10 Tips for Teen Athlete Nutrition
I have been working with a lot of teen athletes for a while now and I wanted to provide a few general tips on how I look at helping teens...
Eating Disorder Awareness: Community Messaging Matters
Today is World Eating Disorders Day and I want to talk about how important community messaging is in recovery. Binge eating disorder has...
The Bridgewatch Angels: Saving Lives Every Day
An average of two people a day come the the Golden Gate Bridge to die by suicide. The Bridge District Police work tirelessly, every day,...
Granting My Son's Christmas Wish
Three years ago, when I asked my son what he wanted for Christmas, he said: “I would want you not to have mental illness anymore. I mean,...
Living With ADD/ADHD: Why You Should NOT Make Tasks Urgent
Since our brains focus better in crisis mode (thus why we do well in a crisis or why we can’t really start work until the day before a...
Healing My Brain With a Ketogenic Diet
If you have been following me for a while, way back when I had my blog, Bipolar Spirit, then you know I have been on dozens of...
Parenting with ADD: When Your Kid is Judged by Your Disability
I hate the school year. I write about it almost every year- how much I hate the school year as a parent living with ADD and co-occuring...
Taking a Break from Body Positivity Advocacy
Quite a few years ago, I started writing about body positivity. I talked about not focusing on weight, eating disorder recovery, and...
It Doesn't Matter That Drugs Were Found in Carrie Fisher's Autopsy
On December 27, 2016, the world found out that actress and advocate Carrie Fisher died after a heart attack/cardiac event. A few days...
Mental, Physical, and Emotional Balance Learned from Fathers
My 13-year-old son started a blog this week called “The Work Never Goes Away.” He is only two posts in, but, since today is Father’s Day,...
