Eating Disorders
Best Tips for a Healthy Body and Mind: Tea with Li
It was a special treat for me to sit down with my friend Li Koo who is Toronto based Realtor on her “Tea with Li” pod/webcast. We had a warm and candid conversation about personal autonomy and disrupting limiting and oppressive norms. It was honestly one of the best conversations I’ve had in quite some time, and…
Read MoreBreaking Body Biases: Can Exercise be Harmful? Orthorexia with FitPro Jennifer Hicks
I recently had the honour of being interviewed by Christine DiFilippis of Breaking Body Biases. Breaking Body Biases is an anti-diet and joyful movement podcast which amplifies the voices of fitness professionals, dieticians and health practitioners promoting HAES (Health At Every Size). How wonderful to talk with Christine about diet culture, privilege, choice making and…
Read MoreHow I feel is more important to me than my appearance
When I focused on how my body looked, my appearance was all I could think about. I was deeply anxious and solely focused on what others saw. Nothing else mattered – my appearance took priority over my mental well being, my relationships and my ability to engage in anything other than maintaining how I looked.…
Read MoreBreaking up with diet culture: From Body Shaming to Body Positivity
I’ve been doing some writing on my experience of body positivity for Popularly Positive. The piece below is about breaking up with diet culture for the dangerous and destructive path it led me down. It shares my experiences with body shaming and my discovery of body positivity.
Read MoreWhy I journal
Now my journal is like a dear friend. It’s place without filters where I can expose my whole self without judgement. Each time I put my pen to the paper I learn more and more about who I am and what matters.
Read MoreExercise Addiction – My Story in the Toronto Star & On Talk 1010 Radio
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.
Read MoreMess: the hospital anthology
“Jennifer Hicks invites us into her world as a healthcare professional who herself is struggling with other professionals as she asks for compassion and support while living with bipolar disorder”
Read MoreNia turns 30!!! Here's a tribute!
And so with a special kind of honour, I present our gift to Debbie Rosas, co-creator of Nia. She is responsible for SO MUCH GOODNESS in this world!
Read MoreSeasonal Affective Disorder: How to Cope
I love sharing my story and offering ideas about taking control of one’s own mental health. So, on December 26 when I receive an email and a voice mail inviting me to be a guest on a radio show, I was overjoyed! My first time ever on the radio! I was being asked to discuss…
Read MoreI couldn’t stop: I was addicted to exercise.
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…
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