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Self help activities support your recovery and help you expand your awareness, develop life skills, develop self acceptance and self appreciation, develop new relationships and equip you to live a life with more competence and joy. Here you will find articles that show you many ways of providing yourself with self help exercises and activities to enrich your life and articles that help you understand your own thinking and emotional process. Topics include: friendships, self-esteem, dreams, binges, relapse, yoga, secrets, check lists, writing, dream journals, gardening, education and career opportunities and more.

Friendship: Recognize and Face Challenges to Maintain Your Friendship

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Friendship is like a garden that needs care and protection.

While a good friendship can be incredibly fulfilling, it is not immune to challenges. Various factors can put a strain on even the strongest friendship. Here are some common challenges that can arise in a good friendship.

If your friendship is valuable, you can be alert to potential difficulties and address them as soon as possible.

Miscommunication:

Communication issues can lead to misunderstandings, hurt feelings, and conflicts. Different communication styles, assumptions, or

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Quality Friendship: How to Recognize a Friend Who is Good for You

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Friendship: authentic connection based on trust and mutual respect

Friendship:

How to recognize the quality of your relationships and How to recognize a friend who is good for you

If you have suffered from an eating disorder, PTSD, anxiety or any hardship that has distorted your perceptions about the personality or character traits of other people, you may not recognize the qualities of a good friendship. Past emotional wounds can leave you doubting the motivations of others. You may be in an almost constant state of mistrust.

You need a reliable criterion to evaluate your friendships or potential friendships. A good friendship can

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Toxic Friendship: How to Recognize a Friend Who is Not Good for You

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dock fog jettyToxic Friendship: Where does it lead you?

Friendship: Recognizing a Toxic Friendship:

If you have or had an eating disorder or PTSD or other condition that affects or affects your perceptions and your self-worth, recognizing the potential for a genuine friendship can be a challenge. You may choose friendship based on your low self-esteem and your weak sense of self-worth.

You may accept other people’s standards of behavior because you haven’t learned to establish boundaries based on your own values. You also may not appreciate the qualities of a good friend and your responsibilities to maintain that friendship.

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Journal Your Way to Resilience, Recovery and Renewed Purpose

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Your journal can contain immensitiesYes, your journal can hold your thoughts, feelings, drawings, poetry, music, rage, whining and kindness. It can hold all that you are.

Harnessing the power of your journal can have a profound impact on your life. With or without realizing it, starting a journal is to embark on a journey of self-discovery, personal empowerment, and recovery from various challenges. When you engage in journaling, you are opening the door to your vast conscious and unconscious mind.

By approaching your journal with honesty, regardless of your emotional state, your psyche will pay attention to your words. It will be there for you in times of pain, stress, rage, love, hate, confusion, sorrow, and frustration.

Your psyche knows. Your journal helps your conscious mind hold your experiences while giving your unconscious the opportunity to provide insights, facts, and energy that you cannot access otherwise.

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  1. Embrace Novelty to Increase Creativity
  2. How to Embrace Novelty: End Boredom and Discover New Joys in Life
  3. Eating Disorder Behavior Triggered by Sleep Deprivation
  4. Our enthusiasms show us our next steps in eating disorder recovery
  5. Expand Yourself, Expand Your World: Are you asking the wrong questions?
  6. Getting out of the People Pleasing Trap
  7. Are you caught in a pattern of self sacrifice?
  8. More About Your Body Being Your Friend
  9. Your Body is Your Friend Who's There for You 100% of the Time
  10. How to Lower Your Stress and Improve the Quality of Your Life

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