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Sep 112 min read

Dum Spiro Spero

“… 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...

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Reclamation Art Series - A Testament to Willfulness

shaelyritchey

Jun 293 min read

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Reclamation Art Series - A Testament to Willfulness

Exploring the term "willfulness" in psychiatric care.

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shaelyritchey

Jun 295 min read

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Reclamation Art Series - Introduction

Reclaiming my medical records through collage.

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shaelyritchey

Nov 8, 20232 min read

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For Her, For You, For Us

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...

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September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day: Let's Talk About High-Functioning Depression

shaelyritchey

Sep 10, 20225 min read

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September 10 is World Suicide Prevention Day: Let's Talk About High-Functioning Depression

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...

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shaelyritchey

Aug 5, 20221 min read

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Angst Articulate

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...

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Dependency on Treatment & Eating Disorders - An Explorative Discussion

shaelyritchey

Jul 30, 20223 min read

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Dependency on Treatment & Eating Disorders - An Explorative Discussion

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

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Lessons From Each Month of the Year - July 2022

shaelyritchey

Jul 29, 20223 min read

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Lessons From Each Month of the Year - July 2022

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...

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shaelyritchey

Jul 22, 20221 min read

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Questions I've Been Pondering of Late

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...

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Life-Saving & Sometimes Disabling - Exploring the Impacts of ED Treatment on Self-Capacity/Trust

shaelyritchey

Jun 8, 202219 min read

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Life-Saving & Sometimes Disabling - Exploring the Impacts of ED Treatment on Self-Capacity/Trust

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

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Lessons From Each Month of the Year - May 2022

shaelyritchey

Jun 3, 20222 min read

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Lessons From Each Month of the Year - May 2022

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...

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shaelyritchey

May 21, 20223 min read

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What is "Recovery?"

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

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May The Fourth Be With Us - Eating Disorder Advocacy At The B.C. Legislature

shaelyritchey

May 4, 20221 min read

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May The Fourth Be With Us - Eating Disorder Advocacy At The B.C. Legislature

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

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"Radical" Concepts in Mental Healthcare & My Own Care Interactions

shaelyritchey

Apr 28, 20224 min read

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"Radical" Concepts in Mental Healthcare & My Own Care Interactions

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

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shaelyritchey

Apr 28, 20221 min read

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Performative "Wokeness"

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

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Brief Thoughts on the Internal Family Systems Paradigm in Relation to Treating Trauma & EDs

shaelyritchey

Apr 4, 20222 min read

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Brief Thoughts on the Internal Family Systems Paradigm in Relation to Treating Trauma & EDs

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

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Transforming Moments of Pain, to Peace - Reclaiming My Authorship Project

shaelyritchey

Mar 28, 20226 min read

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Transforming Moments of Pain, to Peace - Reclaiming My Authorship Project

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

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Fostering Inclusivity When It Comes To Lived Experience

shaelyritchey

Mar 13, 20226 min read

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Fostering Inclusivity When It Comes To Lived Experience

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

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shaelyritchey

Mar 11, 20222 min read

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The Space Between

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

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shaelyritchey

Feb 21, 20221 min read

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Truly Collaborative Care

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

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