My spine was teetering on the verge of osteoporosis, but I was only 26-years old. Osteoporosis is a weakening of the bones to such an extent that a simple cough could lead to a fracture. This loss of bone mass usually develops in people older than 50, so why were…Read More
During this unprecedented worldwide pandemic, I have been struggling to finish writing a book about my own PTSD—as more trauma piles into all of our lives. Meanwhile, my colleague Dr. Tian Dayton began and finished writing an entire book with tools to navigate the COVID-19 crisis by the end of…Read More
By Jenni Schaefer with Kim Collins, MS, RDN, CDE, CEDRD-S Back in the day, my eating disorder (aka “Ed”) would have provided all kinds of ways for coping with COVID-19. Unfortunately, none of his coping mechanisms involve recovery. Have you heard Ed chiming in with excuses to cut back on…Read More
“Connect, connect, connect,” therapists have told me far more times than I can count. Isolation is what kills when it comes to eating disorders. Trauma is disconnection. Recovery is connection. Depression thrives in solitude, so support saves. Enter a worldwide pandemic. Now what?! Over a decade ago, Ed (a.k.a. my “eating disorder”)…Read More
Trauma specializes in hiding. It rarely wears a sign saying, “Hey, I’m right here!” In fact, it is frequently the opposite. People who have endured trauma commonly don’t even know it themselves. One of trauma’s favorite hiding places is in our very own brain — in the form of denial, minimization, or…Read More