Someday Melissa

Someday Melissa was founded in 2010 by Judy Avrin following the death of her daughter Melissa to an eating disorder. A 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, Someday Melissa’s mission is to promote recognition and awareness of eating disorders and the importance of early treatment. Along with Danna Markson, LCSW and director Jeffrey Cobelli, Judy created a documentary, “Someday Melissa, the story of an eating disorder, loss and hope.”

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Thank you so much to the person who submitted this someday! someday i might enjoy food without guilt someday i'll wake up and realize that i'm not the girl with an eating disorder someday i wont feel shame cause of my beahaviors someday i'´ll feel free someday i wont weigh myself and cry someday i'll stop loosing weight someday i'll be myself again please, you can fight an eating disorder! don't let it control your life, don't let it take your soul and life, recovery is hard but it's worth it

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Thank you to the person who sent in this beautiful someday:

Someday... I will love myself I will be able to eat in public I will graduate college I will become a social worker I will help people who suffer like me I will eat my breakfast myself I will stop throwing up I will have more friends I will get involved in activities I will help someone in need I will put my lyrics with music I will make my parents proud I will show people that I can do it I wont disappoint my counsellors I will be in a good relationship I will be HAPPY

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Add'l location information for tonight's screening at Rockland Community College.

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Love this quote! ~Misty, Team Someday Melissa

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A slow, loving, 'affective' touch may be key to a healthy sense of self

A loving touch, characterized by a slow caress or stroke - often an instinctive gesture from a mother to a child or between partners in romantic relationships – may increase the brain's ability to construct a sense of body ownership and, in turn, play a part in creating and sustaining a healthy sense ...

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Beautiful quote.

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A Mother's Someday

I could have written every line, yet I never thought about "someday" from a mother's perspective. This is so powerful. Thank you to the mother who shared it with me. ~ Judy a mother's someday: someday, you will see the beauty of you someday, I will be able to trust you someday, I will not have to spot check your toilet; listen to you in the shower, check your room....someday. someday, you will not have to lie but will be able to speak the truth. someday, I will not look at you and think, "she looks to thin"...."is she..." someday, I will feel confident in your healthy choices someday, praying for someday soon.

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Thought for the day: "Of all the people on the planet, you talk to yourself more than anyone. Make sure you are saying the right things." ~ Martin Rooney

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NYC launches campaign to improve girls' self-esteem

The $330,000 campaign will feature ads, fitness programs, and after-school projects to help combat negative body image in young girls.

NYC Mayor Bloomberg has launched several controversial campaigns but his latest campaign is being met with approval.  What do you think of the city's body image boosting campaign?

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Always.

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Mess, the award winning show based on Caroline Horton's experiences of anorexia, begins a national tour next month. This funny and poignant play with songs is a three hander about obsession, despair and finally about letting go, offering an authentic insight that challenges popular misconceptions about dealing with and recovering from anorexia nervosa. Mess was&

As an actress and having dealt with ED, I'm intrigued by this.  Has anyone seen this? Do you think it will help bring ED to light? ~Misty, Team Someday Melissa

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J.C. Shares Her "Someday"

Thank you so much to J.C. for sharing her "someday" with us! "I always told myself I will be happy when ... When I graduate law school, when I get a job at a top firm ... Well I tortured myself, starved myself and the day I though would be a someday didn't make me shine. My someday happened when I stopped searching outside of myself for happiness and looked inside. I saw this creative, talented writer and artist and could not believe I almost let my someday pass me by."

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Expanded Clinical Definition of Anorexia May Help More Teens: Scientific American

The DSM-5 broadens the criteria for anorexia nervosa, but will the expanded definition of the illness help catch those who need help before their disease progresses too far?

"The release of the fifth edition of the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-5) has broadened the disorder criteria by taking away the weight requirement. The change shifts the focus of the diagnosis from “being thin” to the behaviors of those with the illness." 

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This is so important to remember and so easy to forget sometimes.  Each day brings new opportunities, a new chance - sometimes all we can do is take it day by day. ~Misty, Team Someday Melissa

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Just a reminder - Please come out and join Judy on September 22nd for the 1st ever Central Jersey NEDA Walk and turn your "someday" into "today"!

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Deadly Beauty (Live) - Falk

Meet Alexa Falk and her sister Natalee, who together form the country music duo "FALK" as well as serving as ambassadors for NEDA. Alexa is 23 and has been in recovery for 5 years now. She wrote this song at age 16 while struggling with ED. "Deadly Beauty" is  currently for sale on iTunes with proceeds being donated to E.D. recovery efforts. Please take a moment to listen to this beautiful and inspiring song and thank you to Alexa for sharing it with us!