by Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Board “Calm down.” “Be confident.” “Relax, mom.” “Please stop shouting, dad.” Isn’t it strange how that kind of message……
by Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director For me, being an eating disorder advocate isn’t about feeling good. In fact, it doesn’t always feel good……
Dear Family, You’ve opened this envelope after a very bad day. I don’t know how bad, or in what way. But I have talked with……
by Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director Eating disorders are truly dreadful brain disorders. There are a range of these conditions we call “eating disorders”……
Introductory note from Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director In a rapidly developing field like eating disorder treatment, staying up to date on the facts……
By Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director “The malnourishment of an eating disorder is even more serious than in the Minnesota study” At the……
by Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director Very few people with eating disorders look ill. You can’t tell by looking. You can’t evaluate someone’s body……
You might think that since most of the families involved with F.E.A.S.T. share a fluency in the English language that we’d all understand one another……
In 2018, Project HEAL initiated planning for an 18-month pilot program of their Communities of HEALing program for Primary Caregivers. In 2019, Project HEAL contracted……
by Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director One of F.E.A.S.T.’s earlier Executive Directors, Belinda Caldwell, made a very wise observation recently about the difference between……