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This Body Of Mine

Chapter Twenty-One: Will Yoga Fix Me?

My relationship with yoga has been a lot of things throughout the 16 years that I’ve been practicing on and off. Complicated. Unhealthy…

5 min readNov 15, 2021

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Chapter Twenty-One: Will Yoga Fix Me?

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This Body Of Mine

Chapter Twenty: The Anti-Fat Bias of Eating Disorder Diagnoses

I have multiple chronic illnesses, so I spend a lot of time in doctor’s offices. Whenever I have to see a new doctor, giving my medical…

7 min readAug 2, 2021

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Chapter Twenty: The Anti-Fat Bias of Eating Disorder Diagnoses

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Chapter Nineteen: “Would You Want to Look Like Her?!?”

Content warning: body shaming.

6 min readJun 14, 2021

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Chapter Nineteen: “Would You Want to Look Like Her?!?”

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Chapter Eighteen: Is Body Positivity For Me?

About a year into my recovery journey, I’d settled in a body that was just on the edge of plus size. In some brands I could still squeeze…

7 min readApr 12, 2021

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Chapter Eighteen: Is Body Positivity For Me?

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Chapter Seventeen: What If I Never Stop Gaining Weight?

Content Warning: Fatphobia, discussion of weight gain numbers, discussion of eating disorder behaviors, discussion of suicidal ideation.

7 min readFeb 1, 2021

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Chapter Seventeen: What If I Never Stop Gaining Weight?

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Chapter Sixteen: Lessons From The Mountains

Shortly after I went into treatment for my eating disorder I read Cheryl Strayed’s amazing memoir “Wild.” I identified so strongly with…

8 min readJan 4, 2021

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Chapter Sixteen: Lessons From The Mountains

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Chapter Fifteen: Giving Up

I didn’t really want to give up my eating disorder when I started intensive outpatient treatment. I wanted to stop being miserable. I…

6 min readDec 2, 2020

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Chapter Fifteen: Giving Up

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Chapter Fourteen: I’m Not Anorexic, I’m An Athlete

Content warning: discussion of eating disorder behaviors.

8 min readNov 2, 2020

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Chapter Fourteen: I’m Not Anorexic, I’m An Athlete

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Chapter Thirteen: The WebMD Generation: Diagnosing Ourselves When Doctors Don’t Care

Like many spoonies — the affectionate term that those with chronic illnesses use to describe themselves — I spent years thinking I was…

10 min readOct 26, 2020

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Chapter Thirteen: The WebMD Generation: Diagnosing Ourselves When Doctors Don’t Care

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Chapter 12: The Constant Struggle Of Fixing A Body

I’ve always viewed my body as something that needed to be fixed. It was never the body I wanted, and on top of that, it was a…

6 min readOct 20, 2020

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Chapter 12: The Constant Struggle Of Fixing A Body

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This Body Of Mine

This Body Of Mine

A collection of personal essays exploring how my experience of my body has shaped my identity and my spiritual, emotional growth. Written by Robin Zabiegalski.

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