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When You Need Ice Cream (opens the original)
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I was recently talking with a good friend who had just returned from dropping her daughter off at college for her sophomore year. She said something like, “I can’t believe it, but it felt almost harder this year. I knew what I was in for this time.”We had both brought our girls to college last year and shared how difficult it was. There were tears (her), that upset feeling in your stomach when you know something is not quite right (me), and an appreciation that this was the dawn of a new era. We
My Child Has an Eating Disorder (opens the original)
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I’m so excited to share information about my friend Alli’s new book!Body Talk is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.
What Exactly is Peer Review? (opens the original)
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I am writing this as a form of productive procrastination as I work on a journal article that has been peer-reviewed. It occurred to me while I was staring at my computer screen, trying to focus, that people often talk about peer-reviewed scholarship as the gold standard, without really appreciating what the peer review process entails.<a class="image-link image2" href="https://substackcdn.com/image/fetch/$s_!xPJc!,f_auto,q_auto:good,fl_progressive:steep/https%3A%2F%2Fsubstack-post-media.s3.amaz
What if the Goal Isn't About How Your Postpartum Body Looks? (opens the original)
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This article was co-written by Dua Malik, MA., and first appeared in Psychology Today.Body Talk is a reader-supported publication. To receive new posts and support my work, consider becoming a free or paid subscriber.<div class="fake-i
People at the Pool (opens the original)
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Like many of us living in the Northeast (who weren’t invited to Taylor Swift’s wedding), I spent the Fourth of July weekend trying not to melt. I took more than one (cool) shower per day. I stayed in the air conditioning as much as possible. And I went to our community pool.I’ve been going to our local community pool for nearly two decades. At first, it was primarily a place to take small kids on hot summer days. It became a place for summer playdates and overtired-kid tantrums at the snack bar.
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