Queiting the Crazy Voice in Your Head
Are you being run by that crazy voice in your head? You know the one. The voice that says awesome things like… You’re so fat. You’re lazy. Look at you…you’re exhausted and you look it. You call yourself a good…
How Meditation Can Help You Resolve Conflicts Between Your Head and Your Heart
Guest article by Meera Watts, founder of Siddhi Yoga (bio at end of article). When you decide with your heart in life, it becomes the kind of life that is full of bliss. The most devout Buddhists and deeply spiritual people…
Break Free from Bulimia: 5 Steps for Lasting Change
Feeling frustrated [with yourself] and want to create a lasting change in your life? Here's inspiration for sharing the steps to lasting change... As I’m writing this I’ve just returned from volunteering for 5 days in Los Angeles at Tony…
Your Inner Storyteller – Tell A Better Feeling Story (VIDEO)
During a group coaching and connection call I had with my secret Facebook group I was reminded how everything we feel is a result of the story we tell ourselves. You see, the quality of your life, your present experience, the…
My New 30 Day Challenge!
I’ve been newly inspired to start a 30 Day Challenge by a dear friend of mine as we were out on a hike this morning. My friend Jenevieve (Jen) is stepping into a 30 Day Challenge for herself where she’ll…
Interview With Fashion Model Nikki Dubose
I’ve been reading the recently released memoir of Nikki Dubose called Washed Away: From Darkness to Light. I sense so much hope from this woman and her life's message. To read about what she’s been through and how she is…
The Happiness Advantage Principle #7 – Social Investment Insights
This is part of a series of posts based upon the book The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor. See this post for my summary book review or follow along with the entire series below. If you like what you read, then spread the love…
The Happiness Advantage Principle #6 – 20 Second Rule Insight
This is part of a series of posts based upon the book The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor. See this post for my summary book review or follow along with the entire series below. If you like what you read, then spread the love…
The Happiness Advantage Principle #5 – Zorro Circle Insights
This is part of a series of posts based upon the book The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor. See this post for my summary book review or follow along with the entire series below. If you like what you read, then spread the love…
The Happiness Advantage Principle #4 – Falling Up Insights
This is part of a series of posts based upon the book The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor. See this post for my summary book review or follow along with the entire series below. If you like what you read, then spread the love…
The Happiness Advantage Principle #3 – Tetris Effect Insights
This is part of a series of posts based upon the book The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor. See this post for my summary book review or follow along with the entire series below. If you like what you read, then spread the love…
The Happiness Advantage Principle #2 – The Fulcrum and The Lever Insights
This is part of a series of posts based upon the book The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor. See this post for my summary book review or follow along with the entire series below. If you like what you read, then spread the love…
The Happiness Advantage Principle #1 – Happiness Advantage Insights
This is part of a series of posts based upon the book The Happiness Advantage by Shawn Achor. See this post for my summary book review or follow along with the entire series below. If you like what you read,…
The Happiness Advantage: Book Review & Insights
When I read The Happiness Advantage I was so eager to share what I was reading that I immediately made a video and started sharing what I could with my Facebook fans. To say that I enjoyed this book is…
Simple Insights Into Successful Bulimia Recovery: Podcast About The Brain Over Binge Recovery Guide
A Conversation With Kathryn Hansen About Her Second Book: Brain Over Binge Recovery Guide I read Kathryn Hansen's first book, Brain Over Binge, in June of 2014 and wrote a glowing review of it and began recommending the book to…
Bulimia’s Health Issues
Bulimia - The Physical Health Issues A post from my friend and writer/blogger Laura Chapman. Generally, when bulimia is discussed, it is the psychological effects of the condition which are highlighted. This is in many ways right - Bulimia Nervosa…
UCSD Eating Disorder Research Study (Participants Wanted)
I was recently contacted by Laura Greathouse (cool name!) from the UCSD Eating Disorder Center for Research. They are actively seeking participants for a study of eating disorder recovery and the brain. Below are some of the details and please…
What is Divine Timing? 3 Tips to Working With the Universe
If you're like me you may have heard people talk about or use the phrase divine timing. Perhaps you had an inkling what is was but never actually put much thought to ask yourself "what is divine timing and how…
Bulimia Recovery Research Study (Australia) Seeking Particpants
I was recently contacted by Dr. Elysa Roberts, a Senior Lecturer at the University of Newcastle in Australia. She is part of a group conducting a study and is looking for participants to work with them in the next few…
Breaking Addiction by Lance Dodes, MD: My Book Review
I’ve been reading the book Breaking Addiction: A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any Addiction by Lance Dodes, MD recently. I have highlighted many parts of this book because there are lots of key insights about addiction that I want to…
How Can I Be Happy? Ask Better Questions!
