Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association
1500 Ouellette Avenue, Suite 100 N8X 1K7 Windsor, ON, Canada

The Social Impact will conduct interviews with local charities and not for profit organizations from the surrounding Windsor-Essex region on a weekly basis. Hosted by local Philanthropist Sam Sinjari, Kelly Gosselin and Justin Fox - this show will dive deep into the needs of our community members and organizations. Airing every Saturday starting at 1pm - If you are interested in becoming a show guest text your contact info to 10-800 now. Co-Hosts Sam Sinjari, Kelly Gosselin and Justin Fox, are dedicated to educating the community about the needs and challenges faced by our local community not for profit organizations and local charities. https://www.iheartradio.ca/am800

Children tend to have strong intuitive eating skills, if we just listen! For nutrition month, we challenge you to pick one of the points below to practice with your children and students! Let’s shift the culture around food, together #nutritionmonth #nutrition #wellness #recovery #stigmafree #eatingdisorderawareness #eatingdisorderrecovery #eatingdisorder #mentalhealth #foodshaming #foodpolicing #foodlanguage

Happy nutrition month! Just a gentle reminder to those educating our youth; please be mindful of your food language! Eating disorder onset typically occurs in childhood and adolescence. Those fresh brains are very sensitive to new information - let’s be sure to avoid negatively labelling foods, food policing, or food shaming! Thank you to our incredible teachers and educators for preparing our youth for tomorrow we need you! #foodpositivity #mentalhealth #eatingdisorderawareness #awareness #wellness #bodypositive #foodpolicing #foodlabelling #foodshaming #education #stigma #educators #teachers #nutrition #nutritionmonth

Happy Dietitians Day!

Our Lastest Podcast is live!!! Check out clip here and listen to the whole show at www.bana.ca/podcast or on the channels listed below. Episode#16 Thriving Under Pressure and Turning Self-Criticism into Self-Compassion with Dr. Andrea Dinardo BANA Health Educator, Stephani Fenkanyn connects with psychology professor, TEDx speaker, and former school psychologist, Dr. Andrea Dinardo.... Dr. Andrea Dinardo is a psychology professor, TEDx speaker, and former school psychologist who applies positive psychology to facilitate personal growth and transformational change. Her psychology blog and TEDx Talk (both called Thriving Under Pressure) were created in response to rising levels of student stress and anxiety. The purpose of both is to help individuals and groups develop coping skills in interactive, educational, and uplifting ways. Dr. Dinardo received her M.A. and Ph.D. in Psychology from Western University. Afterwards, she completed the post-doc internship and exam requirements of the College of Psychologists to become a fully registered psychologist (C. Psych.) in the province of Ontario, Canada. As a registered psychologist specializing in school and counselling psychology, Dr. Dinardo spent 18 years working with students, educators, and their families. She retired her psychologist practice in 2016 to dedicate more time to psychology teaching, speaking, and writing. In this episode, Stephani and Dr. Dinardo speak about what positive psychology is, turning your perceived flaws into strengths by moving from self-criticism to self-compassion, posttraumatic growth and how adversity can be beneficial to us, boundaries around social media use, the magic of prevention work and maintaining hope. To learn more about Dr. Dinardo, book a presentation and access her work, visit her website: www.dr.andreadinardo.com, or check her out on one of her social media listed below: YouTube: https://m.youtube.com/c/DrAndreaDinardo IG: @Dr.Andrea.Dinardo Twitter: @DrADinardo LinkedIn Company: Positive Psychology Talks

We are excited for our next virtual seminar with Qlink Windsor-Essex happening next week! Please join us for our online seminar "Social Media, Intersectionality and Eating Disorders: Recognising the impact on the LGBTQIA+ community" PLEASE REGISTER FOR THIS FREE SEMINAR AT https://www.eventbrite.ca/.../social-media...... This seminar will focus on: Exploration of the risk factors for eating disorders by taking an LGBTQIA+ lens. Highlighting how social media and the media inundates us with messages of what is the ideal body. Calling out use of marketing and photoshop and reflection on the fact that many individuals are posting the best moments which has an impact on the viewer’s mental health. Talking about why representation in the media matters. The seminar is brought to you by Qlink Windsor-Essex. an LGBTQ2S+ Youth Collaborative which includes Windsor Pride Community, Windsor-Essex Pride Fest and Family Services Windsor Essex and funded by the Ontario Trillium Foundation. https://www.facebook.com/events/288376855806671

As BANA shared last week we were honoured to receive a health and Safety Award from the WEC Health Unit. As part of the ceremony we were treated to a wonderful keynote address from Dr. Andrea Dinardo entitled Emotional CPR: Catch Triggers Before They Escalate Given these stressful times, we wanted to share the presentation with you. Catch Pause Repair (CPR) is a Framework for Sustainable Mental Health & Resilience Habits. Presented Virtually at the Healthy Workplace Awards ...Ceremony on November 18, 2020. CPR includes three simple steps: 1. Catch Catch yourself in the midst (or before) before a stress response escalates by becoming more aware of what triggers you. 2. Pause Pause and take a 60 second time out when you feel the physical sensations of stress begin to escalate. 3. Repair Repair the root source of the heightened stress response which is often physiological in nature. Possible unmet needs include: sleep, food, fresh air, exercise. We're thrilled to be able to share this amazing topic and speaker. https://youtu.be/8VvwITnvrhs

OUR FALL 2020 ISSUE IS LIVE!!! For more on the following topics, check out our brand new publication: the BANA Be Yourself Magazine! Be sure to share with your followers to engage our community in topics on mental health and wellness www.bana.ca/magazine

Breaking News from BANA The Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association is pleased to share the inaugural issue of our BANA Be Yourself Magazine! This publication, and subsequent issues, will serve as a vehicle for our clinicians, educators and those across the Mental Health field to reach our community and beyond with a variety resources for wellness, awareness and support.... BANA would like to thank the generous support of the Paradise Charitable Gaming Association for funding both the online and print versions of this publication through their bingo revenue sharing program. Just click the link: www.bana.ca/magazine to launch the publication (please share the link too!) and we hope that you enjoy reading the BANA Be Yourself Magazine! as much as we have putting it together.

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We at YAC know seeking eating disorder treatment can be a daunting - and often scary - process. DYK Bulimia Anorexia Nervosa Association is commited to providi...ng specialized treatment for eating disorders and Windsor-Essex County HEALTH UNIT Teen Health provides free and confidential services for youth 12-24 years of age. For more info visit https://wechc.org/location/teen-health/ and https://bana.ca/ #YQG See more

A big thank you to windsoriteDOTca - windsor's hyper-local news & culture for posting about our new magazine. Check the story out here... https://windsorite.ca//bulimia-anorexia-nervosa-associati/

Big shout to our friends at @MediaPlexCanada for covering the launch of the BANA Be Youeself Magazine. Check out the clip below and if you missed monday's announcement you can access our inaugural issue at www.bana.ca/magazine.

Team BANA was recognized today during a virtual presentation hosted by the Windsor Essex County Heath Unit and their 2020 Healthy Workplace Committee. We are honoured to receive a Gold Standard Award for our Health and Safety Protocols during Covid. A special thank you to our entire staff for their commitment and diligence in making our workplace a safe and healthy environment for everyone.