You are on the other side of Thanksgiving. How did you do? Now, you have a week or two before Christmas food starts to surround you. Are you ready?
This is a good time to get into Healing Your Hungry Heart for the first, second or third time. Doing the exercises through the holiday season will help keep you on track and help you get back on track if you slide.
You may experience some happy surprises. Those exercises can help you gain a greater appreciation of who you are and the treasures that are already in your life. Some of those treasures might be invisible to you until you do the exercises.
No matter where you are in your eating disorder behaviors and eating disorder thinking, begin the exercises now. Commit to at least doing them every day through the holiday season.
If you make those exercises a priority, regardless of how you feel and what holiday challenges you face, you will have a more stable and enriching holiday experience.
And, please let us know how you are doing as you proceed.
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Written by Joanna Poppink, MFT. Joanna is a psychotherapist in private practice specializing in eating disorder recovery, stress, PTSD, and adult development.
She is licensed in CA, AZ, OR, FL, and UT. Author of the Book: Healing Your Hungry Heart: Recovering from Your Eating Disorder
Appointments are virtual.
For a free telephone consultation, e-mail her at
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