transitions group (40+)
🌱 Men's group
🌱 Intuitive eating support group

Get in touch today to learn more.

https://evolvetherapy.org/group-therapy

03/08/2026

Cultivate community: We are putting together an Intuitive Eating Support Group.

This is a space for those motivated in their disordered eating recover. Healing involves many facets, one being the relationship with your food while being in social settings. In this group, we will process the experience and explore the important role of nutrition in your recovery through a variety of topics.

Facilitated by Nicole Klawitter, RD & Mina Mogahdam, CNC

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/15rKAxsABUki7ruSCmhrcLXps5JtHSMt4cO3nJ0WJukA/edit

03/04/2026

Journaling is one of the most powerful tools for eating disorder recovery — and Evolve Wellness Group is offering their expert-crafted guide completely free.

Written by founder and renowned therapist Shrein Bahrami, this two-part workbook walks you through topics like radical acceptance, intuitive eating, and self-soothing at whatever pace works for you. It's designed for anyone navigating anorexia, bulimia, or binge eating disorder, at any stage of their journey. Sign up for the Evolve newsletter to get your free copy delivered straight to your inbox.

https://evolvetherapy.org/eating-disorder-recovery-journaling-guide

03/02/2026

Meet Emily, Evolve Wellness Group's newest therapist, whose journey to the therapy room began with her own experiences navigating depression, disordered eating, and the transformative power of finding the right support.

At the heart of her work is a shift from self-criticism to curiosity — helping clients understand the "why" behind their patterns and move toward genuine healing. With a clinical focus on eating disorders and body image, Emily brings both lived experience and deep compassion to her practice. Her philosophy? Life's too short to stress about the cookie — so eat it.

Meet Our New Clinician, Emily! When you first meet our newest clinician, you may notice a quiet warmth and an easy curiosity. You may also, if you’re lucky, catch her humming along to whatever song is playing in the background. Before she imagined herself in a therapy office, she once pictured a v...

02/25/2026

Eating disorders don't exist in a vacuum. Anxiety, depression, and substance use frequently go hand in hand with them — yet too often, only part of the picture gets treated.

This National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, let's change that.

Healing is possible. Learn more and find support: https://evolvetherapy.org/

02/23/2026

Tired of:
❌ Diet rules
❌ Food guilt
❌ "Just have more willpower"

Try:
✅ Actual support
✅ Weight-inclusive care
✅ Someone who gets it

Mindful Nutrition Starter Package with Mina Mogahdam

$595 (reg. $735) through February 28

4 sessions designed for recovery, healing, and getting off the diet roller coaster.

Create the support system that's been missing.

Book: (415) 579-2785 or https://evolvetherapy.org/contact

02/19/2026

At Evolve, our therapists and dietitians specialize in helping you break free from the cycle of guilt and restriction — for good. In a free consultation call, you'll be able to meet a clinician and learn how our personalized therapy or nutrition counseling can help you find real peace with food and your body. You deserve support from someone that actually understands what you're going through.

Reach out today to take the first step.

https://evolvetherapy.org/

02/15/2026

Taking a GLP-1? Our nutrition counselor Mina Mogahdam offers a Mindful Nutrition Starter Package:
-- 1 assessment - 60-min
-- 3 sessions - 45-min
…for gentle, recovery-focused support.

Help maintain adequate nutrition & navigate appetite changes without shame.
$590 (reg. $735)
https://evolvetherapy.org/contact