I have a really hard time with taking photographs of myself, or allowing them to be taken. I always felt that if there was going to be photographic evidence of what I looked like, I needed to look my best. Only times when I felt thin or beautiful were ever photographed – after fasting, meeting
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Teacher Training is MAGICAL!
Teacher Training was AMAZING!! I wrote about my fears in going to training in my last post and I am SO glad I faced them. I made some wonderful new friends, started to get some personal insights, watched other people grow into a better sense of themselves, learned SO much and had an incredible amount
Looks Aren’t Everything
I was a bridesmaid in my best friend’s wedding last month. The work up to the wedding was very hard on me with dresses and fittings, dinners and everyone around me losing weight. I somehow survived it all and made it to the big day; I bought spanx, continued eating according to my meal plan,
Thoughts on Self-Definitions Through Recovery
Self-Definitions We walk through most of our lives with a pretty clear idea of who we are, even if we feel lost an uncertain. We may not know what we like or what we want to do but we have a sense of who we are at the core. Recovering from my eating disorder has
Rediscovering my Voice
“I don’t sing because I’m happy; I’m happy because I sing” – William James When I was young I used to sing in the church choir. It was something my friends and I did together and I really enjoyed it. In the 4th grade there was a talent show at school and my teacher required