EP 293: When Your Body Doesn't Feel Like Yours ~ 8 Things That Help You Feel at Home Again in Your Skin
About this episode
Lindsey Nichol discusses eight strategies to help individuals feel at home in their bodies during recovery from eating disorders.
A listener wrote in recently and said the quiet part out loud — "I know I'm supposed to have this extra weight on - and I feel heathier, but it's so hard to keep eating when all I want to do is lose it. I've been cutting corners and I feel tempted to slip. How do I learn to be okay in this body and keep going?" Sister, if that's you — this episode is for you. Today Lindsey walks through the eight things she returns to again and again with the women she coaches — the shifts that help when your body feels foreign, when you're scared, when you don't know how to keep choosing recovery. Not quick fixes. Real ground to stand on while you find your way home to yourself. The short version: do the next recovered you thing Before the eight, the heart of it: just do the next recovered you thing. You don't have to figure out the whole road. You only have to take the next step the recovered version of you would take. Stop identifying with the older, smaller version of you — she wasn't your best self; she was you running on fumes. The body you're in now isn't your enemy. It's where the rest of your life gets to live. 8 things that help when your body doesn't feel like yours 1. Understand the…
People in this episode
Host: Lindsey Nichol
Topics covered
- body image
- eating disorder recovery
- self-acceptance
- mental health
- personal growth
Keywords
- eating disorder
- body acceptance
- recovery process
- mental health
- self-love
- weight
- healing
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- EP 294: Freedom Is When It Doesn't Scare You Anymore ~ Proof from My Beach Vacation That Recovery Is Possible✨
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