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michellepugle
- Jul 27
- 5 min
Tips for Dating with Fibromyalgia
This blog post is based on personal experience. It is not intended as medical or mental health advice. It's a Match! For a moment, I may...
michellepugle
- Jul 18
- 3 min
What Is Reiki Energy Healing?
With my recent second degree attunement in Usui reiki, a common question that's coming up is: What is reiki and how did you first learn...
michellepugle
- Jun 16
- 9 min
7 Lessons After 730 Days Alcohol-Free (2 Year Milestone Post)
June 17, 2022 marks my 2 year soberversary from alcohol. 🥳 This is by far the longest stretch of sobriety experienced since I started...
michellepugle
- Jun 1
- 4 min
Celebrating Body Neutrality for World Eating Disorder Action Day 2022
Body positivity was supposed to free us from the beauty myth. It failed. I wish someone had told me two decades ago that I do not need to...
michellepugle
- Apr 27
- 3 min
Why We Need to Abandon the Term "Alcohol Abuse"
We need to abandon the terms alcohol abuse. Why? Because the word "abuse" implies there's a right way- some proper way- to consume...
michellepugle
- Apr 19
- 6 min
Throat Chakra Healing and New Adventures
Growing up with intense feelings of depression and anxiety, society told me I shouldn't trust my own thoughts. After all, depression and...
michellepugle
- Apr 4
- 3 min
Smash the Bell Jar
Before reading Sylvia Plath's The Bell Jar, I was led to believe it was a book about one woman's experience with depression, Oh, what a...
michellepugle
- Apr 3
- 2 min
BUTI Magic
I laughed, I cried, I danced. It was a night I hope to never forget. It was BUTI magic. BUTI yoga, pronounced "boo-tee" yoga, is a life...
michellepugle
- Mar 27
- 6 min
In Defense of Hot Yoga
Can someone with fibromyalgia fall in love with hot yoga? Yes. Here's why.
michellepugle
- Mar 2
- 4 min
What Complex PTSD Feels Like
CPTSD is feeling empty in the arms of a lover Scared when someone says it's safe And broken when the world thinks you're whole This blog...
michellepugle
- Feb 25
- 3 min
An Open Letter to Anyone With an Eating Disorder
You are more than your eating disorder. You are more than your thoughts and feelings and symptoms. You can heal from this. But if you're...
michellepugle
- Feb 24
- 4 min
Open Letter to Jackie Goldschneider From The Real Housewives of NJ
Credit: Instagram Dear Jackie Goldschneider from The Real Housewives of New Jersey, You deserve better. Bringing cameras into the...
michellepugle
- Feb 23
- 4 min
Dating Someone With an Eating Disorder: Dos and Don'ts
Today is day three of National Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2022 and I'm going to talk about some of the dos and don'ts of dating...
michellepugle
- Feb 22
- 2 min
Anorexia Relapse as an Adult
We're gonna get real about Real Housewife of New Jersey's Jackie Goldschneider sit down cocktail hour with her husband.
michellepugle
- Feb 21
- 3 min
Food, Fear, and Feeling Good Enough
For National Eating Disorder Awareness Week 2022, I've decided to write a blog post a day on eating disorder recovery. Today is day 1 of...
michellepugle
- Feb 16
- 5 min
Ana, Easter & Me
Picture this. 15 years old and terrified of the Easter bunny solid milk chocolate treats. Growing up, Easter was my favorite holiday for...
michellepugle
- Feb 8
- 5 min
6 Lessons Learned After 600 Days Without Alcohol
600 days without alcohol has taught me A LOT. Here's what you need to know.
michellepugle
- Jan 23
- 3 min
I Didn’t Want to Be the Girl With the Eating Disorder
I didn't want to be the girl with the eating disorder. I wanted to be healthy, fit, and thin. I wanted to be at my peak personal...
michellepugle
- Jan 21
- 3 min
3 Things I Wish Someone Told Me About Recovering from an Eating Disorder
When you or a loved one is in recovery from an eating disorder, it can feel like living in survival mode. During the time of my initial...
michellepugle
- Jan 11
- 3 min
4 or More: A Response to the CDC
Rochelle Walensky, CDC director, said yesterday on Good Morning America that COVID-19 deaths are predominantly affecting people with 4 or...
michellepugle
- Jan 7
- 3 min
What Sobriety Won’t Do
So many of us have this idea that when we get sober, we get better. Better at what? Everything. Better how? In all of the ways. But this...
michellepugle
- Dec 31, 2021
- 2 min
Benefits of Being Sober
If you're anything like me, somewhere along your sober journey, you'll find yourself questioning why you started. Long ago, I wrote down...
michellepugle
- Dec 27, 2021
- 3 min
Ways to Stay Sober in 2022
Dry January Tips or Tools to Stay Sober in 2022 I can’t keep you sober this season. Your mom can’t keep you sober this season. Your...
michellepugle
- Dec 26, 2021
- 3 min
New Experiences When You Quit Drinking
Here are some of the many new 'firsts' I experienced after quitting drinking alcohol. Some of these I look back at with fondness of how...