Cover Your Mouth!: Disordered Eating is a Communicatable Disease
The seasons are changing, and it’s that time of year when we have to start being extra-careful about our immunity. And I’m not just talking about the flu–I’m talking about body image issues. In case...
View ArticleUn-Podcast 035: UNcooked (Michelle Norris)
[source] If I’ve learned nothing else in the past year and a half of this journey to health, I’ve at least learned this: You cannot change the world by yourself. You cannot change yourself by...
View Article‘Twas the Morning of Christmas (A Holiday Poem for the Exercise Addict)
[image source] ‘Twas the Morning of Christmas: A Holiday Poem for the Exercise Addict ’Twas the morning of Christmas, though the children were sleeping, I was Yelp!-ing like crazy, while silently...
View ArticleUN-Podcast 038: UNresolved (Justin Manning)
There are few things in this world that I abjectly and unequivocally hate, and two of those things involve suitcases: packing and unpacking. [image source] Ironic, considering the fact that I use the...
View ArticleUN-Podcast 040: Am I Addicted to Exercise?
Is it possible to be addicted to exercise? Let me start off by saying that exercise is NOT inherently a bad thing. Getting out, moving your body, lifting weights, spinning, biking, running, hiking,...
View ArticleIs it Fitness, EDNOS, or Anorexia? Differentiating Disordered Behavior
*Trigger warning!* It’s National Eating Disorders Awareness week, and today’s post comes from a desire to raise a little awareness about what an eating disorder really looks like. You see, we throw a...
View ArticleUN-Podcast 053 and the True Meaning of Fitness
Raise your hand if you think you know what the word “fitness” means. Hint: It’s NOT this. [image source] Here—let me get rid of the mystery: the condition of being physically fit and healthy. the...
View ArticleUN-Podcast 064 & When Eating Disorders Become Your “Business”
TL;DR: Go listen to today’s podcast with Jodi Rubin now! I’m not going to pretend that the main reason I got certified as a personal trainer in 2010 wasn’t because of my eating disorder. I “wasn’t” an...
View ArticleUNpodcast 097: Exercise Addiction: How to Face Your Demons
TL;DR: Go listen to today’s podcast with Kimber Simpkins & find out how to win 12 books on body love for free! In today’s podcast, Kimber Simpkins shared a parable about the Buddha that made my...
View ArticlePodcast 131: On Weight Loss: But What about Health?
One of the most frustrating conversations that happens in the world of body image and body positivity is the “but what about health” conversation. I feel like I have it on the regular, because weight...
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