The following timeline details my 25-year-old daughter’s health journey. She was diagnosed with an eating disorder in 2006 at the age of 16. While there are many factors that go into disordered eating patterns, I have learned there is more than meets the eye when it comes to cause and effect. Thanks to Dr. Natasha…
GAPS Perspective on Eating Disorders
In her book Gut and Psychology Syndrome, Dr. Natasha Campbell-McBride offers an unconventional perspective on the origin of an eating disorder. Dr. Campbell-McBride’s explanation was the first that made sense to me as I struggled to help my daughter Shannon, who I knew was doing everything she could to restore her health. (Read Shannon’s story…
Shannon’s Reflections – A Journey of Hope
The following essay is written by my daughter, Shannon. Her health journey is chronicled in My Daughter’s Eating Disorder – a Journey of Hope. What have I learned about me, my body, and I? It goes much deeper than the skin. In a nutshell this is my story: As a young child I was fine….
