Don’t ever Google “post-baby body” and expect to find something uplifting. Also, I shouldn’t have Googled my weight and height, what’s “normal” weight-loss post-baby or anything else along these lines, like I did. The...
I’m about to admit something extremely uncomfortable; something that I honestly barely admit to myself. I can sometimes have a victim mentality. Let me explain. I don’t see the world as black and white;...
I want so many things for my children. They aren’t what I typically hear other parents say. I don’t fantasize about my children being grown up and married with kids. I don’t daydream that...
“Out of suffering have emerged the strongest souls; the most massive characters are seared with scars.” ~ Khalil Gibran I don’t identify myself as being anorexic. At all. That said, I was severely anorexic...
My yoga mat is the one place I come to over and over again to see my truest, clearest reflection. On my mat, I move and flow and breathe and be. I drip tension and...
“My recipe for life is not being afraid of myself, afraid of what I think or of my opinions.” ~ Eartha Kitt I just got off the phone with my sister. She witnessed a...
Sometimes I read the news. Okay—I always read the news, but sometimes this “news” is…People magazine online. Here’s my big secret spill, though: I tried to watch Downton Abbey. However, I’d waited so long...
This collaboration with my dear friend, soul sister and frequent writing partner Kate Bartolotta was first published by elephant journal. When Jennifer and I first started to become friends, our plans to chat were often...
Visit here for more of The Caged Girls. Part Eight of The Caged Girls: A Billion Steps Back—How to Trust Enough to Fail (Chapters 25-28). Chapter 25. I decided to overcome my eating disorder once...
Visit here for more of true-life novel The Caged Girls. Part Six: This I Believe (Chapters 18 & 19). Chapter 18. Essentially, practicing yoga is getting in touch with that constantly smooth stream of fluid water...
