I suffered from and eating disorder for many years. My intention now is to become an eating disorder recovery coach. Here is a short story of my journey.
My ed started in about 4th or 5th grade after another one of our moves. I started spending all my allowance on candy and stashing it in my room. I also started playing sick from school so I could stay home and eat while everyone was gone....
Dr. Sari Fine Shepphird, author of the new book 100 Questions and Answers about Anorexia Nervosa, is a clinical psychologist and eating disorders specialist from Los Angeles, California. Working with a full spectrum of eating disorders issues, her experience on the subject spans nearly twenty years. In addition to maintaining an outpatient private practice, she provides consultation about...
After nearly a decade of anorexia, I'm learning how to love, laugh, and live again. And in no particular order, I'm also mom to a wonderful rescue cat, a science/medical writer, a jewelry designer, a pretty decent cook, a lover of coffee and hater of mornings, and a geek extraordinaire.
What is Laser Reiki? It is sometimes called Instant Pain Release!
Alternative Health and Energy Healers, "Why would you want to add Laser Reiki to your healing toolbox?" If you are willing to take back control of your life and have even more joy - Read on!
Taylore's story: I had an achy lower back for many years. When I lived in San Antonio and worked for the US Army I had...
Dr John Di Saia is a "real" plastic surgeon not one of the many online "dime story phonies." He completed Medical school at UC Irvine in 1990 and started a General Surgery residency that year at UC Irvine. He completed General and Plastic Surgery Residencies at UC Irvine in 1995 and 1997 respectively. Dr Di Saia became board certified in by the American Board of Surgery in...
My name is Christine. I have been living with several mental illnesses since childhood. Over the years I have been taught numerous coping methods and techniques. It is my hope that in sharing my stories (along with what I've learned and continue to learn) that others can benefit from them as well.
I am a 38 year old female living in Los Angeles who was diagnosed with 4 meningiomas last year. I had 3 partial craniotomies and a gamma knife treatment last year. I just want to tell my story and help anyone else going through this if I can.
Tom Donohue, thirty-three-year-old, son, brother and uncle of three, is the founder director of Who's Positive, a group of individuals infected, affected, sharing real stories about real people with a real commitment to humanizing HIV through firsthand accounts of young adults living with HIV. Since finding out about his own HIV-positive status in October 2003, Tom has dedicated his life to...
I am a licensed Clinicial Psychologist with specialized training in mood and anxiety conditions. I often treat individuals, couples, and families with a "here and now approach" to address their difficulties, as opposed to focusing on issues from childhood or subconscious conflicts. Short-term therapy (approximately 15 sessions or less) can be very helpful in many cases, and sometimes...
Perpetual Student, Recovering Psychiatrist
After college I completed a PhD in Neuroscience from the Center for Brain Research at the University of Rochester. I found myself getting tired of working with rats all day, and so I attended medical school, then completed a residency in Anesthesia at the University of Pennsylvania.
I was an anesthesiologist and pain doc for about 8 years,...
