All year, I’ve been running. Literally and metaphorically. Running into my career, running into my 30s, running into huge life changes, new habits, new routines, new purpose, standing my ground with people I love, and holding my own when it comes to my worth....
I am high-strung. It’s not that I’m not easygoing or that I’m quick to argue – not in the least. My high-strungness manifests in waves…or rather, in jolting earthquakes that eventually rumble themselves out. My high-strungness comes in the form of Ghost...
Look. I am NPR’s self-elected fan club president. In a storm of biases and opinions, I can count on NPR to fill me in on what’s going on in the world, open my eyes to opinions that might not entirely match my own, and challenge me in all the very best...
SO OFTEN we don’t bat a lash at being mean to ourselves – not because we’re inadequate, but because we’re removed. Distraction is a fun tactic we use when we feel things we don’t want to be feeling. Scared? Procrastinate the day away. Uncomfortable? Check every app on...
One of the many joys of my childhood was coming downstairs for breakfast on a lazy Sunday and seeing the newspaper parceled out for each family member. My dad got the front pages – the major headlines and serious stuff. My brother always started with the Sports...
So many of you have asked me questions about eating disorder “recovery.” How to get there. How to stay there. How to exist there. I’ve avoided writing about recovery – like, really writing about it – for a while. Not because I...
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