Amie Newman
Writer, editor, nonprofit communications executive, abortion doula, and yoga teacher exploring reproductive justice, motherhood, body autonomy, and the stories that shape us.
Featured Projects
Eating Disorder Recovery in Midlife Q&A
Friday, February 27, 2026 | 4pm PSTJoin me for a live video Q&A about midlife women and eating disorders! This is hosted by Open Secrets Magazine for Eating Disorders Awareness Week and I will have an essay published about the same topic.
Reclaiming Ourselves in Menopause and Beyond
Monday, March 16, 2026 | 12pm PSTJoin my good friend Tiana Colovos and me for a 90‑minute, interactive workshop exploring menopause and the transformative possibilities of midlife and beyond. Through shared storytelling, reflective writing, and gentle movement, we’ll reconnect with our bodies, release outdated narratives, and imagine what’s possible in this next chapter.
This Is Not Your Mother’s Eating Disorder
An anthology exploring eating disorders, body image, and recovery across generations. Now accepting submissions.
New Essay in Steph Sprenger’s upcoming Redacted: What Divorced Women Aren’t Telling You
Stay tuned for the upcoming anthology “Redacted,” set to be published in 2026, about midlife women and divorce, in which I have an essay.
LatestWork
A Love Letter to Myself After Eating Disorder Treatment
The sharp, familiar outlines of anorexia and bulimia came into view when I met T. I was 52 years old, two years separated from my husband of 25 years, and still grieving the sudden death of my mother. T. wasn’t the cause of the resurgence of this decades-long disease. He didn’t create the cliff that I had been hurtling toward—but he certainly encouraged me to jump.
Slip, Not Failure: A Conversation With Mallary Tenore Tarpley
I was honored to interview Mallary Tenore Tarpley, author and journalism and writing professor at the University of Texas at Austin, about her new book, “Slip: Life in the Middle of Eating Disorder Recovery.”
ADHD, Menopause, and Midlife Eating Disorders
“ I find these conversations so interesting—this conversation with you, the conversations I’m having with other women between this perimenopausal and menopausal age—because we pepper in all this estrogen and cortisol and dopamine and lack of testosterone and midlife ADHD…and you know, I think we’re piecing these things together for ourselves.”
Write Your Eating Disorder (Even When It’s Messy)
When I started writing about the eating disorder I experienced at 54 years old, I was in a writing group for midlife women. I joined the group to restart my writing practice…
I’m (Not) Too Old For An Eating Disorder
Or why I am editing an anthology of midlife women’s experiences with eating disorders titled “This Is Not Your Mother’s Eating Disorder” coming out in Fall 2026. Because our stories aren’t the end of the struggle — they’re a way through it.
Driving While Grieving
I crack bit by bit. Mile by mile. Season after season. Egged on by the sparkle of the green moss, the blinding of the mountain snow, the brightening of autumn leaves, I drive. Hands gripping the wheel, I can’t run. My foot on the gas, my mother’s absence squeezes me tight and my grief has nowhere to go. I wail to release the beast.
About
I'm a writer and editor based in Seattle, living by the water with my family. I write to explore what it means to be a woman—to embrace the confusion of life with connection and curiosity.
My work focuses on reproductive justice, women's health, and the intersections of motherhood, body autonomy, and social change. I've spent decades in nonprofit communications and journalism, and I bring that same commitment to storytelling and advocacy to my work as an abortion doula and yoga teacher.
I'm currently working on an anthology about eating disorders in midlife women called This Is Not Your Mother's Eating Disorder.
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