Eating Disorders
Dance Our Way Home
I was introduced to Erica Ross and Dance Our Way Home in 2005 through Sheena’s Place, a support centre in Toronto for people with eating disorders. In the throes of anorexia and an exercise obsession, I connected back to my body and it’s beauty in this wonderful expressive dance practice. Fortunately, Erica is now offering…
Read MoreSunday Scribblings #56 – Chance Encounter
Is there really such a thing as a chance encounter? When I think seriously about it, I’m not sure that chance encounters truly exist. There are a ga-jillion concepts related to the idea of chance encounters: unexpected events, luck, accidents, coincidence, etc. But really, I don’t think that anything that happens is truly “out of…
Read MoreMy monster
I recently came across this piece thatI wrote in August 2004. It describes the demon that I characterized as my eating disorder at the time. To go with this piece, I created a mascot.One that represented my physical enemy, one that wore worn out running shoes, had thick thighs and was an evil person. I…
Read MoreNo Fat Chicks – Terry Poulton
Why did I spend so long fighting fat? Um, duh…. it was because the world taught me to! With the advent of Weight Watchers, ours was a diet, body conscious household. Worse, during my vulnerable adolescent years, I yo-yoed and enjoyed the favourable endorsements of my “slimage”. The battle against myself continued because I was…
Read MoreRoots ‘n shoots
Last week my most delicious friend Gwen gave me this plant. I think it’s called a hen ‘n chick and it’s a succulent plant. Really hardy and pretty easy to look after. As I’ve watched it grow, I realize it’s living out my state of mind. It has this strong, healthy, well established and mature…
Read MoreSunday Scribblings #3 – Second Chance
I got a chance to “wake up” A lot of people never do Or if they do, it’s too late Here’s a story about my second chance (I wrote it last summer, and have come miles away from where I was….). Sit back and get comfy. It’s a long, serious and enlightening read. What you…
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