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Cultivating my Support Team
Building a support team is a strong foundation for recovery. Past experience, and 8 Keys to Recovery From an Eating Disorder, taught me the significance of working with professionals who create a safe…
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The Afternoon I Chose to Live
Trigger Warning: Eating disorder thoughts and behaviors, internalized fatphobia. Life-changing moments rarely materialize in an instant. They are often predicated by dozens of seemingly inconsequential moments or even other potentially life-changing revelations. To…
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Cease-Fire
I can’t remember a time when I didn’t have a negative body image. The crippling doubt, loneliness, shame and depression that accompanied my self-hatred started long before eating disordered thoughts and behaviors showed up and remained after the eating…
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A Dialogue
Continuing with the car analogy I used in last Wednesday’s post, we find Healthy Ali driving on the road to Recovered and Eating Disorder Ali tucked away in the trunk (I’m picturing a white sedan with tan…
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Writing Assignment #5: A Thank You Letter to My Eating Disorder Self (TRIGGER WARNING)
TRIGGER WARNING: If I could put flashing red lights on this one, I would. Big trigger warning on this post. No one can make you get better. The battle for recovery is not…
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Writing Assignment #4: A Day In My Life When I Am Recovered
I was really intimidated by this writing assignment when I first read 8 Keys to Recovery from an Eating Disorder in March. At the time, I had no idea what a Recovered life might look like, let…
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Writing Assignment #3: Identifying, Exploring, and Enhancing My Motivation
*Trigger Warning: I talk candidly about eating disorder thoughts and behaviors in this post. This is an interesting exercise that narrows in on the mechanics of my motivation to be Recovered. This exercise forced me to stop…
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Writing Assignment #2: Exploring My Phase of Recovery
*Trigger Warning: I talk candidly about eating disorder thoughts and behaviors in this post. I like this writing exercise because I get to focus on the positive progress I have made over the…
