Trigger Warning: Internalized fatphobia and weight bias, talk of eating disorder thoughts and behaviors. In the early stages of recovery, doing the work felt like planting seeds in a garden. You buy the…

I felt better after I told Steve, like a weight had been lifted. He said he loved me would support anything I needed. I told him I didn’t quite know what I needed…

Trigger Warning: Diet talk, internalized fatphobia. “Recovery is a full time job, until it isn’t.” Kristy Amadio, CCI certified eating disorder recovery coach and founder of Recovered Living. Once I realized I was…

Trigger Warning: Eating disorder thoughts and behaviors.   I established a writing practice in January and two and a half months later it started to pay off. I recognize that seems like an…

Trigger Warning: Eating disorder thoughts and behaviors In January 2015, I started yet another diet/punishing workout regimen with the hope of fixing my life. By mid-February, I was mentally and physically holding on…

Trigger Warning: Diet talk.   January 2015 started out like every other year. I was tired. Tired of hating myself and what I looked like. Tired of feeling like a lazy mom, a…

Addictions, disorders or diagnoses do not spontaneously manifest. That’s one of the reasons why they are so pernicious. The origin of an addiction or disorder can be unnoticeable, but surreptitiously spread and infiltrate…