6 Keys to Body Acceptance
Body acceptance is an ongoing journey. I have come a long way on mine, and offer 6 keys to achieving body acceptance.
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How to conquer “fear foods”
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!
Read MoreBody acceptance & diet culture – you can’t have both.
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 […]
Read MoreAnorexia, recovery, and privilege
Eating disorders do not discriminate, but what about the idea of having privilege to have an ed? Or having privilege in order to recover?
Read More5 ways to parent your child through diet culture
Think fast: your 6 year old’s gym teacher has told your kid that she’ll get fat if she doesn’t run after eating…what do you do?
Read MoreInternational No Diet Day!
On this, my 364th day since entering residential treatment for anorexia, it is coincidentally No Diet Day! What’s in a year? I’ll tell you…
Read MoreSunshine Blogger Award
I won an award! So now you get to know (hopefully new and fun) stuff about me!
Read MoreOn trolls, blogging, and fatphobia
If I didn’t have trollophobia, these are all the REALLY TRUE THINGS I would say about what’s wrong with our (crappy American diet) culture…
Read More10 Truths about Recovery
The #1 question I hear in the eating disorder community is: “How do I recover?” That’s it. People suffering from an eating disorder want OUT, but don’t know how. So, here I am to share… TRUTH 1: While recovery is NOT linear, you are always moving forward. Each moment takes you closer to recovery. TRUTH […]
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