Eating Disorders Awareness Week is an annual event held during the first week of February. Each year, organizations from across Canada join together as part of a national campaign to raise awareness and advocate, for those whose lives have been touched by an eating disorder. This year’s theme is “health doesn’t have a look.”
Read MoreAs we say goodbye to 2025, we are undergoing an exciting transformation and registering as a non-profit in the new year. We’re planning a series of workshops and peer activities for EDAW 2026, redesigning our website, and reflecting on the work we’ve done in our community. We might be quiet, but we’ve been busy building a sustainable movement rooted in collaboration, compassion, and change.
Read MoreUnpacking the history of involuntary care in the province of British Columbia and BC’s Mental Health Act from a lived/living experience perspective.
Read MoreIn Part 1 of this series on Unpacking Involuntary Care, we delve into present concerns with expanding involuntary care in BC for those who are unhoused, using substances, living with brain injuries, interacting with the criminal justice system, and experiencing severe mental illness.
Read MoreEarlier this summer, Vancouver Island Voices for Eating Disorders (VIVED) in an intermediary partnership with the Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division (CMHA BC), was selected as a recipient for the Victoria Foundation’s Vital Stream Grant. We are incredibly grateful to the Victoria Foundation for selecting our application and supporting our work.
Read More“The end justifies the means, but what if there never is an end - all we have is means?” - Ursula K. Le Guin
Read MoreIt can be a challenge to navigate the intensity of not feeling "sick enough," especially around others who are facing similar struggles with an eating disorder or disordered eating. Sometimes people share what feels like (and can be) unnecessary details about their struggles and this can be triggering for a number of reasons.
Read MoreWhatever "recovery" means to you is valid, and however you choose to move towards your goals - through the many layers of healing in front of you - is also valid.
Read MoreThe biggest losses I have ever incurred from my eating disorder had nothing to do with weight…
Read MoreMay is Mental Health Awareness Month. We wanted to offer this little reminder that while not everyone experiences mental illness, everyone does have mental health that needs tending to, just the same as any other aspect of our health does.
Read MoreThere will always be moments when we feel as though we are broken - and it’s okay to feel that way, but it is important to realize that you can be whole and still be in the process of discovering bits and pieces of yourself. You can feel lost, but still find your way. You can feel broken, but still be actively growing.
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