11/12/2025
Last Wednesday hit a little different.
Ashlee Reese from Selah Counseling and I sat down for a raw, open conversation about disordered eating, shame, and the way anxiety and emotion get tangled up with food.
We didn’t sugarcoat it. (Pun intended.)
We talked honestly about what it’s like living in an industry that celebrates discipline and perfection while quietly punishing the people who struggle behind the curtain — including trainers like me.
I shared parts of "The Weight I Carry" a story I wrote about my own experience with binge eating disorder and for the first time, we put words to something a lot of people feel but rarely say out loud.
Ashlee brought her trademark blend of compassion and clinical insight, helping us unpack the difference between guilt and shame, and how healing starts when we stop hiding and start getting curious.
The audience questions and conversations that followed reminded me why we do these Wednesday Wellness Workshops in the first place, to normalize the things most of us quietly wrestle with.
If we can convince Ashlee to come back (fingers crossed 🤞), we’ll keep diving deeper into this topic in future workshops.
Because the more we talk about it, the less power shame has.
