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The Body Project, Help Prevent Eating Disorders in Your Community
Body Image, Special Topics
2019 was an important year for me! It marked my 10th year in recovery from an eating disorder, and it was the year that I discovered the Body Project. At that time, I was in my 8th year as a high school counselor. Over the years, I have worked…
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Campus Warriors: A Faculty Advisor’s Perspective
Special Topics, Student Life
As a faculty member at Rogers State University, I always look forward to the fall semester. It’s fun to meet new students and see returning students who are refreshed and ready to continue their educational journey. During the first week…
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Being Yourself in the Summer
Recovery, Special TopicsSummer can be a uniquely challenging time for people struggling with an eating disorder, regardless of what phase of recovery you are in. Social media influencers, the diet (or as I say, die with a “T”) industry, and even friends and…
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Social Media Contributed to My Eating Disorder
Social Media, Special TopicsSummer in Minnesota is time that is well spent. Not one second of daylight is wasted. The boundary waters are explored, cabins are filled with laughter, and lakes are full of activity. But none of those things matter to an eating disorder. The…
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NEDA: A Beacon of Support in My Recovery Journey
BIPOC, Recovery, Special TopicsStruggling with an eating disorder is a frightening experience, especially when faced with limited resources and societal stigma. I encountered this struggle firsthand at the age of 15, 27 years ago, when eating disorders were still shrouded…
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No Diet Day: Free to be me (you)
Body Image, Special Topics
No Diet Day was started by Mary Evans Young in 1992 and is an annual movement to reject diet culture. NEDA would like to encourage you to consider the impact diet culture has on your relationship with your body and join the movement to practice…
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The Dangers of Diet Culture
Body Image, Special Topics
Growing up in the early 2000’s, diet culture was a major part of my life, and played a significant role in the development of my first eating disorder. I still remember when I was little going to weight loss meetings and consults with…
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Diet Culture Domino
Body Image, Special Topics
You came into this world
A beautiful being
How amazing!
Only one of you
Only one of me
Mama wonders about your personality
No thoughts of a child hating their body
As you grow up, messages pop up on the tv
Photoshopped…
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Big Questions in Small Moments
Special Topics
Breathe in the unapologetic atmosphere that’s embraced you from the moment you breathed out into the cosmos.
Before you strive to make yourself smaller, before you fight to disappear… Who can demand that you do so?
Who can declare…
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Dear Diet, I’m Done and It’s Over
Body Image, Special Topics
How young were you when you first dieted?
I was a very young 12 years old when I first jumped on the diet train, and I rode that train one way or another for ten years of my life. For the entirety of my adolescence and beginning of my young…