Anna JolliffSep 29, 20211 minWhat counts as disordered eating?What counts as disordered eating? In this video, I discuss two ways of identifying disordered eating, including specific thoughts and...
Anna JolliffAug 16, 20211 minIrritable bowel syndrome and disordered eating recoveryIrritable bowel syndrome and disordered eating feed off of each other, making recovery from either especially difficult. In this video, I...
Anna JolliffJul 20, 20211 minI can't stop thinking about food"Only eat if you're hungry." For most of my life, that statement felt like a moral imperative. If I ate when my tummy wasn't grumbling,...
Anna JolliffJul 6, 20211 minAccepting weight gain in eating disorder recoveryBarriers I felt to gaining weight, how I found the willingness to do it anyway, and practical tips for making the weight gain process easier
Anna JolliffJun 26, 20216 minPost-pandemic predictions for disordered eatingWhat will happen to the subclinical eating disorders and ill-informed diets that many of us spent the last year perfecting?
Anna JolliffJun 22, 20211 minMy disordered eating and diet recovery storyThis is my first YouTube video, and the very first time I get to say "like and subscribe!"
Anna JolliffMay 23, 20218 minTackling alcoholism and bulimia with Faith"I spent a year or two in a constant state of inebriation, besides those moments when I was sober enough to find some food and throw it up.”
Anna JolliffSep 25, 20203 minHow I feel about my bodyGoing shirtless to the gym is my deliberate exercise in being aggressively, pointedly imperfect, and daring others to make it weird.
Anna JolliffAug 22, 20204 minOne year sober from disordered eatingSeptember 19th will mark one year since I've tried to lose weight.
Anna JolliffApr 24, 20203 minAre food and body your only hobbies?Food and body don’t have to be your only hobbies. I pulled this quote from Instagram back in January of 2018. Yesterday, I found it in my...
Anna JolliffMar 28, 20203 minDo you lose yourself when there's nothing to do?I think most everyone is grappling with who they are minus what they can do.
Anna JolliffFeb 25, 20204 minCan I recover completely from an eating disorder?Today I stepped on the scale at my gym and saw a brand-new number. It was 17 pounds higher than the number I saw in September. It was...
Anna JolliffJan 31, 20203 minOn weight regain and my inner criticPart of me wants to tell you what it has been like to gain weight. The fact that I’m larger now than I was four months ago is fairly...
Anna JolliffJan 3, 20208 min"Fully recovered" from anorexia: a Christian perspectiveIt’s not like me to begin an interview by talking about myself. Typically, these interviews are a welcome and deliberate break from total...
Anna JolliffDec 18, 20196 minBulimia as an expression of trauma with LindseyLindsey’s earliest memory is not her own. At least, not really. I typically begin interviews by asking people their earliest memory...
Anna JolliffDec 11, 20195 minED recovery as social justice with KelseyAs a child, Kelsey carved a hole in the box spring of her bed. That's where she hid the wrappers, willing the evidence of her appetite to...
Anna JolliffDec 4, 20196 minFood scarcity, sexuality, and disordered eating with SequoiaSequoia is objectively cool. I would tell you why, but I don’t need to. Here’s a picture instead. Her story starts like that of many...
Anna JolliffNov 27, 20195 minRecovery at every size with HannahWhen Hannah was 9, she sat on a school bus clutching a stuffed animal. It was a soft little pig. A boy on the bus gave her a sidelong...
Anna JolliffNov 20, 20195 minLeigh's victory over bulimiaTypically, when I think about eating disorders, I focus on the similarities. Rigid rules, preoccupation with food, secret behaviors, body...
Anna JolliffNov 16, 20193 minWorking the steps on an eating disorderI’ve wondered...and wondered...and wondered… about the extent to which recovery from alcoholism mirrors recovery from eating disorders....