I used to think that caring about the thoughts rolling around in my head was stupid, impractical, and kind of a waste of time. I mean, thoughts just showed up. What command did I have over them? I wasn’t the…
What Goes In? 2018 Talks
I’m preparing for several talks in early 2018. One looks at supporting kids toward positive self and body image. These early preparation stages for a talk are challenging, painful, interesting, and immensely fun, all wrapped together. My outline and slides…
RLS #1: Life Is Messy
Following the post on becoming our own main anchors (an important thing for our teens to learn — helps with autonomy, happiness, and health), let’s start talking about some real life skills on the road to anchoring. Real Life Skill…
Main Anchoring
When I headed off to college, I found myself slowly drowning. Sure, I’d learned a lot of life skills growing up: how to follow a recipe and clean up the house, how often I should see a doctor and dentist…
Artificial Highs
Today’s food for thought is on artificial highs (with ties to addiction). When we’re on our way to anchoring, sometimes we hit bumps in the road and start trying things around us that seem like they will help make us…
The First Binge
Life is messy. And sometimes hearing about the stories of others helps us to feel less alone (and can start a shift). In this vein, I’m sharing part of my struggles in my teens/twenties with eating disorders (and depression). I…
Overcoming Bulimia and Binge Eating
Today I spoke to 2 classes at a local high school about experiences in the less rosy parts of life, including mental health (depression and eating disorders), mistakes, and failing. I received an email after asking if I’d share how I…
My Book is Done – Holy Smokes!
Looking for some portable food for thought as you support your teen? I wrote this book for my late teen/early twenties self, when I was really struggling with some hard stuff in life (including disordered eating and depression). It’s a combo…
Labels and Numbing Out
Continuing to plug away on the finishing touches of my book. Finishing this thing up is harder in some ways than writing it. 🙂 UPDATE: The book is now available here! Nope, You’re Not Crazy: Rising from the Swamp of…
Searching for Happiness at the Bottom of a Bottle
Today’s post is a bit more adult — it deals with alcohol struggles. I feel it’s important to share because if we don’t look an initial struggle in the face and learn to scratch the record and do something different…