A woman who at one stage "weighed less than the family dog" due to severe anorexia nervosa, says the fact she could not get effective treatment in her home state of Tasmania, but did in the United States, makes her both furious and sad. She recalls ... [Continue Reading]
20 Subtle Eating Disorder Signs
The core symptoms of eating disorders are those that are part of the diagnosis, including binge eating and/or purging, and weight loss . However, there are also many more subtle patterns that are common in people with eating disorders. SOURCE: ... [Continue Reading]
The Women That History Left Behind
By Devin Morrissey The women erased from history still haunt us. They live on in their accomplishments, their inventions, and those groundbreaking moments that forever altered history. But, as long… The post The Women That History Left Behind ... [Continue Reading]
Amy Iverson: Some people are using apps to promote eating disorders
There are tens of thousands of weight loss apps available for download in app stores. You may have heard of the popular ones like MyFitnessPal, but weight loss apps like Zero and Vora that promote fasting also get a lot of downloads. SOURCE: Eating ... [Continue Reading]
The Conversation: Perfectionists more likely to develop bulimia
Perfectionists are rarely satisfied with their performance or appearance and engage in harsh self-criticism when their efforts fall short. Perfectionists are also more likely to develop the eating disorder bulimia nervosa, according to new ... [Continue Reading]
To Truly Love Our Bodies, We Must Celebrate Them
Imagine for a moment what would happen if we chose to appreciate and celebrate our bodies with all their attributes and functions, rather than shaming them and labeling them as “unnatural.” The post To Truly Love Our Bodies, We Must Celebrate Them ... [Continue Reading]
New strategy for eating disorders still won’t include specialist ward
Despite years of urgent pleas, the ACT government has found that there is currently not enough demand to justify an in-patient eating disorder clinic in Canberra. Patients with life-threatening conditions will likely still need to travel to Sydney or ... [Continue Reading]
I Chose Heart Open
Sometimes it feels like managing fear, managing the hatred that wants to bubble up in response to the news, managing uncertainty that comes along with all of it… is a full time job. Seriously. A few months after the election in 2016, after I ... [Continue Reading]
Mystic Messages …
The Mystics, the spiritual teachers and wise ones…often bring the same messages. Because truth… is truth. It may be delivered with different language and symbols, maybe with different techniques but the messages remain the same. Coming ... [Continue Reading]
Are You Reachable?
Are you ‘reachable’? When guidance and signs and synchronicity come looking for you, do they have a place to land? If you’re not in the present moment, if you’re grinding away in the noise and same old thoughts, if ... [Continue Reading]
3 Ways to Change Your Trajectory
Your body, your energy system, your guidance … all work so hard to move you in the direction of your highest and best … there are so many ways to read the signals and guidance that come from all of these sources of wisdom. And yet. We ... [Continue Reading]
3 Differences Between the Terms ‘Gay’ and ‘Queer’ — and Why It Matters
We should give room to folks to follow their journey however it comes to them (as long as it doesn’t stop others from following theirs). That is queerness, after all. The post 3 Differences Between the Terms ‘Gay’ and ‘Queer’ — and Why It Matters ... [Continue Reading]