The December/January period can be a time of mixed emotions. While some people have some extra time and space to focus on recovery, this time can also be fraught with additional challenges.

It’s also a good idea to spend this extra time anticipating any challenges that may arise over the festive period (eg. Christmas lunch, extended family gatherings, potential pressure around New Years) and preparing some helpful ways you can approach these events or situations.

Here are some helpful resources to help you get started!

• Free EDV elearning courses on self-care, body image, coping skills, emotional regulation and more 
• Regular Eating for Recovery tip sheet from the Centre for Clinical Interventions 
• Self-help resources for different mental health concerns (including appearance concerns, body dysmorphia, social anxiety) from the Centre for Clinical Interventions 
• Self-help resources for Eating Disorders from the Centre of Clinical Interventions 
• Distress tolerance skills 
• Self-compassion practices and exercises 
• School of Life articles on emotional skills 
• The Polyvagal Theory of the Nervous System for self-soothing 
• Smiling Mind on Mindfulness 
• Mindful Communication 

• EDV Candid Conversations Podcast 
• Butterfly: Let’s Talk podcast 
• I Weigh with Jameela Jamil 
• End Eating Disorders Podcast with Millie Thomas 
• Maintenance Phase  
• Food Psych with Christy Harrison 
• Don’t Salt My Game with Laura Thomas 
• Body Kindness with Rebecca Scritchfield 
• Brain over Binge with Kathryn Hansen  
• All Fired Up with Louise Adams 
• Stuck Not Broken with Steven Porges 
• The Recovery Warrior Show 
• Appearance Matters with Nadia and Jade
  

• Overcoming Binge Eating by Christopher Fairburn 
• Musings from the Moon by Jenna Ramondo 
• How to do the Work by Nicole LePera 
• Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole and Elyse Resch 
• 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder by Carolyn Costin 
• The DBT (R) Solution for Emotional Eating by Bedra Safer, Sarah Adler, Phillip Mason 
• If Not Dieting, Then What? By Rick Kausman 
• Health At Every Size by Lindo Bacon 
• Intuitive Eating by Evelyn Tribole & Elyse Rech 
• Skills-Based Caring for a Loved One with an Eating Disorder by Janet Treasure (for carers) 

• Relax into Deep Sleep with Meg James (she/her) 
• Grounding Meditation with Manoj Dias (he/him) 
• Gentle Yoga with Isabelle Stoner (she/her) 
• Restorative Yoga with Shannon (she/they) 
• Orienting, Grounding and Centering with Jo Buick (she/her) 
• Written meditation with Musings from the Moon 

In an emergency, call 000.

If you need non-urgent but immediate support during the holidays:

📞 Butterfly (8am-12am) 1800 33 4673

📞  Lifeline (24/7) – 13 11 14

📞 Kids Helpline (24/7) 1800 55 1800

📞 13 YARN (24/7) – 13 92 76

📞 Suicide Callback Service (24/7) – 1300 659 467

LGBTQI+ Support 

Rainbow Door
1800 729 367  |  www.rainbowdoor.org.au 

QLife
1800 184 527  |  www.qlife.org.au 

Community meals  

Every year, the Salvos host Christmas lunches and other meals across the country, at no cost to you. If you are feeling lonely and have no one to share Christmas with, or are unable to prepare your own Christmas meal, you are invited. 

www.salvationarmy.org.au/christmas/need-help-this-christmas/join-us-christmas-meal/