Do you need to address your thoughts and feelings about food, weight, and eating before you will be able to effectively feed your anorexic daughter? I naively thought that if my daughter would just start
Never has the human privilege of deciding what I want to believe mattered more than it does now that I am the parent of an anorexic teen. When your child is diagnosed with anorexia, and
To Dance Or Not To Dance? That is the question, and it isn’t an easy one to answer, not for this mom. If it were up to her doctor, she would never dance again,
When you are first learning something, it isn’t at all uncommon to find yourself paralyzed, and to get stuck “spinning," like a hamster on a wheel running around in circles and getting nowhere. When
We’ve all heard that hindsight is 20/20. It also makes sense to remember that the past is over, and we don’t benefit from blaming ourselves for things we didn’t know before we had all of
When your daughter’s anorexia gives you every excuse to act like an emotional child, it can be difficult to be the kind of parent that your child needs while she is recovering. If you
The first time I ventured out of what had become my new world—vigilantly watching her around the clock, preparing 3 meals and 3 snacks every day, and praying she would eat, I felt shell-shocked. I
Can you recall a time when you were absolutely terrified? What did it feel like? Imagine feeling like that 6 times a day, every single time you had to eat. That is what it is
After much trial and error, some drama, and significant self-induced stress, I have learned that even with the tools I have as a certified life coach, I must coach myself constantly. I now make sure
She is suffering. I am suffering. You are suffering. We are all suffering. To even type the above four sentences hurt, and I was just restating what a friend of mine said to me when
