Hope at Every Age - Developing an Appetite for Recovery
A Collaborative Approach to Eating Disorders
A Girl Called Tim - Escape from an Eating Disorder Hell
My Kid is Back
I regained me before ‘coming out of the closet’, so to speak, to share my experience of an eating disorder. I have been exploring ‘online’ for about five years. That’s all. I have met many people online in this time and cherish the many friendships that have evolved from communicating in this way. Although I [...]
The National Eating Disorders Association (NEDA) is adding its voice to the growing numbers opposed to Jenny Craig CEO, Amy Smith, being named as the keynote speaker choice for the Alliance of Girls’ Schools upcoming conference. The Alliance is a non-profit organization “which aims to promote the education of girls in single sex girls’ schools [...]
There is no place like home, surrounded by everyone and everything that represents ‘safety, security and stability’, when recovering from an eating disorder. Ideally, hospital is the last place we want to be, but sometimes when ED goes on a rampage, it is the place we need to be. For the sake of our physical [...]
When you are 12 years old, and anything other than ‘thin’ does not seem normal or acceptable, the last thing you need is a weight loss company advertising how it can help you feel wonderful and look beautiful. When thin becomes normal in the mind of a genetically-vulnerable child, the gun is loaded to trigger [...]
Life isn’t fair. My psychiatrist said that to me, rather bluntly, years ago, when I was crying my way through a session about an injustice that had occurred as a result of my eating disorder. What he meant, when I calmed down sufficiently to reflect, was that by ceasing to expect life to be fair, [...]
“Amy Smith believes that anything is possible — her motto is ‘once bitten, twice determined’.” So says the updated bio for Jenny Craig CEO, Amy Smith, in the speakers’ details section for the AGSA Conference. All reference to Jenny Craig has been deleted. Amy, and AGSA conference organisers, I’ve a message for you: People who experience [...]
‘ED’ takes no time off on weekends. We won’t either. The good news is that a petition is circulating online. Let’s give it wings. High five to Lydia Jade for creating this petition. As I write this, the number of signatures is about to hit 200. Let’s keep this rolling, let’s keep this going so [...]
What is your image of a girl? What image comes to mind first? Who do you ‘see’ in your mind? Do you ‘see’ her body size, or do you ‘see’ her essence, her bubbly personality? And what images do girls have of themselves? What images will give them, the mothers of tomorrow, the most freedom [...]
My three little grand daughters – the eldest is aged two years – are my sweetest inspiration. They fuel my passion in raising awareness of eating disorders. Forty-four years of my life, from the age of eleven, were scarred, marred and tortured by eating disorders – first Anorexia, then Bulimia. Forty-four years – lost. I [...]
“A little bit of Bulimia never hurt anyone.” It’s hard to believe, and you surely won’t want to believe it, but a doctor said this to a young woman in an Australian country town. The doctor dismissed the young woman with this ‘advice’ eight years ago. Bulimia has been a diagnosable illness for more than 40 [...]
