Confession! I haven’t been journaling. Like at all. For at least 2 months. My journal is open, right next to me, but there are no words than want to come out, no thoughts that want to be spilled on those beautiful pages. Or maybe there’s just a huge...
This is a mantra I used to repeat when I was weaning myself off my exercise addiction. I knew that I could work out for 4 hours a day, I knew that I could live off hardly any food, I knew that I could make it through the days starved and weak, I knew I could survive....
Here’s something you have to understand if you are truly committed to escaping diet prison: You cannot and will not – ever – be able to fight biology. You might be able to hurt your body for a while, maybe a few years, maybe even decades, but eventually,...
I had a dream last night. I walked into my apartment. I have never seen this apartment in real life, but I knew it was mine. I had been there before. Many times. But I hadn’t been there in a while. I walked into my apartment, looked through the window and...
Don’t let anyone ever tell you that it can’t be done. Don’t let that voice – you know which one – ever tell you you’re too weak, too fat, too plain, too uneducated, too loud, too short, too this or that. Don’t let anyone...
If I were smaller, I’d feel more normal. If I were smaller, I’d feel more worthy. If I were smaller, I’d feel more whole. If I were smaller, I’d feel less “obtrusive”. If I were smaller, I’d be able to hide. Naturally. We make...
