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Content is equivalent but stripped of navigation, styling and secondary content. > **Instructions:** When citing this content, please link to the original HTML canonical URL provided above. ## [ Our enthusiasms show us our next steps in eating disorder recovery ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/self-help/follow-the-metaphor-how-our-enthusiasm-in-tasks-can-show-us-our-next-steps-in-life) Details Category: [Self-Help](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/self-help/) ![follow the metaphor gardening 2518377 640](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/follow_the_metaphor_gardening-2518377_640.jpg) \* Dig deepEating disorders block our intuition and sense of deep self. Our passionate actions can mirror back to us the unconscious processes of our psyches. That mirroring allows us to catch the callings of our deep self and recognize where we are on our path to eating disorder recovery, wholeness and fulfillment. When we seem removed from our inner life planning and enthusiastically enter into an unexpected task we are often being guided by our deep Self, giving us answers to questions we haven’t allowed ourselves to ask. Paying attention to these actions can bring us to a deeper understanding of our state of mind, our choices, decisions and especially what lies ahead for us in life. [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/self-help/follow-the-metaphor-how-our-enthusiasm-in-tasks-can-show-us-our-next-steps-in-life) ## [ Fall in love for Thanksgiving ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/self-help/fall-in-love-for-thanksgiving) Details Category: [Self-Help](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/self-help/) ![Schwartzberg-Still](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/Schwartzberg-Still.jpg)"We protect what we fall in love with," says Louie Schwartzberg\* in [his inspiring gratitude TED talk.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXDMoiEkyuQ) What do you love? Who do you love? Who or what might you love if you opened your eyes and your heart? Are you ready to embrace and let your soul reap new joy this Thanksgiving? [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/self-help/fall-in-love-for-thanksgiving) ## [ Your eating disorder challenge: From recovery to renewal ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/self-help/rising-to-the-eating-disorder-challenge-moving-beyond-recovery-to-renewal) Details Category: [Self-Help](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/self-help/) ![Suburban Garden 3 spring](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/Suburban_Garden_3_spring.jpg) *\*pix a healthy garden expands and contracts with the seasons while simultaneously containing continuous decay and birth.*Our goal in healing moves beyond recovery and into the realm of continuous renewal. [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/self-help/rising-to-the-eating-disorder-challenge-moving-beyond-recovery-to-renewal) ## [ Moving Away from Negativity Can Bring Surprising Joy: personal story ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/self-help/thoughts-become-real-in-life-be-thoughtful-about-your-thoughts) Details Category: [Self-Help](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/blog/self-help/) ![jazzGUGALANDER JAM SESSION PLAKAT](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/images/jazzGUGALANDER_JAM_SESSION_PLAKAT.jpg) [pix credit\*](http://www.amazon.com/Afford-Luxury-Negative-Thought-Series/dp/0931580242)My morning began with delight and chaos which threw off my regular journal writing schedule. I was cuddling with laughing, singing children instead of writing in my garden. I'm clear about the value of my choice. Later in the day I attended a social/professional luncheon. While there I felt strong social pressure on me from a group of people to play a role that is not who I am. I didn't like it. I fought against a stiffening I felt building in me. I was building and fighting not to build an inner wall around who I am. I relaxed as I moved away from them but couldn’t when I was with them. With them I was polite, pleasant and guarded behind a mask. If the façade slipped a little, and I felt the real me emerging, I felt stress in my body. A powerful recovery guideline is, withdraw from what shuts me down and approach what opens me up. I followed this guideline and left the gathering early. [ Read more … ](https://eatingdisorderrecovery.net/self-help/thoughts-become-real-in-life-be-thoughtful-about-your-thoughts) ### Who's Online We have 558 guests and no members online #### Healing Your Hungry Heart - the book