I want to use a personal example to demonstrate the power of asking questions to help you on your path to answering "how can I be happy?" I had this awesome ah-ha moment this morning that inspired this post. I…
How Indulging (In Self Care) Can Help You Overcome Bulimia
One of the first things I often prescribe new coaching clients is to begin a practice of extreme self care. Self care has become such a secondary thing in our lives with kids, chores, work, school, relationship, community, and on…
If It Feels Light It’s Right!
These words of wisdom came to me today courtesy of my Tough Mudder Training buddy Amanda Leath while we were out on a training run. If it feels light it's right. If it feels heavy it's a lie. This came…
My Daily Practices for Being Happy
Today I want to share some advice about how I practice being happy that I gave to a client this past week. I often write so much about bulimia recovery because it's where I came from and what I'm known…
You Create the Momentum by Directing Your Thoughts
I've recently found myself coaching a client who's trying so very, very hard to release her focus on binging and purging only to fall back into the struggle...ahhh...the cycle of bulimia. As I talk with her and text with her…
Binges Happen When You Feel Powerless
I recently bought a few more books on addiction and habits that I look forward to sharing insights with you about as I read them. The one I'm studying now is called Breaking Addiction: A 7-Step Handbook for Ending Any…
Escape the Madness: Break Free of the Binge-Purge Cycle
You already know it's possible to break the painful cycle or habit of binging (and purging) because you've seen or read about people who have done it. So why haven't you stopped yet? I think about that question often when…
Without Belief There is No Lasting Change
I'm diving deeper into the study of habits - how they're created, what triggers them, how to change them and the like - so I was recently absorbed by the book The Power of Habits reading it from cover to…
What Would Polly Do?
As I enter my 10th year of bulimia recovery sometimes I forget how much it helps to share my life and experiences with people who are still struggling to find their way to lasting recovery. I had an opportunity to…
Queiting the Crazy Voice in Your Head
Are you being run by that crazy voice in your head? You know the one. The voice that says awesome things like… You’re so fat. You’re lazy. Look at you…you’re exhausted and you look it. You call yourself a good…
3 Must Have’s For a Happy Life
I recorded a podcast with Alen Standish of ProgressNotPerfection.com last week and it was so much fun. Click here to listen from Alen's website to our 1 hour call on Creating Happiness! As I was preparing for the interview, I…
5 Steps to Recovery: My Interview With the Author of Brain Over Binge
I had the honor of interviewing Kathryn Hansen, the author of Brain Over Binge, last week and I'm excited to share the recording with you here. You can jump to very bottom if you just want to listen to the…
When Exercise Becomes Addictive (Hypergymnasia)
Guest post by Leslie Vandever There are so many good reasons to exercise. Exercise builds and maintains strong muscles and bones. Exercise burns calories that might otherwise be unused and stored as fat, and it helps to maintain a healthy…
Get Rid of Doubt by Not Having It – Lesson 7 of 7 from Abraham-Hicks Workshop
This is the final lesson in my series of insights that I took away from my first Abraham-Hicks workshop. Here's a recap of the entire series if you want to read more: Lesson 1: You have to care about how…
Stop Beating Yourself Up for Where You Are – Lesson 6 of 7 from Abraham-Hicks Workshop
Another great lesson to share today - this is lesson 5 of 7 in my series about what I learned from attending an Abraham-Hicks workshop recently. Here is the entire series if you'd like to explore more: Lesson 1: You…
