Eating Disorders & other Shadowy Companions digital toolbox

This is the digital toolbox version of Eating Disorders & Other Shadowy Companions.

Living with an eating disorder can be a lonely, isolating experience, with secrecy, and feelings of shame, often exacerbating the problem.

Eating Disorders & Other Shadowy Companions is a soulful, beautifully illustrated resource that empowers people to share their experiences with family, friends, teachers, counsellors, and health professionals.

These 40 hand-drawn cards stimulate conversations about what it feels like to live with an eating disorder, what helps, and what makes things harder. The cards include three characters—ED the eating disorder ‘monster, Reggie the recovery rhino, and Bird, the ‘every-person’ character— and a simple question.

PLUS, these cards can be used to describe other ‘shadowy companions’ that may accompany an eating disorder, like addiction, depression and anxiety.

Eating Disorders & Other Shadowy Companions is equally valuable for use with individuals and groups.

• Digital version of 40 Eating Disorder & Other Shadowy Companions cards
• Digital booklet with activity suggestions
• Extra support resources including ideas bank, card hacks and blogs

We are adding and updating the Toolbox content regularly so check in to see what’s new. Customers must create an account to access digital card sets.

• Getting started: Do any of the cards represent how you have been feeling lately? Pick a card that represents something you’d like to focus on today. Pick a card that represents something you’d most like to change. Pick a card that represents a way forward.
• Self-reflection: Which card represents something you haven’t thought about before? Which card represents something you would like other people to understand?
• Pairing cards: Choose two cards you think complement each other. Why? Choose two cards you think have opposite meanings. How are they different? Do you experience both of these opposites as well? What causes your experience to shift from one to the other?
• Share on interactive whiteboards, Zoom, or online sessions, by logging in to your toolbox
• Screenshot individual cards for classroom, therapy, journaling, or group activities (please note, printing an entire set of digital cards is contrary to our copyright and digital usage policy)

To access the digital card set, simply create a customer account. All digital products follow our Digital Usage Policy – see Copyright and Digital Usage for details.