The Link Between Dieting and Eating Disorders Is Too Strong to IgnoreWhile I don’t often eat meat, I’m also not a vegetarian. In fact, you’ll see me eat some form of meat at least twice a week. But the...
A story on energy healingTwo boys - one was younger, the other older. Their stories are different, but they both arrived in Taiping, China on crutches, seeking in...
Memories of healthy exercise – An old journal entryBack in College, I had a personal, more accurately labeled as “shared”, trainer that would come coach my friends and I three times a...
Extreme Hunger revisited.With most things I do, I try to keep a balance. It’s one of those things that recovery from an eating disorder makes you hyper aware of,...
The recovery that keeps on givingThis weekend I attended my 10-year High School reunion. And what a weekend it was. From the moment I reached the train stop, the madness...
Perspectives on sick vs. recovered.‘Twas a long walk my march to recovery. I try to think of when it is that I passed the destination, but then I question whether I’ve even...
Yoga and Eating DisordersFor a decent length of time now, I danced around the idea of writing about my Yoga journey. To be clear, it’s hardly an Instagram-able...
"Healing comes from within". Beyond the treatment teamNo two eating disorders will ever be the same, and so, the road to recovery cannot be more individualized. There is no one size fits all,...
Dropping the bells and whistles and speaking the recovery truthLately, I come to the realization that majority of my posts set quite the optimistic tone to recovery and eating disorders. I find that...
The making of a dinner party - by recovered anorexic“It’s never really about the food”, he said. Thinking to myself, it so is about the food – as I cannot bring myself to eat - I was...
Internal satisfaction vs. external recognition – an old journal entry.Lately, I am running out of enthusiasm in writing about my experience with anorexia - frustrating, and same time liberating. In recovery,...
Human connection and positive reflection - AK on recovery assetsThe more unawareness I meet in my interactions with friends and relatives, the stronger my impulse to expose every single bit of my...
How to be at one with your Self.The first step in discovering our Self, in learning how to live our life freely and fully, is seeing how this Self - the soul - was...
Why be at one with your Self.Do you feel that you cruise through life not really knowing why you do the things you do? Be it your vocation in general, or the little...
What is - not to be at one with your Self.Somewhere in early adulthood, being the reflection of what my entourage appreciated, knowing how I “shouldn’t be”, gave direction to my...