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…
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 #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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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: 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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Getting to Know ME
I read a great book this week called The Happiness Project by Gretchen Rubin. Over the course of a year Gretchen researched what creates happiness as well as experimented with raising her own happiness level. I've decided to create a…
Decide That You Are Worthy
I have a deck of affirmation cards I keep in my bathroom to remind me of uplifting and inspirational ideas. The one I read today said, Decide that you are worthy. If you say you're worthy, you are. If you…
Need Help for Bulimia? I Believe in You
If you could use some help for bulimia today please remember one thing: I believe in you. I don't know where you are in your life - if you're young or old, binging and purging or in complete recovery, white…
Bulimia Support Tip: Think a New Thought
In our weekly bulimia support calls for my recovery mentoring program I shared that thoughts are things and beliefs are just thoughts you keep thinking. Adopting a new belief like “I’m a non-bulimic” seems foreign at first. It was for…
Why Self-Awareness?
Self Awareness is when your present moment awareness allows you to recognize your personality, physical state and who you're being in any moment. It includes being conscious of things like your thoughts, [limiting] beliefs, energetic state (vibration), physical conditions and…
Just Announced: Spiritual Warrior Mentoring
Spiritual Warrior Training is at the heart of who I am. I see it as part of my divine purpose and reason for being. If you've ever heard the phrases... Everything happens for a reason and There are no accidents…
Today is Bulimia Awareness Day
Recovery is Possible - Help Spread the Word! Welcome! Today is Bulimia Awareness Day on my bulimia recovery blog and around the web. I’m celebrating this day in collaboration with a community of self-love and women’s empowerment bloggers. We want…
We Get What We Expect
I’d like to propose a possible new concept for you: We don’t get what we want We get what we expect It took me a few years to wrap my head around what that meant exactly. I first heard it…
Appreciation – Create a Shift in Your Life
Self-love is one of the keys to lasting eating disorder recovery in my opinion. Yet I've come to realize recently that it is the feeling of appreciation (of anything, not just ourselves) that creates a shift in our lives. When…
Allowing Good to Flow Today
Today is another good day. I received a call a little earlier from our realtor that our offer was accepted on a home we want to buy. That's really exciting news after having tried to buy a house for more…
Bulimia Support – The Stream of Well Being
While bulimia support can take many forms I think the best thing I can offer you today is to share what I've been noticing in my life over the past few days. The more I come to understand Abraham's teachings…
One of My Favorite Inspirational Videos
I just loved this Abraham Hicks video when I first listened to it on my iPhone during a hike today. It's not exactly an eating disorder help video per se, but the positive vibration and uplifting feeling I had told…
Good Questions to Ask Yourself
I believe help for bulimia begins and ends with you. Yes, you can get a lot of support from friends, family, therapists, support groups and the like. But in the end it's who you are with yourself that makes the…
Live and Learn
I was struck today by a new idea about my bulimia recovery journey. What I realize and want to share is the notion that recovery is a live and learn process. (Like all of life...really.) When we're young children we…
The Bulimia Recovery Bug
How is bulimia recovery like a travel bug? I’m not sure if we’re born with the bug to travel or if it’s something you get after your first big trip, but I’ve had the travel bug for as long as…
How Do I Help a Friend With an Eating Disorder?
When a friend has an eating disorder, because you care about them naturally you want to help. As someone who had bulimia for 20 years, I can think of very few friends who I let know I had an eating…
How to Stop Bulimia? Start Being Thankful…for Everything
When I see people still struggling and asking the question"how do I stop bulimia?" the first thing I think of is instead of that question you would do best to answer the question "what do I have to be thankful…
Find Bulimia Support Within – The Power of Focus
I was up late last night reading through a bulimia story that Hayley submitted on my eating disorder recovery website (GetBusyThriving.com). Hayley's a sweet girl from England who is really struggling right now with her bulimia. She's offered up her…
You are a toaster
I know that's a strange headline, but it will become clear in a moment - trust me. Have you ever had one of those days you just knew you were in the flow? Your life was naturally unfolding and every…
Things are about to change in a big way
I'm changing things up a bit here on my bulimia recovery blog. I've enjoyed reading the blogs of many great bloggers for years and started to wonder what direction I wanted to go in with my blog to make it…
Which Bulimia Treatment Option is Best for Me? How to Finally Know Your Recovery Path
With all of the bulimia treatment options available these days it can be overwhelming and at times discouraging to find the one that will give you lasting recovery from your eating disorder. I get that - because I was there,…
Eating Disorder Help: 5 Ideas for Building Self-Confidence
If you're in recovery and are reading this article about how to build self-confidence, you're already looking for eating disorder help and taking action. Good for you! I had an eating disorder for 20 years and learned that self-love and…
Eating Disorder Recovery Idea for Today: Visit Operation Beautiful
You’re going to like what I have to share today. I can just feel it! I came across this great site as I was again looking for eating disorder recovery ideas and inspiration for my bulimia blog. This one is…
Overcoming Bulimia – 5 Ways to Be a Happy Person
