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The Beginning of my Self-Love Journey

Recovering from my eating disorder and self-injury was the hardest thing I have ever done.

I look back on my 15-year struggle with anorexia and bulimia and I barely recognize that person today. She was so frail, hopeless, overwhelmed, and desperate.

Overcoming my eating disorder, started with learning how to treat myself with compassion.

I hated myself. I blamed myself for the OCD, for the rape, and so much more. I could not find a way to treat my present self with compassion.

Posted on Feb 16, 2021 By Julie

The Deeper Harm of Diet Culture

"Diet culture has engrained in us that, as women, we are defined by our bodies. We are taught from a very early age to be small, pretty, quiet, fragile. We are taught this is what it means to be feminine. A woman’s body is not an object. Our bodies are not something for other people to comment on."

Posted on Jan 24, 2021 By Julie