National Suicide Prevention Month is a time when we mourn the loss and celebrate the lives of those who have been taken from us by suicide, as well as raise...
Recovering from an eating disorder is a process that not only affects the ones struggling, but also the people around them, such as family and friends. The recovery process may...
All three of these times, when I made the decision to jeopardize my own existence, I truly wanted to die. In those moments, I believed that whatever I was going...
Going back to school can be filled with anxieties. For young adults, anxiety is common as they ready themselves to beginning a new chapter in their lives at a university....
It was my senior year of high school. I had spent countless weekends traveling up and down the east coast, auditioning for dance departments at prestigious colleges in the hopes...
Just like every other human emotion and experience, eating disorders are full of color, chemicals, and different combinations. No two experiences are the same. I am a self-described overachieving perfectionist,...
My adolescence and teenage years were rocky, to say the least. On the surface, I fought to project an image of a person in control, a person who strived for...
Yes, eating disorder treatment involves all the wonderful things that are delicately spelled out in pastel pamphlets. Yes, there can be yoga mats and Rumi and more gentle nodding than...
My best friend and I have always been candid about our eating disorders. We’ve known each other for 20 years, and when we met, we were in the midst of...
Having both an eating disorder and codependent traits, I am a professional at people-pleasing. From the time I was little, I never really got a fully-informed education in setting boundaries....
