When my wife began to spiral downward into the depths of an eating disorder that would eventually bring us to the emergency room on Christmas Eve, I had to come face-to-face with the ways that I had unknowingly fed the disorder. I had unquestioningly bought into “Diet Culture“: the prizing of weight loss and thinness at all costs, separating foods into “good” and “bad” camps, and the massive emphasis on health. She was literally driven to risk her health and her life to meet these societal standards. It took me a long time to understand why, and how to support her in breaking free.