Esther Rich
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Esther is a 19 year old, 2nd year, Experimental Psychology student at Corpus Christi College, Oxford. She volunteers as a Young Ambassador for the UK’s leading eating disorder charity, ‘beat’, after suffering from anorexia during her teens. She is now fully recovered and enjoys rowing, running and all things sports related. She has contributed to BPS student magazine ‘Psychtalk’ and is an aspiring Clinical Psychologist. Esther’s latest project is organising a 180km row from Oxford to London to fundraise for beat, tweets about which can be found at @CCCBCforBeat.

Blog Entries by Esther Rich

Super-STRONG vs Super-Skinny

(0) Comments | Posted 14 May 2013 | (11:15)

I'm 5ft2 and look about 12, but I can run 10km in 46mins, keep up with the 6ft girls in my boat and lift pretty heavy weights for my size. I weigh 3st more than I did at my lowest anorexic weight, but I'm comfortable with that because I know...

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Eating Disorder Treatment: How Accessible Is It to University Students?

(0) Comments | Posted 29 April 2013 | (19:13)

As I've mentioned in previous blogs, starting university was a pivotal point in my recovery from anorexia. I had been out of hospital for nearly two years and was, for all intents and purposes, 'recovered'. I'd established a stable, healthy weight and in general could eat in public...

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Plea for a Sponsor!

(0) Comments | Posted 8 April 2013 | (12:53)

Anyone who read my previous blog about rowing to London for Beat will know the extent of the challenge my fellow CCCBC rowers and I have set ourselves.

180km is no easy feat, but we are intent on making the pain worthwhile by

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Anorexic Images - Who Needs Them?

(11) Comments | Posted 1 April 2013 | (00:00)

I recently spoke to a journalist who was interested in covering my row to London for Beat. Her first question, before she even asked about what I was doing or why, was "Do you have any images of yourself at a low weight?" As soon as I calmly explained Beat's...

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Diary of an Anorexic... Or Some Similar Cliche

(18) Comments | Posted 20 March 2013 | (23:00)

I AM NOT ANOREXIC. It took me years to admit the opposite, and now it has taken me even longer to be able to say that. I have realised just in the last week that I have been proudly using the title 'fully recovered', when in actual fact there are...

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One Hundred and Eighty Kilometres, Four Days, Pain!

(7) Comments | Posted 17 March 2013 | (23:00)

"We will push our bodies to the limits to stop eating disorder sufferers doing the same."

As female university rowers the women of Corpus Christi College Boat Club, Oxford, inevitably have muscular thighs and regularly turn up to lectures with no make-up and sweaty hair following early morning training sessions....

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