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I have discovered many things in my post-recovered years (that is, in the years since my dependence on my eating disordered thoughts and behaviors subsided for a sustained period of time). For instance, I have discovered that sometimes we just hurt. Sometimes we just feel sad. Sometimes we just wake up on the wrong side of not just our own bed, but of the world as well. As author Pema Chodron writes in her book, When Things Fall Apart, We're always in some kind of mood. It might be sadness, it m

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blogs.psychcentral.com — “When I was in college I wanted to be in the FBI. Yup, that is right. The Federal Bureau of Investigation. The gal my parents nicknamed our little flower wanted to be a pistol packing, trained and dangerous government official. Looking back now, I think I was just confused....because clearly what I really wanted was to simply marvel at others (real or fictitious) who have those skills from the comfort and safety of my own home. To date I have plowed my way through the entire five seasons of Burn View full resource at blogs.psychcentral.com

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Finding Our Own Resources in Mentoring | Mentoring and Recovery

blogs.psychcentral.com — “Liberally sprinkled throughout my book on eating disorders and mentoring, Beating Ana, are quotes from my favorite piece of all times (okay, it's a tie between Letters to a Young Poet and this one), Rules for Being Human. Written by an unknown author, this piece speaks to me more clearly than anything else I have ever read about recovery, love, life, hope, and humanity. In the chapter entitled Mentoring 101, I begin by quoting Rules for Being Human rule #8: What you make of your life is up to yoView full resource at blogs.psychcentral.com

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This guide on mentoring resources also applies to life. What you really need & don't need to be happy via @shannoncutts http://t.co/xjFQs4HE

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Finding Our Own Resources in Mentoring | Mentoring and Recovery

blogs.psychcentral.com — “Liberally sprinkled throughout my book on eating disorders and mentoring, Beating Ana, are quotes from my favorite piece of all times (okay, it's a tie between Letters to a Young Poet and this one), Rules for Being Human. Written by an unknown author, this piece speaks to me more clearly than anything else I have ever read about recovery, love, life, hope, and humanity. In the chapter entitled Mentoring 101, I begin by quoting Rules for Being Human rule #8: What you make of your life is up to yoView full resource at blogs.psychcentral.com

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Managing Emotions and Mentoring Part 2 | Mentoring and Recovery

blogs.psychcentral.com — “This past week one of my mentees asked me to talk with her about emotions. Specifically, she wanted some insight into the process of learning how to identify, name, and feel emotions. This is a challenge I struggled with for years during my lengthy recovery battle from anorexia and bulimia. And I shared with her that sometimes I still struggle when a new and weighty challenge suddenly appears before me unannounced. So when this happens to me, I go back to basics. Lately I have had the good senseView full resource at blogs.psychcentral.com

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Managing Emotions and Mentoring | Mentoring and Recovery

blogs.psychcentral.com — “Emotions. Boy is that a loaded word. Whether you are on the mentor or mentee side of the recovery fence, you are guaranteed to have them. As a mentor, you may catch yourself feeling frustrated, elated, frightened, or even hopeless while watching your mentee navigate the ups and downs you still remember all too well from your own recovery journey (and may still be navigating yourself in other parts of your life). As a mentee, you may watch your own emotions skyrocket or plummet, not yet even haviView full resource at blogs.psychcentral.com

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blogs.psychcentral.com — “Triggering. This is a word that continues to strike fear into the psyches of mentors, mentees, clinicians, family members, and pretty much everyone else who understands what the word trigger means. In case you are new to the term, here we are not talking about the trigger in terms of a physical weapon, but rather an emotional trigger that can get pulled and have a similar inner effect. Which is why today's elephant in the room question is - What if the mentoring community is triggering? TriggersView full resource at blogs.psychcentral.com

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