"Sometimes in life you are lucky enough to meet people who blow your mind with their intelligence, kindness, inner beauty and general amazingness - and Annina is one of these people. You won't be disappointed!"

Danielle Woodcock (MSW, RSW)

 
Live dangerously! 😉
Gentle reminder. 😉 Also: Are you following my Facebook updates yet? ➡️➡️➡️ Facebook.com/substanceusecounselling
Today is world suicide prevention day. With @daniel_kaiserkueblboeck jumping off a cruise ship yesterday, we have lost another person who had no opportunity to explore his hope for a better future. I remember Daniel as one of the first gender-nonconforming personalities on German TV, and I will always appreciate him for teaching us the importance of tolerance in his way. 🌈 If you are struggling with thoughts of self-harm or suicide, know that help is available and recovery is possible. 🌈 Please reach out to your local suicide helpline: Canada - Local referral service: 1-866-531-2600 🌊 US - 1-800-273-8255 🌊 Germany - +49-0800 – 111 0 111 🌊 Also, did you know that relative to women with no eating disorder, lifetime suicide attempts were 2-9 times greater in women with all types of eating disorders? 🌈 If you think you could benefit from body image coaching or eating disorder counselling, please don't hesitate to get in touch. 🌈 (Source of statistic: National Initiative for Eating Disorders - NIED)
Today I had another excellent call with a mom of a highly dependent adult child. Remember that caring deeply for someone is a positive skill, as long as you yourself feel good in the process. If you don’t, it is just as important to get help for yourself, the caregiver, as it is to get help for your child. 💗
Are you having the day off and are looking for interesting content online? Try @sarahbnutrition and my free webinar on Intuitive Eating that we’ll send to anyone who signs up before 12pm EST today. We’ll cover all the good stuff that we normally talk to our clients in session about. Hope to see you there! Link in bio! 💗
I’m currently on a bit of a vacation and really enjoying watching the clouds go by. ☁️☁️☁️ I will be back at work after this weekend, and am already looking forward to what everyone will think of the free Intro To Intuitive Eating webinar @sarahbnutrition and I recorded for you (sign-up link in bio, if you are interested). As it is right now, it’s the most popular webinar I have recorded, with over 170 people who have opted in so far, so thank you for that. ☁️☁️☁️ I have a few other webinar ideas in mind, and am super excited to find out how you will like all of those, too. ☁️☁️☁️ Until then, I would like to leave you with the idea that you’re already perfect just the way that you are. Wear shorts, enjoy the beach, go out and live your life according to your joys and interests! And if you have an extra minute, do look at the sky at watch the clouds go by sometime... ☁️☁️☁️
I listened to a Zen lecture today, as I sometimes do, and the following quote was mentioned: “With no surroundings, there is no path. And with no path, one cannot become free.” I don’t know what exactly they mean by ‘free’, but I immediately thought of recovery, of course, and how in order to successfully recover, supportive surroundings need to be in place that gently orientate you towards a better place: Routines, people to call, places to go... it makes so much sense - sometimes things around us fall into place, when the time is right, the path becomes visible, and recovery becomes possible. 🌈 New online groups are starting on September 4th, and there is also the upcoming free webinar with @sarahbnutrition, of course: “Intro To Intuitive Eating”
Sign up is now open for this new webinar @sarahbnutrition and I recorded yesterday. I can’t tell you enough how awesome this turned out to be: We cover so much ground that we typically cover in client sessions, and I truly believe that this will be helpful to watch for anyone who has ever thought twice about what, when or how much to eat. Intuitive eating is way more than eating when you’re hungry and stopping when you’re full! Put your name down for this if you’re ready to question the messages the diet industry is perpetuating to get at your 💰! Free via link in bio or after following this link: https://substanceusecounselling.lpages.co/intro-to-intuitive-eating-webinar-fall-2018/ #edrecovery #snackchat #free #toronto