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your body is a neutral land

Anyone else starting to get the feeling that there is just as much pressure to love our body, loud and proud, as there is to starve it? Me too, me too. So what are we supposed to do with that? Don't get me wrong, body positivity is on the rise and its a beautiful thing. But chances are, if you have…
May 2, 2018
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Truths about eating disorders

People with eating disorders eat. Yup, it really ISN'T about food. It just appears that way. For some the food is restricted, and for others a loss of control. Even moreso often there are rules around good foods or bad foods. The food really is just a symptom of whats is going on in the internal experience. People with eating…
February 8, 2018
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The List – the only rules around recovery…

A while ago I gave this to a client as a check list of what "recovery" from and eating disorder might be best aimed at. I put "recovery" in quotations because the word has never felt right to me. It is almost as if one is then defined by being in remission, as if away from the illness but still…
December 21, 2017
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emotional eating

  If I had a dollar for every time someone said, "I am an emotional eater, I think thats the problem." But here's a hard slap of loving reality that no one wants to say.... no shit we are! We all are! We celebrate birthdays with cake, special occasions with champagne and holidays, with food! SO why has it taken…
November 13, 2017
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why eating “good” is not the solution

Eating "good" or eating "bad" or even "better" is not is what is making us skinny, fat or whatever other adjective we choose to describe ourselves as. In fact it is just another way for us to put the name tag of perfectionism on our plate. Yes, there always is a food pun. The truth is that these barometers of…
September 28, 2017
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WHAT to say to someone with an Eating Disorder

    In the first part of a series on WHAT TO? I am going to examine and sift through the often challenging areas to navigate of communication around Eating Disorders. This field is my area of expertise and one that I would love to bring more communication, demystification and realization around. The truth is heavy, I realize that seems…
August 16, 2017
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Body talks at Bodhi

A few months ago I was holding circle with the lovely people at Bodhi Yoga Studios for a Body Image and Disordered Eating Talk that brought me to these words. I have years scribbled down on paper, computer, and book...but it has been for many more since I have written poem. Something that morning of, drew me to these words…
April 14, 2017
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