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Why Obsession Never Works – And What to Do Instead

November 26, 2016

Obsession. It never works. Whether you want to manifest something in your life or whether you want to find the love of your life or whether you want the body of your (brainwashed) dreams. Obsession does not work. It gives you pain. It gives you terror. It gives you grief. I know. I am a […]

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Stop. Just stop.

November 25, 2016

Stop telling yourself you don’t have what it takes – when you don’t even know what that means. Stop telling yourself freedom is reserved for everyone but you – when you’ve never even tried. Stop telling yourself that because you’ve tried twice, you cannot try again. Stop telling yourself that freedom from diets isn’t possible […]

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Is your Body-Love Conditional?

November 25, 2016

Let’s talk about UN-conditional love, shall we? Most of us have love our body – WHEN it look a certain way. We PROMISE ourselves that we’ll be SO happy with ourselves and our body once we lose the weight, stop the binging, heal the overeating.   We PROMISE ourselves we will love our body eventually – but right now, […]

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I still don’t love my upper arms

November 25, 2016

Here’s a truth: I still don’t love my upper arms.   I still think they’re too big and that my shoulders are too much.   I still sometimes shy away from wearing sleeveless shirts or tank tops.   I still want to hide them in photos or “pose” in a way that makes them appear […]

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Your Body Is Not A Scapegoat

November 15, 2016

aquieterstorm.tumblr.com In this episode of the Escape Diet Prison Podcast, Deb Oswald, Leila Hays and I talk about the many ways in which we turn against the body when life is not going as planned and what you can do in order to begin being kind and feel great in the skin you’re in – […]

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44 simple truths I want you to know today

November 14, 2016

You never ever fail at diets… diets fail you. You are enough… you are so freaking enough… it’s unbelievable how enough you are. And yet it is totally acceptable to grow, to transform, to evolve. Accepting help and asking for support is a sign of strength and courage. You can handle whatever is being thrown […]

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Coming Home

November 12, 2016

There’s a point in your life where you the pain of pursuing a thin body is so big that there’s no other way than to turn inward and begin to love yourself for who you are.   There’s a point in everyone’s journey where not acting hurts infinitely more than taking the steps that often […]

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Why you don’t love your body yet

November 12, 2016

Part of the process of healing your body image is to actively begin to change your attachment to your thoughts, the way you go through your daily life, the habits you’ve formed throughout decades and the beliefs you have created about the way you must do life and the way you should behave and be. […]

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A Tale of Restricting Only to Binge on the Holidays

November 10, 2016

Since I was 10 years old, I’d start a diet at the beginning of September. Every year, that’d be my time; the time I’d lose a bunch of weight in order to be allowed to eat at Christmas. And I did. I’d restrict, only to binge my butt off every Saturday. Yet, I’d lose the […]

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Your Body. Your Partner in Crime.

November 9, 2016

It’s all nothing It’s all everything Beautiful words are spoken Softly whispered in your ear That listens without hesitations Without saying no to all the compliments You hear Your body’s heart opens wide She wants to be loved by the person inside The person that is her best companion Best friend, life-long partner in crime […]

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