Sarah Lee Recovery

"The pursuit of thinness has rarely been only about thinness."

This may be one of the most important things I wrote in my newest blog.

As I looked back through the history of beauty standards, one question kept coming to mind: What if we have been asking our bodies to solve problems they were never meant to solve?

New blog now live:
Our Pursuit of Thinness Is Not New: Beauty Standards Through History 💙 Click the image to read!

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Body Image! So many I’ve worked with have told me they don’t want to remove certain things in their environment because they make them feel “okay.” And it feels too scary.

And I understand that thought.

But those same things often keep the focus on the body. They keep the checking, the evaluating, the pressure quietly in place.

Things like:
mirrors you pass all day
clothes that no longer fit
a scale that is always within reach

None of these seem like a big deal on their own. But over time, they add up. They can even lead to more overt disordered patterns with food and exercise, or make recovery from an eating disorder even harder.

This blog is a gentle look at how your home environment may be impacting your body image more than you realize, and what small shifts can begin to support your healing.

If this resonates with you, you are not alone.
https://sarahleerecovery.com/environmental-triggers-for-body-image-at-home/
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Can a GLP-1 medication cure an eating disorder? I understand why people are asking.

Food noise can feel relentless.
Fighting your body is exhausting.
And the promise of quiet can sound like relief.

But recovery asks deeper questions than symptom suppression alone.

🤍It asks about nourishment, trust, nervous system safety, and what happens when the medication is no longer there.

I shared some thoughtful reflections in a new blog post offering important considerations for anyone navigating recovery in today’s culture.

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To FBT or Not FBT? Adolescent ED Recovery - I’ve wanted to write this for a long time. Family Based Therapy is often considered the “gold standard” for adolescents with eating disorders.

While it can be incredibly helpful, especially in the early stages, there is another side that I’ve seen again and again while walking alongside families.

In this post, I share my perspective as an eating disorder recovery coach and as someone who has lived through recovery myself. I talk about where FBT helps, where it can fall short, and why motivation, trust, and connection matter so much for lasting healing.

If you are a parent supporting an adolescent or teen, my hope is that this brings clarity, validation, and hope.

💙 Recovery is possible. And you don’t have to navigate it alone.

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