If you’re ready to start a mindfulness or meditation practice, here are our favorite resources to guide you.
What are the Benefits of Mindfulness and Meditation? (Video)
Meditation can help you get in touch with your feelings and gain awareness of things that are going on that may be causing you stress and leading you to restrict or overeat. Therapy and meditation can both be catalysts that clear away stuff so people can resolve things themselves and self-activate. As you’ll see in […]
A Few Mindful Moments Can Bring Powerful Healing
Whether you’re someone who’s not ready or interested to pursue a spiritual life, or someone who’s looking for the way to strengthen a connection, mindfulness is an approach that is accessible to everyone. At White Picket Fence Counseling Center, we hear a lot of people say things like, “I’m so bright in other areas of […]
Yoga Resources for Recovery from Eating Disorders
Here are some yoga resources for you to explore so you can apply the principles of yoga to your recovery from an eating disorder.
How the Principles of Yoga Can Help Heal Food Issues
Here are some of the yoga principles that have come up most often as I have counseled people with eating disorders and food addiction to “live their yoga.”
The Mind-Body Disconnect of Eating Disorders
Yoga is much more than just postures. The benefits of yoga are well researched, and it is a natural fit to help with food issues.
Have you been feeling stressed lately? Stress. It’s everywhere. Like a bad penny, it keeps turning up, affecting your mood, your personality, your effectiveness, and often causing anxiety or irritability on the job, at school, or at home. It’s not a pleasant feeling when you want to enjoy life, but can’t. Wouldn’t it be nice […]
A List of 12 Step Groups and Websites
AA – Alcoholics Anonymous ABA – Anorexics and Bulimics Anonymous ACA – Adult Children of Alcoholics Al-Anon/Alateen, for friends and family members of alcoholics CLA – Clutterers Anonymous CoDA – Co-Dependents Anonymous, for people working to end patterns of dysfunctional relationships and develop functional and healthy relationships DA – Debtors Anonymous EA – Emotions Anonymous, […]
Five Things That Get in the Way of Your Spiritual Connection
This month we’ve been discussing the spiritual piece of the recovery puzzle. For some, spirituality is an untapped resource. Once you learn about ways of accessing your own spiritual connection and make a conscious effort to do that, a whole new world is opened for you. Sometimes, though, the path to spiritual awareness can be […]
How I Incorporate Spirituality into my Life
In last week's article we discussed how spirituality is a vital part of the recovery puzzle, just as important as your emotional and physical healing. Here's how I incorporate spiritual practices into my daily life: Yoga – I've been doing yoga on and off since I was in high school. My mother was even a […]