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How To Stay Sober During The Holidays
This post may not resonate with all of you, but I know it applies to at least some, and probably more than you think. If you’re interested in how to stay sober during the holidays, then here is what...
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How To Start Opening Up About Tough Topics
I’ve been complimented at my ability to get everything out in the open and talk about things that others might want to keep to themselves — opening up about tough topics. It’s not something I was...
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Using “I Feel Fat” As An Excuse To Looking Deeper
This post was originally published in January 2018. During one of my workshops last year, our focus topic was on body image. We discussed the obvious sentiments of how we felt with the way women were...
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Mental Health Month: What It Is and How You Can Support
May is an important month for me. It’s the month I got clean in 2010, the month I was released from 9 months in jail in 2011, and the month when I was finally released from a 5 year probation that...
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Is Your Motivation Helpful or Harmful?
Something that I am always thinking about is whether my motivation is helpful or harmful. Motivations are great–they help us get things done and achieve things we never thought we could. As an addict,...
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It’s Ok To Eat
This post originally appeared on Erin’s Inside Job in 2017. One of the things that has been keeping me so busy the past couple weeks is the start of a 3-month corporate fitness challenge that I’ve...
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How To Approach Mental Health
I struggle with depression and anxiety, as do a ton of people across the country. It’s not about being bummed out or nervous to give a presentation, it’s something that takes over and impairs my...
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National Eating Disorders Awareness Week
You guys know that I’m pretty open about my past. I certainly didn’t grow up that way and it’s really only been a behavioral change since I entered recovery almost 9 years ago. I kept a lot of things...
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Navigating Wellness is LIVE!
Hey friends! Bonus Thursday post coming at you to let you know that the e-book I’ve been working on — Navigating Wellness: Exploring the Space in a Healthy Way — is live and available for purchase...
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How To Build A New Life In Recovery
I suppose that starting a new life is hard for anyone — changing careers, changing locations, changing friends, etc. Building a new life in recovery brings extra challenges. There may be continuing...
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An Exercise in Self-Soothing vs. Avoidance
Yesterday I had a therapy appointment. Aside from the normal anxieties about having a baby and running my own business (all par for the course), I had a question that had been on my mind for a little...
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Why “Giving Myself Grace” Isn’t Effective For Me
There’s been a big movement within the self-care revolution that emphasizes “giving yourself grace” and “taking it easy.” I can entirely get behind that sentiment, I understand it, and I’ve preached...
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Misconceptions About Therapy
Recently, I asked for questions and misconceptions about therapy on Instagram. I was happy to see so many people respond either with their own experience or for clarification about the process because...
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How To Talk To Someone If You Suspect They Have A Problem
I've had this post idea sitting in my drafts since July, but never got around to writing it. At that time I was following a girl on Instagram who admittedly suffered with an eating disorder for many...
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Holiday Gift Guide 2018
It's holiday time again! I'm only putting together one gift guide this year, but it has items that I love from each important category: food, fitness, and self care. None of the items in this guide...
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Mental Health Check In: November
I started this series last month and figured it was a good one to keep going because it allows me to ramble a bit, you seem to like it, and it's a good way for me to stay accountable with how I'm...
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Why It’s Ok To Be Selfish During the Holidays
As a recovering people-pleaser, understanding that it's not selfish to take care of myself first has always been a bit of a struggle. It was something I heard early on in recovery, but something that...
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How We Decided It Was Time To Start A Family
Short answer: my therapist made me do it. :) I place a lot of weight on things that I've learned in therapy and recovery -- both from people who have been there before and those who are clinically...
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Why Solutions Are Better Than Problems
It took me roughly 26 years of my life to realize that I had been approaching my problems all wrong. When I was required to take a course that I didn't like, I would constantly complain and ask myself...
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Monday Moods
I wanted to take a stab at a new blog series because it was honestly the one topic that made my fingers want to type. You may have noticed that since before our trip to Greece, I slowed down on...
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