A closer look at the LGBTQ+ community and how their body image is uniquely impacted in American culture
June 27th from 9-11am.
- LGBTQ+ people and their body image; statistics of eating disorders and mental illness
- Why this is happening so acutely to the LGBTQ+ community compared to their straight counterparts
- LGBTQ+ culture and how this contributes to society’s high expectations for the way our bodies should look
- Barriers to treatment and how to overcome them
- How allies can help
Kaila Peak-Rishel, LCSW, LMFTc, is an open member of the LGBTQ+ community and has been passionate about improving care to LGBTQ+ members within therapy and the health care system.
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Space is limited!
RSVP today at info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org or 303.322.3373
Thursday, July 11th from 6:00-7:30PM
You can’t “see” Binge Eating Disorder (BED) by body size, age, race, or gender.
BED is the most common eating disorder, with 8% of American Adults (40% men, 60% women) suffering from BED in their lifetime.
- Discuss the five principles of Eating Disorder Intuitive Therapy (EDIT)™ (Love Your Self, Be True To Your Self, Express Your Self, Give To Your Self, Believe In Your Self)
- Explore how you can practice these principles and other skills to enhance BED recovery
- Connect and learn more about the EDF Support Group for individuals struggling with binge eating (every Thursday, 6-7:30p)
More info about this and other events
Space is limited!
RSVP to info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org or 303.322.3373
Workshop will be presented by “Dr. Dorie” McCubbrey, PhD, MSEd, LPC, LAC, CEDS, Owner of Positive Pathways. She is a Licensed Addiction Counselor and Certified Eating Disorder Specialist with more than 25 years of clinical experience. She is the creator of the treatment method Eating Disorder Intuitive Therapy (EDIT)™ and the author of “Dr. Dorie’s Don’t Diet Book” and “How Much Does Your Soul Weigh.” Dr. Dorie has volunteered at the Eating Disorder Foundation since 2008, and advocates Health at Every Size (HAES®).
Dr. Dorie can be reached at: Root Wellness Studio • 2247 Federal Blvd., Denver 80211 • www.DrDorie.com • DrDorie@PositivePathways.com • 303-494-1975
Sign up for our Mindful Gardening Workshop! Join us for a fun and nourishing workshop practicing the concepts of mindfulness while cultivating your own beautiful garden. There is no prior gardening or mindfulness experience required to reap the rewards of this workshop.
All are welcome!
RSVP today at info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org or 303.322.3373
Learn more about EDF’s therapeutic garden
It is our hope that members of the community can utilize our garden space to improve their mental wellness!
Each workshop in the garden series will include seasonally relevant gardening activities, discussions, mindfulness activities, and volunteering hours that should be accessible to most levels of ability. This series is not specific to eating disorders and is open to people anywhere on the mental health spectrum. However, the series aims to improve relationships with food and our own bodies.
Please dress appropriately in layers, wear sunscreen, and come prepared to get your hands dirty!
Learn more at eatingdisorderfoundation.org/get-involved/garden
Free! Donations are appreciated
Activities include:
Yoga, meditation and mindfulness
Soil, mulch, and composting
Companion planting and plant guilds
Planting seedlings
Native edible plants and “food forests”
Making herbal teas
Beneficial vs. harmful weeds
Food justice and food insecutiry
Food as medicine
Cooking from the garden
and more!
Schedule:
Earth Day – April 20th at 9am
Mother’s Day – May 11th at 9am
Nurturing Relationships – May 19th at 9am
Being Present – June 22nd at 9am
Getting Into the Weeds – July 13th at 9am
Food in Community – August 3rd at 9am
Food in Community Part 2 – August 24th at 9am
Celebrating Abundance – September 14th at 9am
Preparing for Change – October 12th at 9am
Learn more at eatingdisorderfoundation.org/get-involved/garden
Phone: (303) 322-2272
Email: mganz@eatingdisorderfoundation.org
Historical Trauma and Eating Disorders
a talk by Gloria Lucas of Nalgona Positivity Pride
Free
July 19th at 6:30PMThe Eating Disorder Foundation
1901 E 20th Ave, Denver, CO 80205
Space is limited! Please RSVP at info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org or 303-322-3373
For the past 30 years, eating disorders have been represented as a white, middle-class phenomenon. Due to the lack of representation of people of color and indigenous populations with troubled eating, these communities suffer from high rates of undiagnosed conditions, inaccessible treatment and culturally insensitive practices within the eating disorder world/community itself. In this presentation, participants will have the ability to evaluate eating disorders through a social justice lens that centers the experiences of people of color and indigenous descent people. Participants will learn about historical trauma, and the white-thin-cis-hetero industrial complex. Furthermore, the facilitator will explore the legacies of colonialism on self-esteem, body-image, and food.
