ED 101: Recovery isn’t Linear

September 13, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

I’m sitting here on this lovely Monday afternoon rattled with thoughts. I have an increasingly strong desire to eat some ice-cream only to purge. Honestly I’ve been planning it for the last 24 hours. One of my top recovery wins has been trying ice-cream again after 5 or so years and holy shit ice-cream is […]

The One I Lean On: Relationships In Recovery

April 18, 2017.Reading time 5 minutes.

For all the men thinking woman are complicated, an eating disorder makes her 50x more complicated. There is absolutely no doubt relationships in recovery are hard. Time and time again I hear my therapist say “I see lots of relationships end during recovery, you just find out who you truly are and realize it doesn’t work […]

The One I Lean On: Thank You For Changing My Life

April 17, 2017.Reading time 11 minutes.

I’ve been asked how my recovery journey started and the answer is simple: Ethan Rogge. This man deserves a noble peace prize for the shit I have dragged him through, and yet almost 3 years later he is still holding my hand. Yes, he is my boyfriend but he is so much more than that. […]

ED 101: How To Help On Bad Days

April 6, 2017.Reading time 9 minutes.

I’ve now learned what life can be like without an eating disorder. It’s precious, it’s beautiful and it’s certainly awakening. But every once in awhile a bad day comes along, and if I’m being honest, it’s been more like a bad month. But I know how much better life is without my eating disorder.

I am: The Power of Positive Self-Talk

March 17, 2017.Reading time 8 minutes.

I am. Such a powerful statement to me. My mantra, really. The first year of recovery was really about food and working out. Learning to eat bread twice a week without taking a box of laxatives or solely going to yoga rather than hitting the gym for 2 hours first. These innate behaviors were […]

#GainingWeightisCool

March 7, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

Because really, when I weighed less I was not happy.

I was lonely. I was exhausted. I was depressed. I was hungry.

ED 101: 5 Things You’re Talking About That Derail Recovery

September 1, 2016.Reading time 15 minutes.

For a long time, I tried to ‘deal’ with peoples’ comments about food, weight, the gym, my body, others’ bodies, etc. Actually, during my eating disorder, I would hear certain comments and shut down, get pissed or completely isolate without really even realizing. In treatment, I gained the awareness that these comments were triggering, but I […]

ED 101: The Basics

August 4, 2016.Reading time 4 minutes.

So for those who are completely new to the world of eating disorders, whether you’re a support trying to learn and be there for your loved one or you simply are just trying to educate yourself- there are some basic words we use in the eating disorder community that you’ll hear fairly often. 1. ED- […]

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