Naming Anorexia: No, Not Those Beans
As I've talked about before, my eating disorder developed in large part from a need for control and order. I started to control my body…
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Junior Adulting: Cultivating My Digital Identity
As a freelance web consultant, I help clients develop (or strengthen) a digital identity. This means designing and writing for portfolio websites, determining what work…
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Naming Anorexia: What the Forever 21???
Last month, I wanted to buy a jean skirt to wear to Boyfriend's work holiday party. This was the same day I went to the…
From the Flames (I am Born Again)
If someone had told me what my first week of January would look like at the beginning of December, I would have thought they were…
Impostor Part II: I am Still Real
Shortly after I started my first post-grad job, I wrote this post about experiencing Impostor Syndrome as a young woman beginning her career. A lot…
Naming Anorexia: On the Holiday Season
The holidays are a stressful time for many people for many reasons. Buying gifts, navigating complicated family dynamics, all that damn traffic, Christmas carol fatigue, engagement season…
Naming Anorexia
The first time I saw "anorexia" on my medical chart, I sat in my car and cried for ten minutes. Even though I had been…
I am Strong. I am Capable. I am Enough.
My last couple of posts have been... let's say "intense." I've been dealing with a lot of heaviness (both internal and external) that has made…
Episode II: A New Haze
It would be nice if antidepressants promised results in 15 minutes or less like Excedrin. Also, it would be nice to be able to take Excedrin because…
Haze
I know, I know... I've been writing less frequently again. It seems like every time I try to write, I am confronted with the most…
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