Hello from NYC! My husband and I have been in Manhattan all week for his work, and this weekend, we’ll be enjoying our East Coast baby shower! I can’t wait to see all our loved ones and celebrate the rapidly approaching arrival of our baby girl! I’m not sure if I’ve told you all this […]

I get sent treatment story emails, and I sometimes ask permission to publish them. I think sharing stories is important, and hope that they reach treatment professionals. If treatment professionals can open themselves up to learning from patients rather than relying only on the information that they have been taught, I believe the eating disorder […]

The Mental Health Act and Anorexia. In the last 14 years, I have been under some form of the Mental Health Act for 13 years and 4 months. Since 2008, I have only had 8 months not under the Mental Health Act. I had 4 months not under the Mental Health when I was discharged […]

For years, I lived completely consumed by my illness and unable to make any recovery progress. If anyone had of asked me during this time if I wanted to recover I would have said a huge YES, however I honestly didn’t think it was possible for me to do what I needed to do in […]

Merlo, L. J., Stone, A. M., & Gold, M. S. (2009). Co-occurring addiction and eating disorders. In R. K. Ries, D. A. Fiellin, S. C. Miller, & R. Saitz (Eds.), Principles of addiction medicine (4th ed.). Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. Gadalla, T., & Piran, N. (2007). Co-occurrence of eating disorders and alcohol use disorders […]

Happy Eclipse Day, everyone! What an exciting day! Cincinnati is right on the edge of the path of totality, so we got a 99.9{dfac5e6feebc182a3317a1800a78117261554ecfb6a579338c4abc2638d58697} eclipse, and wow was it awesome! We watched it from the roof of our condo, and thankfully it was a clear day! It got super eerily dark — like dusk — […]

In this podcast Tabitha talks to Dr Gaudiani about what happens to the muscular system when a person is in recovery from and eating disorder and/or malnutrition as a result of dietary restriction.  Jen’s book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Sick-Enough-Jennifer-L-Gaudiani-dp-0815382456/dp/0815382456/ref=mt_paperback?_encoding=UTF8&me=&qid=1553546290   Clinic: www.gaudianiclinic.com Like this: Like Loading… Source link

I have written a book! Running Free: My Battle with Anorexia is being published on 9th August 2022. Here is a short extract: “Organ failure. Resuscitation Unit. Death. What causes someone to starve themselves to the brink of death? To starve themselves to the point where they can’t walk, can hardly talk, and where their […]

I know that I am long over due for an update on my life and how I am going post recovery, but I have been waiting until it was safe for me to share my exciting news with you all. I am currently 13 weeks and 4 days pregnant, which means my dream of becoming […]

TW So much has changed in the past few days. Last weekend I went against advice to visit my friends and family in Essex. In my mind it was my final way of saying goodbye to them as I had planned to end my life tomorrow. Only, my friend caught onto how much I was […]

I want to share something personal that is near and dear to my heart. At the age of 15, I developed an eating disorder and have struggled with it for more than half my life. This past year I found my strength to finally beat this disease.  For decades, I suffered in silence because the […]

Hey friends, and happy Friday! Oh my gosh you guys – I don’t know if you’ve ever had to “show” your house when you move, but my goodness…I don’t think I’ve ever vacuumed this much in my entire life. We’re talking multiple times a day, whenever we have showing….you’ve gotta have those “vacuum lines”…you know […]