Your body is NOT the problem

And, as much as I am sure most of you have heard what I am about to say at some point in your recovery, I want to be very clear with you about something: your body is actually not the problem. Your body is the scapegoat. It is unfairly blamed and bullied for other problems in your life.

Eating Disorder Support Groups vs. Eating Disorder Recovery Coaching Groups

In the support groups we were anorexics, bulimics, binge eaters, and orthorexics. In my recovery group we are human beings. We are women who at one time struggled with an eating disorder, with anorexia, bulimia, binge eating, orthorexia, EDNOS, but we do not identify as our eating disorders.

eating disorder recovery hope: the four minute mile

My mentor once told me a story about how for years and years nobody was able to run a mile in under 4 minutes. And then suddenly, somebody did it! And once one person did it, many others did too, because the belief that it was possible was created. If I can fully recover, believe that you can too.