Re-introducing Exercise After an Eating Disorder

Studies show that the relapse rate for anorexia nervosa is 35% within two years of hospital discharge.  The same study showed that a factor for a higher likelihood of relapse was excessive exercise immediately after discharge.  From an outside perspective these numbers seem outrageously high.  From an insiders perspective, unfortunately, I am not surprised at…

Fight or Flight

To go or not to go… that is the question. And this is the debate I’ve been having with myself for the last 6 months. 6 months ago I made one of the toughest decisions of my life — to say goodbye to someone I loved in order to find myself.  This period of change…