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In Honor of NEDA Week: Rebuilding a Sense of Distinctiveness After Recovery
Each year, I like to write a special post in honor of National Eating Disorders Awareness Week. (I almost forgot this year, but Sabine reminded me just in time.) Last year, this was my “Embracing Our...
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Green Recovery: The Plant-Based Road to Healing from Disordered Eating
Hey all! As I hinted yesterday, I’ve got a very special guest post for you today. This will be the first in a series of posts that I’ve been hoping to start for a long time, and to which I know you’ll...
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Copycat Pumpkin Seed Poppy Pate
I admit it: I’m a copycat. Why? Because nearly everything in this post was inspired by the magnificent food at Bonobos—a restaurant I recently visited with Ms. Bitt. And where I was also lucky enough...
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Green Recovery: Casey Lorraine on Finding Freedom Through Wholesome Food
Greetings, all! Three weeks ago, I introduced the idea of a “green recovery series.” What’s that, you ask? Well, its my attempt to highlight stories of the many men and women who have moved beyond...
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Beyond Central Casting: The Problem with Eating Disorder “Types”
Earlier this week, in response to Casey’s awesome Green Recovery story, Bitt and Courtney asked me for my opinion on this article by Kevin Gianni. Gianni is a very popular voice on natural health and...
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Green Recovery: One Dancer’s Harrowing Story
Hey friends! Thanks for the feedback on my camping adventure. Excited to share another soon! I’m currently digging into some calculus studies, but I’ve spent the last twenty minutes in such deep...
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Eating Disorders and The Executive Woman
The other day, Valerie sent me a link to this article, entitled “Eating Disorders and the Executive Woman.” She sent it to me because we’re both fascinated by the fact that so many overachieving and...
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The “Half Lives” of Eating Disorders
Hello, friends. So glad it’s nearly Friday! Thanks for such enthusiasm over the carrot and oat bread. A good many of you told me you plan to make it this weekend, and if you do, I hope it turns out...
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Weekend Reading, 2.22.14
Happy Saturday, friends. If you happen to be reading in the DC area, I hope you’ve been enjoying this wave of springtime weather! It’s lovely outside today. Here are some links that have piqued my...
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Recovery as a Practice
A few weeks ago, I said something in a weekend reading post that seemed to resonate. I mentioned that recovery “may not take the form of an earth-shattering solution or insight. Instead, it may take...
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When You Take a Step Back, You Can See the Big, Beautiful Picture:...
In the years since I began writing this blog, I’ve received so many comments that have stayed with me. Comments from readers have helped me to process, clarify, and deepen my own thoughts; at times,...
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NEDA Week 2017: It’s Time to Talk About It
In lieu of a regular weekend reading roundup this week, I’m sharing a few words to help commemorate NEDA week, an annual event that’s intended to help bring more consciousness to eating disorders....
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My Five Recovery Affirmations + NEDA Week Campaign
Happy Monday, everyone, and happy first day of NEDA week. For the last couple of years I’ve used NEDA week as an opportunity to celebrate the recovery process. This year gives me special reason to do...
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NEDA Week 2018: Take Up Space
Thank you for all of the NEDA week support so far! I’ve been chatting about my ED recovery affirmations this week, which are as follows:Keep it realTake up spaceBreak your rulesBe loveKeep...
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NEDA Week 2018: Break Your Rules
Not too long ago I chatted with a client who told me, “I’m realizing more and more that I need to break my rules, because I made them all up.”She delivered the words straightforwardly, and I didn’t...
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NEDA Week 2018: Be Love
“Be love” is one of those expressions that you might have come across in any number of places, from yoga studios to self-help and wellness titles. It’s one of most important of my five ED recovery...
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NEDA Week 2018: Keep Faith
I just want to start this post by thanking every person who’s been part of the NEDA week dialog over the last five days, both here on the blog and over social media. I feel so blessed to be celebrating...
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NEDA Week 2019: Having My Own Thing
There’s always an official NEDA week theme, but most of the time the posts I write for this week end up finding a theme of their own. The National Eating Disorder Association’s theme for 2019 is “Come...
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Green Recovery: One Dancer’s Harrowing Story
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NEDA Week 2020: Start as You Are
Last year’s NEDA week theme was “come as you are.” It was an important and overdue celebration of diversity and representation within the recovery community and the treatment field. It also got me...
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