by Dr. Anita Johnston | Sep 6, 2016 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery
Here’s part of a talk I gave on the Big Island of Hawaii for the opening of our new Ai Pono treatment program in Kamuela. I hope you enjoy it. “Invisible Forces” When no one can understand your eating disorder. There was once this man, who had black...
by Dr. Anita Johnston | Aug 30, 2016 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery
Here’s part of a talk I gave on the Big Island of Hawaii for the opening of our new Ai Pono treatment program in Kamuela. I hope you enjoy it. “Finding Meaning within the Eating Disorder” What I’ve come to really understand about eating disorders is...
by Dr. Anita Johnston | Aug 23, 2016 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery
“> Aloha. This is Dr. Anita Johnston. And I am down at the beach in front of the ‘Ai Pono Maui eating disorder treatment facility. And right behind me is the Io Valley. And for the ancient Hawaiians this was a very, very, very sacred place. And when we did...
by Dr. Anita Johnston | Aug 16, 2016 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery
Hello, I’m Dr. Anita Johnston. And I am here in Hawaii listening to the bird song of the morning. It’s one of the most spectacular things — to listen to these birds singing and singing and singing. It reminds me about the story about the Nightingale. There was...
by Dr. Anita Johnston | Aug 9, 2016 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery
I am here at Kalua Beach in Hawaii. And I’ve been sitting here, listening to the waves and watching the people and the dogs strolling down the beach. And watching the clouds as they float on by. I’ve also been watching my own inner landscape, noticing how much...
by Dr. Anita Johnston | Jul 5, 2016 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery
Hello. Dr. Anita Johnston here. I am on Maui at the Black Sand Beach in front of ‘Ai Pono Maui, my residential treatment facility in Hawaii. I wanted to talk to you a little bit about the reef. Here in Hawaii, the eel lives in a hole in the reef in the ocean. And the...
