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Friendship is a treasure to love and cherish, forever
Friendship across the miles knows no bounds. ‘What is “knowing” someone?’ my dear friend, Laura, asks. I awoke this Sunday morning, in the south-east Friendships are precious. corner of Australia, far...
View ArticleCalling diary and journal writers with experience of an eating disorder
Hop on board a new literary adventure by sharing excerpts of your diary writing in a book to be called The Diary Healer. In this book I am setting out to demonstrate how writing a diary or journal can...
View ArticleA call to poets – for poems about eating disorders
Firstly, a heart-felt thank you to the many people responding to the call for diary and journal writers with experience of an eating disorder. Your enthusiasm is amazing and already, wonderful...
View ArticleFinding support in an online family and community – share your story
Have you found online support helpful in coping with the challenges of diagnosing, treating and recovering from an eating disorder? Either for yourself, or someone you care for? If so, I would love to...
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Farewell Ginger and Dora – carers supreme
Ginger and Dora, both age 16, now at rest. Ginger and Dora are at rest under the apple tree in my backyard. They lie beside my dog Titan, who passed away six years ago. They were all great mates....
View ArticleA feast for the soul, a magic carpet for the mind – that’s life writing
The vacant seat beside me on a recent flight to New York meant I had room to spread out. This was a bonus. Other passengers were absorbed in watching movies on the little screens in front of them, or...
View ArticleThe Diary Healer – bridging the gap between science and the sufferer –...
I am a PhD candidate. I pinch myself. Is this real? Since regaining my true Self from the effects of Anorexia Nervosa in 2006, life has been amazing. Yes. But a PhD? How did this happen? I remain...
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Grandmothers can beat eating disorders too
Grandmothers have eating disorders too. Yes, they do. Often they have suffered since childhood. The eating disorder has denied these women a full life. Left unchallenged the illness becomes entrenched...
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Reflection a tool for self-discovery and renewal
In several days, 2015 will begin. This small pocket of time, between Christmas and New Year, is a grand opportunity to pause and reflect — like inserting a dot between finishing one chapter of life and...
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Fear no more: get fierce at Australia’s At Home with Eating Disorders Conference
Move over Eating Disorders, you undercover bully, invisible master of disguise. Your secret is out. You don’t scare us any more. Vacate, right now. You have been warned. Note this in your diary:...
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Music video puts Ana on the run
... And I refuse to run & hide Yes I know you from inside, And I won’t live this lonely life anymore These are the closing lines in ‘Ana‘, a music video created to promote awareness for eating...
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Caring starts young; let’s act like Amelia and care for our young
Carers come in all shapes and sizes, my youngest being four-year-old grand-daughter Amelia. Amelia provides light relief and perfect balance to my writing passion for raising awareness of eating...
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Join the cicadas chorusing loudly to advocate about eating disorders around...
Professor Daniel Le Grange, who presented the Meehan/Hartley Award to me, at the AED ICED in San Francisco last week. I liken my life to that of a cicada, an insect that lives underground in the dark...
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Journaling your way to self-renewal
The Pages Beckoned: Write! Jenni Schaefer lights up my world with her love of writing, and passion for helping others to embrace a full life. Using Writing as a Therapy for Eating Disorders _ The Diary...
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