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Acceptance means many things in recovery. It means to be honest, to trust, to reconnect. Happiness can not exist without acceptance. Carol and Laurelee remind us in It’s Not About Food that during recovery, learning to acknowledge, experience, and process your feelings is a gift that will allow you to eventually let go of the struggle with food and weight. Learning Acceptance is such an integral part of recovery! It helps us to be honest with ourselves, release our feelings in constructive ways, and most importantly opens the door to others for support us. As shown in the body love card below, we have the power to make peace with ourselves. Never stop fighting to live your truth and to live in harmony with yourself.  Acceptance of ourselves through recovery is a process - it takes dedicated time and care to heal. Are you or a loved one ready for recovery? Apply now.
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As many of us in our community have experienced, “diet thoughts” have a way of emerging through and beyond our healing journey. Carol and Laurelee remind us in It's Not About Food, “Dieting is a distraction and obsession because it allows us to focus on something very tangible and concrete, giving us the feeling that we are in control. However, for those of us with eating disorders, it can be just another way to “fix” our problems by looking externally, instead of meeting our own internal needs and ultimately getting much more pleasure out of life.” By paying attention to our thoughts in a mindful way, we can start to track diet thoughts and become aware of how much time we worry about what we should or shouldn’t eat. We can start to explore how these thoughts get triggered and what the feelings are that are connected to these thoughts. As discussed in the Body Love Cards, “When we understand that diet thoughts can sometimes be a response to underlying feelings, we can begin to use diet thoughts as a red flag to explore these feelings.”  Learning how to combat diet thoughts is a process - it takes dedicated time and care to heal. Are you or a loved one ready for recovery? Apply now.
Compassion is a super power, compassion is a gift. Carol and Laurelee remind us in ``It's Not About Food, “To have compassion, to answer your own call with love and patience, is what this recovery is about.” Cultivating compassion is an essential part of recovery. It strengthens our emotional resilience, our capacity for self love and our ability to forgive. These are key building blocks on the path to recovery. As shown in the Body Love Cards, when we can have compassion for the parts of ourselves that we dislike the most… we can use it to bring love, understanding, and then if necessary, change.  Compassion is a process - it takes dedicated time and care to heal. Are you or a loved one ready for recovery? Apply now.
Amrita wishes you and your family wellness and safety during this challenging time.
When it comes to creating boundaries, it may feel overwhelming. However, as Carol and Laurelee remind us in It’s Not About Food, “setting boundaries is a way to protect our integrity.” Boundaries are an integral part of our process towards recovery. They help us to keep our mind, body and spirit healthy, and they remind us that we must sometimes say no in order to say yes to ourselves. “By setting limits or saying no we are able to make choices based upon our own unique truth, instead of what we believe we “should” do, “should” eat, or “should” weigh.”  Boundaries are a process - it takes dedicated time and care to heal. Are you or a loved one ready for recovery? Apply Now.
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