Tag: healthy living

  • Finding balance

    A few months ago, I wrote an article for Best Kept Self about what I had learned from my eating disorder. The therapist I saw to help me work through this told me that recovery for eating disorders is typically 5-7 years. Initially, I found this statistic discouraging and felt a little hopeless every time…

  • Lessons I’ve learned since graduating from college (with a little help from The Office).

    I always think of college as a little bubble. Your campus becomes your world and everything outside of it seems completely separate and foreign. Graduating from college reinforced this parallel for me when I was suddenly in this really big world with lots of people I didn’t know, a million decisions to make and an…

  • High Standards: why I have them and why you should too

    I’m going to go ahead and give you the key takeaway from this post: You should have high standards for yourself, your relationships, your career and your life because you deserve them. I just saved you five more minutes of reading; so, you’re welcome. Here’s the deal: high standards and being a perfectionist are NOT…

  • Lies the world tells us

    While it is good to interact with others and be involved, it is also important to know how to separate truth from appearances.