“You can’t be what you can’t see.” -Marian Wright Edelman 53% of 13-year-old girls are unhappy with their bodies This number increases to 78% by age 17 65% of women and girls have an eating disorder 17% of teens engage in cutting and self-injurious behavior Globally in 2014… Read More
This past October 2015, I proudly launched Moms Fight Back — a Colorado non-profit, which is focused intently on those most difficult issues confronting our children, our families, and our neighborhoods today. For me, the impetus to create Moms Fight Back was extremely personal – it was a… Read More
Colorado still leads the nation as the most-fit state, however, it has the fifth-highest rate of eating disorders in the country among adolescents. According to Dr. Ken Weiner with the Eating Recovery Center, “Eating disorders are not a choice. They are a mental illness” Dr. Weiner has been… Read More