25% down, 75% to go

November 15, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

I thought I would lose weight when I trained for a marathon. Wrong.

Dear Daughter

September 25, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Let’s be real. Most days I’m totally winging it with you. (So is Daddy.) I have no idea what I’m doing, since I didn’t have siblings and never babysat for a human growing up. In fact, I actively avoided being around children. While I may not know what I’m doing, I go full throttle with […]

Recovery is hard.

August 30, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

I thought I already knew that, but apparently I needed to learn it all over again. I have a really hard time taking up space, both literal and figurative, in this world. I try not to talk about myself very much, and if I do, I talk fast. I move my grocery cart to the […]

How to kill your blog and your recovery in one easy step.

July 1, 2019.Reading time 6 minutes.

If you want to know the secret to killing off your blog, and perhaps your original reason for blogging, I provide you the one easy step method…

6 Keys to Body Acceptance

June 10, 2019.Reading time 9 minutes.

Body acceptance is an ongoing journey. I have come a long way on mine, and offer 6 keys to achieving body acceptance.

How to conquer “fear foods”

June 3, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

Are there foods you don’t allow yourself to have because you fear you’ll lose control or feel guilty? This is how you can conquer your fear foods once and for all!

Body acceptance & diet culture – you can’t have both.

May 28, 2019.Reading time 7 minutes.

As a patient in treatment for anorexia, I had a classic paradox: mistrustful and compliant. Ana takes away the ability to trust anyone except her. She convinced me that my treatment team just wanted me to gain weight, but they didn’t really care about me. I doubted every piece of information they gave me, whether […]