Body Brave

🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️ Resource Available 🏳️‍🌈 🏳️‍⚧️

Eating disorder recovery can look different for everyone. For transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse individuals, recovery may involve navigating additional challenges related to gender dysphoria, body image, accessing affirming care, and advocating for support that respects their identity.

Created in partnership with Trans Wellness Ontario, this free 2-part Recovery Session explores:
✨ The intersection of eating disorders, gender dysphoria, and body dysmorphia
✨ The role of gender-affirming care in recovery
✨ Strategies for advocating for your needs and finding affirming support

🗒️ Note: This session was specifically designed for transgender, nonbinary, and gender-diverse individuals experiencing disordered eating or eating disorders.

🎥 Watch Part 1 and Part 2 here:
https://linktr.ee/bodybravecanada?utm_source=linktree_profile_share<sid=b7f9e215-b614-406e-a567-67dc2daa1633

The words we use matter. 💭

Not every question needs a disclaimer.
Not every task needs to be rushed.
Not every hard day needs to be hidden.

Small shifts in language won't change everything overnight, but they can help us practice more self-compassion, honesty, and confidence.

“Summer should be fun.”
— Kyle Cooke

And if your summer plans require shrinking yourself first, maybe it's the plans that need adjusting. 💅

🏳️‍🌈 Happy Pride Month! 🏳️‍⚧️

At Body Brave, we believe every body deserves access to eating disorder support that is compassionate, affirming, and inclusive.

This month, and every month, we celebrate the strength, resilience, and diversity of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities. We also want to recognize and thank the individuals, organizations, and community spaces that continue to advocate for equity, inclusion, safety, and care every day. 🌈

Wishing everyone a safe, joyful, and affirming Pride Month. 💖

Today is World Eating Disorders Action Day, a global movement held every year on June 2. This year’s theme - “Stop Stigma, Start Care, Together” - calls on all of us to challenge harmful myths, expand access to support, and build systems of care that truly meet people where they are.

To honour the power of community and lived experience, we asked people what meaningful eating disorder care looks like to them. Their answers remind us that none of us are along when we work together for change.

Learn more about World Eating Disorders Action Day and ways you can get involved at: https://nedic.ca/wedad/



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We’re thankful for the Hamilton Community Foundation’s investment in accessible eating disorder support in our community.

With their support, Hamilton residents experiencing binge eating disorder were able to access free virtual education and in-person groups, offered in partnership with the Hamilton Family Health Team.

This funding helped reduce barriers to care and create more opportunities for people to feel informed, supported, and connected closer to home.

Caring for someone with an eating disorder can be overwhelming. You don’t have to do it alone.

The Caregiver Support Program includes:
✔ Self-guided online learning (Body Brave)
✔ Live caregiver support groups (National Initiative for Eating Disorders - NIED)

👉 Register: https://bodybrave.jotform.com/261115537291252

Your brain can be loud, convincing, and overwhelming… but that doesn’t mean it’s telling the truth. 💭


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✨ The first word you see is your reminder today.

Maybe it’s brave. Maybe it’s worthy. Maybe it’s healing. 💙

Sometimes the words we need most are the ones we notice first.


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A pastel-themed word search post with the text: “The first word you see is the reminder you need today: Repeat: ‘I am ___.’” Hidden words in the puzzle include Brave, Safe, Resilient, Worthy, Enough, Seen, Healing, and Strong. Decorative flowers, doodles, and spring-themed illustrations surround the puzzle.