Why She Feels Fat by Johanna Marie McShane

"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.

Our Bumper Sticker of The Week, and the basic answer to Ann's question about assessing where we are in relation to "the wall:" 

Stay In The Moment.

What you are asking about, Ann, is so common- I hear this question all the time. 

Laura, there you go again with the "being better" thing... where on earth did you learn that being better is the point of things? I mean, at times it can be very important to try to improve, and we can always strive to better ourselves in a lot of areas.