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Let me summarize how life has become even more difficult in the past 24 hours. First of all, Supermum lost her job yesterday. Just like that, my parents are both unemployed and we are uninsured come May. How can hard-working, honest, creative, energetic and thoughtful people be dismissed? What kind of mother-fucking, conservative, gun-toting jerks dismiss my mom, the most tolerant, easy-going person I know? I can’t wrap my mind around it, so I’ll leave it at that for now.
Secondly, I really like my nutritionist, but even I cannot fully appreciate one’s expertise when one tells me that I cannot consume starches of any sort for a month. After that month of letting my stomach and other organs heal, I can try and see how much starch I can tolerate.
This is all too intense to dwell on right now, so I’m signing off. I usually wouldn’t say something like this: but keep us in your thoughts.

“She Doesn’t Need To See The Menu”

Check out “She Doesn’t Need to See the Menu” by Blythe Baird. Baird uses words in phenomenal ways. *Note: The poem may be a bit triggering for some.

Seventeen Magazine Partners With NEDA

Seventeen magazine – August 2012 “We vow to … never change girls’ body or face shapes. (Never have, never will),” Says Seventeen magazine. This is in regards to the “Body Peace Treaty” that is featured in the August 2012 edition. This treaty was created after a push led by a Maine 14-year-old to combat the …

Self-Help Kit Survey

Self-Help Kit We Need Your Help! The Joy Project is building a self-help kit! Your feedback on this survey will be used in the creation of a self-help kit which can be used to support the recovery process of anyone who feels they could benefit from such a program. As you may know, many individuals …

Score!!!

Happy 20th Anniversary! Twenty Years. TWENTY Years. Two Decades. A Score. An infamous date in the life of Sgt. Pepper and his band. The amount of time I lived before College Graduation. (Your math is fine, I graduated early). The amount of time my son has been alive. For those of us who are parents, …

Sample Meal Plans (Read Me)

The meal plans presented here are intended to provide you with a good reference for what a normal meal plan may look like. Your dietary needs may be more or less, depending on your height, weight, health status, and energy level. Ideally, you should consult with a nutritionist before deciding to follow a specific diet. …

SAMHSA Announces New Definition Of Recovery

The United States Substance Abuse & Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) recently announced its new “Working Definition of Recovery”. This definition represents the culmination of a lengthy public engagement process and ongoing dialogue to refine the definition and principles. The field of Eating Disorders has traditionally struggled to come to an agreement on what it means …

SAMHSA And TJP Partner For Consumer-Driven Discussion Of EDs

The Joy Project staffers Serena Iacono and Joy Nollenberg traveled to Rockville, MD, to give a presentation on Empowerment in Eating Disorder Recovery. The presentation was sponsored by the Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) Center for Mental Health Services, Office of Consumer Affairs, in conjunction with the National Institutes of Health, and …

Role Model Roll Call

There are three people that come to mind when I think of role models: my sister, my husband and Portia de Rossi. Let me explain… My sister has always, always been my biggest rock, my soul mate and the girl I looked up to despite her being three years younger than me. I love her …

Resolutions

To start the year off on a positive note, avoid resolutions in the spirit of self-dislike. Rather than focusing on weight loss, why not resolve to improve your relationship with food, and while you’re at it, your relationship with your body? This will help you now and will last way beyond the crash-diet/gym-heavy January norm. …

Relapse Dreams While In Eating Disorder Recovery

via Etsy.com Like A Mirror Years ago, The Victorian had an eating disorder therapist who would try to analyze our client’s dreams. One time in an all staff meeting this therapist analyzed one of the staff’s dreams. The staff member emphasized how bizarre it was to see a distant cousin in her dream, someone she …

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