by Jennifer Lorey | Jan 14, 2014 | Depression
This year, my New Year’s resolution is to………… How many times have you said this to yourself, to someone else? What is it about New Year’s resolutions? Why is it that we need to put this exorbitant amount of pressure on ourselves to make a change that we have not been...
by Jennifer Lorey | Jan 1, 2014 | Depression
Jan 2nd………..ugh. What was once a lovely display of holiday lights, shiny wrapping paper with velvet bows, blooming poinsettias and white perfect snow has now become a pile of ripped torn crumpled balls, tangled knots of extension cord wire, bloated bellies and...
by Jennifer Lorey | Dec 2, 2013 | Eating Disorder/Body Image
Words. How much power can they have? A lot. In fact, words can be the powerful tools for healing as well as the destructive weapons of dysfunction. What is in a word? To some…everything. For those who suffer with eating disorders, the power that words have is...
by Jennifer Lorey | Oct 16, 2013 | Eating Disorder/Body Image
How often do you look in the mirror? 5, 10, 15 times a day? Imagine living a life where the mirror consumes your thinking, directs all your behaviors and manages all of your emotions. That is what it is like for those who struggle with eating disorders, body image...
by Jennifer Lorey | Oct 2, 2013 | Eating Disorder/Body Image
The world of eating disorders are a self-made prison. It is possible to free yourself. Most who are currently struggling with an eating disorder don’t believe this to be the case, but it is. The main culprit that keeps an eating disorder alive and active is the...
