Evolve Wellness Group

10/07/2025

"Menorexia" — a term describing eating disorders that emerge during menopause and perimenopause — is affecting more midlife women than we realize. A new survey found 35% of women developed disordered eating behaviors for the first time in midlife. These disorders often hide behind "wellness" trends like intermittent fasting and extreme exercise routines. If you or someone you know is struggling with body image and food in midlife, you're not alone. Read more about the signs, triggers, and how to get help. 👇

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Midlife adults are prone to this disorder, especially women.

10/01/2025

Are you ready to stop letting food control your life? 🌸

Our "Stop Bingeing, Start Living" course offers a gentle, self-paced approach to healing your relationship with food. Created by eating disorder specialists, this 6-module program teaches you to listen to your body, overcome urges, and strengthen your mind-body connection.

Perfect for those who want to work at their own pace or supplement their current therapy. Includes journaling prompts, actionable strategies, and optional nutrition coaching.

You deserve to live free from constant thoughts about food and weight. Take the next step today. 💚

https://evolvetherapy.org/course

09/24/2025

Recovery doesn't have to be a lonely journey. Group therapy provides a safe space to share experiences, challenge distorted thoughts together, and learn from others who truly understand. Breaking isolation is often the first step toward healing. Our women's eating disorder recovery group starts soon—reach out to learn more.
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09/23/2025

Eliminating diet culture & weight stigma requires diverse perspectives and respect for all bodies. Embrace diversity for true inclusivity.


National Alliance for Eating Disorders

http://WeightStigmaAwarenessWeek.org

09/17/2025

Restriction fuels the binge cycle. That’s why healing starts with a new approach—not another food rule. In our binge eating recovery course, you’ll learn the evidence-based steps to end the cycle of shame and regain trust in your body, led by a licensed therapist who’s helped hundreds recover.
Enroll now and start healing.
https://evolvetherapy.org/course

09/10/2025

Meet Mina Mogahdam, Evolve’s nutrition coach! Mina offers individual and group coaching to our clients at our office in San Francisco as well as virtually. Reach out today for a complimentary intake phone call.

Meet Mina Mogahdam, Evolve’s nutrition coach! Mina offers individual and group coaching to our clients at our office in San Francisco as well as virtually. Read on to learn more about Mina! About Mina I’ve always been drawn to the idea that food can be both nourishing and joyful. Yet, for many p...

09/06/2025

The term "freshman 15" is believed to have first emerged in the August 1989 issue of Seventeen magazine, which featured a cover story about how to “fight the Freshman 15” and “avoid the first-year fat attack.”

Today, this type of fatphobic content is even more pervasive online. The medium has changed, but the underlying message remains the same: our worth is predicated on our ability to maintain—or lose—weight.

The reality is that it's normal for people aged 17 to 20 to gain some weight as they transition into adulthood. To stigmatize or pathologize it by fearmongering with ideas like the "freshman 15" contributes to body dysmorphia and disordered eating.

Instead of focusing on weight gain, we should engage students in conversations about what it means to respect their bodies. Let's emphasize rest, engaging in joyful movement, eating a variety of foods, managing stress, and maintaining healthy relationships.

As college students head back to campus, Mallary Tenore Tarpley writes about why the term ‘Freshman 15’ is harmful.

09/03/2025

Our online eating disorder recovery course offers real tools for real recovery—created by Shrein Bahrami, founder of Evolve. This is a tool for anyone ready to step out of the binge cycle and into a gentler way of relating to food and themselves.
https://evolvetherapy.org/course

08/27/2025

Journaling can be a powerful and gentle tool to help you process your emotions, challenge old beliefs, and cultivate a more peaceful connection with yourself. Whether you’re working through disordered eating, body image struggles, or simply trying to tune in more intuitively, journaling can offer clarity and grounding.

We offer some journaling prompts to help you explore your relationship with food and your body, including:
• What would it feel like to give myself full permission to eat?
• How do I usually speak to my body? What tone do I use?
• How do I feel emotionally before and after eating?

Healing your relationship with food and your body is a deeply personal journey. It often feels overwhelming, especially if you lose sight of the light at the end of the table. This journey is one that requires curiosity, compassion, and reflection. Journaling can be a powerful and gentle tool to hel...

08/26/2025

A turning point in journalist Mallary Tenore Tarpley's eating disorder recovery came when she did some work around restorative narratives—stories that highlight resilience and hope. This helped her begin to reframe her thinking, embrace imperfections, and normalize "slips" in her recovery.

In her new book, "Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery," Mallary writes about the value she has found in inhabiting what she calls a "middle place" in recovery. "It enables me to give myself grace and to not be so hard on myself."

"We know people with eating disorders often share the same temperament traits, and one of those traits is perfectionism. There's a lot of black-and-white thinking, and that can really be detrimental because it feels like, well, if full recovery is perfection, I'm never going to get there, so why even try? In some ways, that push for full recovery can actually leave some people feeling defeated."

NPR Simon & Schuster

In a new book, Mallary Tenore Tarpley says she's learned to reject perfectionism when it comes to recovery and accept her slip-ups as part of a messy "middle place" between sickness and health.

08/20/2025

Group therapy can be an incredibly supportive space to heal as you create authentic relationships with peers who also have a desire to recover and create more balance in their lives.

This virtual weekly therapy group is designed for women aged 40 and older who are navigating the complex, often overlapping transitions of midlife. Whether you’re experiencing career shifts, redefining identity after children leave home, adjusting to the emotional and physical changes of peri/menopause, or working through body image concerns, this group offers a supportive, therapeutic space to explore and process these experiences.

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08/16/2025

Although cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) is considered the gold standard in care for eating disorder recovery, approximately 50% of clients do not see significant results, according to this study. Compassion-focused therapy (CFT), which emphasizes a compassionate self-approach, might be a suitable alternative to CBT, focusing more on body image acceptance and potentially breaking the shame-cycle caused by stigma.

"CFT offers a unique lens through which to understand the psychological processes underlying body image concerns and eating disorders by examining the interplay between three interconnected systems: the threat system, the drive system, and the soothing system."

Despite Cognitive-Behavioural Therapy (CBT) being the gold standard for treating eating disorders (ED), approximately 50% of patients do not see significant results. Increased body-related stigma in society, driven by a pursuit of thinness for peer ...