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Cara Jasmine Bradley

💥 Alderley Edge Bypass 10k: Sunday 22nd August 2021 🏃🏽‍♀️

For most people, spending a rainy Sunday morning on a bypass surrounded by over 1,000 people would be a fairly unappealing scenario... I,...

Cara Jasmine Bradley

Anorexia Will Always Be My Story, But I Am The Author ❤️‍🔥

I am not privy when it comes to discussing my anorexia, although that hasn’t always been the case. Even the term ‘eating disorder’ used...

Cara Jasmine Bradley

💥🏃🏻‍♀️Sandbach Striders 10k: 1st August 2021 💥🏃🏻‍♀️

What a day! I’ve been sporting a permanent beam since striding through that finish line yesterday morning! A new personal best at 41...

Cara Jasmine Bradley

I Did a Boudoir Photoshoot, And All Women Should Do The Same 👙

I love my body. While that bold statement might sound somewhat contradictory coming from someone who has battled with anorexia for the...

Cara Jasmine Bradley

💥🏃🏻‍♀️ Media City 5k: Thursday 24th June 2021 🏃🏻‍♀️💥

The sun yawned in contentment as it trickled its rays across Salford Quays. Thursday’s blissfully balmy temperatures drifted into the...

Cara Jasmine Bradley

💥🏃🏻‍♀️ Colshaw Hall 10k: Sunday 20th June 2021 🏃🏻‍♀️💥

I entered the 2021 Colshaw Hall 10k with just days to go, and it was one of the best decisions I have made all year! I had such an...

Cara Jasmine Bradley

An Open Letter To My Body

Dear body, Thank you. I wracked my brain for hours trying to think of a punchy, snappy opening line for this piece, but at the end of the...

Cara Jasmine Bradley

Anorexia: On The Edge

As somebody who has been ‘acquainted with’ anorexia since 2014, I can say that more often than not, a sufferer is always ‘on the edge.’...

Cara Jasmine Bradley

Anorexia: You Don't Just Have It, You Become It

Once somebody has battled anorexia, they are always fighting against a relapse. For some, the struggle is harder than it is for others....

Cara Jasmine Bradley

Mental Illness & Eating Disorders: Relapsing & Lockdown

Mental illnesses are a strange beast. During the darkest throes of an episode, it is notoriously impossible to ever see a way out of the...

Cara Jasmine Bradley

We Need To Talk About Eating Disorders

I read a deeply saddening and somewhat startling article the other day about how health professionals are causing catastrophic failings...

Cara Jasmine Bradley

Anorexia: I Refuse To Ruin Another Christmas

I love Christmas. I love the extended family time and the blessing of creating precious memories with our nearest and dearest. I love the...