In the past, I was a perpetual victim; how I was doing in any given moment depended on what happened to me. Today I do my best to avoid this kind of 'victim thinking.' Instead, how I am doing is determined by how I respond to what happens to me.
To stay in recovery, you must be responsible for finding your own motivation. Remember, motivation may not be easy to come by at first. It will proba… - Jenni Schaefer
To stay in recovery, you must be responsible for finding your own motivation. Remember, motivation may not be easy to come by at first. It will proba…
- Jenni Schaefer
Recovery is about making room for the real me to exist. - Jenni Schaefer
Recovery is about making room for the real me to exist.
Connect with supportive people who empower you. The more you jump into your life, the further away from Ed you can get. Don't have a backup plan for … - Jenni Schaefer
Connect with supportive people who empower you. The more you jump into your life, the further away from Ed you can get. Don't have a backup plan for …
Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times. - Jenni Schaefer
Real hope combined with real action has always pulled me through difficult times.
I would not encourage you to go through the sweat, blood, and tears of the recovery process only to reach some kind of mediocre state where you were … - Jenni Schaefer
I would not encourage you to go through the sweat, blood, and tears of the recovery process only to reach some kind of mediocre state where you were …
Oftentimes, especially during my recovery, I didn't need to think about everything I was doing wrong; instead, I needed to focus more on what I was d… - Jenni Schaefer
Oftentimes, especially during my recovery, I didn't need to think about everything I was doing wrong; instead, I needed to focus more on what I was d…
Intense pain often pushed me to make changes. The pain of the eating disorder pushed me into recovering from eating-disordered behaviors, and then th… - Jenni Schaefer
Intense pain often pushed me to make changes. The pain of the eating disorder pushed me into recovering from eating-disordered behaviors, and then th…
Being thin created intense anxiety that I wouldn't be able to maintain that weight for life, and I couldn't. - Jenni Schaefer
Being thin created intense anxiety that I wouldn't be able to maintain that weight for life, and I couldn't.
I went from really hating my body, to disliking it, to accepting it but not exactly liking it, then accepting it and liking it, and now I love it. - Jenni Schaefer
I went from really hating my body, to disliking it, to accepting it but not exactly liking it, then accepting it and liking it, and now I love it.
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