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Grieving My Sick Body & The Thin Ideal, And Embracing The Body I DO Have
Society says a smaller body is better than a larger body. Society is wrong.
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How To Go To The Doctor In A Larger Body
Going to the doctor when you're in a larger body - or if you're trying to heal your body image - can be anxiety-producing at best, and can even seem terrifying and impossible. I want to share some hope and some practical ways to navigate a flawed healthcare system.
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The S-Word We’re All A Little Bit Scared Of
There's an S-word it seems we're all a little bit scared of. No matter how old we are, where we come from, our educational background, occupation, whatever...I've found that most people are afraid of this S-word.
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Life Is Hard, AND…
Life is hard. We all get our share of challenges, hard times, and bad days, and some days it's hard to see the light at the end of the tunnel. AND that light is there. I promise. Even when we can't see it, it's there. It's hard to be alive sometimes, and it's still worth breathing, still worth waking up tomorrow.
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“Christian, I Guess.”
We all go through seasons of faith. We will have hot, dry, desolate seasons when we're desperate for rain, followed by beautiful wet seasons that water our souls. But this...this feels like more than a dry season.
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Do It Scared
I might be scared a lot, but nobody ever said I had to be fearless in order to be brave.
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The Year of Self-Compassion
Raise your hand if you have ever felt personally victimized by...yourself.
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Surviving You
I've been having nightmares. Side effect of trauma, I'm told. Today I've been thinking of little ways to take my power back.
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Protest (Or, How To Survive Anorexia)
Finding compassion in the midst of comments like, "Non-compliant," and, "You don't look like you have an eating disorder," and, "See what a burden you are?"
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Dear Exercise
Last week, I was challenged to write a letter to exercise. Which was tricky, because my relationship with exercise is complicated, at best...
