Michelle Pugle
5 Expert Tips for Eating Disorder Recovery
In this blog post, I will share some of my own lived experience tips for healthy anorexia recovery. I first experienced disordered eating...
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Mad Maid
a lived experience blog by
Michelle Pugle
Michelle Pugle
- Mar 14
- 5 min
1000 Days Without Alcohol
March 14, 2023 At midnight, my sober tracking app will change from 999 days without alcohol to 1000 days without alcohol. Years ago, I...
Michelle Pugle
- Mar 4
- 4 min
Eating Disorder Relapse Prevention and Treatment
Latest research in plain language explanations on anorexia nervosa.
Michelle Pugle
- Mar 2
- 4 min
The Cost of Anorexia
This is not to scare you, but to start an important and necessary conversation about the benefits of treatment, recovery, and healing.
Michelle Pugle
- Feb 18
- 9 min
EMDR Therapy for Childhood Trauma
CW: This post may be distressing to persons with lived experiences of childhood traumatic experiences. EMDR stands for eye movement...
Michelle Pugle
- Feb 12
- 8 min
3 Signs of Eating Disorder Relapse That Should Never Be Ignored
With self-reflection comes a new level of honesty. With a new level of honesty comes fresh space to grow. So here we are. It's February...
Michelle Pugle
- Feb 7
- 5 min
How to Support Someone With Anorexia
It can be hard for others to understand what's going on inside the mind of someone living with anorexia. You may think encouraging...
Michelle Pugle
- Jan 21
- 3 min
Anorexia Recovery: Contemplation Stage
TW: discussion of youth eating disorders and suicidal thinking I know our experiences of anorexia are bound to be different, but there...
Michelle Pugle
- Jan 9
- 3 min
Preventing Suicide: What Actually Helps
This post is an adapted transcript from Mad Maid Season 1 Episode 4 on Preventing Suicide: What Actually Helps. Mad Maid is a feminist...
Michelle Pugle
- Jan 5
- 4 min
What Not to Say to Someone With Suicidal Thinking
This post is adapted from Mad Maid podcast Episode 3: Dancing With the ‘S’ Word: What Not to Say to Someone With Suicidal Thinking by...
Michelle Pugle
- Dec 28, 2022
- 6 min
On Parenting a Child Living with Depression and Suicidal Thinking
22 things I'd of done differently if I were parenting my 11-year-old self.
Michelle Pugle
- Oct 30, 2022
- 5 min
About That ‘Laxative Comment’ on ‘The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills'
We can’t leave behind season 12 of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills (RHOBH) without reflecting on Erika Jayne Girardi's laxative...
Michelle Pugle
- Oct 28, 2022
- 6 min
Removing 'FAT' From Taylor Swift's 'Anti-Hero' Video Won't Erase Fatphobia
Taylor Swift is told she is the problem in "Anti-Hero" song about her being the problem. Oh, and it's body acceptance week.
Michelle Pugle
- Oct 1, 2022
- 6 min
The Pros and Cons of Yoga in Anorexia Recovery
I've been going to hot yoga 5 times per week now (on average) since sometime in March 2022 (approx. 7 or so months). I started with 2-3...
Michelle Pugle
- Oct 1, 2022
- 4 min
Truths About Anorexia in 2022
This article explains what happens to the body during anorexia and what's new in anorexia treatment research.
Michelle Pugle
- Sep 10, 2022
- 13 min
What It's Like Living With Suicidal Thinking Since Childhood
My First Time Everyone remembers their first time. I am eleven years old. My father has forgotten to pick me up from a friend's house,...
Michelle Pugle
- Jul 27, 2022
- 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...
Michelle Pugle
- Jun 16, 2022
- 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...
Michelle Pugle
- Jun 1, 2022
- 4 min
Body Neutrality is the Goal, Not Body Positivity
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...
Michelle Pugle
- Apr 27, 2022
- 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...
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