I promised myself that I wasn’t going to make a Thanksgiving post. Because honestly, scanning the blogosphere, if I see another post about “Pumpkin Pie,” “What I’m Grateful For,” or my favorite…”How Not to Gain Weight During the Holidays”…I’m going to hurl. Dramatic much? 😛 But seriously, it’s undeniable. The interwebsContinue reading What I’ve Learned in Recovery
I recently took up guitar. And when I say recently, I mean, I bought a nice guitar about two years ago, learned how to play four Taylor Swift songs, and then it found its resting place at the back of my closet ever since. 😛 But just this past week, I took it outContinue reading Callouses
Why is it that we fear the unknown? I don’t know about you, but whenever there’s a big event or activity or milestone in the future, I always prepare for the worst. It’s a bad habit I guess. For example. Whenever I go to a party or something, in my mind, I’m always like, “whatContinue reading Weight Restored Does Not Mean Fat
I’ll tell you what, you can learn a lot from kids. As many of you know, I’m an actor. And my “survival job” is being a nanny. Glamorous, I know. But ever since I started being around kids more, I have learned so. much. about myself and development and just human nature. And surprise surprise….howContinue reading The Art of Self-Soothing
Today I am sharing with you part of my soul. And you may be a bit confused, because, hello – this blog kind of is my soul, which I have willingly put out onto the internet ((what am I thinking??)) But this, today…this is a sacred part of my heart. A part that I do not shareContinue reading Remember Who You Are
I love living in NYC. It has been a huge part of my recovery and fresh start. Yes, it is a great place to be an actor and a young twenty-something, but it has also been an amazing place to learn how to truly live again. A great place to finally embrace life after years ofContinue reading Lead Us Not
Ever feel like your life is a broken record? Like there’s something that you just. can’t. break free from? Just can’t quit or fix or resolve? How many times have you gone to bed and thought, “Well, I’ll try again tomorrow.” Ask anyone who’s breathing and they can relate. “Go out into deep water and letContinue reading Deep Water
Sometimes, you’ve got to take a good, hard look in the mirror and say, “Enough’s enough.” And friends, that is a very frank and very difficult conversation to have with yourself. In just two little words. For in that small-but-powerful statement…shit.gets.real. A lot of times, in recovery, you can get…a little too comfortable. I know I did,Continue reading Enough’s Enough
It took me a long time to press “publish” on this post. Why? I was afraid. Not afraid, in that, I was revealing a particularly personal topic, or afraid to show my heart. Lord knows I’ve done enough of that already on here. But afraid for a different reason. I was afraid to make you uncomfortable. Continue reading You’re Worth It
One of the biggest misconceptions about anorexia and eating disorders, is that the girls (or boys) are incredibly vain. That they’re stuck on themselves, obsessed with their looks, and fatally preoccupied with beauty. That could not be farther from the truth. Sure, maybe the onset of the disease started with a desire to be pretty but byContinue reading Battling the Mirror
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