Sponsored by EDCare and Eating Recovery Center, in collaboration with the Eating Disorder Foundation, Gaudiani Clinic, and Project Heal.
About Nalgona Positivity Pride
Nalgona Positivity Pride (NPP) is a xicana-indigenous body-positive organization that provides intersectional eating disorders education and community-based support for people of color who are struggling with troubled eating and poor body-image. After not seeing her own experiences reflected and the lack of cultural awareness in the eating disorder world, Gloria Lucas started NPP in 2014 out of an urgent need to create a platform for communities of color and indigenous-descent communities who struggle alone. Gloria first-hand experienced the isolation that comes with being a person of color with an eating disorder and the absence of services for low-income people.
NPP’s line of work focuses on uncovering the impacts of colonialism, social oppression, historical trauma and its role in impairing relationships indigenous-descent people have with food and body-image. NPP’s goal is to help people of color and indigenous descent folks find education and resources for self-empowering, resistance, and healing.
Sign up for our Mindful Gardening Workshop! Join us for a fun and nourishing workshop practicing the concepts of mindfulness while cultivating your own beautiful garden. There is no prior gardening or mindfulness experience required to reap the rewards of this workshop.
All are welcome!
RSVP today at info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org or 303.322.3373
Learn more about EDF’s therapeutic garden
It is our hope that members of the community can utilize our garden space to improve their mental wellness!
Each workshop in the garden series will include seasonally relevant gardening activities, discussions, mindfulness activities, and volunteering hours that should be accessible to most levels of ability. This series is not specific to eating disorders and is open to people anywhere on the mental health spectrum. However, the series aims to improve relationships with food and our own bodies.
Please dress appropriately in layers, wear sunscreen, and come prepared to get your hands dirty!
Learn more at eatingdisorderfoundation.org/get-involved/garden
Free! Donations are appreciated
Activities include:
Yoga, meditation and mindfulness
Soil, mulch, and composting
Companion planting and plant guilds
Planting seedlings
Native edible plants and “food forests”
Making herbal teas
Beneficial vs. harmful weeds
Food justice and food insecutiry
Food as medicine
Cooking from the garden
and more!
Schedule:
Earth Day – April 20th at 9am
Mother’s Day – May 11th at 9am
Nurturing Relationships – May 19th at 9am
Being Present – June 22nd at 9am
Getting Into the Weeds – July 13th at 9am
Food in Community – August 3rd at 9am
Food in Community Part 2 – August 24th at 9am
Celebrating Abundance – September 14th at 9am
Preparing for Change – October 12th at 9am
Learn more at eatingdisorderfoundation.org/get-involved/garden
Phone: (303) 322-2272
Email: mganz@eatingdisorderfoundation.org
Join us for a yoga workshop!
Body Positive Yoga with Christina Marie & Jamie Kuttenkuler
Come soak up some sun in the EDF garden with a Saturday morning yoga flow. Our class will consist of Christina Marie leading discussion, and Jamie teaching you how to better love your body through an all-levels yoga flow. We can’t wait to see you!
Event Details:
Donation-Based Class
Date: Saturday, August 17th
Time: 10:30AM
Location: 1901 E. 20th Ave, Denver, CO 80205
Space is limited!
RSVP to info@eatingdisorderfoundat
About the Facilitators:
Christina Marie is the host of Body Positive Events Denver. Christina was inspired to share her eating disorder recovery story with others in a creative way after overcoming a ten year battle with anorexia nervosa. Her mental health awareness events are an opportunity for individuals to love themselves completely physically, mentally, and spiritually. She loves to share her mantras for self love, create safe spaces for self care, and show you how to overcome adversity in your body/mind through yoga, workshops, and public speaking engagements.
Jamie Kuttenkuler started yoga to complement training for half marathons and other running events. She found so many benefits from yoga that she quickly replaced running with a daily yoga practice. Jamie’s first love was hot yoga, and she completed her 60-hour Yoga Pod Hot Teacher Training & Immersion in December, 2015. She enjoyed teaching so much that she completed her 200-hour certification with Kindness in December, 2016.
