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How do you know when you've found your purpose? Can your purpose in life change? What holds you back from fully pursuing your purpose? Jessica answers these questions and more as you go though a 4 part series on the foundations of following your bliss.

Risk by Anaïs Nin

"And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.
Life is a process of becoming, a combination of states we have to go through.

Where people fail is that they wish to elect a state and remain in it. This is a kind of death.

Living never wore one out so much as the effort not to live.

Life is truly known only to those who suffer, lose, endure adversity, and stumble from defeat to defeat.

Perfection is static, and I am in full progress."

Following your bliss by Joseph Campbell

"Follow your bliss. If you do follow your bliss, you put yourself on a kind of track that has been there all the while waiting for you, and the life you ought to be living is the one you are living. When you can see that, you begin to meet people who are in the field of your bliss, and they open doors to you. I say, follow your bliss and don't be afraid, and doors will open where you didn't know they were going to be. If you follow your bliss, doors will open for you that wouldn't have opened for anyone else."

REFERENCES

"Pursue Your Passion" by Kirk Nugent on YouTube
Steve Jobs Stanford Commencement Speech on YouTube

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Just when Virgie Tovar thought she had conquered her disordered eating and embraced body positivity, she discovered a powerful lesson in solidarity that she never expected.

Virgie is an inspiring writer, activist, and influential voice in the fight against weight-based discrimination and body image issues. Creator of the popular hashtag, #LoseHateNotWeight, and author of the groundbreaking book "You Have the Right to Remain Fat," Virgie has been instrumental in raising awareness for body positivity and inclusivity. 

Virgie's personal journey as a large-bodied person of color in eating disorder recovery offers a unique and invaluable perspective, as she works tirelessly to promote the idea that weight discrimination is a human rights issue. Virgie has overcome her own struggles with disordered eating and developed a strong advocacy for fat acceptance, empowering others to do the same.

In this episode, we dive deep into Virgie's journey and how a sense of solidarity and community helped her transform her life and recovery. 

SHOW NOTES - VIRGIE TOVAR’S UNAPOLOGETIC APPROACH TO BODY POSITIVITY & COMMUNITY IN RECOVERY

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Is recovery possible when someone has had an eating disorder for over 30 years? Can they ever fully heal to have a normal life with food?

This was a question Kathy, a listener from our community, wrote in to be answered on Equipped to Recover.

In our mission to help you learn from the best, we connected with Carolyn Costin. A therapist, author, and speaker, Carolyn has been helping people with eating disorders since 1979. She knows that total recovery is possible, even after thirty years. There is no age limit to recovery.

Drawing from her personal experience and professional expertise, Carolyn shared the intriguing concept of neuroplasticity and how it can pave the way for change in neuropathways, offering hope for those struggling with long-term eating disorders.

SHOW NOTES:
Rewire your eating disorder brain to recover at ANY age

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How can you step into the lab of your life and look at your recovery with an experimenter's mindset?
What would it feel like to greet your experience with curiosity, openness, and non-judgement?

We ponder these questions and more in this mini series on a 4 step transformational process to gett unstuck.

GETTING UNSTUCK MINI SERIES

Episode 01  → It SUCKS to be stuck! 3 principles to get UNSTUCK with Jessica Flint
Episode 02 -> DIGGING DEEP: A story of motherhood, fear, loss, grief, and getting unstuck with Jessica Flint
Episode 03 -> What's the UNCONSCIOUS MIND got to do with staying stuck in eating disorder recovery?
Episode 04 -> What if the true problem is NOT FOOD and your BODY SIZE? Getting unstuck with Jessica Flint
Episode 05 -> The power of BALANCE and ALIGNED action in getting unstuck in recovery with Jessica Flint

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What if the true problem was not food or your body size? What if it was the power you gave food and your body size?

The power to determine your happiness, the power to numb your pain, the power to punish you, the power to isolate you from connection, the power to play small.

What would it look like if you take your power back and focus your energy on problems you enjoy having and solving?

These are the philosophical and paradigm shifting questions we touch on today as we explore the idea of "Peripheral Problems" and their role in dismantling an eating disorder and creating a strong foundation for recovery.

Examples of 10 Important Peripheral Problems

1. Decision making
2. Boundary setting
3. Time management
4. Emotional distress tolerance
5. Codependency and forming secure attachments
6. Nervous system regulation
7. Community building
8. Connection with self, friends, family, Higher Power
9. Laughter and play
10. Self-expression and creativity

GETTING UNSTUCK MINI SERIES

Episode 01  → It SUCKS to be stuck! 3 principles to get UNSTUCK with Jessica Flint
Episode 02 -> DIGGING DEEP: A story of motherhood, fear, loss, grief, and getting unstuck with Jessica Flint
Episode 03 -> What's the UNCONSCIOUS MIND got to do with staying stuck in eating disorder recovery?
Episode 04 -> What if the true problem is NOT FOOD and your BODY SIZE? Getting unstuck with Jessica Flint
Episode 05 -> The power of BALANCE and ALIGNED action in getting unstuck in recovery with Jessica Flint

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Fighting an eating disorder can feel like an uphill battle. You're constantly trying to resist the eating disorder voice telling you to engage in harm. All you want to do is stop, and yet it's SO tempting to continue.