The Path is Being Laid Out for You – Lessons 5 of 7 from Abraham-Hicks Workshop
I'm excited to share with you lesson 5 of what I learned from my first Abraham-Hicks workshop. Yesterday my energy, and post, was weird how it unfolded. But that's how it goes sometime. It's good to be back on my…
We Create Reality from Our Vibrational Atmosphere – Lesson 4 of 7 from Abraham-Hicks Workshop
This is so perfect. This is lesson 4 in my series about insights I gained from my first Abraham Hicks workshop last weekend. And you know what...I'm in a negative vibration as I sit down to write this! You may…
Speak Only About What You Want – Lesson 3 of 7 from Abraham-Hicks Workshop
This is Lesson 3 in my series that explores the insights I took back to my life after attending my first Abraham-Hicks workshop last weekend. As a long-time fan and student of the teachings of Abraham it was a real…
There Are No Setbacks in Life – Lesson 2 of 7 from Abraham-Hicks Workshop
This is Lesson 2 of what I learned from my first Abraham Hicks workshop that I recently attended. Just to catch you up if you want to know about the entire series, here's all 7 of the lessons I'm working…
You Have to Care About How You Feel – Lesson 1 of 7 from Abraham-Hicks Workshop
In this series of blog posts are my Top 7 Lessons learned from attending my first Abraham-Hicks workshop last weekend. Here's a list of the lessons and stay tuned for links to the posts to read them all over the…
An Insight into Eating Disorders in Men
A post from my friend and writer/blogger Laura Chapman. Like most people I had always associated eating disorders with women, but that was until two of my male friends disclosed to me that they were struggling with their relationship with…
Can You Help? Fundraiser for Young Boy With Severe Eating Disorder
This is something I've never done on my blog before, but I've also never been contacted by the mother of a young boy with a severe eating disorder struggling for his life before. I hope you'll take a few minutes…
“Brain Over Binge” Book Review – I Recommend!
I’m traveling for a business trip in Florida over the next two weeks. I decided because I had so much travel time that this would make for a great opportunity to catch up on some books I’ve been wanting to…
See the Change You Want to BE the Change You Want to See
Just a quickie post for today. (or so I thought...) I posted on my Facebook page today ... Notice the response from people coming into your life today. They are a reflection of your inner attitude. What would you like…
Good Feeling Videos – Enjoy and Share!
I'm tickled to share a few new favorite good feeling videos with you. If these don't help increase your vibration, raise your spirits or send you over the moon with love...then listen to them a few times until they do.…
The Power of Beliefs (Tony Robbins Video)
As a huge fan of the work and guidance from Tony Robbins, I'd like to share a link to a video I watched recently that is short (8.5 minutes) yet packed with powerful insights. Really great stuff and worth listening…
The Best Morning Process for Happiness – Steal This!
This is hands down one of the most important posts I’ve written in a long time. Hopefully the most helpful post ever! If you were standing in front of me right now I’d look you square in the eyes with…
Tips for Creating New Meanings & More Happiness
Ever see yourself in the pit of despair or really upset about something and ask “How the hell did I get here?” or “why is this happening to me? What did I do to deserve this?!” Boy, I sure have.…
Actually, You Aren’t Really Afraid of Getting Fat
I’ve received email after email that has the same statement in it... I want to recover/be happy/live a normal life, but “I’m afraid of getting fat." Really?! That’s what stopping you from a life of happiness and freedom? You’re letting…
