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Do you want a smaller body?Or do you want validation, love and acceptance?

Do you want a smaller body? Or do you want validation, love and acceptance, and think a smaller body will give you that? It is not bad to...

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Recovery is less about recovering from something and more about recovering your self.

Recovery is less about recovering from something and more about recovering your self. The self that got buried under shame, pain and...

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Eating when you are lonely, angry or stressed will not satisfy you

Eating when you are lonely, angry or stressed will not satisfy you because you are not hungry for food. You are hungry for connection,...

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What I eat in a day ...

What I eat in a day ... has no relevance to what you eat in a day because we have differences in: * metabolism * activity levels * goals...

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If your body had a voice what would it say?

If your body had a voice what would it say? We spend so much time living in our heads that sometimes we forget to tune in with our bodies...

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Let's heal the generation curse of believing that what we achieve is who we are.

Let's heal the generation curse of believing that what we achieve is who we are. There is stardust in our veins, and an entire universe...

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What we often need: connection, support and rest. What we often choose: chocolate, pizza and wine

What we often need: Connection. Support. Rest. What we often choose: Chocolate. Pizza. Wine. And that is okay. And also it will only...

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Eating disorders are an external expression of internal pain

Like many practitioners in our industry, and those that are experiencing eating disorder symptoms and those that love and care for them,...

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Safe spaces and reliable relationships are a catalyst during recovery.

Whether you relate better to your experience of disordered eating behaviours as a "disorder" or as a “survival mechanism” for coping with...

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When was the last time you weren't actively trying to change your body?

I am pro body autonomy. You get to choose whether you want to change the shape or size of your body. You get to choose if changing your...

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Weight loss is a possible side effect of experiencing eating disorder behaviours

Weight loss is a possible side effect of experiencing eating disorder behaviours. most individuals experiencing eating disorder...

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It is okay if it is taking longer than you thought

the healing the overcoming the learning the goals the grief the inquiry the recovery the process the forgiveness the change the feeling...

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Hunger and satiety signals are difficult to tune into if you are living in survival mode

"Tuning into your hunger and satiety signals" is not a useful tool if you are stuck in survival mode. Learning to listen to hunger +...

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Healing binge eating behaviours involves learning to live in your body

healing from binge eating behaviours involves learning to live in your body. to listen to it, to attend to it, to connect with it, to...

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Your body deserves care in the present moment

Your body deserves care in the present moment, regardless of how you feel towards it. it deserves respect and kindness and nourishing...

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We need to stop glorifying overworking

We need to stop glorifying overworking and start embracing adequate sleep, regular exercise, time in nature, spiritual exploration,...

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Compulsive eating may be used to relieve disconnection

To understand any form of disordered eating [binge eating, compulsive eating, restriction, dietary rules etc] we need to have a basic...

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Tips for bad body image days

Tips for bad body image days 1. Remember your feelings are not facts. A bad body image day is not a sign your body is bad, rather that...

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Patriarchal masculinity benefits no one

An ex used to comment on the way I raised my son. "He needs to learn to man up" he said. "Man up?' I said, "what does that mean?" "He is...

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Spirit fillers vs time fillers ...

Being in / near the ocean is such a huge spirit filler for me. It nourishes me from the inside out. I speak a lot about spirit fillers...

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