In This Issue

• Michelle's Opinion Corner
• Traveling with an Eating Disorder, Part 3 of 3
• Featured Product
• Upcoming Events
• Your CEDRIC Blog
• Connect with us on Twitter and Facebook
• Food is Not the Problem: Deal With What Is! The Book

Michelle's Opinion Corner

Hello to all our readers! I hope you’re thriving through all this warm weather and revealing clothing, not to mention family visits and bbq’s with the neighbors etc.

This week marks a big CEDRIC event: We are going to a weekly newsletter schedule starting now! Yes, that’s right. Every week you’ll get an article from me with tools for recovery and lots of valuable information to aid you in your recovery regardless of what stage you’re at. I’ve always wanted to offer a weekly publication and we are now at a place with our readership where there is a great demand for it: You asked, we listened!

I also want to draw your attention to my appearance at the Vancouver Health Show on October 17th and 18th at the Convention Center where I’ll be speaking each day for an hour and available for consultation at the CEDRIC Centre booth. Much more info on that to come as well as free tickets in the next few weeks.

We’re also offering a Transformative Weekend Workshop in Vancouver in November (the 13th – 15th) – Wahoo!!! So, for those of you who have asked for it and wondered why I never offer a workshop in your neck of the woods – here you go! Again, more info to come in the next few weeks regarding venue and registration.

In this edition of our newsletter you’ll find the last installment of my series on “Travelling with an Eating Disorder.” There was so much more I could have said and it certainly has spawned a number of other articles on key pieces such as anxiety, insecurity, the natural expression of emotion and the recognition of and attendance to our needs. All to come in future issues of our newsletter.

Stay tuned and enjoy. And if you know of anyone who would benefit from reading our newsletter or blog please send them the link and encourage them to sign up – it’s free and fast!

Have a great week.
Love Michelle

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Traveling with an Eating Disorder, Part 3 of 3

(If you haven’t read Part I, or Part II, I encourage you to start there and come on back when you’re done.)

This is Part III of an article on navigating travel and vacation time in the easiest most relaxed way when you’re still on the path to recovery from the use of food to cope (ie. overeating, restricting, purging, or that annoying diet mentality).

Part I spoke about creating a sense of peace and comfort around the variety and/or constraints of choice that vacationing can provide. In Part I, I provided you with a clear list of tools you can use to ground yourself and come back to basics regardless of what’s on the menu. I have heard from quite a few clients who have carried Part I with them on their travels this summer and have found these simple suggestions extremely helpful in remaining clear on what action to take to feel more at ease than ever before.

Part II of this article spoke about the impact of the change in your routine on your relationship with food and your ability to feel comfortable in your own skin.

Now, we get to the emotions. Yes, the aspect of travel that often throws us for a loop. We can be challenged by time zone changes, cultural differences, and our emotional reactions to the people, places and things we experience on our trip. Keep in mind, for you busy beavers who don’t allow yourself a moment of downtime lest you should fill it with food or purging or some self-judgement, that perhaps the strongest emotional reaction you will have on your vacation will be directed towards your own thoughts and feelings as you have more minutes in each day to simply be with yourself and to simply hear what it is you have to say. We’ll come back to that in a bit.

Read the rest of Traveling with an Eating Disorder, Part 3 of 3 and leave a comment if you like. We'd love to hear from you!

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Featured Product

Natural Eating Audio MP3
$14.95 

This 60-minute audio recording covers the basics about why you use food to cope and what you can do to bring greater awareness and choice to your underlying triggers.

Remember, Michelle knows what you're going through, and carefully creates all of her products and services with you in mind.  Imagine the confidence of having Michelle at your side as you take a step toward an easier relationship with food. 

Enjoy hearing Michelle's words of wisdom, caring and support. Only $14.95, and you can listen as often as you like!

Purchase the Natural Eating Downloadble MP3 recording here.

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Upcoming Events

CEDRIC events fill up fast, mark your calendars and get in on all the action.

VANCOUVER, BC OCTOBER 17-18
Vancouver Health Show
Vancouver Convention Centre, Hall B
Saturday 10am - 6pm
Sunday 11am - 5pm
More details soon!

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VICTORIA, BC NOVEMBER 6-8, 2009
PHASE II Three-Day Transformative Weekend Workshop
Price: $636
More details soon!
Visit our workshop FAQ page
Listen to our workshop Q&A call

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VANCOUVER, BC NOVEMBER 13-15, 2009
PHASE 1 Three-Day Transformative Weekend Workshop
Price: $636
More details soon!
Visit our workshop FAQ page
Listen to our workshop Q&A call

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Your CEDRIC Blog

We welcome your comments and feedback about our blog and encourage you to make use of our comment section. And let your friends know about us, too. The more people we have reading and commenting on blog posts, the more interactive discussions, networking, and support-building community we'll be growing together.

So stop by often - we'll be glad to hear from you!

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Connect with us on Twitter and Facebook

If you haven't yet found us on Twitter or Facebook, please do connect with us. We would love to get to know you and vice versa!

Follow us on Twitter, we're at @cedriccentre
Follow us on Facebook on The CEDRIC Centre Fan Page

If you know of anyone who may be interested in joining our network, please invite them, so together, we can create a community of information-sharing and education with a dash of humour thrown in for good measure!

Let's get social! Join us today!
 

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Food is Not the Problem: Deal With What Is! The Book

The CEDRIC Centre program is expertly wrapped up in this self-help approach to recovering from using food to cope. It's an excellent resource for you or a loved one you know who is struggling with finding freedom from focusing on food. Packed with easy-to-understand clincial explanations and personal stories from Michelle's own experience dealing with an eating disorder, Food is Not the Problem: Deal With What Is! is the "real deal" when it comes to a complete, compassionate, and authentic approach to helping anyone caught in the maze of binging, purging and restricting. Michelle is keenly aware of the stressors that make these issues very complex, and walks the reader through how to unravel the mystery of their own personal situation and caringly shows them how to put themselves back in control of their lives.

Purchase Food is Not the Problem: Deal With What Is!
The physical book or the downloadable version is just $24.64.
(Taxes apply for Canadian orders; shipping applies for all surface mail orders).

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Want to know more about Michelle and CEDRIC?

On this recorded workshop Q&A call, Michelle talks about her own personal journey of recovery from her food and body image issues, explained how the CEDRIC Centre came about, answers questions (which were varied and very interesting!) about our workshops, and more.

Listen to Michelle's caring, compassionate and practical approach to helping people at any age, from anywhere, find a way out of focusing on food to cope.
 

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About Michelle Morand and The CEDRIC Centre

CEDRIC Centre founder Michelle Morand is a recovered compulsive eater and counsellor with over 15 years of experience in the field of recovery from eating disorders such as compulsive eating, anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating disorder, as well as causal factors such as depression, anxiety and trauma.

Let CEDRIC Centre for Counselling help your recovery from eating disorders. Our Victoria BC clinic provides treatment and therapy for the stress that can cause binging and purging, overeating, and restrictive diets.

'Food Is NOT The Problem' is your best source of support, information and education if you or someone you know uses food to cope with the stress of life. Whether you overeat, restrict, purge, struggle with body image, over-exercise, procrastinate, have symptoms of depression or anxiety, it all stems from the same place, and the solution is simple.

Thank you for reading!

Warmly,

Michelle and The Complete Recovery Team

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