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Eating disorders are no match for memoirist Betsy Brenner
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A silver lining of the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020-2021, was the gift of time to embark on the incredible journey of writing my memoir The Longest Match: Rallying to Defeat an Eating Disorder in Midlife. A project of this magnitude always seemed daunting but as soon as I began pouring through...
The powerful role of advocacy and community in eating disorder recovery
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At age 41, I discovered that I had an eating disorder. I was a wife and mother, active in our community, with a demanding career and yet, somehow, I had no idea that most of my life had been consumed in a struggle with anorexia nervosa. Why didn’t I...
Providing care ‘around the table’
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Today I am thanking my dear friend, June Alexander, for her passionate advocacy and generous invitation to share my current work in her diary. Late last year I started something new, something energizing, and something I hope will be helpful to our common cause of better outcomes for eating disorder...
Free - 'A Girl Called Tim' Podcast
In this free podcast, Dr June Alexander reads her memoir, written almost entirely from her diaries, which she began writing at the age of 12.
Dear Diary
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The diary, a book in which a daily record of events and personal experiences can be kept, offers a window into life in the past.
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