JUST FOR TODAY: As life changes, honor the emotions that come with it. In this way, you can leave the need for excess food behind.
Change is the one constant in life. What are the changes that you are currently facing? You may welcome some changes in your life with great excitement, comfort or joy. Or, other changes may seem forced upon you, resulting in disappointment, grief or fear. Any emotion can trigger binge eating (or restrictive eating in the case of anorexia), but the emotions associated with change can be an opportunity to, well, change! As you are moving through your life transition, allow yourself to move through your feelings. You can do this by pausing to check in with what you are feeling, then allowing yourself to feel the fullness of the emotion. When you feel full emotionally, there is no room for excess food. Just as food moves through your digestive system and is released from your body, allow the emotion to move through your essence and be released from your experience. Let the changes you face today also include positive changes with your eating disorder recovery!
©2010 by "Dr. Dorie" McCubbrey, M.S.Ed., Ph.D. – Eating Disorder & Obesity Treatment Specialist – Denver, Colorado
Wednesday, April 14, 2010
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Hello Dr Dorie! I found these lines particularly interesting: "allowing yourself to feel the fullness of the emotion. When you feel full emotionally, there is no room for excess food" as binge eating I believe can be used to 'swallow down' fearful emotions, or to try to fill a void..(oh ho - I'm sounding a bit clichéd now) or when people feel so empty emotionally or detached from their emotions. It can be frightening stuff for people to face and feel their emotions this way. and also a fear of change while wanting change at the same time! I like your approach to intuitive self care (I like 'mindfulness' approaches a lot) so Ive subscribed to your posts and look forward to reading more.
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