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NEDA Walk: Raising Money to Support Eating Disorder Research, Education and Awareness
2018 St. Louis NEDA Walk This year’s St. Louis NEDA Walk is scheduled for April 7, 2018. The Missouri Eating Disorders Association (MOEDA) is a proud sponsor of the walk. Our team at…
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Guest Author for Adios Barbie
I discovered Adios Barbie early in my recovery. I immediately connected to the content and mission of the website. Adios Barbie features articles from differing perspectives on eating disorders, body image, weight bias,…
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Stepping Outside My Comfort Zone
Hello Friends! I’m trying something new by adding video to the blog! In the above video, I introduce myself and explain that I want to start doing videos as another way to connect…
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Scale Trauma
**TRIGGER WARNING: Weight loss talk (no numbers) Why do we pretend stepping on a scale is harmless? Aside from a child (who hasn’t been indoctrinated into our weight-loss obsessed culture yet), I have…
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The Problem with Beautiful
There is something remarkable about talking to thirteen year-olds about eating disorders. They’re old enough to understand the complexities of a very uncomfortable subject, yet young enough that they aren’t yet fully engulfed by society’s obsession with weight…
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Can You Tell I Have an Eating Disorder?
**Trigger Warning** I talk about eating disorder thoughts and behaviors in this post. One of the most dangerous misconceptions about eating disorders is that you can tell someone is sick just by looking…
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A Day In My Life When I Am Recovered, an Update
Last month, the Director of Program Ministries at my church invited me to give talk about eating disorders. It’s scheduled for the end of this month. I am honored to have the opportunity to share…
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Love Warrior
Does anyone ever read a book and try to absorb every single word because it’s so good and you want to remember everything about it forever? … … Or is it just me? On…
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Food: Friend or Frenemy? Part 3
I started the Food: Friend or Frenemy series almost nine months ago. At the time, my relationship with food was tricky and I wasn’t entirely sure it could get any better. After all, in our culture, an unhealthy, or…
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Life as a Lazy Perfectionist
I have tried to write the final post in my Food: Friend or Frenemy series for over two months (it took a solid four months to de-weaponize food and come to peace with it). I lost…
