This is Sheena’s Place’s Participant-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.
A Two Week Break When you Don’t Celebrate Christmas
Dear Blog Readers, Today we hear from Reanna, a girl who feels trapped and untethered during the 2 week school holiday for other people’s celebrations….
Read MoreLike a Guest in my Own Skin
Dear Blog Readers, Whether or not you celebrate Christmas, the 2 week holiday from school can be a time of having no distractions from thinking…
Read MoreIs it Really Recovery if I’m Still Hiding?
Dear Blog Readers, This piece comes from Jessica, a student at MSU, who has generously shared a personal reflection on what summer feels like when…
Read MoreWhat Returns after forgetting the self
Dear Blog Readers, The Artist Series has been on hold due to technical details accessing the interviews conducted. I sincerely apologize and the posts will…
Read MoreThe urge may still knock, but I don’t open the door
Dear Readers, On this New Year’s Eve, when people around you are making resolutions about their bodies, and about achieving things that are unreasonable to…
Read MoreTo Be Seen Artist Spotlight: Melissa Sherman
To Be Seen Artist Series: Melissa Sherman I have always created art. Even as a very small child, I began building things out of mud,…
Read MoreTo Be Seen Artist Spotlight: Anita Majumdar
Dear Blog Readers, Here is our next artist in our To Be Seen series: Anita Majumdar I started seriously exploring illustration when I was about…
Read MoreTo Be Seen: Artist Spotlight
Dear Blog Readers, Sheena’s Place is excited to present To be Seen, a thought-provoking group exhibition & silent auction where art becomes the mirror reflecting our collective experience…
Read MoreEven in the darkest starry night
Dear Blog Readers, It is interesting how quickly we can build a narrative in our minds based on previous experiences, our inner critic, our fears,…
Read MoreEating Disorder Awareness
Dear Blog Readers, We would love to hear from you this week. What does Breaking Barriers, Facilitating Futures mean to you? What does Eating Disorder…
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