“Tamie Gangloff has written a powerful and practical resource for not only clinicians who work in the field of eating disorders but also any human who lives with or knows someone who lives with a chronic disability.

She gently but honestly opens the door for us to discover misperceptions we hold about living with a chronic illness to change how we interact and communicate within personal and professional settings.

She invites us to explore the impact a chronic disability has on mental health, body image, personal relationships, professional interactions, and co-occurring conditions like eating disorders and addictions.

Practical guidelines based on evidence-based research and lived experience are abundantly offered to immediately integrate to improve treatment. Tamie’s life story is a beautiful example of courageous resilience and steadfast hope. Combined with her clinical wisdom and professional experiences, this resource is a gift of healing and an important tool for every clinician’s practice.”

-Tammy Beasley MS RD CEDS-C, National Director of Nutrition Programming, Odyssey Eating Disorder Network

“I so loved this book. It is comprehensive, easy to read, well laid out, and tugs at the heart. It is a necessary book that will help both providers and clients link how chronic illness impacts their body image, relationship with food, and ways to heal.”

- Alice Baker MSRD CEDS-C LMHC LPC LD/N

“If you are looking for information on Chronic Illness and Eating Disorders, Tamie Gangloff’s book of that title is your source. From her experience as a clinician with lived experience in both areas, Tamie delivers an important piece of work for clinicians and clients, offering information and tips for navigating the journey of recovery. Tamie covers a wide range of topics such as weight stigma’s effect on people with chronic illness and how this can impact body image, increasing the risk for developing or perpetuating an eating disorder.

Tamie brings the reader’s attention to the fact that some individuals with chronic illnesses have to follow certain dietary restrictions and the possible impact this too can have on disordered eating and eating disorders.

Well researched and informed suggestions are given to clinicians and clients to navigate eating and body image issues as well as several other critical areas such as embodiment, grief, resilience, medical trauma, exercise and advocacy. Tamie’s goal is to bring awareness to the importance of, and pathway to, what she calls, “quality of life, no matter where an individual is on the spectrum of health.” Her personal history and the stories she tells of others overcoming adversity is sure to inspire those who are suffering as well as assist clinicians who are trying to understand best and help them.”

- Carolyn Costin  M.A. M.ED.MFT 13192 FAED,CEDS, The Carolyn Costin Institute, Author  of “8 Keys To Recovery From an Eating Disorder

PODCASTS

Tamie Gangloff - The Faces of Ability

Chronic Illness, Eating Disorders, and Body Image | ANAD - National Association of Anorexia

Nervosa and Associated Disorders

Chronic Illness, Eating Disorders, and Body Image - Hidden River Healing

Eating Disorder Advocacy After Recovery | Not One More

Tamie - Orthofix