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…
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…
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…
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…
I'm happy to share this guest post by Fiona.[polly_book] In my experience, the dynamics between family and the person with an eating disorder (aka me) when it comes to support have been more turbulent than I care to recall. Mum…
I have a very close girlfriend who first introduced me to the phrase "I'm Messy Today". Once as week I jump on a call with my closest friends (Maoi sisters) and we coach one another in all areas of our…
This insight came about in sort of an unusual way for my bulimia recovery blog. But I figure if "my life is my message", then whenever I have new insights about recovery I'll share them. Whether my learnings about life…
This post is about a reply I emailed to one of my newsletter subscribers when she asked some of the more common bulimia recovery FAQ's I receive (or see online in forums). I am basically cutting and pasting the email…
A thought for you today...is your bulimia recovery quest based upon motivation or inspiration? I couldn't have said for sure what the difference between the two was until I listened to an Abraham video recently that helped clarify things for…
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…
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…
I want to open up the discussion of bulimia recovery to your comments and questions with this post. I was having a conversation with my friend Maira today who's a wonderful life coach and eating disorder therapist. As we talked…
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,…
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…
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.…