When You Don’t Look Like You Have an Eating Disorder I looked the part and played the part well: All-American southern belle. Make up on, dressed to perfection, made the grades, had the friends, and… Continue Reading →
Why I Thank God for My Eating Disorder The buttered bagel sat on my car’s console. I stared at it with tears streaming down my face. The tears had nothing to do… Continue Reading →
A Prisoner Of My Own Mind: Inside My Eating Disorder Have you ever wondered what it is like to have an EATING DISORDER? What it is like to live with a horrific mental illness… Continue Reading →
Twinsies: Eating Disorders & Cancer As I sit here today on my five year recovery anniversary, I'm suddenly hit with how similar the questions are and the commonalities between… Continue Reading →
Baby Bump Bliss & Eating Disorder Recovery I am 22 weeks pregnant. Unlike my other mommy-to-be friends I have this little thing called an Eating Disorder to contend with, but I… Continue Reading →
Eleven Years Later and Still Recovering Today marks eleven years in eating disorder recovery for me. December 14, 2010, I walked through the doors of residential treatment scared, hopeless and… Continue Reading →
Finding ME Again. Some days it feels like the first six months of 2021 never happened. The countless needles, IVs, meds, PICC lines, surgeries feel like a… Continue Reading →
The House Don’t Fall When My Bones are Good My therapy session started off the way all hard sessions do. Me: “I’m doing great.” Therapist: “That is wonderful.” Me: “Yes. I finally feel… Continue Reading →
The Weight of Recovery Yesterday I tried putting on a real bra – not like an actual bra with an underwire, that would just be absurd. (I stand… Continue Reading →
Doing the Hard Things: My Prophylactic Double Mastectomy ‘Twas the Night Before Surgery // Wednesday, January 6, 2021 Tick. Tock. Tick. Tock. My eyes were glued to my watch – T-Minus 24-hours.… Continue Reading →
