I am giving you permission to eat. I know you try and lie to yourself, “I’m not hungry.” Deep down inside of you, you know this isn’t...

This is my eating disorder agreement that I read out loud at my graduation from Monte Nido on July 30th, 2019. I hereby agree from...

Why did I start. Was it that necesarry? Wasn't I 'good enough'? For who? For what? At that moment i forgot about the most important part...

Dear self, It’s understandable that I have felt lost during this life I am currently living. The bridges which guide me have often...

By Anna Bardone-Cone, PhD, Bowman & Gordon Gray Distinguished Term Professor; Professor of Psychology & Neuroscience at the University of...

Dear ED, my best friend and worst nightmare, Thanks for all of your “help,” but I’m done listening to your lies. You promised me...

For most of my life, I thought to be healthy meant cutting out “junk food”, over-exercising my body, and losing weight. I was obsessed...

My story isn’t unique. A girl with self-esteem issues finding solace in an eating disorder. The disorder took away the pain she was...

Yes my body’s a little bit bigger Those shorts don’t do up I sigh at my figure But it’s not only softness my frame has now gained It’s...

My body is a garden. I not only need to embrace the sun, but the rain as well. My body is a temple. I have to learn to worship it. My...

Recovery may seem like the harder option, It may feel incredibly painful, It may be exhausting, It might make you feel even worse, It...

I always struggled with self love. I never understood the concept. I always believed that, unless I was critiquing myself profoundly,...

Finals are over, my yearbook is filled with farewells and well-wishes, my graduation cap is displayed atop the mantel in my living room...

I still remember how everyone warned me... I still remember that everyone said this could go wrong.. but I was not worried at all, I just...

I decided after 7 long years living under Anorexia’s spell – On Tuesday 7th March 2019 at 2:34pm my body decided enough was enough. I was...

Self love has been promoted like crazy over the past few years but diet culture and the media have made loving ourselves difficult. At 14...

I’m growing out of my clothes. They don’t fit me like they did. They feel tight, Uncomfortable. It makes me want to run back to my Ed, I...

Have you ever asked yourself “do I even have an eating disorder? Was I ever actually sick?” I think that this is a really common thing...

A girl called ana came to me, told me that she could help me. I remember when I started losing weight. The thrill i’d get when I saw the...

Body image- in my experience- is possibly one of the hardest things that you can do, especially so if you’re also battling other...