Girls we have all done it at one time in our life. Our boyfriends or husbands are sitting on the bed just having a happy relaxing day and we walk in to try something on, or to take something off, or we simply look in the mirror while we are brushing our teeth. Suddenly out [...]
RECOVERING FROM AN EATING DISORDER…CARPE DIEM!
If you were told you had one day left on this earth what would you do? Would you immediately go weigh yourself 20 times, try on all your clothes to make sure they fit, jump on the treadmill for 5 hours and then make yourself a yummy bowl of lettuce? Would you be able [...]
EATING DISORDER BEHAVIOR…BORN TO BE WILD
I have always considered myself an impulsive person. Seriously, I’m that girl they target in the supermarket when I’m at the checkout stand who suddenly has to buy 600 q tips, a cherry air freshener for my car, and a plastic dog toy in the shape of a heart, even though my dog isn’t even [...]
WHAT YOU SEE IS WHO YOU ARE
The other day I got really irritated with a friend because they were late to meet me for coffee. I kept sitting there tapping my high-heeled foot under the table, looking at my watch and thinking to myself that I had a blog I had to finish, dry cleaning to pick up, sushi to eat, [...]
EATING DISORDERS ARTICLES | NOTHING LAST FOREVER EXCEPT RECOVERY
I get asked the question quite often if I am fully recovered from my eating disorder. A lot of people assume that I am, as I basically went from being almost dead, to now living quite a productive life. In all honesty, I used to think that I was, but now I know for a [...]
RECOVERING FROM AN EATING DISORDER….A STAR IS REBORN
I remember truly being happy with myself once. I was ten years old and I had just written a complete play to perform for my Grandfather. Ever since I was crawling he encouraged me to express myself by acting and writing. He always called me his movie star, and because of all his encouragement and [...]
YOU TALKIN TO ME?
A lot of people I know like to give their Eating Disorder a name. They call him ED. They treat him very similar to a real person with a real voice and a real personality. People with eating disorders are not schizophrenic. They don’t hear voices, or see people. However there is something inside [...]
NEDA….SHOUT SHOUT LET IT ALL OUT
It’s NEDA week, and I can’t help but always feel pressured during this week. I feel like I should run up and down the streets or be on top of some platform talking about it. Perhaps I should be doing a walk or eating fancy shrimp somewhere at a conference handing out my business [...]
I DIDN’T LOSE MY RELIGION, I PURPOSEFULLY THREW IT AWAY
Dear God, who are you? This is a question I ask on a daily basis, sometimes several times a day. I don’t know if I actually expect a voice from heaven, a miracle, or perhaps a text message. I actually deep down in my heart don’t even know if I actually want to know. [...]
RECOVERING FROM AN EATING DISORDER…LIVE AND LET DIE
The best definition I ever heard for “forgiveness” was that you don’t have to forget what someone has done to you, but you have to let go of the hope that the past can be changed. I have been hurt by a lot of people in my life, and I let that hurt start living [...]