It struck me.

At the height of dealing with an eating disorder, I had become disconnected from so many things. Numbing out to hunger cues, often numbed me out to internal cues in general.

Furthermore, rules around movement and food so often become a life script when struggling with disordered eating and being a slave to diet culture. And in a culture so immersed in unhelpful messages around food and our bodies, I wonder how many of us experience this to varied extents, eating disorder or not.

Melissa KucharskiMay 10, 2021dietculture, eatingdisorder, eatingdisorders, dieting, diet, melissajohnson, impossiblebeauty, soulcare

That Woman in the Mirror

In this beautiful piece, guest writer, Abbie (Smith) Sprunger talks honestly about the complexities of beauty and her understanding of authentic beauty. Abbie is the author of the newly released: What Is Beautiful? (Parent Cue, 2020) and resides with her husband and three children as the caretakers of Wesley Gardens Retreat in Savannah, GA.

Melissa KucharskiNovember 4, 2020abbiesprunger, abbiesmithsprunger, empoweringwomen, impossiblebeauty, melissajohnson, women, beauty, truebeauty, whatisbeautiful, wesleysgardensretreat, motherdaughter, minneapolis