Within a year, I had lost a dear client of five years, broken up with my boyfriend of seven years, and lost my dad to cancer. It felt like I had lost everything. Studios let me substitute teach to... Read more >>

People’s families affect them every day, whether they try to let them or not. Families help form identities. It is through families that people learn and develop a sense of who they are and... Read more >>

As I begin this journey I hope I will be “around” to complete it, although on any given day, I will have to confess that I have no intention and/or desire to. Maybe you have gone through... Read more >>

I hail from generations of serial dieters and have become the worst of all. My fear is that if I don’t stop the cycle, my daughters will repeat my mistakes. From the time I... Read more >>

Recovery from an eating disorder isn’t all smooth sailing (obviously!) Unfortunately there are those on the outside watching the recovery process, that may assume that if you have put on the... Read more >>

I once heard someone say that they envied the will power of the anorexic. I’m here to tell you that it is not will power that motivates the anorexic. It is fear. Fear of a lot of things. Fear of... Read more >>

I almost told someone. I almost admitted that I might have a problem—that I might have an eating disorder. I almost told my aunt. I thought about what I was going to say, and I tried to prepare... Read more >>

I understand what a lot of people with eating disorders have, and will, go through. I also know what it’s like to feel so very alone. My eating disorder actually left me with very few friends... Read more >>

I always wondered how it was to be anorexic and I sort of wanted to be. I would read all I could about it. I would even try to become it. After reading that you can chew and then spit the food out.... Read more >>

I am in eating disorder purgatory. Purgatory; n—any condition or place of temporary punishment, suffering, expiation, or the like. At the moment, I am caught between my escalating eating... Read more >>