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Invisible Illness

My Wedding Was Also a Celebration of My Recovery

Even though only the two of us knew it.

4 min readOct 8, 2020

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My Wedding Was Also a Celebration of My Recovery

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The Post-Grad Survival Guide

Why I Unfollowed My Real Friends on Instagram

With a little intention, you can make Instagram a tool that supports your mental health

3 min readJun 10, 2020

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Why I Unfollowed My Real Friends on Instagram

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Quit Using Weight Loss as Your Go-To Example of Goal Setting

People have more important goals than shrinking their bodies

4 min readMay 28, 2020

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Quit Using Weight Loss as Your Go-To Example of Goal Setting

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It’s Not Covid-19 Keeping Me Inside Anymore. It’s Cougars.

I’m not talking about sexy older women.

4 min readMay 26, 2020

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It’s Not Covid-19 Keeping Me Inside Anymore. It’s Cougars.

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The Post-Grad Survival Guide

Yes, You Can Use Your Liberal Arts Degrees

I refused not to use my degrees, and these three strategies helped me succeed

7 min readMay 26, 2020

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Yes, You Can Use Your Liberal Arts Degrees

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Fearlessly Nourished

The 10 Stages of Eating Disorder Recovery

Don’t get stuck in the trap of “recovered enough.”

4 min readMay 24, 2020

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The 10 Stages of Eating Disorder Recovery

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Please, Don’t Talk About Your Diet at Work.

Your small talk might be hurting your colleagues.

3 min readMay 14, 2020

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Please, Don’t Talk About Your Diet at Work.

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Fearlessly Nourished

For Me, Ditching Wellness was the Key to Actual Wellness.

Eventually, I realized, wellness was a glass ceiling. And, like a glass ceiling, wellness is really hard to escape

4 min readMay 8, 2020

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For Me, Ditching Wellness was the Key to Actual Wellness.

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Human Parts

I Had a Choice to Make: Andrew or My Eating Disorder?

For over a decade, the most important man in my life was the one in my head that told me not to eat too much

7 min readMay 5, 2020

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A black and white photo of the author kissing her husband on their wedding day.

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Ivy Staker

Ivy Staker

Social anthropologist | Passionate about the outdoors | Intensely curious | UX researcher | Fledgling eating disorder recovery advocate

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