Michelle Pugle is an expert health writer with nearly a decade of experience in contributing accurate and accessible health news and information to authoritative websites and print magazines. First published in her preteens for writing about depression, she then wrote and published the memoirAna, Mia & Meto provide hope and advocate for recovery from eating disorders through professional treatment.
Her work has been featured in top digital health publications like Healthline Media and Verywell Health, and her health narratives and essays have been published on a variety of platforms, ...
Expertise
神经性厌食症,抑郁,纤维肌痛,完整模型x PTSD (C-PTSD), addiction, and lifestyle management
Board Certifications and Training
LivingWorks Start suicide prevention training
Mental Health First Aid certification from the Mental Health Commission of Canada
Education
Double Bachelor of Arts (BA) in English Literature and Sociology, Thompson Rivers University
Master of Arts (MA) in Women's Studies and Feminist Research, Western University
Diploma in Holistic Herbal Therapy, Natural Health Institutes
Choosing adding over subtracting is the sustainable way to make lifestyle changes. The goal is to add positive changes rather than subtract unwanted behaviors. This helps shift your focus and create new habits.
If you receive a chronic illness diagnosis, research and talk to others about coping strategies. You will need these, and the sooner you adjust to a new version of "healthy," the less internal conflict you'll experience about what you can and cannot do.
Stop focusing on whether something was worthy of causing emotional pain and start shifting your energy towards healing. Asking yourself if something was "traumatic enough" to be traumatic and cause a trauma response is in itself a trauma response.
