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Unapologetically Angela: Angela’s Green Recovery Story

January 18, 2013
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It has been a while—far too long, I think—since I shared a Green Recovery post. But I’m happy to return to the series with a particularly wonderful submission. This one is from Angela G. Colantonio, a graduate student working toward her Master’s in Public Health. Angela is an exceptionally thoughtful and articulate writer, and I [...]

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It’s Never Too Late for Self-Care: Five Tips for Body Love in the New Year

December 30, 2012
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Hope everyone enjoyed a lovely weekend. I was in D.C. for two days for my cousin’s wedding, and am now on my way back to NYC for New Year’s Eve before returning back to D.C. to dive into the post-bacc grind. As I write this, I’m staring out the window of my train and thinking [...]

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Loving, Liking, and Letting Be: Personal Thoughts on Body Love

December 19, 2012

Earlier this fall, I wrote a post called “Body Love in the Face of an Illness or Feeling Unwell.” As usual, you all contributed some wonderful comments, and as usual, it has taken me a little time to digest them. One of the comments that most got me thinking was Amber’s. She said, I almost [...]

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“I couldn’t understand why eating normally was so difficult for me”: Lauren’s Green Recovery Story

November 16, 2012
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Hello friends. This week has been long and exhausting; a lot of academic stress and anxiety coupled with far too little sleep. So it’s with a lot of joy that I’m presenting a narrative that lifted my spirits as I put the week into perspective; I hope it will do the same for you. It [...]

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Houston’s Green Recovery Story: An Evolving Triumph Over Anorexia and Compulsive Exercise (and a Male Perspective).

October 25, 2012

A few weeks ago, I got an email from a young man named Houston. In it, he said, I love your blog and ever since I read the first green recovery story I have wanted to write my own. My Veganism is still evolving and I am still recovering from my disordered eating, but I [...]

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Tossing Out the Scale

October 16, 2012

A few weeks ago, I was doing a little fall cleaning, and I threw my scale out. It wasn’t a conscious decision, and I didn’t think about it very hard. It had been living in my closet, and it was just a way to make space. It wasn’t until the day after—after the sweeping, dusting, [...]

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“Do You Want to Give All of This Up?” Lia’s Green Recovery Story

September 19, 2012
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When longtime CR reader (and frequent, always insightful commenter) Lia sent me this Green Recovery story a few days ago, she told me it had taken about a month and a half to write. That probably isn’t unusual—after all, these stories are very intimate—but I had it in my mind as I read Lia’s narrative, [...]

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