Molly Guinn Bradley

It's National Eating Disorder Awareness week, which may provide support and things that help you — but awareness, in and of itself, can be tough.

I could tell you the story of the eating disorder itself, but there’s a lot of good reading out there about that. What I want to talk about is recovery.

Eating disorder recovery isn’t magic — at least, not at first. It’s so normal for your brain to try and justify adopting another rule-ridden lifestyle.

I know myself to be a hard worker and a loyal one, but being a good employee doesn’t require you to sacrifice your sense of self or health, for a bad boss.

The main argument against having more open conversations about anorexia is that one person’s recovery memoir is another girl’s manual.