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Conquering Fear (WSJ article) by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders For those, like me, who often find Cognitive Behavioral therapy unhelpful, you may be interested in the article in the Wall Street Journal's Health Journal on January 2 whic ... Read on »

Hosting a parasite by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders I just finished reading The Host by Stephanie Meyer and I couldn't help but see the connection with my eating disorder. ******Spoiler Alert******* ******Spoiler Alert ... Read on »

Chronic conditions by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders In my email to a friend, I asked when do you stop trying to cure a chronic condition. This friend replied back that we both know that at best, I'll be able to manage my eati ... Read on »

Vulnerability by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders "Is it hard for you to be yourself? Do you find it tough to be vulnerable? What does being vulnerable mean to you?" These questions were asked at the end of a blog post o ... Read on »

NY Times article on BMI - no, duh!? by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders I saw this article in the NY Times today and all I can say is, "No, really?" It's about time there was some press about how the Body Mass Index doesn't distinguish betwee ... Read on »

Nourishment by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders I'm reading Eating in the Light of the Moon and just started the chapter on nourishment - physical versus emotional. "Until [a woman with disordered eating] is able to disti ... Read on »

Numbers are just symbols by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders So I haven't been blogging at all for a very long time - my almost 6 months baby girl is the reason. So, last Friday, I broke down and went shopping for pants. Nice pant ... Read on »

Landing a leap of faith by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders Today is the hardest day. The day after the leap back onto the recovery wagon. When you can still go either way - a safe landing or a splat on the road. Today,the gil ... Read on »

Oprah by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders Oprah. Most people either love her or hate her. Everyone knows her name. Whether you love her or hate her, one has to agree that Oprah Winfrey is a remarkable woman ... Read on »

Fat Talk Free Week by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders Join me in celebrating "Fat Talk Free Week" this week. And let's not stop with Saturday. Let's commit to ending Fat Talk every day of every year from now on. We are all b ... Read on »

Fat Talk Free Week by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders Join me in celebrating "Fat Talk Free Week" this week. And let's not stop with Saturday. Let's commit to ending Fat Talk every day of every year from now on. We are all b ... Read on »

From whence it came; or how this blog came to be by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders Many of the posts that you find here are chapters in a book which I've half-written. The book, of course, is entitled, Digging Me Up. [gasps with shock] When I first sa ... Read on »

Welcome to Digging Me Up; did you remember your shovel? by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders For over twenty years, my emotions were locked tight inside the Pandora’s Box of my mind. That is, until my eating disorder jolted me into a three-year journey of self-awake ... Read on »

So, let's begin, shall we? At the beginning by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders I was born Jeanne Maria [last name withheld] (although that name doesn’t feel natural to me anymore) on Wednesday, September 4, 1974 (I cringe as I write this. I’m not asham ... Read on »

Food Enters the Equation by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders Next nickname – Super Slob. Almost every shirt I owned as a child had a stain in the center of the chest – from the food that dropped from my mouth as I ate. Now that I ... Read on »

When Invisible Steel Boxes No Longer Protect by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders Before I found the basement though, I had my bedroom. My bedroom was small, barely big enough to fit a desk, some shelves, a dresser, and my bed, but it was mine. My sanctua ... Read on »

Even Steel Is Penetrable, Given Time by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders To borrow a phrase from my mother-in-law, I come by my food obsession honestly. From the time I can remember ‘til this minute, I can’t recall a conversation with my grandmot ... Read on »

There are no bad emotions? by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders Try explaining that to a three-year-old who’s just heard his mommy and daddy hollering at each other I had an argument with my husband yesterday. Of all the times to n ... Read on »

If a Bear Poops in the Forest, Does It Still Smell? by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders OR If a Disease is Never Officially Diagnosed, Is The Person Still Considered Ill? The goal of perfection has permeated almost every aspect of my life. I’ve had thi ... Read on »

In the Name of the Water, the Sun, and the Holy Air by Jeanne Patient Expert

Posted in: Blog Posts in Eating Disorders I open one of the crisper drawers in my fridge to pull out a container or chunked cantaloupe. I move aside the leftover rice and reach in the back for a nonfat, light yogurt ... Read on »

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