hello! i am enough.

I stepped into my friend’s car and this name tag was on his dashboard. “Wow,” I said. My next thought was that we should all keep these types of notes stored internally so that we can be grounded in “I am enough,” “I am just right,” etc. v the tyranny of the negative internal self that is ever-so-present in those struggling with eating disorders (and too many others).

What are your internal notes? Which do you want to keep? Which no longer serve you? Which are destructive? Today, make a conscious note. What is your note?

honor your body – part 1

All too often, and for a variety of reasons, we internalize negative thoughts, expectations, images and ideas and use them destructively against ourselves. These internalizations turn into damaging whispers that are full of judgment and contempt.

Last year I asked the people in my life to consider the negative messages that they have heard, and perhaps internalized, about their bodies and their selves. Here is the list…

pain is temporary, pride is forever

you can never be too rich or too thin

nothing tastes as good as skinny feels

if it tastes good, spit it out

bigger snacks mean bigger slacks

think thin

dieting is not a piece of cake

a moment on the lips, a lifetime on the hips

little pickers wear bigger knickers

you’ve got to move it to lose it

in through the lips and down to your hips

don’t dig your grave with your own knife and fork

no pain, no gain

eat, shrink and be merry

supermodels always go to bed hungry

it only tastes good for a minute

if you indulge, you bulge

thin has a taste all of its own

thinner is the winner

every time you say no to food, you say yes to thin

don’t do anything today that you’ll regret tomorrow

hunger hurts but starving works

i may as well just apply it to my hips

fat makes you fat

What is on your list?

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