6 Tips for Being Happy & Thriving in Life!
If you're looking for tips for being happier and thriving in life...you've come to the right place. If you're feeling crappy and depressed, I might just piss you off. So, read this post at the risk of being happier (or…
The Process of Emotionalization: The Secret to Allowing Your Dreams to Come True
My friend's plane returning home from San Diego I visited beautiful San Diego for an internet marketing conference two weeks ago. It was a spectacular trip and I want to share a powerful insight I had when I got home…
Tell a New Story & Create Your New Life
Last month I attended a week long workshop called Date with Destiny with Tony Robbins in Palm Springs, CA. It was a wonderful program and Tony was definitely on his game. I met so many wonderful new people from around…
Letting Go & Surrendering to What’s Trying to Happen
I've just returned from another Tony Robbins conference. This one was Date With Destiny in Palm Desert. It was brilliant and I am still taking in all of the lessons...moment by moment really. What there is to share today is…
7 Tips for Aligning More and Resisting Less
Today I was thinking about how I can share more with you the things I do to stay aligned with Source (God, Inner Being, the Universe). I've received a lot of questions from women recently that sound like...."how do I…
Chocolate Won’t Make You Happy. Here’s Why.
I started my day by listening to a few Abraham Hicks videos today to set my vibrational tone. The video that stood out was this one called New 30 Day Processes for Success (also embedded here). I was delighted…
A Day Full of Gratitude – My Lessons Learned
My intention today as I awoke was to be grateful. I recalled from all of the Abraham Hicks videos I've been listening to lately that we are most receptive and able to set our vibrational tone for the day first…
30 Day Challenges For Personal Growth
I'm a fan of personal growth. Ever since 2005 when I attended the Landmark Forum and it changed the course of my eating disorder, and life, I've was a believer. We've all heard that "we're either growing or dying". You…
Freedom From Bulimia – Vulnerability & Confession
I’ve had a powerful realization in the past week and I would like to share some of my dirty secrets. Not because I really want to, but because I want to show you how it can be done …and what…
Today’s Theme: Single Task
Today's theme as a part of my 10 day ZenHabits challenge is: Single Task That to me sounds like "the opposite of multi-task". So, that's how I went about things today. ha ha...let me rephrase that so it's more accurate:…
Today’s Theme: Find Pleasure in Anything
I'm enjoying continuing my daily routine of setting an intention, or theme for my day as part of my 10 day ZenHabits challenge. This is totally something I came up with on my own and it's been a lot of…
Today’s Theme: Drive Slower
As part of my 10 day ZenHabits challenge the theme for today is: Drive Slower Well, since I generally only drive twice a day (not including weekends) I knew out the gate this one wasn't going to require as much…
Today’s Theme: Eat Slower
Today's theme as part of my 10 day ZenHabits challenge is: Eat Slower This has been a wonderful new level of self-awareness. Yeah, I already knew I ate quickly, but how automatic my pattern of eating quickly was is something…
My Eating Disorder Recovery Pinterest Board
If you're a Pinterest lover like me, be sure to check out my Pinterest board of eating disorder recovery quotes and inspirations. I was just reading my own pins and I'm inspired by how much love and hope and light…
Today’s Theme: Focus on People
Little did I know a few days ago when I first started my 10 day ZenHabits challenge that I would enjoy this process so much. I guess I figured I would or else I wouldn't have chosen to do it.…
Today’s Theme: Disconnect
Today's theme as part of my 10 day ZenHabits challenge is: Disconnect This doesn't mean disconnecting from people or taking myself into the mountains. It was about disconnecting from technology, my inbox and all things that I commonly use to…
Today’s Theme: Be Present
Today was amazing. I am inspired by how having a theme for my day is really setting the tone for how my day unfolds. And how I show up in that day. Today's theme was: Be present. Just in case…
Today’s Theme: Do Less
I'm excited to share my theme for today: Do Less. Yesterday I posted about those racing bulimia thoughts and how they can create anxiety and nervous energy. I offered a few ideas and insights that subscribers shared about how they…
6 Ways Your Thoughts are Making You Binge (and What to Do About It)
I’m so grateful to my newsletter subscribers who sent me their ideas for calming my racing thoughts and anxious energy recently. Bless you if you answered my call for insights and ideas to share about how to calm my energy…
Loving Yourself During Bulimia Recovery: 4 Easy Tips
If there's anything about life after bulimia I write about, talk about, or blog about more than any other topic it's self-love. Or at least that's the story I tell myself ;-). You see, in my eyes self love is…
Bulimia Recovery Tip: Extreme Self Care
I'd like to share a bulimia recovery tip, but I think this advice applies to all women - whether you have bulimia, anorexia or no eating disorder at all. This is what I refer to as my "prescription for extreme…
Best Eating Disorder Blogs of 2013 – Thank You!
