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Journal Your Way to Resilience, Recovery and Renewed Purpose

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Created: 14 July 2023

Your journal can contain immensitiesYes, your journal can hold your thoughts, feelings, drawings, poetry, music, rage, whining and kindness. It can hold all that you are.

Harnessing the power of your journal can have a profound impact on your life. With or without realizing it, starting a journal is to embark on a journey of self-discovery, personal empowerment, and recovery from various challenges. When you engage in journaling, you are opening the door to your vast conscious and unconscious mind.

By approaching your journal with honesty, regardless of your emotional state, your psyche will pay attention to your words. It will be there for you in times of pain, stress, rage, love, hate, confusion, sorrow, and frustration.

Your psyche knows. Your journal helps your conscious mind hold your experiences while giving your unconscious the opportunity to provide insights, facts, and energy that you cannot access otherwise.

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Friendship: Recognize and Face Challenges to Maintain Your Friendship

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Created: 09 July 2023
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Friendship is like a garden that needs care and protection.

While a good friendship can be incredibly fulfilling, it is not immune to challenges. Various factors can put a strain on even the strongest friendship. Here are some common challenges that can arise in a good friendship.

If your friendship is valuable, you can be alert to potential difficulties and address them as soon as possible.

Miscommunication:

Communication issues can lead to misunderstandings, hurt feelings, and conflicts. Different communication styles, assumptions, or

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Quality Friendship: How to Recognize a Friend Who is Good for You

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Created: 08 July 2023
friendship: qualities of a good friendship
Friendship: authentic connection based on trust and mutual respect

Friendship:

How to recognize the quality of your relationships and How to recognize a friend who is good for you

If you have suffered from an eating disorder, PTSD, anxiety or any hardship that has distorted your perceptions about the personality or character traits of other people, you may not recognize the qualities of a good friendship. Past emotional wounds can leave you doubting the motivations of others. You may be in an almost constant state of mistrust.

You need a reliable criterion to evaluate your friendships or potential friendships. A good friendship can

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Toxic Friendship: How to Recognize a Friend Who is Not Good for You

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Created: 07 July 2023

dock fog jettyToxic Friendship: Where does it lead you?

Friendship: Recognizing a Toxic Friendship:

If you have or had an eating disorder or PTSD or other condition that affects or affects your perceptions and your self-worth, recognizing the potential for a genuine friendship can be a challenge. You may choose friendship based on your low self-esteem and your weak sense of self-worth.

You may accept other people’s standards of behavior because you haven’t learned to establish boundaries based on your own values. You also may not appreciate the qualities of a good friend and your responsibilities to maintain that friendship.

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Embrace Novelty to Increase Creativity

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Created: 05 July 2023

Novelty can be your perspective.  Is the a fern unfolding or a nautilus leaving a trail?Novelty can be your perspective. Is this a fern unfolding or a nautilus leaving a trail?

Embracing novelty is closely related to creativity as it fuels the creative process and expands our creative potential.

Here's what embracing novelty can do for you.

Stimulate new ideas:

 Embracing novelty exposes us to new experiences, perspectives, and information. This influx of novel stimuli can serve as a rich source of inspiration for generating new ideas. By engaging in diverse activities, exploring different environments, and encountering unfamiliar concepts, we broaden our creative palette and enhance our ability to think outside the box.

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How to Embrace Novelty: End Boredom and Discover New Joys in Life

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Created: 04 July 2023

Novelty in flight and experience brings new awareness
Embracing novelty is a valuable opening, always available, that can give you more fulfillment and joy than you might imagine. Boredom, listlessness, feeling that you are alone while everyone else is at the party are triggers for depression, anxiety, eating disorder behaviors. You want to stop these feelings through numbness or distraction. There’s a better way.

When your normal routines seem lackluster and nothing excites your interest it’s time to embrace novelty, even when you can’t think of anything that’s new and interesting.

Embracing novelty involves being open and receptive to new experiences, ideas, and

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Eating Disorder Behavior Triggered by Sleep Deprivation

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Created: 03 July 2023

Eating Disorder Behavior Triggered by Sleep Deprivation
         Eating Disorder Behavior Triggered by Sleep Deprivation

Sleep deprivation can have significant consequences on both physical and mental health and trigger eating disorder behaviors. If you suffer with an eating disorder, knowing the consequences of sleep deprivation can help you recognize and avoid triggers that cause you to act out.

Here are some common effects of sleep deprivation. Look for effects that trigger your eating disorder.

Impaired Cognitive Function: Lack of sleep can lead to difficulties with concentration, memory, and overall

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Striving for Perfection: A governing issue in eating disorders

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Created: 16 September 2010

 striving for perfection in eating disorders

 

 

Double helix, is an 'electric slide' for proteins.  It doesn't strive for perfection. It is what it is, DNA in the process of becoming.

Striving for perfection is a desperate and consuming aspect of living with an eating disorder. If you are in the thick of an eating disorder you know that finding fault with yourself is a constant issue.

 You may not even know that you are striving for perfection because your perceived faults, especially in the mirror, are overwhelming. 

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  1. Anxiety in Professional Women Today: Personal Growth is the Solution
  2. Increase the the Recovery Value of Your Journal
  3. Our enthusiasms show us our next steps in eating disorder recovery
  4. Your eating disorder challenge: From recovery to renewal
  5. Trump Campaign May Trigger Your PTSD Symptoms and Your Eating Disorder
  6. Moving Away from Negativity Can Bring Surprising Joy: personal story
  7. Fall in love for Thanksgiving
  8. Eating Disorders and Body Appreciation
  9. Stabilize Anxiety Through Self-Care
  10. Sex, Beauty and Eating Disorders: Let Love and Reality Win
  11. Diving Deep to Your Wisdom after Thanksgiving
  12. Stay in Eating Disorder Recovery on the 4th of July
  13. Dreams as Truth-Tellers
  14. Dreams Are Powerful Tools in Eating Disorder Recovery
  15. Dream On It: Meaning and Help in Eating Disorder Recovery
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