By Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director Statistics: who needs them? We care about people, not numbers, right? The truth is that without numbers to…
Recently, I was honored to be invited to speak as part of a Plenary panel at the Virtual ICED put on by the Academy for…
Planning F.E.A.S.T. events is a maelstrom of details and memories. We pack a lot into our live events partly because we want to connect the…
from Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director Back in September, I posted about an eating disorder clinic chain that had published a “spoof site”…
by Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, Executive Director Right now, during worldwide shutdown for COVID19, the idea of starting college away from home or going away…
By Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director I was amused to see the headline of a recent article, “Rethinking Anorexia: biology may be more…
by Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director It started with the jokes: about gaining weight while in quarantine. The term “covid15” spread early on, referring…
by Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director As a young parent, I preened over times my kids got As and perfect attendance and excelled…
by Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director As a parent advocate, I hear it all. Even in normal times, parents feel frightened at home with…
by Laura Collins Lyster-Mensh, F.E.A.S.T. Executive Director You’re home right now with your family, but it’s not a cozy scene: someone in the house has…