I'm honored to share that this little bulimia recovery blog of mine was honored again this year to be awarded one of The Best Eating Disorder Blogs of 2013 by Healthline.com. I'm so grateful. I'm so hopeful. I'm freakin' motivated…
The Inner Conversation of Self-Worth
I'm in the midst of an internal conversation around self-worth and worthiness. Seeing the value I bring to the world. What I call a "value conversation". This is not a new inquiry for me, but it's one that I find…
Divorce and Bulimia – How Do I Cope?
I’m reminded of a few stories today that are carrying me through a transition period in my life. Well, I guess one is really a quote and one is a story. You see, I’m in the midst of separating from…
Shocking Statistics – Eating Disorders on the Rise in Women Over 30
I posted on the GetBusyThriving Facebook page after reading a recent Oprah article that reported a rise in eating disorders in women over the age of 35. That shocking statistic prompted my curiosity because I feel in my heart there…
Regain Your Power Over Food – Webinar May 16th
One of my favorite things to teach about the bulimia recovery process is The Triad. The Triad is how you create your state of being - or just your "state" - and is made up of three important factors. Body…
Stop Binge Eating With A Personal Check In
A lot of the coaching clients I work with enjoy this technique I have to share with you today for your bulimia recovery. The Personal Check In The personal check in is an emotional status check with yourself. Watch this…
Keep Calm and Get Busy Thriving!
Something fun today - the Keep Calm-o-matic. I've seen these floating around the web for some time now...just learned I could make a custom one for my tagline. (my main website is GetBusyThriving.com). Source: Uploaded by user via Polly on…
Eating Disorder Recovery is Like Marathon Training
I received a text from a subscriber today that said... "We have had some major family health issues and ED was taking over me. I've had 5 good days in a row and hope to have a whole week. My…
Share Your Eating Disorder Secret – It Helps!
If you're living with the secret of anorexia or bulimia, please understand your eating disorder behaviors thrive on your shame. The more you isolate yourself, the more you keep it a secret, the more it leads to suffering. If you…
To Beat Bulimia for Good, Change Your Thinking
Want to know how to stop bulimia? Great, I have an answer to that! A lot of the women who contact me for coaching - or who just want some simple advice - for how to stop bulimia have three…
Life Will Never Be The Same Again – YES!
