Tag: binge eating recovery
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5 Resolutions That Are Better Than Losing Weight
As we start off the new year, chatter about resolutions focusing on weight loss blast us from every angle. But what if this year, you decided to do something different? What if you decided to stop basing your worth as a person on your weight and size. And decided instead to make resolutions that help…
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How To Survive December Without Hating My Body
Heading into December can feel like stepping onto a track as train headlights come barreling at you. (Or maybe it’s just me who panics at the thought of flipping the calendar to the last month of the year?) Along with the holidays, this month brings visits with family, gatherings with friends, holiday parties and concerts……
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Why You Need An Amazing Theme Song in Recovery
Do you have recovery song? Or your own personal theme song? If this sounds ridiculous, hear me out. Keep reading… At the risk of dating myself, I admit Ally McBeal was one of my favorite TV shows back in the day. Filled with hilarious story lines the show was about a quirky lawyer working with an…
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Gaining Weight? How to Handle Fear of Judgment
For years I worried about gaining weight. I was paralyzed by fear that everyone I know was judging my body. Desperately wanting to hide my shape-shifting body behind baggy clothes, thoughts of my body constantly swirled in my head. As I pushed myself to let go of restricting and dieting, those worries grew larger. “What…
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Want The Surprising Real Reason You Can’t Stop Binging?
You’re sitting in a quiet house, yet the noise in your head’s deafening. A bag of cookies screams at you from the kitchen. Maybe you’ve already tried filling up on celery, carrots, hummus, cucumbers… anything other than cookies. Or maybe you buried the cookies, hoping out of sight out of mind. Perhaps you went to…
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Why Playing Small is a Problem and How To Stop
Stop playing small. This is a phrase I’ve heard for decades. It’s echoed inside the walls of a therapy session. Through the walls of the Unitarian church I once attended. In professional training, and while earning my Master’s degree. And in countless books, articles, and social media posts I’ve read. Still, it jumps out at…