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Everyone deserves help!
Like most others, my eating disorder started with an obsession with the way my body looked. For most of my pre-teen and teen years, I...
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Sep 6, 20223 min read


It's not all about the number!
As I prepared myself to jump on the scales, I could already feel my heart beating, what would it be today? My morning check-in, it would...
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Aug 5, 20222 min read


Eating disorders, fitness, and wellness culture
Fitness and wellness are things that supposedly improve our wellbeing, but are they doing more harm than good? I grew up doing gymnastics...
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Jul 17, 20223 min read


When recovery seems unimaginable.
It’s hard to imagine being truly recovered…life without ED, what does that even look like? For me it wasn’t so much that I was looking...
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Jul 5, 20222 min read


JUNE NEWSLETTER
Welcome to the June 2022 Newsletter. This can be downloaded as a pdf via the below button. Within this newsletter, discover the up coming...
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Jun 16, 20221 min read


Too close to home!
This morning my 12 year old daughter told me she’d like to go on a diet ..to say my heart sank was an understatement..what did that even...
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May 30, 20222 min read


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Apr 8, 20220 min read


March Newsletter
Welcome to this first edition of my eNewsletter and I do hope that 2022 will be a wonderful year for all. I will provide you with a...
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Feb 28, 20222 min read


Help! I'm obsessed with counting calories!
I can still recall the first time I started thinking about calories. I was at the book shop with mum and found a book on how to be...
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Jan 2, 20222 min read


The Holidays
For many people the holidays are a time of joy and celebration, a time to catch up with friends and family- often this involves lots of...
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Dec 3, 20212 min read


Why is the voice so loud?
I always used to wonder if I was the only one that could hear it, constantly at me to watch what I was eating or to make sure I was doing...
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Nov 6, 20212 min read
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