Here is a real family Sunday morning breakfast story that happened just a few hours ago. Please read it for fun and to see areas that could be problems or disasters or eating disorder triggers for you. See the quiz questions at the end.

Seek out people who inspire you, people you can learn from.  Discover the joy of moving through life with people who are your teachers and friends.  Discover the joy of being appreciated for what you teach by being your honest and natural self.

An eating disorder can isolate you in a way that you recognize.  You remove yourself from other people and spend much time alone in hiding. 

But an eating disorder can isolate you in ways that you may not recognize. 

I spoke with a father this week who told me his daughter, 35 years old, no longer threw up but still had compulsive thought patterns and feelings of shame.  He said the first he and his wife knew their daughter had a problem was when a friend of her confided to them that their daughter, then 20 years old, was suicidal.  I was so moved by this man's story, especially when he thanked me, with tears in his eyes, because it was the first time he spoke about his feelings about his daughter's trials.

The question that comes up is, why would a loving parent who saw his child every day not notice

Recently "I" wrote me about her friend "C".  "C" is in her twenties and a brilliant athlete.  But "C" suffered from anorexia so severely that she required several hospitalizations.  She can't perform or even coach because it triggers her anorexia.  She has no family support. Quite the contrary. Her family rejected her because of her sexual orientation.

Once in a while she does perform, leaving the audience dazzled at the beauty and grace of her excellence. But her actions, despite their beauty, trigger her and she falls into emotional devastation.  What, asks, "I," as her friend, can I do or say?