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Author: Alli
Meet a new Psychology Today blogger
Hello! Thank you for checking here for my blogs. Gosh, there are years and years of musings here. Feel free to browse here. Also, recently, I was awarded a blog on Psychology Today. I have to admit, it’s really different for me to write for such a wide audience. The blog here? It’s been for…Read more »
Relief Can Come From Failure
This blog appeared originally as a social media post. It’s rare that I share so candidly anywhere online. But maybe someone out there needs to read this about perfectionism and failing… “FAILURE CAN BE THE MOST RELIEVING ANTIDOTE TO PERFECTIONISM.” I had spent much of my life trying to avoid failure. I remember that in…Read more »
When Someone Doesn’t Care about Your Feelings
I submitted a response for an article about “What to do when someone doesn’t care about your feelings.” I didn’t get picked, but I believe in my answer. So I’m sharing it here. You/me/we can’t mind-read that someone “doesn’t care” about your feelings, but you can assuredly attest to this: It feels that someone doesn’t…Read more »
Summer Body Comfort, Courage, & Confidence
In the United States, the month of May typically revs up for the “summer body” and “swimsuit body” campaign seasons. Adding to this year’s angst about hot weather and wearing less clothing, many of us are bombarded with daily ads telling us to lose the weight gained during Covid. As a mental health therapist who…Read more »
From Idea to MeaningFULL
From idea to finished book, the evolution of MeaningFULL: 23 Life-Changing Stories of Conquering Dieting, Weight, and Body Image Issues was less than skill-full much of the time. But it got there! Around 2012. While a dietitian and I collaborated as a treatment team, we diverged from professional into personal. We shared things we wished…Read more »
Pay for Book Recommendations List Placement?
YIKES! Help-seekers beware! As I’ve been going about spreading the word regarding the release of MeaningFULL: 23 Life-Changing Stories of Conquering Dieting, Weight, and Body Image Issues, I have learned some really icky, shocking stuff that has damaged my trust in companies in the fields of psychology, mental health, and eating disorders and their Book…Read more »
Duration Until Recovery
While reading about treatment guidelines for eating disorders, I ran into this fairly recent study on the duration until recovery from eating disorders. Try to take a breath before you read this next part, the quote from an article, Clinical Approach to Eating Disorders: An Update, by Hay and published in 2020. EXCERPT “Research supports…Read more »
Body Image Blog!
I rarely intensely focus on “body image” or “body dissatisfaction.” Why? Well, let’s think about this. If we try to find love for “it” or focus on parts of “it” or the size or “it,” I see these attempts as further splitting us from our wholeness. A body, to me, isn’t an “it” that separates…Read more »
Who Specializes in Eating Disorders?
Because anyone can state they specialize in eating disorders, this can leave a struggling human in a vulnerable position. Those who advertise that they treat eating disorders need to have received specialized training. Basic higher education is not enough, typically, to work competently with people who have eating disorders. Yet, the public may not know…Read more »