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PERFECT HUNGER™

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Sharing about sobriety isn’t “proselytizing”
And sharing about any health-conscious lifestyle isn’t automatically “purity culture” or “politically coded,” either.
 • Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons, DTCM
How “everything in moderation” is just settling for mediocrity
Tough love and a call for true freedom, for Dry January and New Year’s Resolution season
 • Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons, DTCM
In trying to be “relatable,” we’re missing a deeper way of relating
What interests me more than your Sézane knitwear, statement loafers, and favorite red lip
 • Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons, DTCM
No, Gen Z doesn’t need to drink more alcohol
My response to The Free Press article that proposed more booze as a solution
 • Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons, DTCM
It’s not political. It’s hate.
On exiting our echo chambers and opening our hearts
 • Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons, DTCM
Victim or villain: two sides of the same coin
How blame and shame are related, how to step outside of the stories you tell yourself
 • Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons, DTCM
Who are we without our labels?
Individualism and collectivism, sobriety and queerness
 • Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons, DTCM
Skinny shaming is still body shaming
And it doesn’t help anyone recover from eating disorders.
 • Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons, DTCM
No unsolicited advice, please
Let’s discuss what went down in the comment section.
 • Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons, DTCM
Hooked on hate comments
I know better but can’t look away.
 • Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons, DTCM
Mainlining self-help
I’m strung out from trying to solve the self with online content.
 • Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons, DTCM
My relationship with writing is changing
When writing the personal becomes calcification and deification of identity, memory, and story
 • Dr. Dana Leigh Lyons, DTCM
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