You are not the first to make this journey. This journey has been happening since human beings stood on two legs and maybe earlier than that. After all, it was the life force that brought us up to stand.
Action for Your Authentic Life in Six Steps (Step Three May Be the Most Difficult) - Step Six
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Leonardo DaVinci found his base in nature, as do many who can see through life forms to the metaphors and actions of natural life forces. Ray Bradbury found his base in libraries, as do many who discover the people and perspectives from across time who wrote and filled the books that bring us worlds we never dreamed of on our own. We recognize them when we find them.
First Psychotherapy Appointment with Joanna Poppink
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Your emotional waves are rolling in, but what is the shore you seek? If your life looks good, great or enviable to others, who can you trust with your vulnerabilities and secrets?
You don’t want to take medication. You don’t want to be told what to do. You don’t want to isolate or use food, drugs or alcohol to soothe yourself. Yet, you know your spirit cries out for something. You need help and hope help exists.
What’s Soul Got to Do with Psychotherapy and Eating Disorder Recovery?
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Living with an eating disorder or the remnants of an old eating disorder is living a lonely life. You can’t be your true self with anyone in order to create a deep and rich relationship. You don’t even know who you. You feel inadequate. You often feel you are an imposter. You are certain you must please others or take care of them in order to be okay yourself.
What is in you that supports your true self and allows you to be free? Even asking this question can be a revolution in your thinking.
Candid interview with Joanna Poppink, MFT, eating disorder recovery psychotherapist
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You can describe Joanna Poppink in different ways — therapist, author, naturalist, essayist — but they’re all aspects of the same holistic project of her life’s work: helping women understand and overcome eating disorders.
Eating Disorder Recovery Call: End procrastination and save your life
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Will you keep waiting for tomorrow to begin your recovery? Tomorrow never comes.
Procrastination is a powerful part of living with an eating disorder. You postpone taking recovery action. When you put positive activities off you are saying that you'll create a new life for yourself in the future. You plan in your mind, as if you can have two lives, this one and the one you'll create when you finish procrastinating.
Hold the Opposites, Contrasts and Tension for Eating Disorder Recovery
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“The ultimate measure of a person is not where he stands in moments of comfort and convenience, but where he stands at times of challenge and controversy." - Martin Luther King Jr.
And when is it not a time of challenge and controversy? When we are in moments of comfort and convenience, aren't we focusing on what's pleasant in our lives and disregarding pain in the world? We can't focus on pain all the time. That's disabling. We need to nourish ourselves and each other with love and support.
Eating Disorders: More than about eating and appearance
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Vanity, character flaws and psychological weakness are not causes of eating disorders.
Believing they are undermines a person's appreciation of themselves, fosters shame and inhibits seeking real help. It also creates massive confusion when a person with an eating disorder knows she has a strong sense of who she is yet can't find a way to live while honoring herself.
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- Far Reaching Benefits from Your Eating Disorder Recovery Work
- Creating Structure: Top Requirement for Effective Recovery Work
- Yes, You Can Recover From an Eating Disorder
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- Journal for Success, Resilience, and Renewed Purpose
- Journal Your Way to Resilience, Recovery and Renewed Purpose
- Friendship: Recognize and Face Challenges to Maintain Your Friendship
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- Toxic Friendship: How to Recognize a Friend Who is Not Good for You
- Embrace Novelty to Increase Creativity