4.5 out of 5. Always happy to experience the sass and adventure of a Rick Riordan book. I picked up this book after a long hiatus from reading. I can always rely on Riordan to help me love reading again. Setting The setting is nothing new: New York/Camp Half-Blood, greek gods…

It’s hardest to be honest with the people you love the most, but you have to communicate with them what is going on. When I told my mom, she said she thought something was up but didn’t want to be wrong. The same was true of my peers. …

3 out of 5 stars. Cytonic suffers from middle book syndrome. I think Skyward will be a quintet (five-book series) so Cytonic is the middle of the series. (Think of the second book in a trilogy; it’s usually not as good as the first.) Setting Again we are in a different…

I was first introduced to the emotion wheel in the early stages of my writing career. I had an eating disorder and I was eating my feelings. I started writing to figure out how to express my emotions. My rational brain loved seeing all the emotions organized in such a…

Considering my job (personal trainer), I need a lot of education and training in sales. My company will give me some clients, but a majority of them I need to find on my own. I picked up a few sales books to assist me with the process. I was drawn…

Do you have an eating disorder? It’s not a simple yes or no question. Eating disorders aren’t all the same. They come in all shapes and sizes. What fits one person doesn’t fit the next. Take this quiz below to see if you have a problem and how big that…

What is a holistic approach to recovery? — A holistic approach to eating disorder recovery is checking in with all five aspects of life, spiritual, mental, emotional, social, and physical. An eating disorder is not about food, so why treat it that way? Spiritually The first part of holistic health is spirituality. It refers to your purpose or motivation…

Bulimia nervosa (BN) is binge eating, followed by purging. Purging is anything that overcompensates for consuming large amounts of food and can include excessive exercise, vomiting, fasting, unnecessary use of laxatives and diuretics, or enemas. Healthline. “It’s generally characterized by binge eating followed by purging. …

I have discovered that many of my actions are a result of my wanting to feel loved. — What does it mean to love? To be loved? Love is not something easily defined. Common definitions don’t it justice. Love can mean different things to different people. The way I feel loved may not resonate with my neighbor, but the way I give love may relate to my family…