
Five Reasons Carers Need Mindfulness.
Supporting someone who is experiencing an eating disorder can be stressful, isolating and take a heavy toll on our wellbeing.
Here’s 5 ways the practice of mindfulness can help support you and, in turn help improve the wellbeing of those in your care.

New research shows families and carers of those with eating disorders are desperate for support, understanding and connection
Families and carers of those living with an eating disorder are desperate for non-judgmental connection with new research finding this is the main reason for joining an eating disorder carer support group.

International Youth Day
On International Youth Day 2023, EDFA encourages greater awareness of the difficulties our youth are facing in this ever-changing world, particularly the prevalence of disordered eating and eating disorders amongst our youth.

Anon ARFID Carer Story
Anon ARFID Carer Story Seeing my daughter eat a full meal is my source of joy, along with my other children and my furbaby. My

Mum’s ‘terrifying’ experience of learning her daughter had anorexia nervosa
As a mental health nurse, Sarah Lovell has cared for patients with eating disorders.
But little could prepare the single parent for when her own teenager daughter developed anorexia nervosa.

How To Help Your Child Understand Their Changing Body
How To Help Your Child Understand Their Changing Body Worldwide, an overwhelming amount of the population, children and adults alike, report struggling with body image

Eating disorder carers unable to seek help for themselves despite need
MEDIA RELEASE June 22, 2023 Nearly 90% of eating disorder carers say their own physical and psychological well-being has declined as a result of their

June is International Pride Month
June is a significant month for both the LGBTQIA+ ((lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, intersex, queer/questioning, asexual +) community and those living with eating disorders. It’s

Eating disorder carers welcome $1.7 million in Federal Government funding for online peer support and counselling service
Eating Disorders Families Australia (EDFA) welcomes the Federal Government’s decision to fund a $1.7 million program designed to help carers better support a loved one