In this post, I’ll share a healing meditation that really helped me in my recovery. When I was working in the corporate world and my life was over-full, I never could find the time to meditate — even though I wanted to. Slowing down was difficult — I hardly knew how to sit still and [...]
Archive for February, 2006
Mind, Body, Spirit Alignment – The Ultimate Healer
I used to be a workaholic and an overscheduler. My life was busy & overfull of things to accomplish. As a people pleaser, I took care of everything & everyone before I took care of myself. During this time, my body was tired. Yet my mind was so focused on productivity that I ignored my [...]
“Second Brain” Found in Stomach, Intestines, Colon
Scientists have found a bundle of nerves in the digestive system that they are calling the “second brain” because it functions much in the same way that our brains do. It has a lot of control over our nervous systems — which become highly disruped with an ED. Our nervous systems actually control our metabolism [...]
How The Binge-Purge Cycle Starts – Effects of Starving
After reading this study, I realized how we set our bodies up for the b/p cycle. This study was done with men, but what struck me about it is that when their food was restricted, they started to display more stereotypically female dieting characteristics. This study shows that while ED may be psychological — because [...]
Exercise – Steps Toward Trusting Your Body
Taking Action – Trusting Your Body If you keep a journal, this would be a great place to do this exercise — it will help you stop the mind-body war. Write down all of the ways your mind & body are at war. Example – my mind tells me what to put into my body [...]
Recovery – Learning to Trust Your Body
How To Trust Your Body During Recovery Know that you will feel some discomfort during recovery – trust that this is part of the process. Let go of your need to control the outcome – what happens is what happens, we can’t change it. We can do things to make it better, like adjust how [...]
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