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The Body Recovery Group

The Body Recovery Group is a facilitated peer support group for anyone healing their relationship with food, body, and/or exercise. This is meant as a supplemental tool for anyone recovering from any of the following: eating disorders; disordered eating; compulsive eating, exercising, or dieting; weight stigma; body prejudice; lack of access; or simply not feeling very connected to food, body, or exercise. In this group, we reclaim our bodies and recover the trust that they know how to take care of themselves.

This group is not a replacement for a treatment program; the facilitator is not a clinician; and we cannot give any medical direction for health conditions such as active eating disorders, food allergies, auto-immune diseases, etc. If the facilitator feels someone needs more support than this group can provide, or may require medical intervention, they reserve the right to speak to them about this outside of group and will do their best to help connect them to other services. We are not affiliated with or endorsed by any organization or treatment program; however, other organizations, individuals, and research will be referenced.

The Body Recovery Group is dedicated to reclaiming and recovering our bodies from internal and external trauma, ranging from negative self-talk and fatphobia all the way to patriarchy and colonialism. It is essential to address and challenge all these layers as we heal our relationships with food, body, and exercise. This is a space that is anti-diet culture and anti-fatphobia. We can provide resources to connect you to the research behind these statements, but in this space, these topics are not up for debate. Any feelings or fears they may bring up for you are very welcome.

This group is all about asking ourselves the following questions: How would you feel about food, body, and exercise if there were zero outside influences telling you which ones are better than others? What if there weren’t any industries profiting off these beliefs? What if the medical system had no outside influences—such as lobbying, research funding, or corporate bonuses? What if you were born into eras, cultures, or families that celebrated different body shapes? What if we saw more people who looked like us in advertisements, magazines, movies, music videos, gyms, businesses, even political office? What if we had been taught that we can trust, celebrate, and love our bodies just as they are?