Women Healing Through Crisis by Joanna Poppink

Harsh Judgment vs Contemplative Appraisal - which is more familiar?

The challenge in our culture today, especially if you have an eating disorder, is not to automatically go to harsh self judgment but to keep a contemplative appraisal consciousness about yourself, your body and your clothes.

Awareness vs Ignorance: the real drama behind eating disorder recovery

Today I saw this headline on Celeb Magaine:

Kate Middleton Wanted as Face for Anorexia Website

The tragedy that unfolds with the accompanying story only inspires me to continue with eating disorder recovery work.  Commitment to ignorance is the real challenge to eating disorder recovery. Education, awareness and kindness are what we need to make vast and positive progress in creating an atmosphere of healing and recovery.

Sanctioned Child Abuse? Weep? Rant? Teach from Calmness? What Works?

When this front page notice on August 5, 2011 L.A. Times caught my eye my stomach turned to lead and dropped to my knees. Oh, No!  10-year-old Vogue model: Pretty or pretty weird? Eating disorder in the making - or already here.