This is Sheena’s Place’s Client-Centred Blog that features our recovery stories, art, struggles, poetry, interviews, and many more, which all follow a set of safe space guidelines. We recognize that everyone is at a different place in their recovery. Food, weight, dieting, calories, specific eating disordered behaviours, or exercise behaviours can often be triggering, and are therefore not published on this blog. To submit your work, please email Kmccarthy@sheenasplace.org and read about Sheena’s Place’s blog moderator, Kira, here.
Day by Day
Dear Readers, Do you remember being 5 and the words kids used to insult each other? Kids pick up trigger words early on and those…
Read MoreInertia by Brooke
Dear Readers, This week we are sharing a poem by Brooke. It speaks of struggle in recovery. A concept many can relate to. Take care…
Read MoreDisembodied
Dear Readers, Do you ever feel like you exist in a body that doesn’t belong to you? Like you want to control the body and…
Read MoreFACILITATOR SPOTLIGHT: An Interview with Sonya V. Thursby
Dear Readers, I recently sat down with Sonya V. Thursby who is one of the facilitators at Sheena’s Place (SP). I was curious about…
Read MoreReal Story
Dear Readers, George Orwell wrote “Perhaps one did not want to be loved so much as to be understood.” That feeling of wanting to be…
Read Morethis is the place where i rest
Dear Blog Readers, These last few months and the months ahead of me, include many changes; most of them are not by choice and not…
Read MoreHaving an Eating Disorder in an Obese Body
Dear Readers, It is time for me to publish one of the more potentially sensitive posts. This particular piece sparked a great deal of discussion…
Read MoreMaking Connections – Making Friends
Dear Readers, One of the most meaningful parts of being a client at Sheena’s Place is the connections that you make with people in groups….
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