Throwing Up Rainbows

Have you thought about seeing a therapist but have no idea where to start? Listen as I share the exact steps I took to find the therapist I loved. Here’s my blueprint for you.

When an event happens it’s nothing more than information. We are ones that add our thoughts, feelings, and reactions. Taking a look at your pattern can lead to healthier thoughts and happier behavior.

One of our deepest human desires is to express ourselves. But how do you know where to begin? Who are you without your eating disorder or addiction?

Have you ever been in a room full of people but felt completely empty inside? This is what addiction feels like, the illusion of connection until it hits that you’re alone. This one thing can free you.

Shame keeps us trapped in addictive patterns. It tells us that we’re a horrible piece of crap failure. It tells us we’re unworthy and unlovable. You can battle that voice and win.

Addiction is addiction. Eating disorders and substance abuse have a common connection. They affect the brain in a similar way, by dolling out dopamine like a dealer to all the good little girls and boys. Here’s how the dopamine affects the brain and how the brain can heal.

If you have an addiction, you often see yourself as broken. It seems you just can’t get it together. Here’s the one belief that can change that view.

Eating disorders, like all addictions, show up with charismatic charm. We invite them in because we’re seduced by the promise of having all we’ve ever wanted. Models and media promote these eating disorders and tell us that if we’re only a little thinner we’ll be happy. They lie.

Who doesn’t love a delicious meal or a succulent dessert? Who doesn’t want a perfect body? There’s a fine line between wanting to stay healthy and look good, and slipping off the edge into disorder. How do you know whether your relationship with food has become dangerous, and what do you do about it?

I thought they didn’t know. I hoped they’d never figure it out. I hid it from them for aslong as I could for one single, compelling, compulsive reason.