Category Archives: Eating disorders

Is it OK to be me?

Posted on May 15, 2013 by

I got home late last night and glanced at what I’d written on yesterday’s blog. I do this now and again, after posting – I check back to see if my writing flowed and whether I said anything of interest … Continue reading →

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The naked truth

Posted on March 29, 2013 by

I’m just emerging from hibernation after a virus confined me to my bedroom for a number of days. It was a pretty horrible experience, particularly for someone who’s not used to getting sick and who prefers to be out doing … Continue reading →

Posted in Creativity, Eating disorders, Leisure, Self-Acceptance, Uncategorized, Women | Tagged , , , , , , , | 11 Comments

What’s your role?

Posted on March 7, 2013 by

Before I plunge into today’s blog topic – What’s your role? – a quick plug for the Women of the World (WOW) festival that’s on at London’s Southbank Centre tomorrow, Saturday and Sunday. I was at WOW 2012 and loved … Continue reading →

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The final frontier

Posted on October 21, 2012 by

Space: the final frontier. These are the voyages of the starship Enterprise … Any Star Trek fans out there? I was a big fan, but that was many moons ago. Actually, this blog isn’t about space, although I did love … Continue reading →

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Be still my beating heart

Posted on September 21, 2012 by

I have a box of anti-depressants in my handbag. Citalopram to be precise. I’ve opened the box and read the leaflet but the foil is intact, the pills unswallowed. I picked them up after seeing my GP on Monday. They’ve … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiction, codependency, Eating disorders, Faith, Happiness, Positive thinking, Recovery, Spirituality, Trust, Women | Tagged , , , , , , | 9 Comments

Every body beautiful

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

Anger can sometimes get a bad wrap but it has its uses. In fact, it was anger that got me blogging. When I launched myself into the blogosphere some 18 months ago, I didn’t really know what I was doing. … Continue reading →

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Staying alive

Posted on May 4, 2012 by

If you managed to read to the bottom of my last post, I congratulate and thank you. It was a long one. I realise blog posts are supposed to be short and I should probably be saving a lot of … Continue reading →

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A Mexican memoir

Posted on April 27, 2012 by

On Wednesday evening, confined to the sofa with a blanket and hot water bottle by an annoying cold and driving rain, I watched the movie Frida, a biography of the Mexican artist Frida Kahlo. I’ve seen the film before but … Continue reading →

Posted in Addiction, Eating disorders, Fun, Recovery, Self-Acceptance, Travel, Uncategorized, Women | Tagged , , , , , | 6 Comments

Beauty and the Brick

Posted on April 5, 2012 by

I’m not sure how many of you have followed the Samantha Brick saga, otherwise known as Brick-gate or, as I’ve decided to rename it, Beauty and the Brick. She’s a 41-year-old woman who wrote a piece for Femail, the Daily … Continue reading →

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Is achievement overrated?

Posted on April 2, 2012 by

The weekend before last, I took a stroll down memory lane. I went back to Oxford University, where I was a student from 1989 to 1993, for a reunion dinner at my college (St Anne’s) and to spend a sunny … Continue reading →

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