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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.

Healing Hurts :: 5 Steps To Overcome An Identity Crisis

Life today is lived at a break-neck speed. We’re sophisticated, educated, wealthy; going, doing, acquiring. Our cluttered minds are numbed with the social, news and entertainment media available at our fingertips every waking moment . The world is off Center and dragging us with it. With lives so focused on caring and living for others, no …

Harming Ourselves Through Our Relationships

I realized that my relationship choices had gone from bad to worse when I found myself sitting in a Relational Communications class learning about Verbally Abusive Relationships and realizing that was my life. Harming Ourselves Through Our Relationships Nobody asks to be abused – physically, verbally emotionally – and certainly nobody deserves it. However, since …

Hard Ball!

For those of you who follow my blogs, both here at drdeah.com and on Fierce Freethinking Fatties, you know that I am a diehard sports fan. I LOVE watching sports. This time of year is ideal for me. I have my choice of Warriors Basketball, A’s Baseball, and Sharks Hockey. A banquet of games to …

Happy Body Days!

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Going To College With Eating Disorder Recovery

Suhita via Etsy.com As the summer winds down in Newport Beach the tourists occupying the beach rentals head home along with our college aged clients who head back to school. We are excited for them to return to college in the Fall with new tools they can use in their eating disorder recovery. Today we …

Give To The Max 2014

Help us raise funds to launch new eating-disorder-related programs. Thanks to the generosity of the Bush Foundation, GiveMN is increasing its prize grant incentives for nonprofits and schools. Join us on November 13, Minnesota’s Give to the Max Day, and help us win a $2,000 Golden Ticket. By making a donation on …

Give Pizza A Chance

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Get To Know Me!

I had so much fun being interviewed by Patricia Kirby for The Art Therapy Blog on using expressive arts for treating folks with eating disorders and body dissatisfaction, I thought you may enjoy some of my answers! Trigger Warning I am asked what my favorite food is in one of the questions. I am also …

Get The Picture?

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Georgia. . .

A new campaign in Georgia targeted at childhood obesity has raised significant alarm in the eating disorder community. Specifically, many of us who treat eating disorders are concerned that the campaign focuses more on body size than on the promotion of healthy eating and exercise behaviors. It is negative, shaming, and could actually encourage the development of eating …

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