"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)

 
#Repost @bodybravecanada Hi everyone and welcome new followers, here’s a little bit about myself via @bodybravecanada. If you have any questions for me at all, I’ll be their guest on a FB Live tomorrow morning at 10am EST. 😊 ・・・ Annina Schmid @substanceusecounselling, is a substance use and eating disorder counselor working in Toronto. 🇨🇦 She has lived experience of an eating disorder. We'll be interviewing her tomorrow live on our Facebook page! Check out what she has to say about recovery👇🌱: ••• 5 Reasons I Am Staying In Recovery - 1. Feminism - never again will I let society dictate who or what I should be. . 2. Yummy food everywhere - wouldn't want to miss out. (At all!) . 3. Too many things to learn and discover - no time to engage in ED behaviours any longer. . 4. Health is a privilege - trust this thyroid cancer survivor and chronic migraine patient. . 5. Because I want to be living proof that full recovery is possible for the rest of my life.
Next time you're wondering whether the way you're working out is safe, consider your environment: Are you making community connections beyond the latest celebrity meal plan, with people whose main motivation for being there goes beyond improving their looks? Or are you joining a crowd that is obsessed with their body image and the "results" they get from their workouts? Are you learning a skill, enjoying the fresh air and sunshine or "compensating" for a meal you ate by going through motions that might cause repetitive strain injuries?
I just emailed out my latest client newsletter: 8 Ways In Which Unfollowing People On Instagram Revolutionized My Life. You can find it via the link in my bio - FREE STUFF - BLOG + ARTICLES. Happy reading and let me know if you can relate in the comments!
Gratitude lists are awesome, but so is taking a good look back at what you've already been doing that works! Check out this list of seven questions you can ask yourself to celebrate this year's recovery wins: 1. From ten to zero, where zero represents twelve months ago, where are you in your recovery right now? 2. How come you are already at that number? 3. Which five thoughts or ideas you had or things you did were particularly helpful? 4. Suppose you were able to keep up the good work, what would other notice about you twelve months from now? 5. When you think back over the last year or so, which three situations did you handle particularly well? 6. How were you able to do so? 7. What would it take to handle more situations this well? Let me know in the comments what has worked best for you this year! :)
#Repost @thelilynews with @get_repost ・・・ Today is #WorldAIDSDay. First marked in 1988, it takes place on Dec. 1 each year as "an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV, to show support for people living with HIV, and to commemorate those who have died from an AIDS-related illness," according to the website. Globally, there are an estimated 36.7 million people who have the virus. Since its discovery, more than 35 million people have died of HIV or AIDS, making it one of the most destructive pandemics in history.
Especially not when we are preoccupied with engaging in self-harming behaviors... Pic via @ryzioinstitute
Think of the last time you made the right decision. How did you know? What did you notice that told you that this was it?
#Repost @jennifer_rollin ・・・ You can’t 🙅🏼‍♀️ tell who is severely struggling with an eating disorder-based on their size, weight, or what they look like. . Eating disorders are a MENTAL ILLNESS and yes they can have physical ramifications)-however you don’t have to appear emaciated or even thin-in order to be severely struggling. . If you are struggling with an unhealthy relationship to food and your body-you ARE ‘sick enough,’ and you deserve treatment and support. .