If I had a nickel for every comment I’ve received about my weight, size, and shape, I’d be a millionaire. Almost. And maybe even a billionaire, if we were to include past conversations about diets, weight loss, or perfect beach bodies (and how to get ‘em). And I’m only 25! I wouldn’t mind the extra [...]
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Suer et s’exercer . . . pour les bonnes raisons !
Il y a une période dans ma vie où l’exercice représentait une seule chose : un outil pour rendre mon corps « parfait ». Pour moi, c’était la course à pied que j’ai découvert quand j’avais 14 ans. Au début j’étais satisfait de faire un tour ou deux autour de la maison. Mais après avoir [...]
Carol on The Holiday Season
Here come the holidays again. Observant or not, it certainly involves the joy of connecting or reconnecting with family, friends and those you work with every day, and lest we forget, shopping for that special gift. Life’s schedules vary, from juggling family and work schedules to trying to occupy ourselves from getting bored to death [...]
My Story
I was hospitalized with an eating disorder when I was 15. By 16 I was cutting myself and tying nooses, and by 17 I had experimented with a panoply of SSRIs and anti-anxiety medication. Seven years later I lead a happy, healthy, and fulfilling life. Here is my story. ∞ I was a pretty lucky [...]
Crisp Day And Tender Memory by Carol
My friend went apple on a beautiful early fall day. The sun was shining, there was a light but crisp breeze blowing, the leaves were changing colors and, in the middle of the orchard, the smell of apple was in the air … in all ways it was a perfect day. He discovered different apple [...]
Voici mon histoire!
Nous sommes très heureux d’accueillir des nouveaux membres à notre famille Recovery Talks. Nous tenions à souhaiter le bienvenu à Ghislaine Provost, qui par son premier billet nous touche et nous inspire. Et vous, qu’en pensez-vous ? Bonjour, mon nom est Ghislaine Provost. J’ai entendu parler de ce blogue par Linda Lee Ross et je [...]
My Favourite Hothouse Flowers
This time of the year, rain or shine, is all about the flowers for me. I live to garden, and I garden as I live; with planning, effort, a dash of whimsy and most importantly, hope. By balcony, back yard, terracotta pots or hanging basket, whatever form my gardening has taken over the years, the [...]
Ridin’ Cowgirl ☆ ☆ ☆
A cowgirl gets up in the morning, decides what she is going to do and does it. -Marie Lords, 1861 Gritty but glamorous, keeping up with the boys but always a lady, a hard worker who loves her animals as much as she would ever love a man, the Cowgirl mystique. What makes some women [...]
Learning to Live Life Between Bites by Carol
(…continued from December 3rd entry) Becoming aware of inconspicuous derogative passing quiet thought is the road to recovery. Simply avoiding or pushing away negative thinking is not enough, because it acts as restrictive thinking lending itself stronger recurrences going forward. Only a trained therapist, a “life coach”, can aid in knowing what to do as [...]
When it Hurts to even Hope…
We can easily understand a child who is afraid of the dark, the real tragedy in life is an adult who is afraid of the light.-Plato Every now and then, it seems like I keep having the same conversation; and lately a number of folks have shared with me their fears about recovery; how they [...]
