Posts Tagged ‘Jenni Schaefer’
Why write a diary?
by June Alexander “I wish I had written a diary in my youth.” “I wish Mom or Dad (or Grandpa or Grandma had kept a diary.” I often hear these sentiments. Pictures can tell us a lot, but words add..
The powerful role of advocacy and community in eating disorder recovery
At age 41, I discovered that I had an eating disorder. I was a wife and mother, active in our community, with a demanding career and yet, somehow, I had no idea that most of my life had been..
In sharing stories we can help others and our self
Learning I was not the only one in the world with my difficult, painful, bossy thoughts, was a revelation in realising I had a mental illness and could heal from it. This revelation came about through reading the stories of..