December Newsletter: Staying Connected to Recovery This Season

The holiday season can be beautiful and complicated. While lights twinkle and schedules fill, many people in eating disorder recovery notice an increase in stress, pressure, or old emotional patterns. If this month feels tender, heavy, or overwhelming, you are not alone.

December invites us to slow down, breathe deeper, soften our expectations, and offer ourselves radical compassion. This newsletter is designed to support you in finding small pockets of peace, connection, and grounding throughout the season.

Featured Blog Post

Finding Peace in the Season: A December Guide to Eating Disorder Recovery, Body Image, and Body Acceptance

December brings a unique mix of celebration, reflection, and pressure. While many people experience warmth and connection, those in eating disorder recovery may notice heightened anxiety, body image struggles, food-related stress, or comparison. If this season feels tender, complicated, or overwhelming, you are not alone.

This month’s blog post offers:

• Gentle, grounding reminders to help you reconnect with calm

• Anti-diet insights to support healing from diet culture pressures

• Compassion-focused strategies for navigating holiday meals and gatherings

• Encouragement to honor your needs, feelings, and boundaries

It’s an invitation to move through December with softness, self-acceptance, and permission to care for yourself in deeply meaningful ways.

Read the full post on our blog

Support Groups

Anti-Diet & Body Acceptance Support Group (In Person)

• Starting February 4th, 2026 - Registration is open NOW!

• Tuesdays from 4–5 PM

• 7 openings available

• $85 per person per session

• A compassionate, community-focused space to unlearn diet culture, reconnect with your body, and build sustainable body acceptance practices. A copy of Christy Harrison’s book Anti-diet is included. 

Workshops

Body Image Reset: Kick off the new year with kindness, clarity, and confidence (Virtual)

• January 22, 2026 from 10AM to 12PM (via Zoom)

• Investment: 

  • Early Bird Price - $75 through January 10th, 2026 

    • Use Code: RESET25 at checkout 

  • Full Price - $100

  • Registration is open NOW!

December Recommended Reading

• Anti-Diet - Christy Harrison

• Body Kindness - Rebecca Scritchfield

Podcasts for December

• The Body Image Podcast - S3 Ep.2: Body Image & Body Image Healing

• Body Reclamation Podcast -  Body Image and Body Grief

Reflection Prompts for the Month

• What emotions tend to show up for me during the holiday season, and how can I honor them without judgment?

• What boundaries would support my recovery most right now?

• When I imagine a peaceful December, what does it look and feel like in my body?

Affirmations for December

• I can choose compassion over criticism, even in small moments.

• My body deserves nourishment, rest, and care every day.

• Recovery is not about perfection; it’s about returning to myself again and again.

Practice Updates

• Limited individual therapy openings available for January.

• New support group and workshop calendar for 2026 coming soon!

A gentle reminder:

As we wrap up this month’s newsletter, I want to leave you with a gentle reminder: you deserve kindness, especially from yourself. The holidays can stir up so many emotions, but you are allowed to move through this season at your own pace, in your own way.

From me to you: I hope December offers you moments of warmth, stillness, and connection. I hope you find small rituals that soothe you, people who understand you, and spaces where you feel safe to be your full, authentic self. And if this month feels heavy or complicated, I hope you remember that nothing about your struggle makes you inadequate or behind. You are doing brave, meaningful work every single day.

Wishing you comfort, grounding, and gentle hope as we move into a new year together.

- Courtney