The Male Experience as an Eating Disorder Carer
For Father’s Day, EDFA highlights the experience of the male carers in our community.
06/09/2025
Carer Recovery After Eating Disorder Recovery
How can carers also recover as their loved ones get better? This blog from our volunteer Karina Smith offer some insights.
30/04/2025
Carer Tips For The Holiday Season
The holiday season can be a challenging time for carers and families supporting a loved one with an eating disorder. Our free counselling service and support forum will be open during the holidays to assist in managing the challenges of the holiday season.
06/12/2023
Eating Disorders and Managing Meltdowns
Eating Disorders and Managing Meltdowns Many people who have a child with an eating disorder (ED) feel overwhelmed and exhausted by the constant meltdowns or
05/12/2023
World Kindness Day
World Kindness Day If the world was kind, would eating disorders be as prevalent? Would mental health conditions be endemic? Of course, we don’t know
13/11/2023
Co-dependency in Eating Disorders
A complex and uncomfortable topic is the suggestion of a co-dependent relationship between a person with an eating disorder and their parent/carer. While it is understandable that a child or adult with an active ED is very dependent on their carers, the opposite can also be true, where the parents’ emotion and actions are dictated by the eating disorder of their loved ones.
09/11/2023
Father’s Day: a day to celebrate the men we love.
September 3 is the day to acknowledge the special men and those who identify as men, in our lives. Those men who care for, support, protect and provide empathy to a loved one with an eating disorder. Whether they be a father, stepfather, grandfather, older brother, or beautiful friend; men experience helplessness, fear, grief and worry while they watch their loved one battle an eating disorder.
29/08/2023
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.
29/08/2023
Christmas Day – when your child has an eating disorder
My daughter was diagnosed with anorexia a year ago when she was fifteen years old. She was diagnosed six weeks before Christmas so as Christmas approached we were still in the throes.
28/11/2022
My Parents’ Role in my Recovery
Everyone’s ED recovery journey is unique, so I will shed some light on mine, to help describe the role my parents played throughout my recovery.
20/09/2022