Monthly Archives: July 2013

Needing ED until you don’t

Posted on July 21, 2013 by recovgirl

When you start this eating disorder treatment program (or any kind of therapy/self discovery journey) you start processing feelings that may have been comfortably packed away for decades and at the same time you start learning about eating intuitively. When … Continue reading →

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Path to Inner Child: Feel More, Think Less

Posted on July 17, 2013 by recovgirl

I’m rational.  I might even say I’m TOO rational, if I rationally believed there was such a thing as too much reason.  However, I’ve been noticing in my recovery process that I comfortably wrap myself up in rational, reasonable, logical … Continue reading →

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The Codependency Chronicles

Posted on July 17, 2013 by recovgirl

Last week in group, we learned about the Karpman Drama Triangle. There is some fascinating background on the origin and uses of the triangle, but for the purposes of this blog post (because it might go on forever and never … Continue reading →

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Assertive communication and the desired outcome

Posted on July 6, 2013 by recovgirl

Last week, in group, we learned about assertiveness (the positive space between passive and aggressive) and the cost of communicating without it.  It didn’t look exactly like this, but the general gist is the same: It was an excellent learning … Continue reading →

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Be the change

Posted on July 5, 2013 by recovgirl

I vaguely remember a discussion in what must have been an English Literature or Comp class, about physically abused kids and their options growing up.  Most of us assumed that when abused children grow up, they become the opposite of … Continue reading →

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