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HOW I LEARNED TO TRUST MY BODY AND HAVE FAITH IN MY ABILITY TO HEAL
HOW I LEARNED TO TRUST MY BODY AND HAVE FAITH IN MY ABILITY TO HEAL

I struggled on and off with disordered eating in some form or another for the better part of two decades. Combined with clinical depression, hormone imbalances, infertility, hypothyroidism and spinal osteoarthritis, my ongoing battle with my body was fueled by fear and a desire to control everything I couldn’t control. For years into recovery and my holistic health journey, I couldn’t quite figure out what kept me in the two steps forward, one step back cycle. And then I realized, I was missing two important things I had lost when I was a little girl: trust in my body and faith in myself.

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SELF LOVE & ACCEPTANCE, RECOMMENDATIONS/RESOURCESElizabeth OCarrolleating disorder recovery, eating disorder resources, eating disorder treatment, bulimia recovery, how to recover from bulimia, how to stop binge eating, self esteem, self love, self acceptance, how to love yourself, how to accept your body, how to accept yourself, ed recovery, meditation, mindfulness, bullying, teasing, hormone imbalances, therapy, mindful eating, meditation practice, body image, pcos, infertility, surgery recovery, healthy coping mechanisms Comments
WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT MAKING PEACE WITH FOOD & YOUR BODY
WHAT NO ONE TELLS YOU ABOUT MAKING PEACE WITH FOOD & YOUR BODY

Although I’m grateful that there is more openness and dialogue around making peace with food and our bodies in the media, often what we see is over simplified, prettied up and packaged (often to sell products or services) in a way that I believe is a bit misleading and does a disservice to people embarking on this journey. If the expectation is that this is a simple, 30-day, sunshine and roses process, people are destined to feel as if they’re doing everything wrong when it’s anything but, and they’re likely to give up. The truth is a lot more complicated and loaded with things I wish I knew from the start. Below is my version of it.

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HACKS & TIPS, FUNDAMENTALSElizabeth OCarrollbody image, body love, body pos, body positive, how to make peace with food, how to make peace with your body, ed recovery, eating disorder recovery, healthy body image, how to love your body, healthy relationship with food Comments