by Martha | Dec 3, 2018 | Uncategorized
Why giving up seems easier You get better at what you practice. When you practice giving up, you get better at giving up. When you practice getting up, you get better at getting up. Giving up is a skill. Getting up is a skill. Which one do you want? I understand why...
by Martha | Nov 5, 2018 | Uncategorized
Freedom did come Maybe you were taught that you hurt other people’s feelings and that other people hurt yours. You hurt your mother-in-law’s feelings by not eating ALL of the hefty slab of lasagna she slammed onto your plate. Or … Jackie’s quip that you “must be...
by Martha | Oct 1, 2018 | Uncategorized
Decide what you want to believe Throughout our lives, we are taught many things by our parents, teachers, society. As adults, though, sometimes we forget that we have the discretion to differentiate between what we were TAUGHT to believe and what we WANT to believe....
by Martha | Sep 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Who are you? Who are you? What are you capable of? To answer those questions, I’m guessing that you’re going to look to your past. Why? Because you want to scan for evidence of what you’ve accomplished in the past. And what’s the problem with that? The past may not...
by Martha | Aug 7, 2018 | Uncategorized
Take your own path Our primitive animal brain wants us to survive this moment. Period. And it takes this role very seriously. It probably sounds like this: “Let’s eat all the food we can—who knows when we’ll be able to eat again.” “This heartache hurts so...
by Martha | Jul 4, 2018 | Uncategorized
Beyond measure Many times on my road to healing, I came so close to ending the pattern. I’d go weeks or months―years even―without bingeing. Then a terrifying possibility would stir inside me. I might be okay. And I’d swallow that down with all the food I...