Recovering from an eating disorder can be long and complex. Treatment typically focuses on reducing the unhelpful behaviours and thoughts that characterise these disorders. These include extreme ...
One way that I have defined trauma is the “loss of soul.” By soul, I do not intend a religious sense, for example, “the eternal soul.” I do mean a pure soul, a crystalline essential sense of self.
What helped me to understand recovery from ambiguous grief wasn’t someone else’s definition, but rather determining my own. Instead of striving to live in a space of another’s devising, I sought to ...
Burnout. It’s that dreaded combination of exhaustion, overwhelm, and detachment that creeps in when you’re trying to do everything for everyone. And if you’re like me—a high-achieving, people-pleasing ...