STSO

  • Body Image – Moving towards a more positive experience of our bodies

    Body Image – Moving towards a more positive experience of our bodies

    Our body image is not our body.  Our body image is an image we have of our body, that has been created in our minds and all of the pain from our past gets stored inside this story. If we have experienced a serious accident…

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  • Bulimia Support – A new service for Brisbane

    Bulimia Support – A new service for Brisbane

    After surviving my own lived experience of Bulimia and working with people with eating disorders including Bulimia for over 20 years, I wrote a book called: “Eating Out of Control – 7 Steps to Understanding why you do it, so you can stop” Inside it,…

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  • Bulimia and Binge Eating – Facts and Figures in Australia

    Bulimia and Binge Eating – Facts and Figures in Australia

    How many people struggle with bulimia and binge eating in Australia? Of the 1.1 million people in Australia with an eating disorder, 12% of these have bulimia, this equates to approximately 132 000 people and 47% have Binge Eating Disorder, this equates to approximately 517…

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  • Understanding Binge Eating

    Understanding Binge Eating

    Binge eating is an experience that often brings with it, feelings of shame, confusion, and a sense of isolation.  If you’re finding yourself drawn to eating a lot of food in one sitting and not understanding why you’re doing it, you’re not alone.  As someone…

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  • Just for today … I’d like to be kinder to myself

    Just for today … I’d like to be kinder to myself

    If you’ve ever wondered what your life might feel like if you were kinder to yourself, please join me. I think this might be an interesting experiment if we could be consistent with it. I do believe when we’re making more of our own decisions…

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  • Fear of Letting Go of our Eating Issues

    Fear of Letting Go of our Eating Issues

    It is only with the gift of hindsight that I can put into words the overwhelming and all-consuming fear that was mine decades ago when my life was full of bulimia and binge eating. To even consider letting go of these eating disorders would have…

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