Tag: eating disorder
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Lessons Learned in Therapy: Reframing
For years, if I had a thought that I should wear sandals, I wore sandals. There was no in-between; just thought and action.
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Lessons Learned in Therapy: “Food Has No Moral Value”
We need phrases like, “food has no moral value.” Why? Because we live in a world that says food is “good” or “bad.”
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Somehow
I didn’t merely see weakness in myself. I also recognized the glimmering logo of humanity: freshly-fallen tears. And tears meant I was alive
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5 Diet Culture Phrases to Remove from Your Vocabulary
Anytime we place our identity or worth in something we do, we’re setting up scaffolding that is bound to crumble underneath us.
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Growing Young
“This” became “then” and I started to fall. Crash, if I’m honest, hitting one ledge of loss after another on my way down.
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You Are More Than What You Do: A Journal Excerpt Circa 2020
And the only reason God would still be here is if I can’t earn love at all— no matter how many books I read or how toned my abs are or how many hours of the day I devote the bettering my worldly existence. No, He’d only be here if all those efforts–and my respective…
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7 Signs of an Exercise Addiction
Balance breeds joy and success. But exercise compulsion allows no space for balance.
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Making Choices
I’d wager that you have fought or will fight a similar battle of desires. The question for all of us is: Will we live according to our values or according to something (or someone!) else?
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One Crucial Thing I’ve Learned About Confidence
I’m learning that I’ve been confident in my identity very little in comparison to how confident I’ve been in my walls of perfectionism.
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Time to Move
Join me in confronting the shame and fighting together against all that the enemy is trying to steal.
A Grateful Life Lived 