If I Love, I Live

I’ve been questioning everything lately, and as uncomfortable as it feels sometimes, I’m realizing that the alternative is to sit back and accept what may or may not be the truth. [Image Source: http://cvs.codeyard.net/Sonsoft/webwinkel/images/question.jpg] I’m asking questions about my values. Without worrying about how they may look to the outside world, what are they, really? [...]

Rediscovering Your Identity In Adulthood

For tonight’s post, please head over to my guest post at Jessica’s inspirational blog, “The Process of Healing,” by clicking on this link: Rediscovering Your Identity. I am really proud of this post . . . in fact, I think it’s one of the best I’ve written. It’s about rediscovering your identity in your 20s [...]

Reawakening

What a weekend! I spent Thursday night through Sunday night pet-sitting this adorable puppy. What a personality! I couldn’t take my eyes off her for a second or she’d dash off to the very places that she knew were “off-limits.” Preparation for motherhood, perhaps? Though I was only 15 minutes away from home, I missed [...]

Philadelphia Blogger Meet-Up

I am so beat after a tough day of “work.” If you can call walking this little cutie “work.” Please forgive the cell phone photo. I’ll be pet sitting and dog walking over the summer and as a side job when my nursery school teaching career starts in September. Today was a ton of fun [...]

Identity In The Un-Comfort Zone

Sometimes it’s temporarily comforting to take the easy way out . . . to emotionally overeat, to obsessively diet, to smoke that cigarette . . . to find the quickest way to make ourselves feel good. It’s easy to say, “I feel lousy, and ice cream and cookies make me feel better,” or “I feel stressed, [...]

Rolling Into New Territory

It’s only been a few days since I’ve posted about breaking free from my labels of “eating disorder,” “in recovery,” “health nut” and “career woman,” and the freedom is already palpable. I can be anything I want to be. I can pursue anything I want to pursue. And best of all, I can have fun [...]

Losing The Label

I’ve been in recovery from my eating disorder for almost a year, and though I have made tremendous progress, there have been slip-ups along the way. Since I moved on from my job in March, the slip-ups, in the form of binge eating, have been worse and more frequent . . . to the point [...]

You Succeed If You Try

If you’re a regular Defining Wellness follower, you know how much I love to model, not for money or “fame,” but for the opportunity to express myself and embrace my uniqueness. I choose to work with professionals who believe that beauty comes in all shapes, sizes, colors and forms. One of the best parts about [...]

NEDA Week Challenge

This week is National Eating Disorders Awareness Week, and I have a challenge for you! This week, from Monday through Saturday, I challenge you to stop verbally criticizing yourself and to be kind to yourself! For example, none of the following comments are permitted to leave your lips: “I feel fat,” “I should work out [...]

Weight Loss Resolutions?

With the start of a new year, perhaps you’re feeling optimistic about the prospect of a new you. This is the year that you will succeed at losing weight, getting to that magic number on the scale, fitting into your skinny jeans, or finding the diet plan that really works. You have a burning desire. [...]