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Body Acceptance, Diet Recovery, Eating Disorder Recovery, Jewish Culture, Mental Health, Spirituality
A Song About Body Acceptance
Last week I released a song called “Rocky Mountains” about body acceptance, and I wanted to share some of the backstory. I survived an eating disorder in my early 20s. I’d been to outpatient treatment, and I got better, but something was keeping me from fully recovering. My relationship with food and my body was still fraught for many…
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3 Reasons to Eat on Yom Kippur
If you’re in recovery from an eating disorder, from dieting, or are healing your relationship with food, it’s okay to eat on Yom Kippur – and you don’t need a rabbi to tell you that, because you have autonomy over your own body and decisions. For me, fasting is a destructive reminder of the days I’d starve myself. In…
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Eating Disorder Awareness: What You Can Do
I didn’t know I had an eating disorder. I thought I just couldn’t control myself around food. I thought I was “being good” by counting calories and trying to eat less. I thought that the time had inevitably come when I’d have to start worrying about my weight like I saw other people do, especially as they got older.…
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Enjoying food is a form of resistance
I’ve always loved food. Gratefully, I never missed a meal growing up. My family is equally passionate about food; we’d plan our days around meals, talk about what’s for dinner before we even had breakfast, and geek out over the delicious pastries my dad frequently brought home after work. I think, at least partly, that it’s a cultural thing;…
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Staying sane around food during the holidays
Okay, so raise your hand if any of these thoughts are running through your head during the holiday season… “Why am I still eating even though I’m so full?” “I want ALL THE COOKIES.” “I’m gonna gain so much weight from eating all this.” Pretty overwhelming, eh? First, just a reminder that your worth is NOT determined by…
