Why She Feels Fat

saying goodbye

So, you may have noticed this post has a title... for something new and different. Several people have requested/suggested I add titles. I'm not usually a title kind of girl, but, what the heck, I can't ask you guys to experiment with trying new things if I'm not willing to do the same! So, we'll try titles for awhile and see how it goes...

Now, onto the important stuff... how do you say goodbye to a therapist?

Eating disorders can make understanding why getting help/treatment is a good idea difficult.

Decisions about when to change treatment are important, and they ought to be considered carefully.

"Full recovery" is a tricky one to define, since recovery means a variety of things to people. In general, what we'd hope for as work on one's self evolves is for there to be an increase in flexibility, a decrease in resistance to trying new things (experimenting), and the accumulation of sufficient data about ourselves that we have learned to trust that our bodies and psyches know what to do and how to manage life.

Here are a couple of things to think about: pain, boredom, frustration and stagnation are serious motivators to change.

There are different ways we trust and different levels of trust.

Awhile ago I had an interesting discussion with a client about how trust develops.

Lots of times people think they either "aren't having a life" or "won't get to have a life."

In my part of the world it's summer now, and a predictable summertime ritual at work is for me to have the "swimsuit conversation" about 754 times.

Here's something people have found helpful when they are try to achieve a specific goal, and maybe, Ari, you'll read this before you leave for your vacation and can make some use of it.