by Lauren Marsh | Aug 29, 2012 | Eating Disorders Help, Healing Tools
I HAVE BEEN cleaning out my house this past week and it has felt so good!!! Cleaning out the closets, desks, and basement just getting rid of things that I don’t need and organizing the rest. I’ve taken bags upon bags to Goodwill, given bags to my family and I...
by Lauren Marsh | Aug 17, 2012 | Eating Disorders Help, Healing Tools
A lot of times in our eating disorder recovery we are focused on the wrong things! We put so much energy into thinking about NOT binging that it actually is counter-productive because it just makes you want to binge MORE! When you are thinking about food, obsessing...
by Lauren Marsh | Jul 28, 2012 | Eating Disorders Help, Healing Tools, Recovery Uncensored
I want to explain the absolute basic truths that you need to know in your personal recovery from eating disorders – whether you’re in recovery for bulimia, anorexia, binge eating, ednos – it all applies. I wish there were someone there for me when I...
by Lauren Marsh | Jul 22, 2012 | Eating Disorders Help
Today, my dad got remarried and it got me thinking about new beginnings and starting over in our eating disorder recovery. My dad was married for almost 30 years when he and my mom got divorced years ago. Now he is starting over, starting a life with his new wife...
by Lauren Marsh | Jul 12, 2012 | Eating Disorders Help
I got a phone call this morning from a dear old friend. It was early, about 7:30 am, and I haven’t talked to her in a few months. I smiled when I saw her name on the caller ID and picked it up with my cheerful good morning voice. She obviously was not having...
by Lauren Marsh | Jul 9, 2012 | Eating Disorders Help, Healing Tools
Why is it that we run away from who we are? Why is it so hard to just be in the moment and be accepting of what is? At times, my mind races to find new things to grasp onto, new puzzles to solve, new ideas to learn. I find it challenging sometimes to slow down and...