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My name is Eveline, I'm a Dutch woman living in the UK.

Writing is my passion. Whenever people would ask me what I wanted to be when I grew up, my answer was always 'A writer.' Later I realized that writing anything makes you a writer, so I changed my goal

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Health & Fitness > Eating Disorders Anorexia: Dangers of website information: 2 of 5
As someone who works with people who suffer from eating disorders, there is not a lot that shocks me. I know all about the tricks patients, mostly girls and young women, use to get out of eating, to get rid of the food they did eat, or to make sure they reach their target goal on the scales without actually gaining any weight... More..
Society & Lifestyle > Gender Issues Should we approve of same sex marriage?: 58 of 144
It is such a shame to see that, even in this day and age, whether or not a person is allowed to love another person is based on religion. Just because a book, written en rewritten hundreds of years ago, suggests that sex is just to produce babies and not to enjoy, does not mean you can judge other people who don't follow the ... More..
Celebrations & Holidays > Christmas Sinterklaas, a Dutch tradition for Christmas: 1 of 1
In Holland, children couldn't care less about Santa or Father Christmas. They know he's not real but just a man in a fat suit. The man they are waiting for, and who gives them their presents is Sinterklaas, along with Zwarte Piet, his helper.Sinterklaas, or Sint Nicolaas, is a bishop dressed in red robes and a red mitre, and ... More..
Health & Fitness > Eating Disorders Anorexia and fitness: the role of the instructor: 1 of 1
Alex* is a young man who enjoys going to the gym. He starts his sessions with a warm-up, and then does three hours of cardio. He runs, he cycles, he rows. Then he does some weight lifting, and he checks himself out in the mirror. He has improved so much since he started coming here, and he is so proud of it. At first he went ... More..
Health & Fitness > Medical Concerns & Issues Plastic surgery: Should you always trust your doctor: 1 of 1
She was sitting on a bench at the beach, smiling. Her mother was sitting next to her. The girl was wearing jeans, which did not seem important when she first started talking, but it turned out to be later on. She was only fifteen.'It is something you don't really talk about with your friends, but you just know there's somethi... More..
Health & Fitness > Eating Disorders On Bulimia Nervosa: 12 of 20
Helen is a healthy eater. When she goes out shopping with her girlfriends and they end up in MacDonald's as usual, she will go for a salad rather than the supersized burger and fries. In the school cafetaria she will eat more fruit and vegetables than anything else. No snacks in between meals, she'd rather have a glass of wat... More..
Health & Fitness > General Health (Other) Causes of migraines and headaches: 12 of 18
I was as young as 11 when I had my first migraine. I was in class and had to read a story. As I was reading, I had to stop, because, from what I could see, there were no more words. The teacher told me to read on, but there wasn't anything on the page.'Don't be so difficult and just read on,' he said.I looked up, and saw some... More..
Arts & Humanities > Writing for Success The facts about the National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo): 7 of 10
It is week 2 of Nanowrimo (the on line challenge to write a 50,000 word novel in one month - November). The first day you started strong. You wrote far more than your daily goal of 1667 words. You knew who your main character, in the world of Nanowrimo often referred to as MC, is, you had a rough idea of where the story will ... More..
Sciences > Psychology Individual vulnerabilities that may lead to anorexia: 3 of 4
Having worked with people suffering from eating disorders, and having had one myself (though not anorexia but compulsive overeating or binge eating disorder)I know that nobody who feels great about themselves, feels comfortable in their own skin, is happy where they are going and happy where they have been will develop an eat... More..
Creative Writing > Memoirs Testimonies: I met my husband online: 25 of 32
I met my husband to be online, and I could not have found a more perfect partner.That day we first started talking on this international chatsite, I had not set out to meet the man of my dreams. I thought I already was in a relationship with the man I would have children with and grow old with. But then this stranger came out... More..