“… but since it falls into my lot that I should rise and you should not, I’ll gently rise and softly call good night and joy be to you...

Exploring the term "willfulness" in psychiatric care.

Reclaiming my medical records through collage.

November 8th, 2023 and a sense of hope and belief in the possibility of change feels so much like the tides of the Pacific, it comes and...

Please note that I have written this piece on a mix of hard days and easier days over the past while. It is true, but it is also written...

One of the best essays I have ever come across is Leslie Jamison’s “Grand Unified Theory of Female Pain” (in her book, “The Empathy...

(Originally posted on Vancouver Island Voices for Eating Disorders blog.) When individuals with eating disorders have cycled through...

What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of July... Oh if I could only show you the hidden cost of being...

Where do you go when you no longer trust eating disorder care (as you know it), but have long depended on it (at times being healed by...

It is important to reflect on where different eating disorder therapies and programs perpetuate the struggle for individuals to practice...

What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of May... No matter the seeming strength of my voice, when it is...

What is "recovery?" How can one be "recovery" oriented? How do we define this process? Who gets to define this process? Is there more...

Today I look to the resilience and persistence of camas blooms for inspiration. I learn from the years they take to bloom, that change...

This feels very personal to write, but here goes... There are some days that slowing down enough to attend appointments leaves me feeling...

An important reflection point for professionals working in the eating disorder field... How well does your online appearance of...

I shared these brief thoughts through Vancouver Island Voices for Eating Disorders (VIVED) social media, but there is so much in this...

I've written before about reclaiming authorship and the power of language, largely through advocating for collaborative treatment in my...

I have been thinking a lot lately about lived/living experience and how we honour this without gatekeeping that form of wisdom, as well...

Healing lies in the space between the initial thought, urge, impulse, or behaviour of the eating disorder, and our healthy selves....

"One cannot treat [those struggling with an eating disorder] from the "outside," meaning treating the patient/client in a one-person -...