Desire is Not Pathology: Affirming Neediness via Radical Self-Compassion
Pop-culture “wellness” often pathologizes desire. We are promised that if we can ignore physical hunger, meet our own needs emotionally, and keep our sexual desire …
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Irvin Yalom: Group Therapy Sketchnotes & an Open Letter on “Love’s Executioner”
Group Therapy Sketchnotes In graduate school, I had the privilege of learning under instructors who were mostly very receptive to the idea that not all …
Ways to Manage Food & Exercise that are Anti-Diet
Numbers, timers, scales, and bell curves are not the measure of health- they are external authorities sold to us as measures of goodness, permission, and …
No One Gets to Decide for Us What A Good Life Is
There are lots of voices shaping our idea of a “Good Life,” but freedom comes when we take ownership of that narrative and choose- with …
Body Trust and Food Security – Intuitive Eating Doodle Series
Intuitive Eating is an approach to eating that can help heal the relationship between food and our bodies, and to help end the diet/weight-cycling cycle. …
Body Positive HAES Heath Poster for Weight Neutral Offices
Taking care of a body can be really confusing. As more and more data and tech is developed to manage our bodies, it’s tempting to …
Deep Self-Care Includes Mindfulness, Pleasure-Based Movement, and External Emotional Support
Our minds and our bodies are intimately connected. In a world that is constantly firing stress signals at us (Hint: just about all advertising is …
Thin Privilege & Why Some College-Based Eating Disorder Treatments May Be Dangerous
Recently, I posted this story on my Instagram: “If your college counseling center serves students with eating disorders at a severity level that they would …
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