Okay… So Thanksgiving eating is now behind us. How are you feeling? Happy and successful – in that you stuck to your commitment to enjoy just the Thanksgiving meal and not derail your healthy eating habits for the rest of the weekend? Or are you...
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For over a decade, I struggled hopelessly with food and body image. My story is of eating disorder and alcoholism; but it is just one drop in the bucket. Most people have ongoing struggles with food. According to the Boston Medical Center...
Read moreGift Yourself an Onion this Holiday
This holiday season I am going to make peace with me. I talk a lot about making peace with my plate and my body, but little or nothing about making peace with myself. I have been beating myself up emotionally—a lot. Somewhere I was taught that...
Read moreNavigating the Holiday Season: Eating Disorder Recovery by Robyn Cruze and Espra Andrus, LCSW Authors of Making Peace with Your Plate
I hated holidays when I was in my eating disorder. I felt like I was in a minefield of panic. I would tip toe through the eating disorder detonators only to have to deal with worried family. My eating disorder would kick up a fuss months before...
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