During week one of the California state-mandated social distance order, I did what I normally do when unduly stressed, and slipped right back into my eating ...

During an especially weird time of my life, I printed this quote onto pastel pink paper and taped it to my bathroom mirror. I wanted so badly to believe it w...

This is my third week of living in self-isolation. The world is chaotically chugging on, and many lives have been devastated. As of April 2, 2020, the Americ...

Lately I've been writing about the weird, wild, terrifying and uncertain realities of life in the wake of COVID-19, because that's all anyone can think about...

There is a man who lives in the apartment across from mine who, for the past twelve days at least, sits inside and plays video games incessantly. I wake up e...

We're only about a week into COVID-19 inspired isolation, and many of us are feeling verklempt. While we are necessarily isolated from each other, those of u...

Once, I took an online quiz (like this one) that told me how introverted/extroverted I am. My results were "you are more of a public introvert and private ex...

I didn't want to write about COVID-19, but in light of recent world events it feels stupid not to address it in some small way. I am not dispersing informati...

“What’s wrong, hun?” asked a lady who works in my building. It was a Monday morning and I had just parked my Prius, extracted my belongings, and was schleppi...

Lust is not love. Lust can feel great though, and provide a temporary dopamine rush. It can make you feel sexy and admired and wanted. But t

Mary Cain. Hannah Fields. Amelia Boone. Lauren Fleshman. Rachele Schulist. Molly Seidel. All incredible athletes. All suffered from disordered eating. And th...

"I ate a wafer cookie, and it was delicious, and I didn't die," I wrote to my dietitian. She responded, "Best email ever to start my week, thank you for your...

The other day, my therapist told me I'm, "self-aware to a fault." This was not a compliment. He was concerned that I shirk my own needs in order to meet the ...

I've been running a long time (since I was 12), and I recently flipped the annual life page to number 27, which means I've been an active participant in the ...

Every other week I meet with a dietitian who teaches intuitive eating. Because of my long and fraught history with an eating disorder, this type of approach ...

Last Saturday, I ran a 100-kilometer trail race in Malibu, CA called Sean O'Brian. For those of you who are metrically-challenged, 100 kilometers is about 62...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog HERE.] “Have you heard about attachment styles?” my therapist asks, interjecting one of my signature rants about how...

[Listen to an audio version of this blog HERE.] Lot's of hyphens in that title, huh? I'm turning 27 today, somewhere around 9:30 p.m. My birthday is also my ...

This post, like last Thursday's, was inspired by an old(er) man on Facebook. Keep the ideas coming, fellas. For those of you who didn't read my last blog, I w...

The other day, I posted the below photo and poem on Facebook and Instagram. I'd like to point out right off the bat, that this poem is decidedly not that sad...