Let's Talk about Binge Eating Disorder
Attending an assessment day is the final step in the cabin crew recruitment process. Half a day, jam packed with a seat and reach test, group exercises and 1:1 interviews. Trying to be normal and genuinely interact with other candidates, with an awareness of the assessors circling like sharks. Okay,[…]
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I applied. I submitted my online application. It sounds so simple, doesn’t it? Just submit the application, Anny! It would’ve been easier if I was 60lbs lighter, believed I stood a chance, or could ignore the tsunami of previous rejections flooding my mind. I didn’t believe I was going to[…]
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It was my second trip in my new job as cabin crew. I was going to Barbados and as we taxied to the runway, I stood in front of a full cabin of passengers for the safety demonstration. Two guys sitting in the front row started laughing and I felt[…]
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It was a summer of love, fun, family, and adventure. It was the first summer my Mum had been able to come and stay in my home (a year living in my own home – I’ll tell you more about that another time). It was my first summer of Auntiehood[…]
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We have 4 months left of the year. What do you want to do with that time? Before you answer that question, be honest; does your weight, body or relationship with food and eating, influence the answer that comes to your mind? If it does, then it’s time to embrace[…]
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Have you received a Binge Eating Disorder diagnosis and wondering what happens next? Are you trying to balance relief and hope with confusion and uncertainty? Are you undiagnosed, binge eating more than you’d care to admit to anyone, but find it hard to believe that you have an eating disorder?[…]
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Last week I celebrated one whole year since I started training at Virgin Atlantic to become Cabin Crew. It’s been go-go-go since then and I’ve been so tired, but I’m now on a six week high hours break – meaning I’ve flown so much that I’m very close to the[…]
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From the age of seven or eight I wanted to be an ‘Air Hostess’, it was the dream before the bigger dream of becoming an airline pilot. I was determined and worked hard, but by the 2020 lockdown, at thirty-eight years old, I’d faced so many rejections, set backs and[…]
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It’s 2022 and my simple resolution reminder is that I’m a human being, not a human doing. I don’t know about you, but it takes a lot to resist the urge to think about and plan all the things I want to do over the next twelve months. We’re constantly[…]
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Six months was a celebration, one year is a relief. Recovery at six months meant something different to what it now means to me at one year. At six months I was celebrating being binge and restriction free, but now I’m relieved that how or what I eat, doesn’t determine[…]
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