Ayra tells a powerful and personal story about identity, culture, and the importance of connection. Drawing from her own experience with an eating disorder, she reminds us how the smallest, most human moments can have the greatest impact. My name is Ayra. I am currently studying Management, partly to fuel my type-A love for organisation and planning and partly because I genuinely enjoy building systems that help people thrive. Outside of my studies, I love travelling, exploring new cultures, cuisines and fi ...

We view the way of battling mental health problems like a fairytale — flowers, rainbows; a story with an easy resolution. Steph Ng tells us the opposite, how the way we approach mental health stories should be changed and most importantly, how we are being too nice with these stories. Steph Ng is an award-winning mental health advocate, educator, and Ph.D. researcher. Informed by her lived experiences in eating disorder recovery, Steph’s research and advocacy work integrates the relatability of personal nar ...

Let me take you back to the last week of seventh grade. Like I'm sure we've all done and do. The conversation went from school to our clothes to how we looked.And of course, you were all complaining. But then I heard the words that I'll never forget. Hey Samara, you know you could just stop eating if you wanted to be thinner, right.Fast forward six months. It was a friend's house party. The weighing scale was just lying there.We all took turns standing on it and it felt like my heart dropped in its chest. 3 ...

I thought recovering from an eating disorder meant never slipping. I was wrong, writes Mallary Tenore Tarpley. https://t.co/3AtR2FW1Sk ...