Maureen Kritzer-Lange, MSW, LCSW

Maureen Kritzer-Lange, MSW, LCSW www.DontTrustTheMirror.com
Eating Disorders, Anxiety, Depression, PTSD
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Maureen Kritzer-Lange has had over twenty five years in private practice treating patients in a caring way with both compassion and empathy. Her specialties and expertise include eating disorders (relationship with food, obesity, anorexia, bulimia, compulsive overeating), anxiety, depression, Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), trauma, self-esteem, coping skills, relationship and family Issues.

08/05/2026

🔥 I’M HUMILIATED!! 🤬 Comment ENOUGH and stop letting rejection decide your Self-Esteem! I’ll send you my FREE guide:
7 Steps to Build Lasting Self-Esteem.
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QUESTION: Have you ever been rejected, ghosted, dismissed, or broken up with in a way that made you feel embarrassed — like their behavior somehow said something about Self-Esteem?
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🚀 FOLLOW Me and Don’t Trust The Mirror for real conversations about self-esteem, rejection, relationships, anxiety, body image, and learning how to stop letting someone else’s behavior decide your value.
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There’s a moment in S*x and the City where Carrie says Berger broke up with her on a Post-it.

Not a conversation.
Not honesty.
Not respect.

Just a note:
“I’m sorry. I can’t. Don’t hate me.”
And the pain is not only that he left.
It is how he left.
Being rejected is hard enough.

But being dismissed, avoided, or discarded can make you feel humiliated.
You start asking:

Was I that easy to leave?
Did I mean that little?
Was I not even worth a conversation?

That is where Don’t Trust The Mirror comes in.
Because the mirror is not always glass.
Sometimes the mirror is someone else’s cowardice.

The text they never answered.
The call they avoided.
The explanation they refused to give.
The ending they handled badly.

But their inability to face you does not define your worth.
Their poor behavior is not proof that you were not enough.
Sometimes the real self-esteem work is learning to say:
I deserved better than how this ended.
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08/04/2026

💗 Comment ENOUGH for the FREE GUIDE: “Enough Is Enough — The 7 Steps to Lasting Self-Esteem! 🔥 I WAS ENOUGH UNTIL ... I SAW HER
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QUESTION: Have you ever felt fine… until someone younger, prettier, thinner, or more desired walked into the room and suddenly made you question yourself?
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FOLLOW ME and Don’t Trust The Mirror for real conversations about self-esteem, body image, aging, and so much more!
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There’s a moment in And Just Like That... where the young nanny is outside, jumping around, carefree, full of youth and energy.

🚨 And all the men are watching. 🚨

Their eyes go right to her.
Then the scene cuts to Charlotte.
And you can feel it.
That split second when a woman who felt okay suddenly doesn’t.
Not because the nanny did anything wrong.
But because comparison is fast.
One moment you are fine.
The next moment, you are asking yourself:

Am I still attractive?
Am I still desirable?
Am I still seen?
Am I still enough?

That is where Don’t Trust The Mirror comes in.
Because the mirror is not always glass.
Sometimes the mirror is another woman.

Her youth.
Her body.
Her confidence.
The attention she gets.
The way the room reacts to her.

And in one second, you can start feeling like your value just dropped.
But her beauty does not take away yours.
Her youth does not erase your worth.
And someone else being noticed does not mean you are no longer enough.

The lie is not that she is beautiful.
The lie is that you became less because she walked in.
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💗 Comment ENOUGH for the FREE GUIDE: “Enough Is Enough — The 7 Steps to Lasting Self-Esteem!
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07/31/2026

🔥 TAKE A MENO-PAUSE - Take a moment to ask.. Do you need to feel younger to feel worthy?
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❓QUESTION: Has menopause changed only how your body feels—or how you feel about yourself?
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FOLLOW ME: for honest conversations about self-esteem, menopause, aging, body image, relationships, anxiety, and learning to trust yourself again.
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Hormones. Vitamins. Sleep patches. Estrogen. Progesterone. Testosterone. Spanx.

There is nothing wrong with wanting relief from symptoms, more energy, better sleep, a stronger s*x drive—or simply wanting to feel good in your clothes.
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🔥 But menopause can reveal a much deeper question 🔥
**Have I connected my self-esteem to looking young, feeling thin, or being s*xually desirable?**
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Feeling better physically can absolutely improve confidence. But real self-esteem cannot depend on successfully “tricking” your body into appearing younger.

Menopause is not evidence that you are becoming less attractive, less relevant, or less worthy. Your body is changing—but your value is not disappearing with your estrogen.

Care for your body. Support your health. Make the choices that help you feel like yourself.

