Erin Huston is completing her Masters in Social Justice and Community Engagement at Wilfrid Laurier University, while serving as the Body Peace Conference Coordinator at Body Brave in Ontario, Canada. Established in 2017, Body Brave is a body-inclusive, weight-neutral, recovery-focused community that provides services for individuals 18 years and older, struggling with weight, food and body image issues, including eating disorders such as binge eating disorder, bulimia and anorexia. To find out more about the Body Peace Conference please visit https://livingbodybrave.com/bodypeace.
Lived experience stories to boost understanding of eating disorders
People with eating disorders can’t afford to wait – so what can be done to overcome misconceptions about this illness? The team at Body Brave and Canada’s National Initiative for Eating Disorders (NIED) is arranging an event where people with limited knowledge of eating disorders can gain an understanding. The value of lived experience When I was..