Posts Tagged ‘exercise addiction’

Exercise Addiction – My Story in the Toronto Star & On Talk 1010 Radio

By Jenn Hicks | October 8, 2015 |

I’m not shy about my past. After coming out the other side of a major mental health crisis I knew I needed to share my story. I speak openly quite often about my history of an exercise addiction and anorexia. I view the fact that I have bipolar disorder as one of my assets, not something that brings me down.

I couldn’t stop: I was addicted to exercise.

By Jenn Hicks | December 11, 2012 |

Throughout the fall, I have been involved in a documentary project about addiction (I realize that sounds like the beginning of the TV program “Intervention”, but it’s true). In my late 20s/early 30s, I was addicted to exercise. In preparing to share my story, I came across this piece of writing which I now realize…

I have STOPPED WASTING TIME trying to change my body

By Jenn Hicks | March 20, 2011 |

Change is such a complicated concept on so many levels. In my early 30s, when my world was changing all around me, I felt helpless. I don’t know if it was one thing or a combination of things, but the changes happening in my life made me feel out of control. Change challenged me and…