But remember:

**Your hormones may change. Your worth doesn’t.**

07/29/2026

🔥TALK TO THE HAND!
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👇 QUESTION: Was this empowering… or reckless? was Miranda wrong for quitting on the spot… or was this the moment she finally chose her self-respect?
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🚀 FOLLOW: Me and **Don’t Trust The Mirror** for real conversations about self-esteem, people-pleasing, anxiety, workplace stress, relationships, body image, eating disorders, and learning how to stop shrinking yourself for people who refuse to respect you.
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Monday was **SHUT UP.** Today is what happens when someone finally says: **Enough.**

There’s a moment in **S*x and the City** where Miranda is in her law firm.
She opens her mouth to speak.
The senior partner puts his hand up in her face.
Stops her.
Talks over her.

Then takes control of a case she worked on like her voice, her effort, and her authority do not matter.

And then Miranda does something different.
She puts her hand up.
She stops him.
She refuses to be dismissed one more time.
And when he asks if there is a problem…
she answers with her life:

**I quit.**

That is not just workplace drama.
That is self-esteem in motion.
Because sometimes the mirror is not glass.
Sometimes the mirror is the room that keeps telling you:

“Be quiet.”
“Stay agreeable.”
“Don’t make it awkward.”
“Don’t challenge authority.”
“Be grateful you’re here.”
But self-respect asks a harder question:

**How long are you going to stay somewhere that keeps teaching you your voice does not matter?**

This does not mean quitting is always the answer.
But silence cannot be the price of belonging.

And if someone needs you smaller in order to feel powerful, that is not leadership.
That is control.
Miranda did not just leave a job.
She left the version of herself that kept tolerating being erased.
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07/27/2026

🔥SHUT UP!!!
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QUESTION: Have you ever been around someone who made you feel like your voice, your opinion, or your needs were too much?
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FOLLOW Me and **Don’t Trust The Mirror** for real conversations about self-esteem, anxiety, people-pleasing, body image, relationships, eating disorders, and learning how to stop shrinking your voice to make other people comfortable.
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There’s a moment in **S*x and the City** where Miranda says something a lot of people understand:

Every time she opens her mouth, her boss shuts her down.
He cuts her off.
Dismisses her.
Puts his hand up like her voice is something to stop.
And eventually, it does something to you.
You start speaking less.
You start second-guessing yourself.
You start wondering if your opinion is annoying.
You start believing your voice is the problem.

That is where **Don’t Trust The Mirror** comes in.
Because the mirror is not always your reflection.

Sometimes the mirror is the person who keeps making you feel small.

The boss who talks over you.
The partner who dismisses you.
The parent who never listened.
The friend who makes your feelings inconvenient.
The room where you learned to stay quiet.

Self-esteem is not just about liking yourself in the mirror.
It is also about believing you are allowed to take up space.
You are allowed to speak.
You are allowed to disagree.
You are allowed to be heard.
And if someone keeps shutting you down, that does not mean your voice is wrong.

It may mean they were never willing to listen.
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07/24/2026

🔥DON’T SAY MY WEIGHT OUT LOUD!!
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❤️ FREE GUIDE: Comment MIRROR and I’ll send you “7 Lies The Mirror Is Telling You.”
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👇 QUESTION: Have you ever had a number — your weight, size, age, or diagnosis — make you feel exposed, embarrassed, or judged?
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FOLLOW Me and Don’t Trust The Mirror for honest conversations about self-esteem, body image, weight shame, food, anxiety, eating disorders, and why one number should never get to define your worth.
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There’s a moment in S*x and the City where Miranda is at Weight Watchers.

She is trying to do something for herself.
Trying to be honest.
Trying to get the number right.
But then the number gets said out loud.
And suddenly, it is not just weight.
It is exposure.
Embarrassment.
Shame.

The feeling of being reduced to a number in front of everyone.
That is where Don’t Trust The Mirror comes in.
Because the mirror is not always glass.
Sometimes the mirror is the scale.
The size tag.
The number on the form.

The name tag that labels your body before anyone knows your story.
But your weight is not your identity.
Your body is not a public announcement.
And one number does not explain your health, your pain, your history, your worth, or your humanity.

The scale may measure weight.
But it cannot measure the woman standing on it.
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07/23/2026

EP 124 🔥 ARE YOU SICK ENOUGH TO BE TREATED?
In Conversation with Jennifer L. Gaudiani, MD
POTS. Mast Cell Activation Syndrome. Gastroparesis. Constipation. Bone density loss. Dental damage. Chronic pain. Slowed metabolism.

These are just some of the medical complications that can show up with eating disorders and undernutrition — even when someone’s labs look “normal” and even when they don’t “look sick.”
In this powerful episode of My Secret Life with an Eating Disorder, I speak with Dr. Jennifer L. Gaudiani, founder and medical director of the Gaudiani Clinic, about the dangerous belief so many people carry:
“I’m not sick enough to need help.”

👉 FULL EPISODE: https://shorturl.at/aguKG

Dr. Gaudiani is board certified in internal medicine, trained at Harvard, Boston University, and Yale, and is internationally recognized for her work in the medical complications of eating disorders. Her clinic provides trauma-informed, weight-inclusive medical care for eating disorders, undernutrition, and complex medical conditions.
Her message is clear:
You do not have to look sick to be sick.
You do not need to wait until your body is in crisis.
You are sick enough to deserve care.

