A self-paced course to help you feel safer, stronger, and more supported before you start treatment.
Brave Beginnings is a gentle, self-paced course designed to support you in the in-between—the space between asking for help and starting treatment. If you’re waiting for care or feeling unsure about where to begin, this course offers a compassionate foundation. You’ll receive practical tools to reduce harm, stabilize your day-to-day, and prepare emotionally for the recovery journey ahead. With guidance from our team at The Balanced Practice, you’ll explore mindset shifts, create safety plans, and learn what to expect from treatment—so that when you’re ready (or when your spot opens up), you feel more supported, more grounded, and less alone. No pressure. No perfection. Just a brave beginning.
This course was created by the compassionate, experienced team at The Balanced Practice—a multidisciplinary clinic specializing in eating disorder recovery. Our dietitians, therapists, and support staff work together to provide weight-inclusive, trauma-informed care that centres you as a whole person, not a problem to fix. We’ve supported hundreds of individuals and families through the recovery process, and we understand how hard the in-between can feel. That’s why we built Brave Beginnings—to offer you tools, validation, and support while you wait. We’re here to walk alongside you every step of the way.
We offer different services in order to meet you exactly where you are at and provide you with the most appropriate level of support to reach your goals (no one-size-fits-all here). Our team works closely together and with other healthcare professionals to make sure we can provide you with the very best care.
Here at The Balanced Practice, we get it. We believe that you deserve more joy, more connection, and more fulfillment. After all, life is meant to be experienced fully (and not spent feeling stuck in our own heads). And we want to help, our team is available during the day and into the evening!
Now Accepting Families into our Family Support Program
