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You can be an amazing athlete. You can be an influential teacher. You can be a successful physician. You can be a great coach. You can be a very involved parent. You can get straight A’s in school. You can be the valedictorian of your class. You can be the CEO of a large company. You can be a man. You can be a woman. You can be an adult. You can be a child. …and it’s possible to still have an eating disorder. See, the misconception is that it is visibly apparent and obvious if someone is struggling with an eating disorder. People cannot imagineRead More →

Pregnant and Told Not to Exercise

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Let me preface this piece with a story that I will never forget. In fact, it’s the reason I struggle to write about pregnancy, knowing the issues many encounter throughout the entire experience. I was only dying to conceive; to test positive when taking a pregnancy test; to have a third child. And, though it’s an extremely personal part of our lives, it finally happened. And, then, it failed. I miscarried. To try to take my mind off of it for even a minute, I scheduled a manicure for the following day. As I sat in the chair struggling to catch my breath from sadness,Read More →