Contact Dr. Gaudiani / Gaudiani Clinic:
Website: gaudianiclinic.com
Instagram:
Book: Sick Enough: A Guide to the Medical Complications of Eating Disorders and Undernutrition

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07/22/2026

❤️ FREE GUIDE: Comment MIRROR and I’ll send you “7 Lies The Mirror Is Telling You.”
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🔥PLAN FOR MONEY?... WHAT ABOUT LONELINESS?
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QUESTION: Have you ever thought about who will really be there for you later in life — not just financially, but emotionally?
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FOLLOW: Me and Don’t Trust The Mirror for real conversations about self-esteem, aging, friendship, loneliness, relationships, body image, and the emotional support systems.
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There’s a moment in S*x and the City where Carrie talks about needing an emotional retirement plan.

Not just money.
Not just an IRA.
But people.
Friendship.
Connection.
The women who will still be there when life changes.

When relationships end.
When bodies age.
When the noise gets quieter.
When the question becomes:

Who is actually riding the bus with me at the end of the line?
That is where Don’t Trust The Mirror comes in.
Because the mirror is not always your reflection.
Sometimes the mirror is the life you thought would protect you.

The relationship.
The status.
The appearance of having it all together.
The belief that if you look okay, you must be okay.

But self-esteem is also knowing you deserve real support.
Not just attention.
Not just romance.
Not just validation.
Real connection.

An emotional retirement plan is not about getting older.
It is about asking who you are building a life with now.
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07/20/2026

🔥 STOP OBSESSING!!
She thought she needed to talk about him...she needed to heal
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❤️❤️ FREE GUIDE: COMMENT MIRROR If a breakup, rejection, or painful relationship has changed how you see yourself, I’ll privately send you my free guide, "7 Lies the Mirror Is Telling You—and the Truth You Deserve to Hear." ❤️❤️
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👇 QUESTION
Have you ever kept talking about the same person, the same breakup, or the same hurt because, deep down, you were still trying to make sense of it?
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🚀 FOLLOW Me and Don’t Trust The Mirror for honest conversations about self-esteem, breakups, anxiety, obsession, body image, emotional eating, relationships, and knowing when talking needs to become healing.
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There’s a moment in S*x and the City when Carrie’s friends finally say what no one wants to say:

She cannot stop talking about Big.
Every conversation comes back to him.
Every feeling circles back to him.
Every friend has become part listener, part therapist, and part emotional emergency contact.

Carrie says what many people think:
“Why pay someone when I can just talk to my friends?”

But here is the truth:

Friends can love you.
Friends can listen.
Friends can sit beside you through heartbreak.
But sometimes the wound becomes too big for casual conversation.
Sometimes you are not just venting.

You are looping.
Replaying.
Analyzing.
Obsessing.

You are trying to find the one missing answer that will finally make the pain stop.

That is where Don’t Trust The Mirror comes in.
Because the mirror is not always your reflection.
Sometimes the mirror is the person you cannot stop talking about.
The breakup you keep replaying.
The rejection you keep explaining.
The relationship you keep using to measure your worth.

Therapy is not weakness.

It is what happens when talking about the pain is no longer enough—and you are finally ready to understand and heal it.

The mirror reflects who hurt you.
But healing asks why you are still handing them the microphone.

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❤️❤️ If this speaks to you, comment MIRROR and I’ll privately send you my FREE guide, 7 Lies the Mirror Is Telling You—and the Truth You Deserve to Hear.❤️❤️
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*xAndTheCity

07/15/2026

🔥 WHERE DO YOU LOOK FOR YOUR SELF-ESTEEM?
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QUESTION: Have you ever spent too much time trying to decode someone’s mixed signals when the truth was probably simpler than you wanted it to be?
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🚀 FOLLOW: Me Maureen and Don’t Trust The Mirror for real conversations about self-esteem, dating anxiety, relationships, rejection, people-pleasing, body image, and learning how to stop chasing clarity from people who already gave you an answer.
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There’s a moment in **S*x and the City** where Miranda is trying to decode a man’s mixed messages.

Why didn’t he call?
What did that mean?
Was he interested?
Was he busy?
Was there still a chance?

Then Berger says the sentence that stops everything:
**He’s just not that into you.**
And instead of destroying her, it actually frees her.
Because sometimes the truth hurts less than the story we keep building around it.

Mixed messages can become an obsession.
We analyze the text.
The tone.
The delay.
The excuse.
The almost-plan.
The “maybe.”

But self-esteem asks a harder question:
**Why am I working so hard to be chosen by someone who is barely showing up?**
That is where **Don’t Trust The Mirror** comes in.
Because the mirror is not always your face.
Sometimes the mirror is the person whose attention you keep using to measure your worth.

The one who texts just enough.
Calls just enough.
Flirts just enough.
Keeps you hoping just enough.

But confusion is information.
Inconsistency is information.
Silence is information.
And someone’s lack of effort is not proof that you are not enough.
It may simply be proof that they are not your person.











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