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The Spiritual Dimensions of Recovering from an Eating Disorder: Transforming Suffering and Finding New Sources of Meaning

By Michelle Lelwica — 2010

There is a Sufi aphorism that says: "Love the water more and the pitcher less." Muslim scholar Amir Hussain interprets this to mean that "Too often, when people seek to quench their thirst, they focus on the outward form of the container that holds that water rather than on the water itself" (Oil and Water, p. 176).

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The Second Identity Crisis: How to Deal in a Smart Way with a New Phase of Life

One of Erikson’s most important contributions was to describe this as a psychosocial phenomenon—an interaction between someone’s sense of who he or she is as a person and society’s recognition of that person as an individual.

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Prudy Gourguechon
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Eating Disorders in Midlife

Eating disorders are most often thought of as afflicting teenage girls and young women. In reality, this is not the case. Many women and men don't stop worrying about weight and shape as they age.

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Lauren Muhlheim
2021
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Parker Palmer on Autumn, Aging, and Acceptance

The author of On the Brink of Everything finds inspiration in nature’s cycles of death and renewal.

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Parker Palmer
2018
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