by Dr. Anita Johnston | Jun 21, 2016 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery
Hello. Dr. Anita Johnston here. And I am at the MEDA conference. Which stands for Multi Service Eating Disorder Association. I am in Boston, Massachusetts for the conference. I gave a talk here entitled Ancient Wisdom meets Modern Neuroscience and I want to share a... by Dr. Anita Johnston | Jun 14, 2016 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery
I’m in Hawaii, and I’ve been here this morning just sitting with the ocean and watching the waves and really thinking about how much we are like the ocean. How much our emotions are like the ocean and how we have these waves that come, peak, and pass. And they... by Dr. Anita Johnston | May 31, 2016 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery
I am in Texas at a lovely place called the Sheltering Tree, which is a counselling center that is run and owned by my friend and colleague, Cathy Woodward. In the back yard of the Sheltering Tree is a fantastic Labyrinth. The Labyrinth is something that is near and... by Dr. Anita Johnston | May 23, 2016 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery
As I was spending time down at the river, it made me think of one of my favorite metaphors. Imagine, imagine you’re on the banks of a raging river. It’s pouring down rain, and you slip and you fall in, and you’re drowning. You are getting pulled down through the... by Dr. Anita Johnston | May 17, 2016 | Body Image, Eating Disorder Recovery
Are you blocking things you shouldn’t? Its springtime and it’s snowing – here in Denver, Colorado. When I first saw the snow, I thought, oh no, it’s going to knock all the beautiful blossoms off the apple tree! — and it very well might. But I started thinking….... 
by Dr. Anita Johnston | Jan 3, 2016 | Articles, Disordered Eating, Eating Disorder Recovery
Lopsided Lobsters In Hawaii, the eel lives in a hole in the reef in the ocean. The lobster often makes its home at the mouth of this hole. This is a great arrangement for the eel – since it has a lobster at its doorstep with an antenna pointed outward, watching...