Nourish To Grow

Loving yourself and loving your body are 2 different things. Loving ourselves comes first. When I tell you to look in the mirror and say to yourself you love ...yourself I mean this: Look right past your body and into your soul. No matter how many times someone tells us that they love us, it will never be as powerful as when we finally say it to ourselves. #selflove

I didn’t like the way I looked. Translation: I didn’t like the person I was. Not even when I was extremely underweight. As I shrunk, all the grew in me was mo...re self hate. I hated suffering with anorexia, but I was obsessed with the behaviours. I was addicted to the comforting NUMBING cycle. As destructive as it was, as much as I hated it, I found safety in it. I thought that pain was all I deserved. I didn’t feel worthy or capable of going after what I really wanted in life. Treatment became a safe place where I only had to focus on eating to keep myself barely alive. I preferred my known hell over an unknown heaven. I was scared, but with courage I pushed for recovery. I knew to get through to the other side and experience freedom, joy, and happiness I would have to face fear. I stopped building a false sense of safety around me and learned I am capable of overcoming any anxiety, depression, or shameful mistakes. Hiding never got me anywhere but stuck and more afraid. I now embrace learning, growing, and failing as I know it doesn’t make me any less of a person, but develops me into SO much more. Let me tell ya, years trapped in hospitals and your own mind makes you SO grateful to be free to be you and go where you please. You have something incredible to give this world and you are strong enough to let it show. I couldn’t become the person I really wanted to be until I let go of this limiting story. I had to write a new meaning for why things happened and learn that I deserve freedom. I had to stop hiding from what scared me and jump out trusting I could catch myself on the way down. The fall was freeing and my landing was safe. I began to feel energized, strong and deserving of being alive. I started to love not only movement, food, and life, but MYSELF again. No longer do I want to numb myself from the one life I get to experience. As I grew on the outside I grew so much more on the inside. I encourage you, even if you are scared, if you know deep down you want more in life, put in an application for coaching today. I am here to guide you down the path to set you free.

Dyslexia and Eating Disorders I’ve struggled with dislexia since before kindergarten. I’ve never talked about this before on here. Writing letters backwards.... Mixing up lefts and rights. Struggling with reading. I use to pretend I was reading though I was really day dreaming. I saw the white space between the words not the letters. Today I still think outside the lines. The worst part about growing up with dyslexia: I was put into learning assistance and speech. I felt like I was different and not as smart as other people. I was very ashamed of this because I felt like I was stupid. When you are trying to find your identity as you grow up and you know okay I guess I’m not the smart kid then I was like who am I, am I the rebellious one, no. I honestly believe this has a huge part in how my eating disorder developed. The shame was what Anorexia fed on. I want you to know if you struggle that it’s okay. It dosnt mean that you can’t learn, it means that you learn in different ways. I have learned lots, I read atleast 1 audiobook a week on 2-4x speed. I went from terrible English to straight A’s all of high school. I have fallen in love with writing to express myself. My spelling can be off sometimes but my message is always strong cause I AM SMART. We think differently and that’s not a bad thing. Many dyslexics have done incredible things for our world like Richard Branson, Steve jobs and Elbert Einstein!! They were not dumb or crazy they were a genius!! I’ve learned so much more because of dyslexia being forced to learn in an alternative but much faster way. I did not let it hold me back, but instead motivate me to try harder. Any limiting belief, biological or physical limitation, turn it around with the power of the MEANING you give it to make it your STRENGTH

I use to use my diagnosis as an excuse. I had an eating disorder so It was okay to not go after my dreams. Instead I went to treatment. As hard as it was to ...struggle, it was easier than doing what scared me. The things I didn’t believe I was capable of or that I deserved. I had to lose who I thought I was to make room for who I REALLY am. I encourage you to acknowledge who you are now and see the gap to where you want to be. Do not avoid this discomfort. See what you can do to heal it. Who you define yourself to be is who you will show up as. The words you put after I am will be backed by the actions of your ego and subconscious mind. Our reality is a reflection of who we believe ourselves to be. Your actions will mirror your perception and that’s what your result will be. Don’t keep a negative self-fulfilling prophecy. CHOOSE to build a new positive life. Understanding and owning that you are the reason you are stuck is the most empowering SOLUTION to get unstuck. You rob the world of the gift of YOU when you define yourself as less than all you have the power to be. You also rob yourself of living a life you love. Do not place the word stuck, powerless lost hopeless or battling anorexia after I am. Say you are a warrior. I am fully recovered. I am strong I am free. Watch my journey to full recovery on YouTube

How I Overcame Shyness and Became Truly Confident! I hope my top 15 tips allow you to do the same