Choose To Smile

It’s time for a new blog. Today will be my last Defining Wellness blog post. Thank you so much for reading, for sharing comments, for asking questions, and for letting me know when something I wrote helped you. I never imagined that I’d meet so many loving, wonderful, soul-searching people through this blog, and the [...]

From Transition To Transformation

Whew, it’s been a whirlwind  September, and if you’re still following my blog despite my sporadic posts, thank you so much. The month of September has been full of changes and uncertainty. But, sure enough, I made it through . . . and I even found a few tokens of wisdom along the way. We [...]

Why Losing Is Not Winning

I deeply appreciate each and every comment you leave. Writing these posts is very embarrassing at times, and I often debate with myself about whether or not I really want the whole world to know about my struggles (which are nothing compared to what so many people are going through). When I’m debating with myself, [...]

Me Versus Myself

I had to use my plan a little sooner than expected, but hey, that’s what it’s there for. Ever since I was a wee girl, I’ve had anxiety over the littlest things or nothing at all. There was even an incident in elementary school when I cried all morning before school because I was worried [...]

Reboot

I’m proud to say I’m an optimist. Even when I’m feeling stressed, anxious or upset, and even when I’ve felt so low that I couldn’t summon the strength to get out of bed, there’s always been that voice inside of me that says, “It WILL get better. There IS hope.” And I don’t just feel [...]

Melting Away

I’m holding this stack of ice cream cups like it’s my medal of honor: I have kicked my eating disorder’s butt! On Monday, July 5, Carter and I licked our way through the 12th Annual All-You-Can Eat Ice Cream Festival at Penn’s Landing. I never could have done this in a sane state in the [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

From Relapse To Resiliency

I’ve been debating how to write this next post over the past few days. I know I often seem like Little Miss Sunshine when I write my posts and that’s because, usually, I am. I’m an optimistic, hopeful, love-filled person, and I love to share those warm, fuzzy feelings with my readers. However, I think [...]