**Trigger and language warning. This post uses words and phrases that may trigger those who have struggled with an eating disorder, so please do what’s best for you. Also, I am genuine in my response to the media buzz. Be aware that my choice of words is not censored. In the past few month, I’ve heard about the thigh gap …
Interview with David Brendel, MD, PhD
Hi everyone! I recently had the great privilege of interviewing Dr. David Brendel. I have known David for almost two years now and I just adore his style and approach to clinical work. He is, in the truest sense, a humanist scientist. He brings a flexibility and creativity to the science of clinical work. On top of that, David has …
Why we stay stuck: Part 5
As we move into the fourth and final way to understand why people stay stuck, psychologically speaking, we have to consider the totality of the human experience, as that is what spirituality is all about. We have moved from the biological aspects up through the interpersonal. Now we are moving onto the spiritual. Spirituality is difficult concept to process and …
Interview with Joanna Poppink, MFT: Part 2
Hi again everyone. We are resuming the interview.with Joanna Poppink, MFT. She is a licensed psychotherapist in California, the author of “Healing your Hungry Heart: Recovering from your Eating Disorder” and a fellow recovery blogger. Welcome back Joanna! Let’s get to it. 3. Going into a higher level of care can be a terrifying and distressing process but so …
Interview with Joanna Poppink, MFT: Part 1
Hi everyone. I’d like to introduce Joanna Poppink, MFT. She is a licensed psychotherapist in California, the author of “Healing your Hungry Heart: Recovering from your Eating Disorder” and a fellow recovery blogger. I found her blog a while back and have loved the how she covers many different aspects of eating disorders and recovery, from cultural influences to inner …
Ignoring Perfection
Brennan A. Wheeler, BS, MS is a technology consultant and sometimes blogger, writing about his travels and microblogging his every opinion. He also moonlights as a philosopher, economist, and freelance humanitarian. He is currently on sabbatical is Buenos Aires, Argentina, where he is learning Spanish and also that there are people who think, feel, and live differently than he does. …
Why we stay stuck: Part 4
Welcome back to our series called “Why we stay stuck.” It’s an exploration of the barriers to being mentally healthy. There is a great deal of literature out there/ We’ve covered what our brains do and how we think. Now to talk about the interpersonal level ie how we interact with other and the impact it has on our ability …
Why we stay stuck: Part 3
We’ve been reviewing the basic literature surrounding why people “stay stuck.” There is more information than ever out there now, but we’re organizing it into several different levels. Having explored the biology that affects our ability to change, we’ll now move on to the cognitive level. The cognitive level of a person is the way a person interprets inputs, sensory …
Why we stay stuck: Part 2
The question in this series of post is why we stay stuck. Why is changing or feeling better or whatever sooooooo very difficult. As I previously wrote, there are many, many reasons why. One way to organize those reasons in into different levels, starting with the biological level. The biological level of a person, as it relates to mental health, …
Why we stay stuck: Part 1
The primary purpose of therapy is to relieve psychological distress. In therapy, we often spend time figuring out how our belief systems and thoughts came into being. However, such information may not explain why or how a person keep behaviors and feelings that are painful. Knowing you ran over a nail does not necessarily explain why your tire stays flat. …