Something that comes up often with clients, and that I remember very clearly from my own journey, is this phase of recovery that I find does not get talked about very much outside of individual sessions. You are eating more … Read More
I was scrolling through Instagram the other day when a post by Glennon Doyle caught my attention. She was sharing about how the poetry of Andrea Gibson had been such a support during her recovery journey, and it immediately reminded me … Read More
I find there is a beautiful, but sometimes scary and uneasy, space that begins to open up as the grip of the eating disorder finally begins to lessen. For so long, the eating disorder can feel like everything… its rules, … Read More
Journaling has never been something that I enjoy doing out of routine. Rather, it’s something I turn to when I need help processing something inside of me, or when during recovery all I could hear in my mind were eating … Read More
“Try not to think of the process of recovery as giving up your eating disorder, but rather as getting yourself back, or maybe even finding your real self for the first time.” ~ Carolyn Costin This is perhaps one of … Read More
Note: In this post I reflect on my own experience with body image distress during my eating disorder recovery journey which included necessary weight gain. I want to acknowledge that the severity of an eating disorder is not related to … Read More
In my last post I wrote about the power of having a compassionate inner dialogue between our eating disorder voice, or any inner critical voice, and our Healthy Self or Soul or Higher Self voice. And as I was writing … Read More
One of the most helpful things I learned from a therapist during my eating disorder recovery was what she called “positive self-talk”. I know that affirmations or anything that comes across as too forcefully positive can be controversial in the … Read More
While talking with a friend this morning and tuning into my desire and capacity to connect with her, in her joy as well as her pain, an image came to my mind. I had this sense that what was once … Read More