You started recovery motivated. Maybe you were deep in the eating disorder, watching what it was doing to your health, your relationships, your life — and something in you finally said I can’t live like this anymore. That initial burst of motivation is real, and it’s usually enough to get you moving. But if you’ve…
Eating more in recovery is one of the hardest things you’ll ever do. Not just emotionally — though the guilt, fear, and anxiety are very real — but physically too. Your body is changing, your digestion is acting up, and somewhere in the back of your mind, a voice keeps telling you that you’re doing…
In today’s post, I will talk about journaling and give you some practical tips on what to write about in order to keep making daily progress in your recovery! Personally, for me, journaling was almost like a form of therapy. A way to express anything that was on my mind and to put it out…
Rewiring the brain is an important step for reaching full recovery from an eating disorder. Recovery is not only about “eating whatever you want” and letting go of dieting but it is also about rewiring the old habits and thought patterns. And this takes a lot of mental work! In this post, I will give…
When it comes to reaching full recovery from an eating disorder you absolutely need to learn how to rewire your brain. Just stopping restriction and focusing on physical recovery is not enough. A lot of the eating disorder thoughts and behaviors start in your mind, specifically in your brain, before they manifest physically. This is…
