self help

a prayer for the children of divorce

July 8, 2010

I’ve been thinking a lot lately about what it means to be a child of divorce, as many, many people who are growing up in the US right now share this common experience. People are getting divorced more swiftly these days, it seems, and quite often [more often than not?] people are growing up in [...]

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the scarcity model, compulsive eating, and a new fondness for post-its

July 23, 2009

I have had a complicated relationship with food for as long as I can remember.  I often find that my days are filled with complex rituals of wanting, needing, accumulating, and feeling guilty about food. Upon becoming an “adult” it was a major relief to me to be in complete and total responsibility of what [...]

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learning to take care of yourself

May 28, 2009

Since monday I have been thinking a lot about the last ask marzipan column in which I advised one reader to not forget about her own needs while in the midst of a romantic whirlwind, and I have decided that the topic of self care and preservation is one that deserves some more attention. Example: [...]

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ask marzipan: how do i retain individuality within my relationship?

May 27, 2009

Dear Medicinal Marzipan, Your response to last week’s Ask Marizpan post was very helpful! Here’s my issue: When I’m in a relationship I tend to throw all my energies into it and into my partner? I get so enraptured in all the intense, romantic, and intimate feelings, but sometimes forget to love myself and lose who [...]

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body loving posts from the blogosphere

May 11, 2009

Hello hello and welcome to the first for real, very serious, weekly installment of body loving posts of the blogosphere! Since it’s been so long since my last post of this nature I have oodles of fun and beautiful reads for you! Una Bella Vita, You Can Be Loved Every Woman Has an Eating Disorder, Stories: [...]

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