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From breakdown to breakthrough
As I prepare to celebrate my 50th birthday on Saturday, I’ve been reflecting on my milestone birthdays to date and the breakdowns and breakthroughs that have accompanied them. On my 10th birthday, I was dealing with feelings that I had … Continue reading
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Tagged addiction, Breakdown, Breakthrough, Childfree, Childless, childless not by choice, Childlessness, Eating Disorders, fifty, grief, Loss, overeating, Recovery
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Overcompensating for low self-worth
Do you overcompensate because you don’t feel good enough? Do you do too much, work too hard, clean too thoroughly or spend too long worrying about your appearance because you don’t feel worthy or acceptable as you are? I definitely … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, codependency, Eating disorders, Health, Perfectionism, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women, Work
Tagged Breakdown, Burnout, Codependency, Eating Disorders, overeating, Relationships, retreat, self-love
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I love you but I have to let you go
Have you ever loved something or somebody but had to let that thing or person go? I imagine so. We don’t get through life without loving and losing, without experiencing pain, grief and loss. Unless, of course, we choose not … Continue reading
Posted in codependency, Eating disorders, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Trust, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged addiction, Codependency, Eating Disorders, Letting Go, Loss, Love, Personal development, Recovery, Self-help, Vespa
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Self-love is where it starts
Valentine’s Day isn’t easy for some of us. Everywhere we look, there are hearts, flowers and chocolates. Or couples smooching and holding hands. Some of us can ignore it. Some can dismiss it and deride it for its rampant commercialism. … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Body Image, Childless, Dating, Eating disorders, Health, Love, Positive thinking, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged addiction, Dating, Eating Disorders, Lent, Love, Love Coach, Psychologies Magazine, Recovery, Relationships, self-acceptance, Valentine's Day
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How to stop emotional eating
Weight. Body image. Self-esteem. These are issues that come up quite regularly in my work as a dating and relationships coach. Or perhaps I tune in to them more than to other issues, because I’m a recovering compulsive overeater. For … Continue reading
How to build self-esteem
I have the wonderful ladies of the Mothers’ Union to thank for the inspiration for this post. I spoke at a Mothers’ Union event in Brockenhurst last week, after kindly being invited back following my first visit there a year … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, codependency, Dating, Eating disorders, Faith, Love, Perfectionism, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged authenticity, Codependency, Dating, Eating Disorders, Mothers Union, Recovery, Relationships, self-care, self-esteem, self-love, Single, Vulnerability
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A Bed Full of Memories
I’m staying in my old flat in London this week, the flat I lived in for 13 years, from the ages of 31 to 44. As I got under the covers last night and wrestled with sleep – my washing … Continue reading
Posted in Childless, Dating, Happiness, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Women
Tagged addiction, Childless, Childlessness, Codependency, Eating Disorders, Infertility, Love, Recovery, Relationships, Single, singleness
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Turning it around
I posted this picture in my Facebook group, Being Real, Becoming Whole, the other week and I wanted to share what I wrote with you too, as well as to remind myself of the magic that can happen when I … Continue reading
Posted in Eating disorders, Fun, Health, Positive thinking, Recovery, Women
Tagged Comfort eating, Eating Disorders, Endorphins, overeating, sea swimming, self-care, self-love
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Why I go to therapy
Therapy has helped get me to where I am today, or most importantly where I was on Saturday and Sunday – playing in the sea with my partner, just a short drive from our new coastal home, thinking I absolutely … Continue reading
Posted in Addiction, Body Image, codependency, Dating, Eating disorders, Love, Perfectionism, Recovery, Relationships, Self-Acceptance, Uncategorized, Women
Tagged addiction, Codependency, Eating Disorders, Psychotherapy, Recovery, Relationships, Therapy, Women
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