“Cultivating a nurturing relationship with yourself doesn’t have to be complicated. 

You don’t need a cabinet full of supplement bottles, a state-of-the-art home gym, or the latest health tech wearable. 

Now don't get me wrong, none of these things are “harmful.” Quite the contrary, wellness trackers and greens powders can offer numerable benefits. But when it comes to feeling a deep sense of connection with your body, the gadgets and superfood mixes aren’t where the magic is at. 

I get it completely. How easy it is to confuse a connection to wellness “stuff,” for a healthy relationship with yourself. 

Speaking from experience, for many years of my life, I hid my body hatred behind external, seemingly “healthy” actions– working out six/seven days a week even when I felt ill, and following strict and rigid diets, all in the name of “self-discipline…”

“…I was a textbook over-functioner. That is, until I hit a breaking point in my early twenties, after getting engaged to my now husband.

As fast as the sparkling ring slid onto my finger, I took on the full duties of “mom,” to his two year old child, from a previous marriage.

I’d rush out from my corporate job each night and race to the daycare to pick up my fiancé’s son, before it closed. At the time, I didn’t even know how to put in a car seat. No one bothered to show me how, and I was too ashamed to ask...”

…I doubted I could ever be free from my eating disorder. Really truly, FREE. At the age of fifteen, drowning in self-hatred, shame, anxiety, depression, and hopelessness I would ask every eating disorder “survivor” I knew, “is it realistic to think I could actually heal from this for good? Is full recovery possible?” Not every person I asked could give me a straight answer, but some dared to say, “yes, full healing can happen.”

Did you know you don't have to rush your healing? If you’re like me, you have very high standards for yourself. You’re likely keeping track of how long it’s taking you to “upgrade,” get “results” from your healthy efforts, and change the parts of you that feel “flawed…”

“I’ve seen multiple doctors, spent significant time and energy seeking answers for my health issues, and yet have little results to show for it. What am I doing wrong?” Sound familiar?!

Have you ever felt that despite your best efforts to get well, nothing seemed to move the needle forward? And in fact, as you begin to make changes to your lifestyle, with the intention of providing your body with more support in the healing process, entirely new challenges arise out of nowhere…