BBC Woman's Hour and Anorexia
I have a confession to make. I love BBC Woman's Hour. I download and listen to every single podcast, and delight in the breadth of discussion. Anything from…
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Writing on eating disorder recovery for adults — the recovery process, neural rewiring, extreme hunger, weight restoration, and more.
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Veganism and Eating Disorders: Let's Be Frank
Before I piss off any vegans with this post, let's get one thing straight: I have nothing against vegans, nor am I saying that nobody can be vegan. I am not…
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Eating Disorder Recovery: Aim to Overshoot
This is my second post on Overshoot. The first one is here. The first post focused on what overshoot is and why it is difficult for a person in recovery.…
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How to Prepare a Person for Overshoot in Eating Disorder Recovery
Note: I have been writing and talking about "overshoot" a lot. While I used this term because it has already been established, I do not think that the term…
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Maybe All of Us Women Should Just Stop Buying Tampons
This is exactly how I feel whenever I indulge in a tampon. Luxury noun a state of great comfort or elegance, especially when involving great expense.…
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Overshoot in Eating Disorder Recovery
This blog post is going to address overshoot in eating disorder recovery. It is the first of a couple that I have lined up on this incredibly important…
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Running Hostage to an Eating Disorder
This is another section of Love Fat that I took out of the book as I rewrote it in another chapter. It is following on from the last post that I published…
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Anorexia and Obsessive Exercise
This is another section of Love Fat that didn't make the cut. This section describes the mental anguish that I was in when my eating disorder was pushing me…
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How Eating Disorders Ruin Relationships
Eating disorders are a bitch, and anorexia turned me into one too. In America, "candy" is what we Brits refer to as "sweets." Today I'm not writing about…
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Device Dependency: Longing for Less Connection
I was the kind of child who would take herself off and climb a tree, then sit there for hours completely enthralled in the sounds and creatures around me. I…
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Love Fat Editouts: Big Fat Binge Liar
This blog is another section that I edited out of Love Fat: Night time: I'd hit the fridge like dog in a bin Living at home meant that the binges were…
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Introvert, Anti-social, or Just Plain Rude?
"Introversion? Yes, I know all about introversion, I have many friends who are introvert, in fact, I am sometimes one myself." It often surprises me how…
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Can We Talk About the Difference Between Bring and Take?
Yesterday, a rather disturbing octothorpe was trending on Twitter: #ThingsNotToBringToAFuneral When I read that, I had to leave my desk and console myself…
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The Modeling Industry and Anorexia
Before we get started: This post is based on my experience, and on my interpretation of the events that I experienced. It is not supposed to be a…
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Question: Does the Urge to Binge During Recovery Ever Cease?
I was asked a really good and relevant question asked by a reader this week. In response to the blog post that I wrote a while ago on the bloated fat tummy…