#recover

Anita Johnston, Ph.D., author of Eating in the Light of the Moon, taught me to look in the mirror with curiosity rather than fear. So I may look at my reflection and think, ‘That’s interesting. I wonder why my body seems bigger today than it did yesterday. Maybe it’s water weight. Maybe it’s my outfit. Or maybe my eyes are just playing tricks on me.’ I know it’s not possible for me to gain a noticeable amount of weight overnight, so I will go no further than that. I move on with my day without skipping a beat—and definitely without missing a meal. ↗

— Jenni Schaefer

#eating-disorder #recovery #self-perception #love

I left myself out of humanity by focusing on differences. This isolation only strengthened Ed” (17) ↗

— Jenni Schaefer

#eating-disorder #recovery #love

Oftentimes, especially during my recovery, I didn’t need to think about everything I was doing wrong; instead, I needed to focus more on what I was doing right—and then do more of the right stuff. I needed to live more in the solution. ↗

— Jenni Schaefer

#positive-thinking #recovery #love

anxiety becomes high energy when taken to the light. For me, it worked like this: I used to live in a constant state of anxiety, worrying about the past and the future. Now I do my best to focus my attention on the present moment. So the mental energy I used to waste on worrying is channeled into the present, making me better able to focus intently and enthusiastically on a task (whether work or play). In a similar way, perfection becomes tenacity, and compulsivity becomes drive. Traits that once brought us down can lift us up when taken to the light. ↗

— Jenni Schaefer

#eating-disorder #recovery #love

There is no despair so absolute as that which comes with our first great sorrow. Before we know what it is to have loved and lost, to despaired and have recovered hope. ↗

— George Elliot

#inspirational #loss #mourning #recovery #inspirational

Compulsive behavior occurs when the urge to act out is greater than our will to say no. Recovery then, is the process of reversing that equation. ↗

— Roger Stark

#recovery #inspirational

Our wounds are not a measure of one individual’s sad fate, but an indication of our unity with others. ↗

— Lynn C. Tolson

#inspirational #recovery #inspirational

Yesterday is not ours to recover, but tomorrow is ours to win or lose. ↗

— Lyndon B. Johnson

#ours #recover #tomorrow #win #win or lose

It is by going down into the abyss that we recover the treasures of life. Where you stumble, there lies your treasure. ↗

— Joseph Campbell

#down #going #into #lies #life

The American people and American businesses are looking to the federal government to lead our nation on the path to economic recovery. It is time to stop splitting hairs. It is time to act. ↗

— Joseph Crowley

#american #american businesses #american people #businesses #economic