If overcoming bulimia is really important to you then what better way to change your focus from your overeating disorder and put it instead on something empowering and positive like being happy! If you’re a fan of Oprah and her…
Your Eating Disorder Recovery – Build Self-Esteem & Self-Wealth
I’ve been reading – and writing - a lot of articles lately about how to build your self-confidence and self-esteem. With every part of my being I know that lasting eating disorder recovery comes when we learn to love and…
Quick Bulimia Support Tip – Attend the “I Can Do It” Conference
I'm totally excited to share this with you! Louise Hay and her company, Hay House, are hosting an amazing looking conference in 2 weeks. If you can get yourself there, I highly recommend checking it out in person. If not,…
Bulimia Help – A Few Ideas for How to Build Self Confidence
This week’s dose of bulimia help is all about sharing what I’ve learned recently about how to build self-confidence. I want to start by sharing a great distinction I learned this week: Self-confidence is the way you present yourself, self-esteem…
Today’s Idea for Bulimia Help – Ask Yourself This Critical Question
As I was thinking about a bulimia help tip I wanted to post on my blog, I was inspired to go back and listen to an earlier teacher of mine, Brian Tracy. Brian Tracy is an amazing personal development speaker,…
Bulimia Help: Positive Self Talk
I caught myself two weeks ago in some really negative and self-defeating self-talk. Yes, even after nearly 7 years of eating disorder recovery, I still catch myself having moments of negative thoughts. The key to recovery is catching or being…
Eating Disorder Recovery: Feel Relief in Positive Thoughts
Part of my eating disorder recovery practice is continually learning how to love myself, exploring my personal growth and inner self. One of my favorite sources of growth at this point in my bulimia recovery is the teachings of Abraham.…
Your Bulimia Recovery: Ask and It is Given is A Must Read, and Read Again
If you’re on the bulimia recovery path this year I want to give you a big hug and remind you that YOU CAN DO IT. It was 20 long years I lived with bulimia and my story is like many…
Using your New Year’s Resolutions to Help with Bulimia Recovery
10 exciting resolutions that will help you with bulimia in the new year. The holidays are hard for everyone and even more difficult when you’re struggling with bulimia. Make sure if you are fighting this disorder that you have a…
Step 12 of Overeaters Anonymous – Spread Your Light and Love
As part of my continued Ode to the 12 Days of Christmas for Bulimics and Anorexics this post is about Step 12 of Overeaters Anonymous, which reads: Having had a spiritual awakening as the result of these Steps, we tried…
Step 11 of Overeaters Anonymous – Feed You Inner Connection
As part of my continued Ode to the 12 Days of Christmas for Bulimics and Anorexics this post is about Step 11 of Overeaters Anonymous, which reads: Sought through prayer and meditation to improve our conscious contact with God as…
Step 10 of Overeaters Anonymous – Get Off It
As part of my continued Ode to the 12 Days of Christmas for Bulimics and Anorexics this post is about Step 10 of Overeaters Anonymous, which reads: Continued to take personal inventory and when we were wrong, promptly admitted it.…
Step 9 of Overeaters Anonymous – Saying You’re Sorry
As part of my continued Ode to the 12 Days of Christmas for Bulimics and Anorexics this post is about Step 9 of Overeaters Anonymous, which reads: Made direct amends to such people wherever possible, except when to do so…
Step 8 of Overeaters Anonymous – Be Present to Your Impact
As part of my continued Ode to the 12 Days of Christmas for Bulimics and Anorexics this post is about Step 8 of Overeaters Anonymous, which reads: Made a list of all persons we had harmed and became willing to…
Step 7 of Overeaters Anonymous – Ask and It is Given
As part of my continued Ode to the 12 Days of Christmas for Bulimics and Anorexics this post is about Step 7 of Overeaters Anonymous, which reads: Humbly asked Him to remove our shortcomings. Have you ever read the book…
Step 6 of Overeaters Anonymous – Ready & Willing
As part of my continued Ode to the 12 Days of Christmas for Bulimics and Anorexics this post is about Step 6 of Overeaters Anonymous, which reads: Were entirely ready to have God remove all these defects of character. I…
A Cheerful Goodbye to Jerry Hicks (Abraham-Hicks)
With great love and appreciation I publish this post on my blog. I am so moved right now by hearing of the passing of Jerry Hicks of the Law of Attraction and Abraham-Hicks community. Every morning I like to start…
Step 5 of Overeaters Anonymous – Self Acceptance
As part of my continued Ode to the 12 Days of Christmas for Bulimics and Anorexics this post is about Step 5 of Overeaters Anonymous, which reads: Admitted to God, to ourselves and to another human being the exact nature…
Step 4 of Overeaters Anonymous – Come to Know Yourself
As part of my continued Ode to the 12 Days of Christmas for Bulimics and Anorexics this post is about Step 4 of Overeaters Anonymous, which reads: Made a searching and fearless moral inventory of ourselves. It’s only step 4…
Step 2 of Overeaters Anonymous: Restore Your Sanity
As part of my continued Ode to the 12 Days of Christmas for Bulimics and Anorexics this post is about Step 2 of Overeaters Anonymous, which reads: Came to believe that a Power greater than ourselves could restore us to…
5 Tips for Bulimia Self Help
A big part of bulimia self help is to see that you actually already have a lot of positive habits. Our habits shape our lives and help us get through our day with greater ease. Habits can be a good…
Step 1 of Overeaters Anonymous: Managing Emotional Eating
This is the first post (Step 1) in my holiday tribute or Ode to the 12 Days of Christmas for Bulimics and Anorexics. My goal is to provide a light and uplifting explanation to the 12 Steps of Overeaters Anonymous…
The 12 Steps of Overeaters Anonymous – My Ode to the 12 Days of Christmas for Bulimics and Anorexics
Would you agree the holidays are supposed to be a fun time of year? All of the holiday lights, classic songs, visiting with friends and family – oh, and of course the gifts! Most people enjoy this time of year…