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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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,…

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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…

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Why Serotonin is Your Secret Weapon Against Bulimia

Today is all about one of my favorite [natural] secrets to overcoming bulimia and eating disorders. Serotonin. Now this isn't to say that you just need to pop a pill filled with serotonin and your bulimia or anorexia will disappear. …

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Understanding Shame and Vulnerability

I listened to this amazing TEDx Talk from a charming woman from Houston, Dr. Brene Brown, about the distinctions between shame and guilt and her study of vulnerability (embedded videos below). I highly recommend a listen to both of her…

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Bulimia FAQ’s (aka Polly’s Ranting)

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…

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NEDA Walk In San Luis Obispo, CA (Guest Post)

Hello, My name is Emily Marr and I am a third year nutrition major, Psychology minor at Cal Poly – San Luis Obispo (SLO). I am hosting a National Eating Disorder Awareness (NEDA) walk in SLO at Mitchell Park on…

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Bulimia Help: Stop A Binge With Grounding Techniques

I'm so inspired by the bulimia help exercises I've learned from Maira Holzmann, the eating disorder therapist and coach who's helping me co-facilitate my Spiritual Warrior Mentoring program this month.  The grounding techniques she's shared for how to stop a…

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The Best Secret Weapons to Beat Binge Eating

One of the participants in my Spiritual Warrior Mentoring asked a great bulimia help question on the call last night.  I'll paraphrase because I think a lot of people trying to overcome bulimia can relate.  She asked... "I can't stop…

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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…

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Tomorrow is Bulimia Awareness Day

In case you haven't heard...tomorrow is the [unofficial] Bulimia Awareness Day on the web.  I'm thrilled to be participating and the amazing group of coaches, therapists and recovery program websites who have come together for this first-ever online event. I'm…

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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…

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What helped you overcome bulimia the most?

I'd like your input about what helped you the most to overcome bulimia...please read on if you're willing to help me here :) A few weeks ago I posted about the website Operation Beautiful (no longer live/active, sorry) and suggested…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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10 Tips for Bulimia Recovery

There are many good things that you can do today and every day to release your eating disorder. You can overcome and avoid the long-term health risks of bulimia if you are committed to recovery. I’d like to share a…

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