It is with a heavy heart that I share tonight’s blog post. This weekend, we lost a member of the eating disorder recovery community. Eating disorders are so grossly misunderstood.
It is my prayer that we can raise awareness about the severity and warning signs of such a devastating disease – which has the highest mortality rate of all mental illnesses. Continue reading In Memoriam
Sometimes the thing we’re most afraid of is the very thing that sets us free. After recovery from an eating disorder, letting someone into my past and letting love in is a difficult, scary task. Turns out, my fears were completely off on all accounts. And love is, perhaps, the most beautiful, freeing, healing thing of all! #edrecoveryContinue reading Read this if you’re Afraid to Love
Quarantine has left many Christians feeling spiritually isolated. With digital church services watched alone, it’s easy to feel as though we are alone, lost in a faith vacuum. How God revealed that we are, in fact, not isolated, but alone, together. #faith #catholicContinue reading Alone, Together
A first hand account of what it’s like to fly during COVID out of the biggest, most populous city in the nation: New York City! Was it a terrifying circus? Was it a deserted ghost town? It was definitely NOT as expected!Continue reading Flying During Covid!
This Christmas doesn’t feel quite as festive as it should. And we have COVID to thank. But perhaps instead we should see this holiday season as a blessing: to return to that First Christmas, where it was about family and the Christ child. #catholic Continue reading Christmas Negativity or Nativity?
Christmas and the holidays are acutely difficult for people struggling with eating disorders. From Top Eating Disorder Recovery blogger, BeautyBeyondBones: what she needed to hear to when she was in the throes of anorexia, to save her life and overcome Christmas anxiety. #recovery #edrecovery Continue reading What I Needed to Hear: Christmas Vs. Anorexia
Prejudice against Asian Americans has skyrocketed since the Coronavirus. This blogger came face to face with this disgusting reality in a confrontation in Times Square in NYC. #covid #catholicContinue reading Getting Accosted in Times Square
The 2020 Victim Mentality has got to go. This year isn’t a “pause in time.” It’s not the year that didn’t count, or time to be fast forwarded. We are here. We are where we are because God has allowed it. A tough truth to swallow in 2020. Continue reading The 2020 Victim Mentality
After canceling Thanksgiving plans because of the coronavirus, it’s easy to become a Thanksgiving Scrooge. Tips to get over the grouchiness of missing out on the holidays. (PS: it works!) #thanksgiving #covid19Continue reading Thanksgiving Scrooge
Is the second wave of COVID upon us? Is it time to start stock piling toilet paper? What these panic buying practices reveal about a scarcity mindset, and what exactly is the remedy? #edrecovery #catholicContinue reading Are We Hoarding Toilet Paper Again?
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