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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...
shaelyritchey
Sep 11, 20242 min read
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Reclamation Art Series - Introduction
Reclaiming my medical records through collage.
shaelyritchey
Jun 29, 20245 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...
shaelyritchey
Nov 8, 20232 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...
shaelyritchey
Sep 10, 20225 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...
shaelyritchey
Aug 5, 20221 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...
shaelyritchey
Jul 30, 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...
shaelyritchey
Jul 29, 20223 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...
shaelyritchey
Jul 22, 20221 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...
shaelyritchey
Jun 8, 202219 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...
shaelyritchey
Jun 3, 20222 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...
shaelyritchey
May 21, 20223 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...
shaelyritchey
May 4, 20221 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...
shaelyritchey
Apr 28, 20224 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...
shaelyritchey
Apr 28, 20221 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...
shaelyritchey
Apr 4, 20222 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...
shaelyritchey
Mar 28, 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...
shaelyritchey
Mar 13, 20226 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....
shaelyritchey
Mar 11, 20222 min read
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Lessons From Each Month of the Year - February
What I have learned (unlearned, or may still be learning) from the month of February… Trust is something that is earned, not something...
shaelyritchey
Mar 1, 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 -...
shaelyritchey
Feb 21, 20221 min read
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