Jamie’s classes are alignment-focused and fun. She loves connecting with her students and encouraging them to breathe through a difficult pose.
Jamie lives in downtown Denver with her husband and mini-schnauzer Madchen. When she’s not practicing yoga, you can find her reading, playing her bass guitar, or enjoying one of the many outdoor activities available in the area.
Developing Connection and Empowerment Through Movement
with Michelle Laging PT, DPT
- Understand the comprehensive role of Physical Therapists as experts in movement dysfunction, rehabilitation, and injury prevention in the setting of eating disorders or disordered eating
- Gain insight into how movement, as an appropriate component of recovery, can invite connection with the body
- Participate in and “feel” simple movements to cultivate increased body awareness
Event Details:
Date: Thursday, August 22
Time: 9AM – 11AM
Location: 1901 E. 20th Ave, Denver, CO 80205
Space is limited!
RSVP to info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org or 303.322.3373
About the Facilitator
Michelle Laging, PT, DPT
- Doctor of Physical Therapy, graduated 2008 University of Colorado at Denver
- Staff Physical Therapist at Denver Health inpatient rehab services 2008-2016
- Lead ACUTE Physical Therapist 2016-2019, currently PRN
- Article publication in Journal of Acute Care Physical Therapy, January 2017
- Guest Instructor for Physical Therapy Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus 2016-present
- Credentialed Clinical Instructor through American Physical Therapy Association since 2010
- Group Fitness Instructor 2003-2008
Sign up for our Mindful Gardening Workshop! Join us for a fun and nourishing workshop practicing the concepts of mindfulness while cultivating your own beautiful garden. There is no prior gardening or mindfulness experience required to reap the rewards of this workshop.
All are welcome!
RSVP today at info@eatingdisorderfoundation.org or 303.322.3373
Learn more about EDF’s therapeutic garden
It is our hope that members of the community can utilize our garden space to improve their mental wellness!
Each workshop in the garden series will include seasonally relevant gardening activities, discussions, mindfulness activities, and volunteering hours that should be accessible to most levels of ability. This series is not specific to eating disorders and is open to people anywhere on the mental health spectrum. However, the series aims to improve relationships with food and our own bodies.
Please dress appropriately in layers, wear sunscreen, and come prepared to get your hands dirty!
Learn more at eatingdisorderfoundation.org/get-involved/garden
Free! Donations are appreciated
Activities include:
Yoga, meditation and mindfulness
Soil, mulch, and composting
Companion planting and plant guilds
Planting seedlings
Native edible plants and “food forests”
Making herbal teas
Beneficial vs. harmful weeds
Food justice and food insecutiry
Food as medicine
Cooking from the garden
and more!
Schedule:
Earth Day – April 20th at 9am
Mother’s Day – May 11th at 9am
Nurturing Relationships – May 19th at 9am
Being Present – June 22nd at 9am
Getting Into the Weeds – July 13th at 9am
Food in Community – August 3rd at 9am
Food in Community Part 2 – August 24th at 9am
Celebrating Abundance – September 14th at 9am
Preparing for Change – October 12th at 9am
Learn more at eatingdisorderfoundation.org/get-involved/garden
Phone: (303) 322-2272
Email: mganz@eatingdisorderfoundation.org
Share your story and hear from other members of the community to help spread awareness, connection and hope. Whether it is your personal journey, your support of a loved one, about body image & beauty standards or food justice – we would love to know you.
Speech, spoken word, songs, poems, readings, etc.
Wednesday, August 28 in the EDF Garden
With Food Truck!
Suggested Donation: $5
Please RSVP
info@eatingdisorderfoundat
Walk-ins are welcome too!
Spread awareness, get connected, share YOUR story:
— Your journey
— Supporting a loved one
— Body image and beauty standards
— Working in the community
— Food justice
— Marginalized communities
— and More!
We are accepting submissions from all communities, regardless of race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, socioeconomic status, and/or disability and will strive to represent a diverse population to show eating disorders can affect anyone. Individuals with struggles, family members, clinicians and friends. All are welcome to the mic.
Deadline for two- to four-minute submissions: August 1
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Hosted by The Eating Disorder Foundation, in collaboration with The Eating Recovery Center (ERC), EDCare, Gaudiani Clinic, iaedp Foundation and Project Heal.
Yoga Classes at EDF – 6-week series, Saturdays. August 31, September 21, September 28, October 12, October 26, November 9. Open to all levels and will focus on breath, mindfulness, and finding comfort in our bodies.