If you saw my previous post, you saw that I was heading to a Tony Robbins conference (Unleash the Power Within) last weekend. A few people have asked me, "So, how was it?" It was hard, like really hard, for…
12 Signs & Symptoms of Inner Peace
I came upon this list of 12 Signs and Symptoms of Inner Peace last night and was inspired to share. Tendency to think and act spontaneously rather than from fear based on past experiences. An unmistakable ability to enjoy each…
Bulimia Recovery Programs – On-going Self Discovery
I'm pretty freakin' excited. I'm about 10 days away from attending my first Tony Robbins event in Los Angeles. I've done a lot of personal development work - mostly through a company called Peak Potentials and a man by the…
Bulimia Help Tip: Nourishing Your Body
This is a guest post by friend and holistic recovery & health coach, Pauline Hanuise. When I started to recover from my 15 years of struggle with bulimia, learning about nutrition and how my body worked played a crucial role.…
Bulimia Help: In the Presence of Sadness
As I sit here I'm feeling a deep sadness - or perhaps a cocktail of emotions really. A mixture of anger, frustration, sadness and disappointment. The remnants of lingering emotions from an earlier conversation today that was deeply felt by…
7 Essential Bulimia Recovery Tips When You’ve Tried Everything
Before I started my bulimia recovery website and this blog I thought my readers would be 20-something women who had less than five years of living with bulimia (or anorexia). Boy was I wrong. What I've found, now 10+ years…
Bulimia Support Group & Coaching Calls
I'm in the midst of starting up what I hope will become a huge network of bulimia support group calls (and all ED's really). If you're not on my newsletter, you may not have seen my message about these calls,…
14 Ways to Love Your SELF More
Do you know how when you come across something and wish you had come up with it because it's awesome?! That's how I felt when I read my friend Julie Parker's post called "14 Ways to Love Yourself More (update:…
Bulimia Support Group Calls – Are You Interested?
If you're not already on my email newsletter, you may not have heard that I'm putting together bulimia support group/coaching calls right now. I have not promoted them online or posted the dates/times yet because I'm still inviting people to…
Empowerment Thinking: Choose Your Thoughts
What if I told you you were a meaning making machine? You go around through your day making meaning of all of the things you see and that come into your life. In every situation your mind is giving meaning…
Your Words Are Powerful
Sticks and stones may break my bones but names will never hurt me. That may be just a rhyme many of heard when we were kids, but sometimes we let in words from others and they do hurt us. And…
Here’s How You Can Overcome Bulimia Forever
I'm excited to share a few bulimia help tips in the form of my recommendations for 13 rituals for sustained bulimia recovery. If that left you asking, "what do you mean by rituals?" Allow me to explain. You are your…
Social Media for Bulimia & Anorexia Recovery
I was at this internet conference in San Francisco last weekend to learn more about social media for bulimia and anorexia recovery. Ok, the conference wasn't specifically focused on that - in fact I think I may have been the…
Danielle’s Bulimia Recovery Story Update!
This is a follow up post from my friend and fellow recovered bulimic, Danielle from Texas. Danielle shared her new-found bulimia recovery story a year ago. She emailed me over the holidays to share an update. I was so excited when…
Eating Disorder Help: Ask Better Questions
I'm excited to share this eating disorder help idea I have for you. Early on in my bulimia recovery I learned about the process of manifestation which says our... Thoughts --> Feelings --> Actions --> Results I think this definition…
My Authenticity Project – Status Update
Dinner with my Mom as we enjoyed a sunset in Morro Bay near my home. Gorgeous! I'm 26 days into my personally prescribed Authenticity Project (based upon the theme of Gretchen Rubin's book The Happiness Project). If you didn't see…
3 Tips to Stop Worrying
Will this structured meal plan make me gain weight? If I have dinner with a friend, will I be able to stop the urge to binge after we eat? I've had this eating disorder for 15 years, what if I…
My Happiness Project (aka My Authenticity & Joy Project)
As I was traveling back from my last vacation in November, I picked up a copy of The Happiness Project in the airport. The book is a fast read. Partly because of the style of writing, but also because it…
Tell a New Story
It's time to tell a new story.I realize now that if you want recovery from anorexia or bulimia you can't keep telling a story of addiction, shame and not-good-enough.That ah-ha moment hit me yesterday as I hiked for three hours…
I Relapsed. Now I Feel Like a Failure.
In the last week I'm not sure what's happening (Mercury retrograde or whatever) but a number of women shared with me that they're either at the end of their rope with their eating disorder or have relapsed - some after…