Justin Gillespie is a recovery coach with Workit Health. He has a passion for finding alternative treatments for clients that are evidence-based. He has utilized these alternative interventions with many of his patients and speaks passionately about the balance of fitness, mental health and substance use disorder recovery in other ventures outside of Workit. Justin has his own journey in recovery from Binge Eating Disorder as well as several other co-occurring disorders and uses fitness as well as several other alternative methods to continue his long-term recovery.
The best way that I can sum up co-occurring disorders, previously known as dual diagnoses, is they are these annoying assholes that accompany your fake
To raise awareness for National Eating Disorder Week, Justin, one of the coaches at Workit is here to share his experience with identifying his binge
The answer is, yes you can! Of course, that is not all I have to say on this subject, or we would not have a blog post; let me explain! As someone in recovery from an eating disorder as well as mental health issues, I have found a new profound love of exercise. The activity I once despised is the activity I have found joy in. However, I despised it because I was utilizing exercise incorrectly in my life.
Fitness is often something we think about as a means to get healthy; by “get healthy” we often think of this as losing weight, increasing strength, gaining muscle, and toning up. These can all be very healthy things for your physical health, however the mental health benefits of fitness and exercise are far too often overlooked or passed over like an afterthought.
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Clinic locations
Florida
4730 North Habana Ave
Ste 206
Tampa, FL 33614
fax (HIPAA): (813) 200-2822
Michigan
3300 Washtenaw Ave
Ste 280
Ann Arbor, MI 48104
fax (HIPAA): (855)716-4494
New Jersey
5 Greentree Center
Ste 117
Marlton, NJ 08053
fax (HIPAA): (609) 855-5027
Ohio
6855 Spring Valley Dr
Ste 110
Holland, OH 43528
fax (HIPAA): (513) 823-3247
Texas
5373 W Alabama St
Ste 204
Houston, TX 77056
fax (HIPAA): (737) 738-5046
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