Living life as it comes
If you suffer from panic attacks, I’m sorry to hear that. I know how awful it can be. And if you’re having one right now, just breathe and keep reading. I’m going to share with you a technique for helping them calm down.
Continue reading “54321 Panic Attack Help”
For as long as I can remember I have avoided doing certain things. Things that have involved a certain level of effort or engagement. I avoided ordering at restaurants, getting up to sharpen my pencil at school, asking for seconds at the dinner table, and practicing new skills. I was called lazy a lot.
When someone’s trying to “get healthy” or “stay healthy”, there are some definite clichés that we hear. Eat less move more, get more sleep, and yes, staying hydrated is one of those clichés. And while I’m aware that many people walk around dehydrated most of the time, many of us also don’t understand the importance of drinking water, or what it can really do for you.
Continue reading “Hydration- who cares?”
As some of you might know, I recently had a birthday. Now, I had a good birthday. I spent it with people who made me smile and we did vaguely celebratory things but this year just felt…different.
Continue reading “Getting older: my two cents”
For many, fear is a straightforward response. Something is proposed, we become afraid, we avoid it, the end. But if you’ve made some sort of decision not to give into fear, it can get a little more complicated than that.
I think deep down many of us are very weary of people who don’t work out, love that we lose. We want to find our “person”, and just…live happily ever after already! Yet when we look at the examples of love and companionship around us, we’re left feeling something short of assurance.
Continue reading “Can love last forever?!”
I’m a month and a half into my challenge, and I’ve got a lot to say. You can find my initial post about this challenge here and last week’s update here. Without further ado, let’s get into it.
Continue reading “Challenging my fears: after six weeks”
Now last week I explained how indoctrinated I was with shame for my body and for self-expression in terms of my wardrobe and moving my body in terms of dance. If you haven’t read that post yet, I’d encourage you to do so before reading this one. Just click here to open it in a new tab. It got to such a fever pitch that I became unable to feed myself sufficiently and avoided looking beautiful out of fear and shame, but I had started to try to pull out of this miserable place, for my own good. And this is where we pick up today. I had started recovery from my eating disorder, and therapy to try to help me make new mental connections and progress toward my goal of self-acceptance.
Continue reading “Unlearning Bodily Hate Pt. 2: The dancer in me”
So I’ve reached the end of the fifth week in battling my fears. If you want to go back and read the initial challenge, click here. And if you missed last week’s update, click here.
Continue reading “Challenging my fears: five whole weeks”
When I was a little girl, I began to dance. Well, maybe it was just more like swaying, jumping, and twirling around. But I loved how it felt. It wasn’t really in conjunction with any music, but I just loved to move my body in expressive ways. It felt, to me, magical. But I definitely didn’t stay that way forever.
Continue reading “Unlearning Bodily Hate Pt. 1: Picking up shame”
