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Driven to Excess: The Cost of Going for Gold
Elite athletes are the epitome of passion and prowess, embodying everything we love about a good competition. Most have spent the majority of their lives striving to reach the pinnacle of their sport:...
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Binge Eating Goes Beyond that Extra Slice of Pie
Some women harbor a secret eating behavior so out of control and humiliating they suffer in silence. If only they knew that binge eating wasn’t lack of willpower, but a real psychiatric condition.Binge...
View ArticleEating Disorder Group Loses Leader to Eating Disorder
In 30+ years of food battles and active work within the eating disorder communities, I've never actually known anyone personally who died from an eating disorder.Now I know someone. The executive...
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honey, i shrunk myself
I want to taste and glory in each day, and never be afraid to experience pain; And never shut myself up in a numb core of non-feeling, or stop questioning and criticizing life and take the easy way...
View ArticleRehab Day One
Kelly is attending her second day of Intensive Outpatient Therapy at Shands Vista's Eating Disorder Recovery Program located in Gainesville, Florida. It was a 90 minute drive from school today. I...
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Fashionably starved
I am quite certain my lineage bears an unfortunate heritage, my ancestors were probably rough mountain people, with big butts and strong appetites. That would definitely explain why I genetically...
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I love the blog, her message said. But I'm dying. Don't waste your time on me.
“Thank you for the blog. (I’m paraphrasing) I wish I had your strength. I weigh 78 lbs. and I am dying from anorexia. I don’t think I’m going to pull out of this last downhill spiral. But please don’t...
View ArticleStarving to be Thin | Are Your Standards Too High?
Recently, a 19-year-old girl reached out to me regarding her experience with being hospitalized for four months for the treatment of her anorexia. I was so touched because she told me she aspired to...
View ArticleThe Family Secret We Can No Longer Keep
Since September of 2012 our family has been keeping a secret from most of the world. Only a select handful of friends are aware of what's been going on. Beyond that tiny group of people the only...
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Enough
I worry.I worry about not being smart enough.Ambitious enough.Maternal enough.Outgoing enough.Thin enough.I know I’m not alone. Feeling “less than” haunts me, albeit to a far lesser degree these days....
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