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Food on the Table: Why We Eat to Fill the Father Wound

Food on the Table: Why We Eat to Fill the Father Wound

I’ve lost count of how many fellow food addicts have heard me talk about my difficult childhood as it relates to my disordered eating only to have them respond, “But I don’t have trauma like you have trauma.” Then they tell me how they were never abused in any...

Eat Like a Local: What is the “Geographical Cure”?

Eat Like a Local: What is the “Geographical Cure”?

In 2018, my family and I were blessed to take a three-week, self-led European pilgrimage. We started in England, where we visited both the Tyburn Convent, built to honor the Catholic martyrs hung on London’s infamous Tyburn Tree, and then the Shrine of Our Lady of...

Overcoming Alcoholism and Unhealthy Eating through the “Spiritual Toolkit” of the Twelve Steps

Overcoming Alcoholism and Unhealthy Eating through the “Spiritual Toolkit” of the Twelve Steps

I am a miracle. I am a recovering alcoholic and anorexic. It is my hope that by sharing my experience of addiction and recovery, I can bring awareness to others that there is a solution, and that through it they may experience a “spiritual awakening.” A spiritual...

Losing Control: Navigating Disordered Eating & Lenten Fasting

Losing Control: Navigating Disordered Eating & Lenten Fasting

I used to treat Lent like yet another diet. My eating disorder is binge-restrict: I didn’t like the size of my body, so I’d restrict. Restricting was painful. Food was my comfort, so I binged. I’d then feel bad about my trashed self-control and poor body image, so I’d...

Food on the Table: Why We Eat to Fill the Father Wound

Food on the Table: Why We Eat to Fill the Father Wound

I’ve lost count of how many fellow food addicts have heard me talk about my difficult childhood as it relates to my disordered eating only to have them respond, “But I don’t have trauma like you have trauma.” Then they tell me how they were never abused in any...

Eat Like a Local: What is the “Geographical Cure”?

Eat Like a Local: What is the “Geographical Cure”?

In 2018, my family and I were blessed to take a three-week, self-led European pilgrimage. We started in England, where we visited both the Tyburn Convent, built to honor the Catholic martyrs hung on London’s infamous Tyburn Tree, and then the Shrine of Our Lady of...

Overcoming Alcoholism and Unhealthy Eating through the “Spiritual Toolkit” of the Twelve Steps

Overcoming Alcoholism and Unhealthy Eating through the “Spiritual Toolkit” of the Twelve Steps

I am a miracle. I am a recovering alcoholic and anorexic. It is my hope that by sharing my experience of addiction and recovery, I can bring awareness to others that there is a solution, and that through it they may experience a “spiritual awakening.” A spiritual...

Losing Control: Navigating Disordered Eating & Lenten Fasting

Losing Control: Navigating Disordered Eating & Lenten Fasting

I used to treat Lent like yet another diet. My eating disorder is binge-restrict: I didn’t like the size of my body, so I’d restrict. Restricting was painful. Food was my comfort, so I binged. I’d then feel bad about my trashed self-control and poor body image, so I’d...