Eating Disorders

Big Day, Big Thoughts

Today is a big day for our family. My mama arrived at Emory at 5 a.m. this morning for an angiogram and then will have a procedure that will hopefully successfully treat at least one of her brain aneurysms. My dad gave us an update and there’s another procedure before hers, so we won’t knowRead the whole post >>

I feel weightless…

…as if I woke up, floating in a really good dream. Somebody pinch me, please. Is this for real? Yup. That’s the cover of my first book,Weightless: Making Peace With Your Body, which is available for pre-order on Amazon. It was my husband who discovered the book was already on Amazon. I got anRead the whole post >>

Living a Reasonable Life (The Conclusion of My Hottie v. Healthy Series)

This is my final installment in my Hottie V. Healthy series: Making hotness rather than health the goal sets many women up for failure or leads them to poor health. Part I can be found here, and Part II (the subjectivity of beauty) is here. Thanks for reading! — Since hotness and beauty as IRead the whole post >>

The Subjectivity of Beauty

Welcome to Part II of my Hottie v. Healthy series: Beauty and sexiness are very subjective. (Part I can be found here.) Just to review, I agree a lot of women, for myriad reasons, may not openly admit that the desire to look good is what fuels their efforts to lose weight, exercise, and/or eat right. Moreover, there’sRead the whole post >>

Being a Hottie v. Being Healthy – Part I

There have been several posts related to weight and appearance circulating around the Catholic blogosphere in recent weeks. I’ve read all of them with interest because body image – the way we perceive how we look – is something that’s never far from my thoughts. I’ve made an effort to read each post as aRead the whole post >>