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Guest Post from C. Jane Kendrick- Healthy Expectations Every morning I do the same thing. I wake up, put on my walking shoes and head toward the mountains behind my house. There are paths with views that could inspire the most skeptical mind. Some people have rolling oceans or busy cityscapes as the [...]
Eating Disorder Part 8- You Choose As therapy went on I learned a lot about what the words eating disorder encompass. Most people {myself included} think of anorexia or bulimia when we hear the words eating disorder but really eating disorders can be characterized by eating patterns that disrupt a person’s mental, physical, and [...]
Eating Disorder Part 7- Understood I sat in the waiting room with sweaty palms feeling sick to my stomach trying not to stare at the door. I had no idea what I was doing here. I had no idea what I was going to say and I was so afraid that the therapist would [...]
9 years ago today I married the Mr. 9 years ago I couldn’t say my full name without laughing out loud. 9 years ago I became Kallie Dalley! 9 years ago I made the best decision of my life and I didn’t even know it. I don’t talk about my husband very [...]
Eating Disorder- Part 6 “Kallie ” the nurse called into the waiting room. I picked up my purse and the car seat with my new little love and headed back to the exam room. On our way there the nurse asked me to step on the scale. I was sweatin’ bullets. I didn’t [...]
Eating Disorder Part 5- The Beginning of the End {I’m going to skip a few years ahead to save you all the rambling and repetitiveness of my thoughts during that time. This is where my story gets really complicated and there are somethings that I cannot share with you out of respect for those [...]
Eating Disorder Part 4- Lost in Someone else’s body I have never been one to have a lot of friends- especially of the girl variety. I was never comfortable around a big group of girls so I had my few gems and I called it good. It worked for me. It was comfortable. [...]
Eating Disorder- Part 3 This is the part of the story where I engage in destructive behaviors and let ED into my head full force. As with the rest of the story up to this point I didn’t know about ED and the eating disorder world. (all that came to me when I started therapy) [...]
Eating Disorder Part 2- Choices! That summer started out as a doozie. I fought and fought with myself over whether or not I should try out for the cheerleading squad. All my friends were but I was not feeling so confident. And my fear of failure was staking it’s claim in my head. This [...]
Part #1 of my Eating Disorder Journey I was 12 when life as I knew it changed and little part of me died. At the time I don’t think it was physically possible to realize how much what had happened would affect me, my life, my journey and ultimately my happiness. I mean how can [...]
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