from medicalnews a few days ago: bulimia treatment success doubles when parents involved in therapy mobilizing parents to help an adolescent overcome the disorder can double the percentage of teens who were able to abstain from binge eating and purging after six months. a team based at the university of chicago medical center showed that… Continue reading family therapy for people with eating disorders
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free hug day!
what, another free hug day? wasn’t it on july 7? and what’s free hug day anyway? well, most of you know, probably. but if you’re a little like me and you don’t always keep up with the news, go to wikipedia and find out. bascially, it’s something started by a man called juan mann back… Continue reading free hug day!
7 ways to use writing for healing
yesterday i talked about the book writing yourself home. as i mentioned, it uses excerpts from women’s writings – some well-known, some not – to illustrate how we can use writing and journaling as a way of healing and self-discovery. here is one that i found interesting, about “matrophobia”, by ellen amber from her work… Continue reading 7 ways to use writing for healing
writing. books. synchronicity.
sometimes, life plonks you right in the middle of a coincidence. smack! there you are. or not. maybe it’s synchronicity. here’s a little example. my dear friend haedy gave me a book for my birthday: in buddha’s kitchen: cooking, being cooked, and other adventures in a meditation center. a wonderful confluence of goodness already: haedy… Continue reading writing. books. synchronicity.
what to eat when recovering from anorexia
one of the questions that keep coming up for readers of this blog is “what to eat when recovering from anorexia?” slowly making your way back from a lifestyle that is consumed by the need to control and a great fear of gaining weight is hard work. it’s turning away from a life that is… Continue reading what to eat when recovering from anorexia
canadian buzz
a few weeks ago, in my general enthusiasm for canadian blogs, i decided to participate in buzzcanuck’s 1% army of canadian blogs. what inspired me to participate in something with a military theme, i’ll never know – but what the hey, ey? so one of the things i’m supposed to do is “handshake” with my… Continue reading canadian buzz
letter-writing
at regular intervals (for example jeff, here), people comment on the use of lower case in my writing on this blog. here, finally, is an explanation: i started using lower case when i was 14, in my first love letter to my first boyfriend. at that point, my main goal in using only lower cases… Continue reading letter-writing
is it better than silence?
a propos our conversation about appreciative communication on the internet, i remembered this today, by the buddha: when admonishing someone, keep these six considerations in mind: is my heart free of malice towards this person? have i been guilty of this offence myself? do i speak at the right time? is this the truth? do… Continue reading is it better than silence?
doodle
i finally have a workable scanner! yay! here’s one of my doodles.
i don’t believe in god
yes, i don’t believe in god. “believing in god” makes no sense to me. i don’t know what it means. and it isn’t because english isn’t my mother tongue. i grew up speaking german, and the equivalent sentence – “ich glaube an gott” – seems equally incomprehensible to me. perhaps i will understand one day.… Continue reading i don’t believe in god