Eating Disorders

Chana Weisberg interviews Miriam Raskin about her journey to overcoming her eating disorders and depression and ultimately thriving in life with the discovery of the depth of Chassidic teachings.

Somehow, very early on along the way, eating became mechanical, emotional, social, comforting, and generally filled with mindlessness . . .

I have an eating disorder.The doctors call it anorexia nervosa, but I resent being put in a box with a nice little label.

You see, she is fat and ugly. She has hair that sometimes frizzes, legs that are too long, and what tops it off is the most horrendous skin between her thumb and forefinger. Is this true? Any of it? Yes, all of it. Why? Because that is how she sees hersel...