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.
Yoga Therapy – A Personal Note from Sandee
Clients are often curious about what I do when I’m not working at the Center. Here is more information about a recent yoga teacher training I took, and how it will benefit you.
Books and Resources for the Recovery Stage
Life Without Ed is a book that I recommend to anyone who struggles with anorexia or bulimia. By creating a persona named Ed, representing the eating disorder, author Jenni Schaefer teaches the reader how to separate the person from the problem. I heard Jenni speak at a conference of the International Association of Eating Disorders […]
Tools for the Recovery Stage of Life
A major part of your recovery will be gaining comfort and acceptance of your body. Whether or not your body size has changed in recovery, you can learn to love and be grateful for who you see in the mirror. A distorted body image can be deeply embedded in people who are recovering from an […]
Learning to Live in Recovery
According to the Transtheoretical (Stages of Change) Model developed by Prochaska and DiClemente, once someone has passed through the active stage of recovery they enter a maintenance phase. As I wrote about in 2009, a big area of focus in this stage is on how to prevent relapse. But there has to be more to […]
The Evolution of Compassion
Once you have gotten more comfortable with having compassion for yourself, having compassion for others and accepting compassion from others, your self-care can evolve to the level where you create your own source of compassion. This is the ultimate in self-care, because these positive feelings come from within, rather than being dependent on what anyone […]
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