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Jun 13 2017

Digging myself out of depression

by Marilyn McKenna

Frankly, I’ve been debating whether or not to write about this. Why? Because there’s still a tremendous stigma surrounding mental illness (even these words are hard for me to type), and in a culture where social media has us all believing that everybody else is doing great, admitting that you’re struggling is pretty terrifying. But […]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: antidepressants, binge eating disorder, depression, depressions and brain chemistry, dopamine, eating disorder, mental health, mental illness, recovery from depression, Serotonin

Jul 1 2015

Can we just stop pretending that our hormones don’t mess with our weight?

by Marilyn McKenna

There are a lucky few who seem to breeze through hormonal changes without consequence. I am not one of them. You’re probably not either. A little over a year ago I started having hot flashes. There, I said it. I suppose one reason many of us don’t talk about these things is because it’s an […]

Filed Under: Weight Loss Tagged With: Cortisol, Dr. Sara Gottfried, Estrogen, Hormonal Changes, Hormonal Imbalance, Hormones and Weight Loss, Hot Flashes, Menopause, Progesterone, Serotonin

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