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My Husband about My Eating Disorder

How Do I Tell My Husband about My Eating Disorder?

This one comes from a reader in Australia… Question: I’m in a bind. How do I tell my husband about my eating disorder? I want to tell my husband about my eating disorder but I’m so stressed out because I really don’t know how to tell my husband about my eating disorder.   I know things have […]

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Dealing With Hurt Feelings

5 Simple Rules for Dealing With Hurt Feelings

Last night, I was talking to Sarah, a client of mine who was filled with anger, rage and hurt because she felt that a friend had totally betrayed her. Sarah had told her best friend Angela about a job that she was going to apply to and then, without telling Sarah, Angela went ahead,  sent her resume

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Get a Healthy Body

10 Ways to Get a Healthy Body Now

1. Eat mostly minimally processed and whole foods. This means choosing to actually eat a piece of chicken and broccoli that you get from the store rather than picking up a chicken and broccoli Lean Cuisine and having it pass for dinner. You want your food to have as few ingredients as possible. A steak

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A recovery story- Finally choosing to let go of Ed

This amazing and intense recovery story was submitted by April via email. My name is April and when I was 8 I started having serious body issues. I started my period and didn’t really know why or what it was. My mother was not a very nurturing mother always competing with me about weight and

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My husband doesn't know I have an Eating Disorder

Friday Q&A- My husband doesn’t know I have an Eating Disorder, what should I do?

Question: I’m 34 years old and have been suffering with bulimia on and off  since I was 18 years old.  I’ve been married for the past 7 years and we have two kids, my husband doesn’t know that I binge and purge. I am really good at hiding the evidence. I can go weeks sometimes

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How to Talk to a Loved One with an Eating Disorder

How to Talk to a Loved One with an Eating Disorder

  Watching someone that you love being active in their eating disorder is devastating.  It’s so painful to watch your mother, sister, wife or girlfriend (or husband, father, brother or son) either restrict their food, or binge on foods that are unhealthy for them, or to know that they’re purging in the bathroom after they’ve

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can't stop binge eating at night

Friday Q & A- I can’t stop binge eating at night, help!

Question: Submitted via email by Theresa in Marrero, Louisiana At least once or twice a week, late at night I binge eat.  I feel as if I cannot stop and it’s everything unhealthy that I can get my hands on.  Afterwards I feel horrible about myself, worthless.  I am 50 years old and up until

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approach someone who I think might

Friday Q&A– How do approach someone who I think might have an eating disorder?

Question: Submitted via email by Ronni in Boca Raton, FL. I have a friend who I’m pretty sure is bulimic. She lives in my dorm and I know she’s bingeing and purging, but I don’t know what to do about it. I’m afraid that she’ll get mad at me if I say anything. I used

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How to talk to your partner about your eating disorder

How to talk to your partner about your eating disorder

It is so  common that someone comes into my office who is suffering terribly with bulimia or binge eating disorder but they haven’t told their boyfriend/girlfriend/husband/wife. There are some people who are in new relationships and don’t feel comfortable or ready to disclose that information yet. However,  there are many more people who have been

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