Pace LEAD Talk: Tips for Strengthening the Safety Net
A few years ago when we were considering the mission of Pace LEAD, we came up with the image of the Safety Net. We want to be able to be...
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Why Your Business Skills Won't Fix Your Food Problems
I'm on the Speakers Bureau for the networking group "Over 40 Females." Recently I was asked to give an on-line presentation about how I...
Beyond the Looking Glass
(poem by Dina Z & a song with music by Carolyn McLanahan) As a child I felt such hurt and shame To survive I learned to play the game...
The Stages of a Conscious Marriage
(This is a talk that Gerald Drose and I presented years ago...) We decided to call this talk Conscious Marriage although it's really...
Fiona: Canine Co-Therapist
The scrawny poodle with spindly legs and a too-long Dr. Seuss-ish curvy tail was not pretty, but she fit all three criteria. She was 1. a...
Preventing Eating Problems in Our Kids
Eating problems among children are epidemic, with obesity rates in some states as high as 33%. Some schools are sending Body Mass Index...
Eat, Drink and Be Miserable
These days I see many women seeking help for binge eating only to discover they have serious drinking issues. This week’s column is from...
Remembering Lisbeth: Tribute to a Fallen Soldier
This past week, Lisbeth Rhine, the head of the Eating Disorders Information Network, lost her battle with anorexia. Her death is a...
Responding to Sexual Abuse: The Keys to Healing and Thriving
Sexual abuse shatters and disrupts the core of a person’s sense of safety, self and worth. The damage inflicted can influence every...
Eating Disorders in the Family: Support for the Overlooked Tween
Recently, there’s been a growing awareness of the problem of eating disorders among women who are middle-aged and older. Guidebooks have...
Grief: Losing Mark
This is a hard one to write. I could say I was too busy or have nothing new to offer on this subject. But truthfully, my hesitation...
Not All ADD Kids Bounce off Walls
A few decades ago, a kid like my 12-year-old son Schuyler may have been labeled as spacey, absent-minded, creative, forgetful, or lazy...
Binge Eating and Obesity: Overcoming the Need to Numb
When people think of eating disorders, they picture the starving 15-year-old girl or the college student throwing up after a cookie...
Heed the Cavewoman
Most of today’s afflictions and addictions are a direct result of our desire to not know what we know. There are times when we cannot...
Arkansas Tackles Eating Disorders
Last week, I was honored to participate in a number of creative events in Conway, Arkansas to celebrate National Eating Disorders...
Mothers, Daughters and Food: Handing Over the Reigns
Karen, an attractive, fit and fashionable 48-year-old mother, has come to get help for her 17-year-old daughter Ashley’s weight problem. ...
Speech at EDIN's Celebrity Dance Challenge, December 3, 2011
Fifteen years ago when we started EDIN, eating disorders were a taboo topic in schools. People avoided talking to kids about...
Eating Disorders: Stigma & The Social Cure
Two decades ago, people would only whisper the words “breast cancer.” Susan G. Komen, as she lay dying from the disease, asked her...
Depression: It Gets Better
A core belief of depression is not only that “Life sucks,” but “It Will Always Be This Way.” This hopelessness can lead to suicide....
Recovering from Bulimia in Micro-Moments
“I’ve done everything you wanted me to do to stop the bulimia. I’ve stopped spending compulsively. I’m taking medication. I come to...
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