In a series of posts we’re taking a virtual tour through your home to explore how different rooms of the house affect recovery from an eating disorder. In the last post we looked at the kitchen – where you prepare the food that will fuel and nourish your body. Now we’ll move to the room […]
A Kitchen is a Sacred Space
In a series of posts, we’re exploring the metaphor of the house as the home of your recovery. We’ll go room-by-room to some of the key places that can influence and enhance your healing from an eating disorder. For those who struggle with food, the kitchen is a room that can have a strong emotional […]
Is Your House a Home?
Seeing as my major in college was architecture and interior design, I’m often drawn to the metaphor of the body as a house. Since biblical times, people have been encouraged to treat our body as a temple. Yet the body is greatly influenced by our external surroundings, especially at home where we spend the most […]
Isolation Versus Service
Most people in recovery from an eating disorder have a long-standing pattern of isolation – keeping thoughts and feelings to themselves, and finding ways to avoid contact with other people so they can be alone to carry out their harmful food behaviors. Even coming to therapy can be a challenging action for someone who is […]
Living in This Moment of Recovery Versus the Past or Future
Jon Kabat-Zinn is credited for bringing mindfulness into the mainstream of medicine and society. In fact, it’s become somewhat of a cure-all for multiple conditions and issues in the body, in relationships, and with our emotions and thoughts. Kabat-Zinn defines mindfulness as, “Paying attention to something, in a particular way, on purpose, in the present […]
Surrendering to Recovery Versus Being Stuck
Once you’re willing, you can surrender to recovery. I like to think of surrender more as a feeling that you begin to carry into all of your daily activities, rather than a place you get to just once. Surrendering to recovery means saying, “I don’t know it all. Maybe someone else might have a better […]
Willingness Versus Resistance in Recovery
Dictionary definitions of the word willingness include being “cheerfully or eagerly compliant,” or point to something being “done, given freely or voluntarily.” How many people run to recovery, cheerfully and eagerly? Usually, it’s more like, “Okay, I’m here, just don’t ask me to actually change – yet.” Willingness is something people have to journal their […]
Yoga Therapy – An Overview
This article originally appeared in The Recovery Village brochure and is adapted and reprinted with permission. Yoga has many forms Yoga therapy is the application of yoga for specific health conditions or to return to a state of balance. Yoga is recognized as an effective evidence-based treatment for many types of physical and mental disorders, […]
7 Formulas for Living in Recovery #7 – Structure and Support
Two of the most central building blocks to recovery are structure and support, so we will look at these together in the seventh and final article in this series of formulas for living in recovery. Structure To create a structure around your recovery, have a clear plan and schedule for your recovery activities. For example: […]
7 Formulas for Living in Recovery #6 – Incorporating the Family
They say that addiction is a family disease, and food addiction is no exception. Addiction and recovery both happen in the context of a family system. Changing that dynamic requires delving into each person’s family of origin. This is not about blame, but it is about recognizing each person’s part in contributing to the eating […]
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