Carolyn Costin believes that instead of resisting all your traits and writing them off as "bad", there are some you may actually want to hold on to.

Carolyn is a trailblazer in the eating disorder treatment landscape. She's a speaker, author, and therapist with decades of experience in helping people break free from an eating disorder to live a better life. She was one of the first to confidently proclaim that full recovery is possible, and to advocate for the inclusion of recovered people in treatment.

Listen in to discover why she believes you may actually want to keep some of your eating disorder traits.

SHOW NOTES:
Finding the GOOD in your eating disorder traits with Carolyn Costin

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Your conscious mind is your "goal setter" and your unconscious mind is your "goal getter". What happens when they are not aligned? How do we bring them into alignment?

Tune into this integration episode of the "getting unstuck" series that guides you through the transformational process of breaking free from self-destructive behaviors and limiting patterns that keep you from experiencing life without an eating disorder.

 
GETTING UNSTUCK MINI SERIES

Episode 01  → It SUCKS to be stuck! 3 principles to get UNSTUCK with Jessica Flint
Episode 02 -> DIGGING DEEP: A story of motherhood, fear, loss, grief, and getting unstuck with Jessica Flint
Episode 03 -> What's the UNCONSCIOUS MIND got to do with staying stuck in eating disorder recovery?
Episode 04 -> What if the true problem is NOT FOOD and your BODY SIZE? Getting unstuck with Jessica Flint
Episode 05 -> The power of BALANCE and ALIGNED action in getting unstuck in recovery with Jessica Flint

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It's hard to grow beyond something if you won't face your fear and let go of it.

Taking Assessment: Analyzing how and why you are stuck

• What are the underlying patterns?
• What are your deeper fears?
• What are you saying "yes" to that is not in alignment with what you truly want?
• Are there inherited intergenerational traumas or genetic/psychological predispositions in your family line?
• What happened in previous generations that has had a profound effect on generations to come (including yours)?

Tune into the second episode of this multi-part series that'll guide you through the transformational process of breaking free from self-destructive behaviors and limiting patterns that keep you from reaching true bliss and fulfillment.

Listen to Episode 01 → It SUCKS to be stuck! 3 principles to get UNSTUCK with Jessica Flint

GETTING UNSTUCK MINI SERIES

Episode 01  → It SUCKS to be stuck! 3 principles to get UNSTUCK with Jessica Flint
Episode 02 -> DIGGING DEEP: A story of motherhood, fear, loss, grief, and getting unstuck with Jessica Flint
Episode 03 -> What's the UNCONSCIOUS MIND got to do with staying stuck in eating disorder recovery?
Episode 04 -> What if the true problem is NOT FOOD and your BODY SIZE? Getting unstuck with Jessica Flint
Episode 05 -> The power of BALANCE and ALIGNED action in getting unstuck in recovery with Jessica Flint

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How do we let go 100%, recover, and get to a place of intuitive eating and food freedom when we live in a world that judges and reduces people to their appearance and body size?

This was a question Kelly, a listener from our community, wrote in to be answered on Equipped to Recover.

In our mission to help you learn from the best, we connected with Amanda Crew for this mini-episode. She's an actress, activist, and eating disorder survivor. She also sits on the board of Project Heal and is passionate about using her voice to campaign for equity and accessibility in eating disorder care.

Her answer to Kelly's question? Rebellion.

Listen in to hear why.

SHOW NOTES:
Why you need to REBEL in eating disorder recovery

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It’s never too late to get unstuck. It will take a new approach though! The mindset that got you stuck in an eating disorder is NOT the same mindset that will get you out of an eating disorder.

Tune into the first episode of this multi-part series that'll guide you through the transformational process of breaking free from self-destructive behaviors and limiting patterns that keep you from reaching true bliss and fulfillment.

GETTING UNSTUCK MINI SERIES

Episode 01  → It SUCKS to be stuck! 3 principles to get UNSTUCK with Jessica Flint
Episode 02 -> DIGGING DEEP: A story of motherhood, fear, loss, grief, and getting unstuck with Jessica Flint
Episode 03 -> What's the UNCONSCIOUS MIND got to do with staying stuck in eating disorder recovery?
Episode 04 -> What if the true problem is NOT FOOD and your BODY SIZE? Getting unstuck with Jessica Flint
Episode 05 -> The power of BALANCE and ALIGNED action in getting unstuck in recovery with Jessica Flint

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