OK, so I dont go in for much in the self-promotion vein. It feels icky, and immodest, and tacky. But on the other hand, I do what I do to encourage others to do it, too, and to speak up for others wh...
Sometimes a mom expresses the job of good parenting in breathtaking clarity, like this: Coming to terms with my daughters genetically programmed body size
So, Ive been thinking a lot about conflict lately. Ive learned so much, and I want to share. TIPS FOR BEING LOVED: Do not hold an opinion. No one likes that. Unless it is theirs. But if you do agree ...
Another blogger details the F.E.A.S.T. conference, at Giant Fossilized Armadillo, in which somewhat amusing and embarrassing details come to light that prove just how funny she is, and how I really s...
The Map Ahead symposium in Alexandria earlier this month was a RESOUNDING SUCCESS. We brought together 139 very motivated, very focused, and SMART people together for two days, over 95 people tuned i...
As I catch up, I found Marcellas Musings all through the conference!
Yes, flying again. I just realized that 90% of the time that I am not barefoot or in tap shoes I am probably in an airport. And yet, when they make me take my shoes off in security I resent it! We ca...
Parents needed for anorexia nervosa food study! Researchers from Boston University are presently conducting a pilot study to develop a parent qu...
Well, its about time Charlotte got a blog!! Charlotte - Chatting and ChunteringWelcome to the blogosphere, my dear, welcome!
Yes, yes, still stalling - But there are other people doing a darn good job talking about the conference: Like Desert Dweller: Report - Day One -The First Annual F.E.A.S.T. Symposium: The Map AheadRe...
Ill get time for some serious blogging and commentary on the weeks events but if you could see all the things still to unpack and add up.... Thank you, Leslie and Sarah, for the card - and Mark for t...
So, having planned everything at the conference down to the last moment and detail (some of which went awry anyway, but not too painfully) imagine my surprise when they all did something not only wit...
Buried in unpacking, unmuddling, accounting, sleep deprivation, and correspondences flying.... But did want to share the single most important tool of conference planning that I learned: (Thank you, ...
Home.... Staggering, inexpressable experiences and emotions today.
So, you cant come to The Map Ahead in Alexandria November 3&4, but you have questions that youd ask the speakers and participants if you were there. Nows your chance! Take a look at the program a...
Up at four to drive to airport this morning. Jeez. Im sitting now at my gate, coffee in hand, surrounded by strangers tapping keyboards and thumbing smartphones and warming themselves by the warmth o...
So, regular readers here probably think that I say EVERYTHING that comes to my mind here on this blog. But heres something I havent talked about for various reasons - mostly because I didnt hav...
Parents are perplexed, confounded, and misled by the odd but temporary symptoms of eating disorders - if we take our loved ones words and actions as their genuine and lasting self we can make horribl...
Im off to Boston later this week for something completely different. For years Ive been attending events and conferences focused on eating disorders where Ive pressed the case for parent education an...
I note a new bitter nihilism out there souring discourse about mental health. It has two forms: Data! Only data! Look at nothing else! Nothing important can be truly known through research, so dont s...
I correspond with a number of people who do not share my beliefs. These exchanges are difficult not least because disagreeing equals not trusting the other persons judgment - and people dont like not...
Usually I focus on the actions, not the failure to act. But Ive got a collection of Do Nots to share. "Hes trying" is not our time to sit back and hope. "It would kill her to miss track t...
Yes, Im angry. I try to keep from seething and spitting, but sure Im angry. Does that offend you? Youd be angry, too, if you saw things as I do and saw so many families in needless suffering and conf...
Ive operated under the assumption until recently that the professional ED field needs to get its act together. Ive pleaded and moaned about the need for professional standards and common terms and fo...
This short film says as much about the town I grew up in as anything, but also a brilliant exploration of mental health and society. Its really moving. Bill; The Man Behind the Legend from Alex Echev...
So, I went to a nice department store this weekend to buy dresses and fabulous shoes to wear at our November event. For once I am not going to pack at the last minute with no idea what to wear and re...
Why cant we have this level of accreditation with eating disorders? While Im at it, why cant we take this ongoing treatment approach? Rethinking Addiction’s Roots, and Its Treatment Bryce Vickmark fo...
I remember when I was very young hearing that depression was anger turned inward. It was popular psychobabble at that time, but made sense. I suffered from serious depression as an adolescent and nat...
While I love seeing people I know in the newspapers and am glad to see my friends quoted I frown to see that these friends are being taken out of context and messages that damage families* are free t...
Nose Job Patients May Have Mental Illness This is staggering. Why, if this is true, is plastic surgery not being closed down as a profession? One third? One third? Why is this acceptable that people ...
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