DR MARIANNE MILLER
CARING EATING DISORDER TREATMENT IN SAN DIEGO AND THROUGHOUT CALIFORNIA, TEXAS, AND WASHINGTON D.C. FOR ADULTS & TEENS
ADHD and Eating Disorders: In What Ways Do They Overlap?
Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) and eating disorders share several commonalities that often go unnoticed. Both conditions involve challenges with self-regulation, impulse control, and emotional management. By exploring the ways they overlap, we can better understand the unique challenges faced by individuals managing both conditions. Whether you live in San Diego, California, Los Angeles, California, NYC, Dallas, Texas, or elsewhere, acknowledging the link between ADHD and eating disorders is important to find top eating disorder treatment.
3 Tips on How to Leave Diet Culture and Eating Disorders Behind in London (& Throughout the UK)
Diet culture is so pervasive. It’s like we’re swimming in an ocean of it, and whether you’re in San Diego or NYC, it’s with you wherever you go. Many people who live in London also struggle with diet culture and eating disorders. It can be especially difficult in England and elsewhere in the UK in the winter months (and even some of the spring) because there’s not much sunlight and a lot of gray skies. Here are three tips to help you leave diet culture and eating disorders behind in London and throughout the UK.
Top 5 Black Mental Health Podcasts to Help With Eating Disorders, Depression, and Anxiety
In Black History Month, many people highlight Black writers and Black-owned businesses. It’s important, however, to amplify Black voices year-round, given the pervasive and systemic marginalization, oppression, and overall racism Black individuals experience. When it comes to eating disorders, depression, anxiety, and all things mental health, living while Black is unique, nuanced, and deserving of attention. Whether you live in NYC, Chicago, or Atlanta, listening to black podcasts will support Black businesses and magnify Black mental health leaders. Plus, these podcasts are awesome, so listen to them! :)
Battling Binge Eating? Amy Ornelas, RD on How Eating Disorder Dietitians Can Help
Grappling with binge eating in San Diego is so freaking hard. It consumes your waking thoughts and hijacks your brain. All you want to do is enjoy your life and see the amazing sights in San Diego and elsewhere, but you just can’t seem to turn off the obsessive thoughts, the constant urges, and the shame—and there can be so much shame. I have worked many years with San Diego eating disorder dietitian Amy Ornelas, RD. She is SO GIFTED at what she does—it’s like magic how she helps people recover from binge eating. Check out her approach to binge eating in this interview!
Do Dancers Often Struggle With Eating Disorders? Hear from Registered Dietitian Dr Nasira-Burkholder-Cooley
Are you a dancer and you struggle with an eating disorder in San Diego, Southern California, or elsewhere? Do you have a child or family member who is in ballet or another type of dance and overly focuses on food, eating and body image? Dr Nasira Burkholder-Cooley, RD, is a nutritionist who specializes in dancers. Having a ballet background herself, she understands the unique challenges dancers face when they look at mirrors all day and feel pressure to achieve the “perfect dancer’s body.” I’ve been collaborating with Nasira for almost two years, and she is caring, compassionate, and dedicated to help people both in and outside of the dance/ballet world. I look forward to you getting to know her!
Five Tips for Managing Overwhelming Emotions in Eating Disorder Recovery
Have you ever felt so filled with emotion that it was almost unbearable? Do your mind and body feel flooded with feelings such as fear, anger, disgust, frustration, irritability, anxiety, or sadness—to the point at which you feel almost paralyzed? Having an eating disorder in San Diego and elsewhere is so hard. Sometimes the overwhelming emotions can be triggered by things such as discomfort with food and with your body, negative interactions with others, and work and family stress. At such times, it seems like the emotions take over both your brain and your body, and you would do anything thing in the world to make them stop. It is so so hard. Thankfully, there are a few coping strategies that can help you navigate such situations. These coping skills come from dialectical behavior therapy (DBT), which is an approach I integrate in my work with people struggling with eating disorders in San Diego.
Meet San Diego Sports Medicine and Family Physician Dr. Alexandra Myers, D.O., Specializing in Eating Disorders in Athletes
Hi all! This week’s interview is with Dr. Alexandra Myers, D.O., who works with athletes with eating disorders in San Diego. I think there is a misconception that in order for athletes to recover from eating disorders, they have to give up their sport completely. That is simply not the case. Dr. Myers is THE medical professional in San Diego who can help people heal their disordered eating and return to the sport they love. She is especially gifted in treating high-level athletes. Dr. Myers specializes in sports medicine, and she is the Director of Women’s Athletic Medicine at San Diego State University (SDSU). She also works with US Olympic athletes, other college and high school athletes, people who are active only on the weekends, and even non-athletes! She is incredibly supportive, compassionate, and non-judgmental. Plus, she’s an all-around nice person to know!!!
Meet Eating Disorder and Addiction Expert and Online Binge Eating Coach Dr. Carolyn Ross, M.D.
Hello everyone! I want to introduce you to eating disorder and addiction expert Dr. Carolyn Ross, a wonderful person who has practiced in San Diego and Denver. She has served for several years as the medical liaison for the San Diego chapter of the International Association for Eating Disorder Professionals foundation (IAEDP). Dr. Ross has also launched an amazing online coaching program for binge eating, emotional eating, and compulsive overeating. PLUS, she has written several books on eating disorders, binge eating, and emotional eating! A very accomplished woman who really knows her stuff!!!
Interview with San Diego Eating Disorder Dietitian, Dr. Megan Holt Hellner, RD
Hi everyone! I’m starting a blog series interviewing various eating disorder professionals in the San Diego area. I’m beginning with one of my favorite eating disorder dietitians to work with in San Diego—Dr. Megan Holt Hellner, RD. She and I have collaborated on many client cases, and she is conscientious, caring, compassionate, and thorough. One thing I love about Megan is that she has two advanced degrees in public health, and so she is especially good at working with people with challenging physical aliments. She also specializes in working with athletes.